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School board adopts $2B budget for ’18

BY KEITH FARNER

keith.farner @gwinnettdailypost.com

After the superintendent called it an “investment portfolio” for the students and community, the Gwinnett County Board of Education on Thursday adopted a $2 billion budget for the coming year.

“You do with what you have and try to prioritize those things and spend our money wisely,” CEO/ Superintendent J. Alvin Wilbanks said during a fourth meeting discussing the budget in public.

Thursday was the second public hearing where residents could address the Board, but none did.

Only one resident spoke

at a similar meeting last week. The school board and senior district staff previously had two other meetings beginning in March to outline the budget.

Overall, the budget is $2.092 billion, an increase of about $37 million, or 1.8 percent, See BUDGET, Page 10A

The Gwinnett Board of Education on Thursday adopted a $2 billion budget for 2018.

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Gwinnett’s TOTY a Ga. finalist

BY KEITH FARNER

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Gwinnett’s reigning Teacher of the Year, Jamie Lynn MacFarland, on Thursday was named among the top 10 finalists for Georgia Teacher of the Year by the Georgia Department of Education.

The 10 finalists were chosen from a pool of 150 applicants, and all were previously selected as their school district’s Teacher of the Year. The applications were read by a panel of judges that included teachers, past Georgia Teacher of the Year winners and finalists, administrators, community leaders, and others. The finalists were chosen based on the strength of their essay responses.

See FINALIST, Page 9A

Against all odds Students celebrate during the Georgia Gwinnett College spring commencement on Thursday. (Staff Photos: Jason Braverman)

Kosovo native shares inspiring story with GGC graduates

BY KEITH FARNER

keith.farner@gwinnettdailypost.com

About 20 years ago, Flurim Aliu was a 2-year-old stowed under a bus leaving war-torn Kosovo on his way to meet his grandparents in Germany.

On Thursday, he stood on stage at the Georgia Gwinnett College graduation ceremony as the senior speaker with a 4.0 grade point average.

Aliu was among 505 graduates — the first time the school has topped 500 in a single class — to be honored at the spring commencement ceremony on the front lawn of campus, and he shared an inspiring story of how he arrived at GGC and eventually earned a degree in political science. President Stas Preczewski said the school awarded its first degrees in special education for paraprofessionals, a program that was developed with Gwinnett County Public Schools.

GGC also awarded its first teacher certifications in biology, English, history, math and political science.

Aliu recognized his mother in attendance at the event, but his father couldn’t make it.

Neither speaks English, but Aliu speaks five languages, so at the end of his speech he thanked them in their native language. Preczewski said the ceremony was available

Luncheon thanks senior volunteers

BY CAILIN O’BRIEN

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Volunteers give up the most important possession a person can spare, Mayor Judy Jordan Johnson said.

“As volunteers, you give the most precious resource which I feel like we have, which is time,” Johnson said. “We can’t take time back. We can take money back.

We can take words back. We can’t take time back.”

Johnson was speaking Thursday afternoon at the Gwinnett Council for Seniors’ 31st annual We Love Our MORE ONLINE Visit gwinnettdailypost.com Volunteers Awards for more photos. ceremony and luncheon, an event designed to thank senior citizen volunteers for the time they’ve poured into the lives of other seniors.

“You show up to give a service to somebody who can’t provide a service for themselves,” Johnson said.

She was talking to the volunteers on the Council for Seniors as well as those from 17 different organizations who work to make life better for senior residents See VOLUNTEERS, Page 10A

Student speaker Flurim Aliu speaks during the Georgia Gwinnett College spring commencement on Thursday.

cousin instead of his father.

Once he was old enough Visit gwinnettdailypost.com to leave Kosovo, he did so for more photos. voluntarily to attend college on a live web stream in Koso- in the United States. vo and he recognized that “I was not kicked out by audience. Aliu also thanked invaders,” he said. “I left two host families who helped to pursue my dream in the him during college. land of opportunity. I know Early in his life, Aliu lived that sounds like a cliche, but in Germany for three years, since I was a kid, I always and he said he grew up not dreamed about being a politireally knowing who his parcian.” ents were. In fact, when he Aliu said that when he was was reunited with them, he 10 years old, he didn’t have mistakenly ran to his father’s posters of rock stars or rapMORE ONLINE

pers on his wall. He had his country’s politicians. Three years later, he witnessed those politicians declare the nation’s independence.

But he yearns for more for Kosovo and will look to return there as a politician to improve the country.

“Even after almost 10 years, my people are still some of the poorest in Europe, and they must still live away from their families to See GGC, Page 9A

Marvin Aikerson, left, congratulates Mary Williams, Chair of Programs at the Gwinnett Council for Seniors, for her award at Thursday’s luncheon. (Photo: Kyle Hess)

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Man to serve prison time GCPD seek man accused of for stealing IRS check stealing from Floyd Co. cop

BY CAILIN O’BRIEN

recruit two of his former cailin.obrien associates. @gwinnettdailypost.com What Peterson didn’t know was that his friends A Lawrenceville man were now working with will spend more than two the IRS in order to help years in a federal prison resolve some federal after he stole a governcriminal charges of their ment check from his own. The associates told former employer. their attorneys about PePrentice L. Johnson, terson’s request and the 54, was working as a attorneys called federal payroll manager at a pri- law enforcement. vate company in August Federal agents made 2016, when he noticed sure the check wouldn’t that his upcoming paybe deposited and then check contained money began a series of underfor unused vacation time cover operations. On — a sign that he was Oct. 27, 2016, agents about to be laid off. watched as Peterson’s Not long after that, associates met with him Johnson came across a and Wortham at a restaucheck the U.S. Treasury rant. had sent his employer as “Wortham told the an IRS refund. He stole (associates) that she the $4.3 million check. had obtained the check Then, Johnson confrom a family member tacted his half-sister, and that the (associates), Lithonia resident Renina Wortham and her family Letricia Wortham, 39, to members would share the help him get the money proceeds of the check,” from the check. Wortham according to a press recruited Atlanta resirelease. dent Enobahkare Malik The next day, Wortham Peterson into the scam handed the check over and he, in turn, tried to to one of the associates,

who promised to put the money into a bank account in the next seven to 10 days. She didn’t know that he was lying or that federal agents were watching.

By Nov. 10, 2016, law enforcement had figured out that Johnson was the relative who had given Wortham the stolen check. When she showed up for one last meeting with Peterson’s associates, agents arrested Wortham. Johnson and Peterson turned themselves in shortly after.

All three pleaded guilty at the beginning of this year, and on Wednesday a judge sentenced each of them to two years and four months in prison followed by three months of probation.

“The defendants wrongly assumed no one would miss a multimillion dollar U.S. Treasury check that was not made out to them,” U.S. Attorney John Horn said. “Quick work by federal agents stopped their attempts to negotiate the check before the defendants were able to abscond with millions in taxpayer funds.”

reportedly told Gwinnett police that his credit card was at home and that he hadn’t let anybody borrow Gwinnett County police it. are looking for a man they “It appears the suspect believe tried to use credit may have attempted to card information stolen use a cloned card to make from a police officer in the $1,500 withdrawal,” Floyd County. according to the report.

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Gwinnett County police A manager at the cusMay 7 to let them know tomer service desk at the somebody tried to use his Dacula Kroger showed credit card information to police surveillance footmake a $1,500 withdrawal age of a man they believe at a Kroger in Dacula that may have tried to use the morning, according to a stolen credit card inforpolice report. mation. He’s a black man The officer, who was with a beard who wore working when he called, a yellow button-up shirt

BY CAILIN O’BRIEN

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Pond and Co. announces new transportation project manager

BY CURT YEOMANS curt.yeomans @gwinnettdailypost.com

Pond and Co. officials welcomed a new member to their team this week.

The company announced the hiring of Pat Smeeton, who will serve as a senior project manager in its Transportation Planning Division.

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The manager said the suspect tried to buy a $1,500 money order, but his card was declined.

When she told him that his card hadn’t gone through, the man said he would call his bank, according to the report.

He walked away on the phone, but didn’t come back.

Now police are looking for that man. Anybody with information who he is or where he might be should call Atlanta Crime Stoppers at 404-5778477.

of experience in planning, engineering and environmental project management.

“Having worked closely with Pond for many years, I have always been impressed by the quality of the engineers and planners as well as their dedication to client-focused service,” Smeeton said. “I am excited about joining such a diverse, Georgia-based engineering firm with an unmatched reputation here in Georgia and the southeast.”

Smeeton has worked on projects for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Florida Department of Transportation, Georgia Department of Transportation, the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority and the Atlanta Regional Commission.

He has managed transit

alternatives analysis studies, interchange modification and justification reports, environmental impact statements, environmental assessments, categorical exclusions, environmental permitting and countywide and corridor transportation planning studies.

He has a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from North Carolina State University and an MBA from Georgia State University.

“His knowledge of transportation planning and corridor analysis, along with his targeted expertise in transit and multimodal planning, are skills that are vital to enhancing our existing relationships with our clients,” Pond Director of Transportation Planning Richard Fangmann said in a statement.

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Gwinnett school Officials ceremoniously reopen I-85 board names 2 new principals

By Curt yeomans

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Gov. Nathan Deal and officials from the Georgia and U.S. Departments of

By Keith Farner Schools, and in Gwinnett Transportation gathered keith.farner since 1996. She’s been a under Interstate 85 in @gwinnettdailypost.com teacher at Nesbit and Strip- Atlanta on Thursday and ling elementary schools, an celebrated the overcoming Two longtime educaassistant principal at Graywhat the governor called a tors were named principals son and Magill elementary “tremendous challenge.” of elementary schools in schools, and the principal Deal was joined at the Gwinnett on Thursday at Meadowcreek Elemenceremony, held under the night. tary. She’s been an assistant rebuilt section of the I-85 The Gwinnett Board superintendent since 2012. bridge that reopened last of Education named Kelli McCain holds degrees weekend, by U.S. SecMcCain, who is currently from the University of retary of Transportation an assistant superintendent Cincinnati, Lincoln Memo- Elaine Chao and Georgia who works with elementary rial University and Mercer Department of Transportaschools, as the new princiUniversity. tion Commissioner Russell pal of Partee Elementary Runaldue entered educa- McMurry. A section of the School and Gretchen Runal- tion in 2000 as a substitute bridge collapsed on March due, an assistant principal teacher after she worked 30 after it was weakened at Peachtree Elementary, as for seven years in political, by a fire, causing traffic the principal of Peachtree. government and corporation headaches and rerouting.

McCain will succeed relations jobs in Washington Officials originally principal Kimberly Dyer, and Atlanta. expected it to open around who is leaving the school Runaldue’s education June 15 — a schedule that system. Runaldue replaces experience is exclusively at was itself initially conprincipal Kara Dutton who Peachtree. She was a fourth sidered aggressive — but recently was named princi- grade teacher from 2002-05, I-85 was completely open pal at Jackson Elementary. and since 2005 has been an again to traffic by SaturBoth appointments are assistant principal. day night. The U.S. DOT effective July 3.

Runaldue holds degrees had freed up $10 million McCain has worked from Hollins University, in emergency funds shortly in education since 1991, American University and after the bridge collapse to first in Cincinnati Public Emory University. help get it rebuilt sooner.

Georgia Department of Transportation Commissioner Russell McMurry, from left, U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and Gov. Nathan Deal smile for a photo at a ribbon cutting ceremony for the rebuilt Interstate 85 bridge in Atlanta. (Special Photo)

“When this portion of I-85 collapsed on March 30, Georgia residents and motorists from around the Southeast were confronted by an unexpected and tremendous challenge,” said Deal in a statement.

“The Georgia Department of Transportation, employees of C.W. Matthews and the people of Georgia responded remarkably by overcoming this challenge in just six short weeks.”

Thursday’s ceremony was an unofficial reopening of the interstate — commuters had already

been using the bridge all week — but it gave state, federal and local officials a chance to celebrate the quick rebuild. They also held a ribbon cutting, under the bridge, during the festivities.

“This is a wonderful occasion to help celebrate the ceremonial opening of this new bridge and the men and women who made it possible,” Chao said in a video broadcast of the ceremony. “This is a historic day for Atlanta … We will all remember where we were when I-85,

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the collapse occurred.

“You know and I know it’s not easy to build a bridge, let alone one this important, that is so connected with all of the communities around this great city, but doing it in less than seven weeks is a marvel of dedication, engineering and teamwork.”

State officials said the affected section of I-85 carries nearly 243,000 cars daily. Since it also happened just south of the I-85 and Ga. Highway 400 interchange, commuters going between jobs in the city and homes in Gwinnett, Hall, Barrow, Forsyth and north Fulton counties were affected by the collapse.

C.W. Matthews contracting handled the bridge rebuild while Gwinnettbased E.R. Snell handled a road resurfacing on I-85, south of the construction site, which state officials moved up to coincide with the bridge project. State officials offered C.W. Matthews up to $3.1 million in incentives to get the bridge rebuilt and reopened before June 15.

“We at GDOT understood the urgency and acted accordingly to reopen this corridor in record time,” McMurry said in a statement. “We appreciate the support we received from Governor Deal, Secretary Chao, our federal, state and local partners, members of the State Transportation Board, and our employees, all of whom were instrumental in making this happen.

“Above all, we are grateful to the people of Georgia for their understanding, patience and resilience.”

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Addressing the pain of peripheral neuropathy Dear Dr. rOaCh: My feet hurt me so much that I no longer want to live. I am a 63-year-old white female. I have had Type 2 diabetes since 2014. My podiatrist says that I have plantar fasciitis, osteoarthritis and foot neuropathy. I have all the symptoms of peripheral neuropathy and then some.

My feet feel like I am walking on hot coals almost all the time. I would say there are only two days a month when my feet feel tolerable, and I can’t figure out why. My podiatrist can’t either. I have been taking Metanx four times a day and 400-mg gabapentin three times a day.

I cannot get any relief.

Please help me! I am at my wits’ end, and the pain has driven me into a deep depression. Foot pain 24/7 has left me with no life.

— K.J. anSWer: Any of the conditions you have can cause significant pain, and I can understand how having all of them can make life miserable. It can be difficult to separate out which of your conditions might be most responsible for the pain. As such, you may benefit from a painmanagement specialist.

For example, you might not be on enough gabapentin: 900 to 1,200 mg, three times daily often is necessary. Other medications are used in combination but require individual evaluation.

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Don’t despair; there is help available.

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In 1921, the U.S. Congress passed the Emergency Quota Act, setting a national quota system for immigration.

In 1962, Marilyn Monroe performed an infamously seductive rendition of “Happy Birthday” for President John F. Kennedy, a week before his birthday.

In 1963, the New York Post Sunday Magazine published the first excerpts from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.”

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969), North Vietnamese leader; Malcolm X (1925-1965), civil rights leader; Nora Ephron (1941-2012), filmmaker/writer; Pete Townshend (1945- ), singer-songwriter/musician; Andre the Giant (1946-1993), actor/wrestler; Grace

Jones (1948- ), singer/actress; Archie Manning (1949- ), football player; Joey Ramone (1951-2001), singer-songwriter; Kevin Garnett (1976- ), basketball player; Georges St-Pierre (1981- ), mixed martial artist; Rebecca Hall (1982- ), actress; Sam Smith (1992- ), singer-songwriter.

TODAY’S FACT: In his late 20s, future Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh lived in Paris, where he worked retouching photos.

TODAY’S SPORTS: In 1991, Willy T. Ribbs became the first African-American driver to qualify for the Indianapolis 500.

TODAY’S QUOTE: “The press is so powerful in its image-making role, it can make the criminal look like he’s the victim and make the victim look like he’s the criminal.” — Malcolm X TODAY’S NUMBER: 39 — months that Anne Boleyn was married to Henry VIII before her execution.

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Extramarital relationship leads to Hail Mary pass Dear amy: Two years ago, I was casually seeing a man, “Brian,” for about a month’s time.

He was married, but intending to leave his wife. Things progressed quickly, and we both acknowledged at the time that we were falling in love with each other.

He ended up breaking things off with me to work things out with his wife (they have children together). I was crushed, but I understood.

It took me a long time to get over him and the guilt I held for interfering in his marriage. I heard he moved more than 1,000 miles away.

Two years later, I am in a much better place. I have a boyfriend (he’s a great guy). I earned my master’s degree, I have a job, and will be moving into my own place soon.

Last week, out of nowhere, I received a LinkedIn message from this man that he needed to talk to me. He wrote: “I miss you. I’m ready to talk. I hope I’m not too late.”

I ignored the message, and then later that day he appeared at my workplace wanting to talk.

Embarrassed, I told him to leave and not come back.

I left work that day to find a two-page letter from him on my car, stating that walking away was the hardest thing he has ever done.

He said that his heart

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Amy Dickinson and soul never healed, and he hoped to talk to me.

Apparently, he took a plane that morning just to speak to me. He flew home that same night. We never spoke.

Now I don’t know what to do. Should I contact him? Do I owe him anything?

— Caught Dear Caught: “Brian” has made a Hail Mary pass. In football, this signifies the lastchance effort to do something heroic. This pass is only significant, however, when the receiver catches it and scores a touchdown. Most often, the football falls to the ground, as the spectators head for the exits.

According to you, you only saw this man for about a month. Despite your intimacy, you don’t know him well. His choice to show up at your workplace is one of those gestures that seem heroic only in the movies; in real life, it is intrusive, embarrassing and even menacing.

He claims that flying

to see you was the only way to contact you. But he reached you through LinkedIn, and he also obviously knew where you worked, so he could have easily contacted you without showing up. He appeared because he did not want to be ignored.

The relationship has ended. You owe him nothing. Responding to his contact will only open the door to more contact between you. You seem to know intuitively what this would mean, and so you should continue to follow your instincts regarding him. Your instincts are good.

Dear amy: I offered to host a baby shower for a friend. She said one of her relatives had also mentioned giving a shower, so could we work together?

I agreed, but have had tremendous difficulty reaching the relative.

We were only able to make a few quick decisions with a promise of later calls or emails.

Weeks have passed, and aside from one email, I haven’t heard from her and haven’t gotten responses to texts, emails, phone calls, and voicemails, and finally a letter I sent by U.S. mail.

I really don’t want to stress out the mom-to-be, but I don’t know how to continue plans for this shower except to do it all on my own and hang the consequences when the mom’s relative com-

plains. Ideas?

— On Hold Dear On hOlD: Carry on with your plans.

You and the relative had a successful connection via email one time, so send her an email, telling her that you went ahead with the planning. Tell her the time, date, and some details, and ask if she would be willing to supply one aspect of the shower. If you don’t hear back, do all the work, enjoy the process, and host the shower on your own. This is generous of you.

Dear amy: The letter from “Disappointed Mom” reminded me of myself. She was sad that she initiated all of the contact with her adult children. When I found myself in this situation, I got busy. It was hard work to build a life in retirement. When I didn’t contact my kids for several weeks, they called me. Slowly, the dynamic changed.

— Satisfied Dear SatiSfieD: We all get entrenched in our relationships. But it is also possible to change.

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TAURUS (April 20May 20) — Do things differently in order to attract an audience. Your ability to resolve issues and achieve goals will raise awareness and enhance your reputation.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Stick to the script.

If you exaggerate or give someone the wrong impression about what you are offering, you will end up in an emotional situation that will be difficult to reverse.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Share something you enjoy doing with someone you love to spend time with.

Engaging in intellectual banter and collaborating to come up with a plan that leads to a better lifestyle are encouraged.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Stubbornness will set you back. Try to work with your peers to come up with the best solutions. Finishing projects will be the cornerstone to getting ahead.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) — Refuse to get worked up over what someone else does or says. Walk away from a dispute and seize any opportunity you get to expand your awareness, knowledge and skills.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Truth is essential when dealing with a child, loved one or friend. Delays and confusion will tamper with your plans. Leave plenty of time to reach your destination.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24Nov. 22) — Home is where the heart is. Make a space that will encourage you to work on something that makes you feel good about yourself and the direction you are heading.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Don’t take the bait. If someone uses emotional tactics to grab your attention, respond with a peaceful alternative solution that will help you avoid a senseless argument.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Suggest a good idea that will help thwart a plan that makes no sense to you.

A congenial approach to a deal that doesn’t favor you will help you balance the outcome.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Put more effort into making personal improvements and financial gains and living a healthy lifestyle. Home improvements will make your life less stressful.

Romance is highlighted.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — An honest look at the past will help you develop a plan that will improve your future. Don’t shy away from doing things differently. Accepting your uniqueness will help you excel.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — A change of scenery will do you good. Taking a day trip or visiting someone with similar interests will be enlightening and will give you a new lease on life.

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World U.S.-led coalition airstrikes targeted Syrian regime Syrian regime forces occupying five vehicles were targeted by U.S. airstrikes after breaching a “deconfliction zone,” a U.S. official told CNN Thursday.

The strike was near a base in An Tanf used by the U.S.-led coalition to train “Vetted Syrian Opposition” to aid the fight against ISIS. Two U.S. aircraft were dispatched as a “show of force” to get the Syrian vehicles to turn around. According to a U.S. defense official, the vehicles did not stop and the show of force was escalated to include an airstrike. The official said at this time it is not clear if the strike was intended as a warning or intended to hit regime forces, who were militia tied to the regime as opposed to regular army troops.

A second U.S. defense official said that an additional strike did hit the convoy after the vehicles continued toward the base.

ISIS militants kill dozens near Salamiyah, Syria At least 47 people, many of them civilians, were killed by ISIS militants Thursday near the government-held city of alSalamiyah in central Syria, a senior member of the pro-government National Defense Force told CNN. The militants struck the village of Akareb, about 13 miles east of al-Salamiyah, very early in the morning, the NDF member said.

At least 20 civilians were among those killed, he said.

ISIS simultaneously shelled eastern parts of alSalamiyah, injuring about 100 people, he said. The attack was eventually repelled by members of the NDF and Syrian Army forces, he said.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a U.K.-based monitoring group, said 52 people died in the attack on Akareb. Five children and four women were among those killed, SOHR said. ISIS militants are said to have executed three of those women, who were from the same family, the group said.

Brazil’s president accused of bribes Brazil’s highest court opened an investigation into President Michel Temer on Thursday, after one of the country’s biggest newspapers accused him of paying a former senate colleague hush money.

Temer told reporters he will not resign, shortly after state-run news agency Agencia Brasil reported the news of the Supreme Court inquiry.

During a brief statement from Planalto presidential palace, Temer said he “never authorized payments to anyone to stay quiet.”

The prominent daily newspaper O Globo reported earlier in the day that a meat producer had recorded the president giving the go-ahead to bribe Eduardo Cunha to “keep quiet” while he was in jail.

— From wire reports

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world&nation Trump aims to renegotiate NAFTA

By Patrick Gillespie CNN

President Trump gave formal notice Thursday he will renegotiate NAFTA, the free trade deal between the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

Administration officials sent a letter to Congress that triggers a 90-day consultation period among the administration, Congress and business.

This means negotiations can begin at the earliest in August. This is the first step toward reshaping a trade deal that became law in 1994 and changed the face of trade in North America.

Trump has labeled NAFTA the worst trade deal in history. NAFTA took on a starring role during the election campaign last year, with Trump promising voters to either throw it out or renegotiate a deal he claims sent millions of U.S. manufacturing jobs to Mexico.

“Since the signing of NAFTA, we have seen our manufacturing industry decimated, factories shuttered and countless workers left jobless. President Trump is going to change that,” Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said in a statement Thursday.

Nonpartisan congressional research concluded in 2015 that NAFTA had not caused an exodus of jobs, nor was it a major job creator.

According to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 14 million U.S. jobs depend

Nation Trump lashes out over special appointment President Donald Trump bemoaned what he called the “single greatest witch hunt” in political history Thursday, after the appointment of a special counsel to investigate any links between his 2016 campaign and Russia.

Hours after issuing a more muted official statement in coordination with aides, the president took to Twitter to portray himself as unfairly victimized by the probe.

His complaints contrasted sharply with the near universal welcome in Washington for Robert Mueller, the former FBI director picked for the special counsel post Wednesday by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.

“With all of the illegal acts that took place in the Clinton campaign & Obama Administration, there was never a special (counsel) appointed,” Trump tweeted. “This is the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history.”

Mnuchin says housing finance reform a ‘priority’ Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Thursday housing finance reform will be a top “priority” for the Trump administration.

“This has been an unresolved issue for far too long and one we are committed to fixing,” Mnuchin said before the Senate Banking Committee. “We will ensure that there is both ample credit for housing and that we do not put taxpayers at

People Roger Ailes of Fox News dies at 77 after fall

Roger Ailes, who transformed cable news and then American politics by building the Fox News Channel into a ratings powerhouse before being forced out amid sexual harassment allegations, died Thursday. He was 77.

According to a family friend, Ailes fell at his home in Palm Beach, Fla., last week, suffered complications, and slipped into a coma.

“I am profoundly President Donald Trump speaks at the White House on Tuesday. Trump gave formal notice Thursday he will renegotiate NAFTA, the free trade deal between the U.S., Canada sad and heartbroken to report that my husband, and Mexico. (CNN) Roger Ailes, passed away on trade with Canada and for NAFTA and said it is al- yet been specific about what (Thursday) morning,” his wife, Elizabeth, said in Mexico. Exports and imports ready prepared to negotiate. they want to change in the a statement. “Roger was between the three countries “NAFTA’s track record is deal. a loving husband to me, have boomed since NAFTA one of economic growth and A major hurdle was to his son Zachary and a became law in 1994. middle-class job creation,” cleared last week when the loyal friend to many. He Mexican officials welCanada’s minister of foreign Senate confirmed Trump’s comed the Trump adminaffairs, Chrystia Freeland, top negotiator, Robert Ligh- was also a patriot, profoundly grateful to live in istration’s announcement said in a statement. thizer. a country that gave him so Thursday. However, their U.S. lawmakers echoed a Trump’s decision to start much opportunity to work tone on NAFTA was a little similar sentiment, expressing the 90-day period comes a hard, to rise — and to different. a desire to update NAFTA few weeks after he threat“The trilateral agreement while recognizing its benened to pull out of NAFTA. give back.” has been an immense benefit efits.

Early in his presidency, he for all parties,” Mexico’s “There is no question that also threatened to use a 20 Fujifilm’s new economic ministry said NAFTA has been tremenpercent tariff against Mexicamera brings in a statement. “Mexico dously successful for Ameri- can imports. filters to your reaffirms its willingness to can workers, farmers and Negotiations will enter a update NAFTA.” businesses,” Kevin Brady, very sensitive environment. instant photos Mexico’s Foreign a Republican congressman Trump slapped a 20 percent Fujifilm’s new camera Secretary Luis Videgaray from Texas, said in a statetariff on Canadian lumber in Caso said in a press conferment. Brady leads the House April and Mexican officials is here and it’s equal parts ence held at the U.S. State Ways and Means Committee have repeatedly warned him digital and instant film.

The Instax Square SQ10 Department that Mexico is which will play a big role not to use tariffs, saying prepared to “make it better.” during negotiations. they would hit the U.S. with is what you’d get if you crossed Instagram’s filters Canada expressed support Trump officials haven’t tariffs, too. with nostalgic instant photos — the tools to edit of the Bronx, has been ar- digitally combined, with rested twice in the past for the immediate gratification of instant printing. drunken driving, he said.

Take a photo and you’ll The incident, which unfolded just before noon, be able to edit the image is being investigated as an right on the camera’s LCD screen. The SQ10 offers accident, a police official said. There is no indication 10 different filters, along with brightness adjustit was an act of terrorism, ment and vignette control New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and other city lead- (which darkens the edges of a photo). You can also ers said. crop, rotate and zoom in Before striking pedesThe Justice Department on Wednesday appointed former on the image before printFBI Director Robert Mueller as special counsel to over- trians, the car was “out of ing it directly from the control,” an emergency see the federal investigation into Russian interference in camera. the 2016 election, including potential collusion between management official said.

The SQ10 begins shipTrump campaign associates and Russian officials. (CNN) Witnesses on social media ping today for $280 in the described a speeding car ard Burr said, reversing his plowing into people before United States. A 10-pack risk.” of Instax Square film costs The Trump administration earlier comment that Flynn crashing to a halt. $17. wants to jump start an over- would not cooperate.

“General Flynn’s attorhaul of the housing mortMcCain: Throw neys have not yet indicated gage giants, Fannie Mae ambassador from Medical examiner their intentions regarding and Freddie Mac, nearly the Senate Intelligence a decade after they were Turkey out of U.S. says lead singer Committee’s subpoena,” seized by the government Chris Cornell Sen. John McCain called hanged himself in 2008. Their endorsement Burr said in a statement.

“Consistent with the Com- for the Turkish ambassador has given a boost to Senate Chris Cornell, lead to the U.S. to be thrown mittee’s position since the lawmakers, who want to singer of Soundgarden and out of the country Thursadvance a bipartisan plan to beginning of or investigaAudioslave, hanged himday amid growing anger revamp the companies later tion, I welcome their willover the violent beating of self, the Wayne County ingness to cooperate.” this year.

(Mich.) Medical Examprotesters that took place Burr’s statement walks Mnuchin said if poliiner’s Office announced outside of the Turkish back a comment hours cymakers end up with a Thursday in a statement. earlier he made to reporters embassy in Washington proposal that includes an The cause of death that Flynn would not coop- earlier this week. explicit guarantee by the has been determined as “We should throw the erate with the intelligence government to backstop suicide by hanging, the Turkish ambassador out committee’s subpoena the U.S. housing market, it statement said, adding that of the country, we should would have to be paid for in request. a “full autopsy report has identify those people that a similar way like deposit not yet been completed.” performed these unlawinsurance at the Federal De- Driver hits crowd Cornell, 52, died ful acts of beating people posit Insurance Corp., while in Times Square; up and they should be Wednesday night after also keeping taxpayers off performing in Detroit.

1 dead, 23 injured charged,” McCain told the hook.

A family friend called reporters.

An 18-year-old woman Both the U.S. State De- 911 around midnight Burr: No word was killed and at least partment and law enforce- Thursday after he went from Flynn 23 people were injured ment sources have said that to check on Cornell and Thursday when a speeding Turkish security officials found the musician “unreon subpoena car plowed into pedestrians were involved in Tuesday’s sponsive” on the bathRetired Gen. Michael in Manhattan’s bustling room floor at the MGM assault of protesters who Flynn has not yet told the Times Square, city officials were demonstrating against Grand hotel, Detroit police spokesman Michael Senate intelligence commit- said.

President Recep Tayyip Woody said. Emergency tee how he plans to respond The driver of the 2009 Erdogan outside the resimedical personnel arrived, to a subpoena for docuHonda Accord is in dence of Turkish Ambasand Cornell was proments relevant to the former custody, New York Posador Serdar Kılıç. nounced dead at the scene, national security adviser’s lice Commissioner James The bloody brawl sent he said. interactions with Russia, O’Neill said. The motorist, nine to the hospital.

— From wire reports committee chairman Rich- 26-year-old Richard Rojas — From wire reports

CDC: Superbug C. auris grows to 122 cases across 7 states

By Susan Scutti

problems,” said Sharon Tsay, lead author and an Epidemic Intelligence Service officer at the The number of cases of an cause severe illness with high CDC. emerging and often multidrugmortality, especially among highA total of 77 U.S. clinical resistant fungus in the United risk patients, including those in (in hospitals) cases of C. auris States has grown from seven to intensive care units, those with a were reported in seven states.

122 over the past nine months, central venous catheter and those After the patients’ close contacts according to a field report in the who have received antibiotics or were screened, an additional 45 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly antifungal medications. cases were identified, resulting Report issued Thursday by the “It seems to affect the sickest in 122 U.S. patients with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control of the sick patients, particularly fungal infection as of May 12. and Prevention. those in hospitals and nursAmong the 77 clinical cases, the The fungus, Candida auris, can ing homes with other medical patients’ average age was 70, and CNN

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55 percent were men.

None of the infections reported in the U.S. was resistant to all available antifungals, Tsay said.

Paige Armstrong, an Epidemic Intelligence Service officer for the CDC, said the multidrugresistant fungus has been causing outbreaks in health care facilities worldwide.

“This is a fungus that’s acting a lot like some super bacteria that we’ve seen previously,” she said.

The CDC issued its first alert in June of last year, telling U.S. hospitals to be aware of this fungus based on reports of spreading infections in health care facilities around the world.

The clinical cases, all identified through cultures taken as part of routine patient care, occurred in New York (53 cases), New Jersey (16), Illinois (four) and one each in Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts and Oklahoma.

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President’s persecution complex is dangerous WASHINGTON — President Trump believes he is being persecuted, and that is a frighteningly dangerous mindset for a man with such vast power.

Amid a week of dizzying developments on multiple fronts, Trump gave a graduation speech Wednesday at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy portraying himself as a victim, unfairly besieged by those who would destroy him.

“No politician in history, and I say this with great surety, has been treated worse or more unfairly,” Trump said. That is an absurd claim that cannot be taken seriously, of course, but it does give a sense of how the president feels about the scrutiny he faces.

Hours later, the Justice Department announced that former FBI Director Robert Mueller had been named as special counsel to investigate Russian meddling in Eugene the election and any posRobinson sible collusion by persons connected with the Trump campaign. To my great surprise, the White House issued a statement that can only be described as calm, measured and appropriate.

“As I have stated many times, a thorough investigation will confirm what we already know — there was no collusion between my campaign and any foreign entity,” it said. “I look forward to this matter concluding quickly.

In the meantime, I will never stop fighting for the people and the issues that matter most to the future of our country.”

The tone of the White House reaction was widely praised on the cable news shows that Trump is said to watch obsessively. But the effect, if any, of such positive reinforcement was evanescent. It lasted only until Trump took to Twitter on Thursday morning.

“This is the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history!” he tweeted.

A couple of hours later, he had more to get off his chest: “With all of the illegal acts that took place in the Clinton campaign & Obama Administration, there was never a special counsel appointed!”

So that’s how Trump really took the news about Mueller’s appointment: not well at all.

The idea that he would be treated poorly, compared to the way other presidents were treated, seems to trigger an atavistic response. It is as if he went to a fancy restaurant and was shown to a table in a cramped corner, near the kitchen.

Now, with all of this weighing on him and gnawing at him, he leaves on his first foreign trip. The itinerary includes stops in the Middle East, the world’s most explosive region. Having called during the campaign for an outright ban on Muslims entering the United States, Trump will give a speech that advisers have billed as an address to the Muslim world. He will visit Jerusalem, where geography equals theology and every false step has consequences. And by all accounts, the president gets cranky when he can’t fly to one of his homes at night and sleep in one of his own beds. What could possibly go wrong?

The news this week has, indeed, felt like a barrage. On Monday, The Washington Post reported that Trump, during an Oval Office meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak, revealed highly classified information.

On Tuesday, The New York Times reported that James Comey, whom Trump fired as FBI director last week, kept contemporaneous written accounts of his conversations with the president — and that, in one of those encounters, Trump asked Comey to drop the investigation of Michael Flynn, who advised Trump during the campaign and whose Russian ties are being probed.

In two days, that was enough news for a month. But then on Wednesday came the Mueller appointment.

I share in the confidence expressed by Democrats and Republicans alike that Mueller will do a fair and thorough job — and that FBI investigators, reportedly angry at the way Trump treated Comey, will look under every single rock. If there was collusion by the Trump campaign, I believe it will be found. But even if clear and convincing evidence of such wrongdoing exists, it will take time to unearth.

Meanwhile, Donald Trump remains president. He has access to the nation’s most closely held secrets but cannot be trusted to safeguard them. He runs the White House like a family business, valuing loyalty over experience or expertise. He has no real grasp of policy, foreign or domestic. He feels himself under attack. Four months into his term, he brags to White House visitors about how he won the election. And there’s not another one until 2020.

Eugene Robinson’s email address is eugenerobinson@washpost.com.

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Trump a truth-sayer in world of spin WASHINGTON — One thing we’ve learned the past several weeks is to ignore the White House and wait for Donald Trump to spill the beans.

Invariably, the president contradicts statements from his communications team and other officials, and blurts the truth. As counterintuitive as it seems, Trump is a truth-teller among spinmeisters.

White House: Baloney! The president did not share any classified information with the Russian foreign minister and ambassador in the Oval.

Trump: Yeah, sure, I told them some stuff because: (a) As president, I can do anything I want, including discussing whatever; and (b) I want Russia to step up its fight against the Islamic State.

White House: Absurd! The president did not fire FBI Director James Comey because of the bureau’s investigation into possible collusion with Russia.

He was simply following the recommendation of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, of whom no one had ever heard until right this minute, but he’s key to everything going forward.

Trump: Yeah, sure I was thinking about the Russia investigation. I’ve been thinking of firing Comey since the beginning. He’s a disaster.

Trump can’t help himself.

Lies seem to bore him, even when told in his defense.

Kathleen Parker They’re too much trouble. And, besides, he’s always gotten his way by speaking his and everyone else’s mind. His impulse to share his unfiltered thoughts is precisely what makes him both entertaining and a terrible president.

From his own lips: Trump fired Comey at least partly because of the Russia investigation, which he was certainly entitled to do. He fired acting Attorney General Sally Yates because she refused to enforce his order limiting immigration, which most likely, he was legally justified in doing.

Lower-court rulings that the order was essentially a religious ban may not hold up in the Supreme Court, according to legal scholars I’ve consulted.

Among other reasons, some non-Muslims live in countries included in the order, and millions of Muslims live in other countries that weren’t included.

And, yes, he shared information with the Russians, which is well within his

constitutional authority, if not obviously prudent. According to The Washington Post, which first reported the story and in which I have faith, Trump revealed the Islamic State’s plan to weaponize laptops to bring down airplanes. He also reportedly divulged the city whence the intelligence came, which could expose the source — something even the Post would not reveal. The information was passed on by a partner country with which the U.S. had an intelligence-sharing agreement. For the foreseeable future, the media will be consumed with this breach of judgment, but not law. Don’t get me wrong. I’m no Trump cheerleader. But a dispassionate evaluation of events would seem timely and provide relief from the exploding-heads parade on TV. The unanswerable question is: Why would Trump do this?

Perhaps he is naive, stupid or sly like a fox. But his odd boast to the Russians that he gets “great intel” — “I have people brief me on great intel every day” — seemed more like showing off than a serious discussion of mutual security concerns.

For a time, all we knew is what the leaker wanted us to know. Then, lo and behold, Trump leapt to the Twitter feed to fill in the blanks. Was this wise? Might his disclosures affect others’ faith in

the president? (What faith?)

Might it bring harm to sources embedded in enemy territory?

(Is there anyone older than 10 who didn’t assume that the Islamic State was weaponizing laptops?)

A contrarian might wonder what else was on the table in that room? And who is leaking and for what purpose?

Reporters and columnists love leakers and need them as sources for invaluable information. But it should never be assumed that leakers are all noble whistleblowers or that they act solely out of altruism or loyalty to country. In this town, unfortunately, the same goes for friends and colleagues. Whatever the topic or circumstance, the experienced person always keeps one operative question in sight: What does he/she want out of this?

Oftentimes the answer is an unspoken agreement to be of mutual use to one another. This is the subtext in all negotiations and, perhaps, was foremost in Trump’s mind when he pretended to trust the Russians.

Maybe it was a test of trust.

Maybe it was just careless bumbling. Who knows?

It’s maddening not to know, but of this we can be certain: Wait awhile. Trump, the impulsive truth-sayer, will tell us sooner or later.

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

Davis loves his job as dean of J-school There was a time when a dean had to be colorful if he expected to maintain and enjoy tradition. Didn’t matter about his other qualifications — he was ordained to be something of a character if he had the title affixed to his name. The few women who became deans weren’t held to the same standard.

When I think of deans of Georgia’s past, I remember that they were a loyal bunch who enjoyed the good life that a college environment offered.

They drank coffee at the Varsity, they enjoyed ice cream from the creamery on campus and played golf at the Athens Country Club.

Those of the ’50s remembered World War II and football’s heyday under Wallace Butts.

Glory, Glory.

Times would change. Deans would become more than routine administrators. They became salesmen and marketers. Big budgets, big challenges and government regulations.

Football fell on hard times.

“But, it is still fun,” says Charles Davis, the dean of the Henry Grady College of Journalism. Davis is not one of those colorful deans but still hears stories about the school’s most colorful dean — John E. Drewry, whose dry wit and sage commentary delighted Grady classes for decades.

Drewry is remembered, among other things, for being shot by his estranged wife. Afterward, when he returned to teach his first class, legend has it, students crowded into the old C-J Audi-

Williams Pinecrest Lodge. He functions, attitudinally, akin to a kid in an ice cream shop.

Hard to contain his emotions.

“My cup, indeed, runneth over.

I am having the time of my life.

I love my job,” Davis said at lunch recently at the new digs at the Georgia Center’s Savannah Loran room.

Smith Ask him for Grady pointsof-pride and he doesn’t know torium to witness the comeback, where to start or when to stop. the owlish looking Drewry, The faculty includes the Charflashed a wry smile and said, layne Hunter-Gault Writer in “I guess you notice I have on a Residence, five Meigs profesnew vest.” sors and 12 endowed profesThe fun, as Davis previously sorships. There are a number of noted, comes from the brilliance influential centers and certificate of today’s journalism students programs including: Center for and the mind boggling accomHealth & Risk Communication; plishments of Grady alumni. the James M. Cox Jr. Center for Then there are the Peabody Mass Communication Training Awards, which every electronic and Communication; the James media veteran would give his/ M. Cox Jr. Institute for Journalher right arm to own. Previism Innovation, Management ous Peabody winners include and Leadership; the Georgia Edward R. Murrow, Walter Scholastic Press Association; Cronkite, Bill Moyers, Barbara the New Media Institute and the Walters and Lorne Michaels.

Sports Media Certificate. The 60 Minutes has earned a Pea- National Press Photographers body and so has CBS Evening Association moved its headNews, CNN, BBC Television quarters to Grady College in and National Public Radio. It 2015. was Drewry who envisioned All Georgia graduates can the awards and caused them to join Charles Davis and Grady come about, forever linking the alumni in button popping University of Georgia with the pride when lists notable Grady icons of broadcast media. alumni, starting with Deborah The ebullient Davis, who Blum, Pulitzer Prize-winning is always upbeat and spewing science writer The list also ingood will among his faculty, cludes Ernest Camp Jr., founder alumni and friends, grew up of the Society of Professional in Athens embracing all the Journalists; Donald Davis, fortraditions and institutions from mer UPI reporter, White House the hedges to the chapel bell to correspondent and New York the arch to Allen’s and Charlie Times bestselling author of 19

books; Amy Glennon, current publisher of the Atlanta JournalConstitution; Brenda Hampton, creator/producer of awardwinning TV series including the “Secret Life of the American Teenager,” “7th Heaven” and “Fat Actress;” Betty Hudson, executive vice president of Communications; Josh Jackson, editor of Paste music magazine; Tom Johnson, former chairman of CNN News Group; Tim Mapes, senior vice president of marketing, Delta; Julie Moran, first woman to anchor “ABC’s Wide World of Sports;” Deborah Norville, host of “Inside Edition;” Deborah Roberts, correspondent ABC’s “20/20,” and the aforementioned HunterGault, the first black woman to anchor a national television newscast.

With degrees from North Georgia College, UGA and Florida (“That was the only time I have ever been miserable,” he laughs), and teaching experience at Missouri, he finds no alumni are more congenial, more supportive of one another and truly care about one another than those with their names on Grady alumni rolls.

“You think I don’t feel blessed!” he said. Somewhere I could see a Grady alumni gathering at some distant port with everybody in a Kymbaya mood but singing “Glory to Ole Georgia.”

Loran Smith is co-host of “The Tailgate Show” and sideline announcer for Georgia football. He is also a freelance writer.

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the heat and humidity in addition to our clay and acidic soils. Like white pines, some live longer than others, but most will ultimately succumb to diseases brought on by unfavorable growing conditions.

Our climate also influences the type of turfTim Daly grasses we can plant. St. Augustinegrass and even perish. Other plants that centipedegrass, though can suffer in hard freezes they are both attractive, include pittosporums, are not as adapted to our Indian hawthorns and winters as are other turfcycads. Even the state grasses. In South Georgia, tree, the live oak, which is these grasses thrive but evergreen and is famous will suffer in our area, in Savannah, will grow a consequence of hard here, but will not reach freezes. Others are not the heights as it does on tolerant of our heat. Kenthe coast due to the colder tucky bluegrass thrives weather. north of here. Creeping Our hot summers pres- red fescue and fine fescue ent a challenge for many also do well in colder other plants. Once I had a climates. However, they call from a resident who will suffer and decline planted an Alberta spruce due to the intense heat of tree that was beginning to our summers and are not turn brown and decline. recommended for lawns The name is indicative of for homeowners. Tall why it was suffering. The fescue, bermudagrass and tree is adapted to growing zoysiagrass are the most in Alberta but not Georgia. suited to be grown in local Most spruces and firs will lawns. not survive in Georgia.

When selecting plants We have many pine trees for the home landscape, that thrive in the metro make sure they will be area, but white pines are able to withstand our temnot one of them. Over peratures. Remember we time, they decline and die. are in USDA Hardiness Some live longer than oth- Zone 7b. Keep in mind ers, but most will perish. that using the right plant However, in Asheville, for the right place will N.C., they thrive and can prevent many problems. reach towering heights as Timothy Daly is an a result of a more favorAgricultural and Natural able climate. Ornamental Resource Extension Agent cherry trees produce with UGA Extension colorful blossoms in the Gwinnett. He can be conearly spring. However, tacted at 678-377-4011 or they suffer as a result of tdaly@uga.edu.

Gwinnett County’s prison will remain the home of as many as 222 state inmates while they serve out sentences for crimes they’ve been found guilty of committing.

County commissioners approved an intergovernmental agreement with the

Lillie Adams Lillie Montine White Adams, age 84, of Oakwood passed away Tuesday, May 16, 2017.

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Thomas M. Andersen was 72 when he joined Our Heavenly Father on May 14. Tom was a loving father, grandfather and brother. He was an Army Veteran, worked for the Small Business Administration, counseled prison inmates for 22 years and thousands of others, many through their darkest hours. He shared his strong faith in God with everyone around him. No matter what day it was, if you asked Tom how he was doing, he’d reply “It’s the best day of my life.” And this was his signature goodbye: “I love you and there’s not a darn thing you can do about it.”

Tom is survived by June McGuire, Eric Andersen, Catherine Andersen, Kelly Andersen, Christine Andersen, Jack BroskeyAndersen, Eric Andersen II, Max Andersen, Amy Jo Strong, Ashley Strong, and Melanie Strong. Services will be held Saturday, May 20th at St. Marguerite d’Youville in Lawrenceville, GA at 1:30pm.

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Karen “Kay” F. Gray, age 79, of Decatur, passed away on Thursday, May 11, 2017. Peachtree Cremation Society – 329 Gees Mill Business Pkwy NE, Suite 300 – Conyers, GA 30013. (678) 413-0104. www.peachtreecremation. com

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Lynn Elizabeth Gaston, age 68, of Hoschton passed away Sunday, May 14, 2017.

Olan Arthur Hembree, age 72, of Cumming, GA passed away May 16, 2017. Arrangements By: Junior E. Flanigan of Flanigan Funeral Home and Crematory, Buford, GA (770) 932-1133.

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Walter J. Murray, of Oakwood, GA, former Ford Lincoln/Mercury salesman and manager with several dealerships, died suddenly on May 6.

He was 74.

Walter J. Murray was born in Milford, Mass., on April 19, 1943, to Walter J. Murray and Helena (Gilgan) Murray. He was the last of eight children, growing up in Grafton MA. After attending Grafton High School and St. John’s High School, Mr. Murray enlisted in the United States Navy, serving as a corpsman in Mediterranean Sea during the Vietnam War. He would later serve at the US Naval Hospital

more inmates for the state.

“This number includes the 64 inmates that were voted on and approved by the (Board of Commissioners) back on April 18,” Johnson told commissioners.

In exchange for having the county house the inmates, the Georgia Department of Corrections will pay Gwinnett county $20 per inmate for each day that they are housed in the county.

health briefs Eastside Medical receives award for patient safety Eastside Medical Center was recently recognized nationally for its superior performance in preventing serious complications in patients.

Healthgrades, a leading online resource for information about physicians and hospitals, presented Eastside with the Healthgrades 2017 Patient Safety Excellence Award. It’s one of 18 hospitals in Georgia to receive the honor — and the only hospital in Metro Atlanta.

“Keeping our hospital safe is a shared responsibility and requires all hands on deck with every staff member,” Eastside Medical Center’s Vice President of Quality Denise Flook said. “Here at Eastside, we make sure process are in place to prevent errors, falls, injuries, and prevent and control infection.”

Healthgrades found that patients treated in hospitals that received the Patient Safety Excellence Award between 2013 and 2015 were 40 percent less likely

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Georgia Department of Corrections to house the inmates in the Gwinnett County Comprehensive Correctional Complex until June 30, 2018. Prison warden Darrell Johnson said the agreement was one the county and state agree to each year to house the inmates in the county.

The agreement comes about a month after county officials agreed to house

to experience an accidental cut during a procedure than those treated at other hospitals. Another 44.6 percent are less likely to experience a collapsed lung due to surgery, and 54.4 percent are less likely to experience pressure sores or bed sores.

“This award speaks to the work that our clinical team, physician team and quality team have put in to make sure that Eastside is the safest place for our community to receive care,” said Eastside Medical Center’s Chief Executive Officer Trent Lind.

Gwinnett Medical technology could save newborns Gwinnett Medical Center’s neonatal intensive care unit recently introduced technology that could save the brains of critically ill newborns.

The Circelli Family Neonatal Intensive Care Unit introduced Tecotherm Neo technology as part of its hypothermia treatment, which it’s been using for the past nine years. The idea is

to cool the brains of infants who may have suffered brain injury at the time of birth to decrease further damage.

It’s a time-sensitive process.

“Brain cooling should be started within six hours of birth, but initiating it sooner can increase the chance for optimal outcomes,” said Dr. Leslie D. Leigh, neonatologist at GMC. “We have learned that transport time decreases the chance we could cool an infant’s brain within the preferable period.”

That’s where the new Tecotherm Neo technology comes in — it’s made for transport. That way, neonatal transport units can begin hypothermia treatment before the infants get to the hospital.

“We don’t know of any other transport system that has such capabilities at this time,” Leigh said. “It’s important for parents and our partners in health care to know that we have the resources needed to help families in such a critical time.”

— From staff reports

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Newport, RI. Upon his return from the Navy, Mr. Murray began a long career in sales and sales management in the auto industry. He was General Manager of Burlington Lincoln Mercury, Burlington, VT and Friendly Ford, Atlanta. He also worked in sales at Banner Ford, Atlanta, Jackie Jones Lincoln Mercury Gainesville, Greene Ford, Gainesville.

Mr. Murray was a parishioner of Prince of Peace, Catholic Church, Flowery Branch, GA. Mr. Murray was predeceased by his brother Louis L. Murray and two sisters, Rose I. Murray and Margaret McGarry. Mr. Murray was divorced. He is survived his son, Walter J. Murray, III of Buford, GA and his grandson James Murray of Buford, GA. and by sisters Helena Gallerani, of Dennis, MA, Genevieve Mahassel of Grafton, MA, Francis Maino, of Worcester, MA, Theresa Deiana of Pocasset, MA. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, May 20, 2017 with visitation with family at 10:00am and a memorial at 11:00am at the Flanigan Funeral Home. Burial rites will be held in Grafton, MA at a later time.

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

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However, when choosing plant material for our home landscapes, we have to make sure it can tolerate our weather conditions. Gwinnett County and surrounding areas are in USDA Hardiness Zone 7b, meaning the average extreme minimum temperature is 5 to 15 degrees.

Though the temperatures may not drop below zero for days on end during winter as in northern states, we do have prolonged cold spells with temperatures below freezing temperatures. My office has received numerous calls over the years from homeowners inquiring about growing citrus plants such as oranges, lemons, limes and grapefruit. We explain to them that temperatures below freezing will kill these plants, and they cannot be grown year-round outside.

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•From Page 1A earn wages that can feed them,” he said. “I want to change that. My people deserve better.”

Aliu said he and Kosovo grew up together, and he looks to serve as a sort of big brother to his native land and help her along.

While he’s an aspiring politician, the graduates heard from an established politician in Stacey Abrams, D-Atlanta, the Minority Leader of the State House of Representatives. While she didn’t mention it in her speech, Abrams has filed paperwork and started fundraising to run for governor.

Instead, Abrams, 43, a Mississippi native, shared her personal story of growing up between the working class and middle class, saying that a highlight in her childhood home was when a cable box was perched on the television. That meant her parents had a nice paycheck that week.

Abrams’ mother was the only person in her family to graduate high school. And her father was first generation college despite graduating from high school with dyslexia and not learning to read until he was 30 years old.

Abrams’ speech had the theme of her love for television and movies, particularly the plot developments and twists.

She used several calland-answer lines that culminated with a closing message of “Do well, do good and do right. Then, Georgia Gwinnett College, you can do anything.”

Abrams called on the graduates to serve their

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One of the top Mack Trucks dealers in America recently opened a new state-of-the-art center in unincorporated Duluth.

Nextran Corporation’s Minority Leader of the Georgia House of Representa- new 55,000-square-foot tives Stacey Abrams gives the keynote address during truck center includes the Georgia Gwinnett College spring commencement on 29 service bays with an Thursday. (Staff Photos: Jason Braverman) overhead crane that spans 112 feet. It also includes

a repair area for natural gas-powered vehicles.

The company expects the center to create 80 jobs and is touting it as the largest and most technologically advanced of its three metro Atlanta centers.

“The Duluth location bolsters our network of Nextran Truck Centers in the region,” said Nextran Corporation President and CEO Jon W. Pritchett in a statement. “Geographi-

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•From Page 1A Gwinnett County Public Schools’ TOTY, Jamie Lynn McFarland, who teaches third- through fifth-grade Severe/Profound Intellectual Disabilities at Rock Springs Elementary, was given the district award in November.

McFarland began teaching with a preschool special education program in the summer of 2011 and joined the staff of Rock Springs that August. Her philosophy is that nothing is impossible for students, no matter their diagnosis or what doctors have said.

“My students may not learn to do things in the same way as their typically developing peers, but I am committed to figuring out a way for them to be involved and a way for them to learn,” she told the Daily Post last year.

Over the next several Students walk through the arch following the Georgia weeks, a panel of judges Gwinnett College spring commencement on Thursday. will conduct interviews and communities and offer “Education is a powerful observe speeches given by public service. and profound tool that can the finalists. The winner will “Take these degrees destroy lives or liberate be announced June 12. that you’re conferring them. … Do good for othThe 2018 Georgia and put them to benefit ers, and you will do good Teacher of the Year will those in need,” she said. for yourselves.” travel around the state and the nation, serving as an ambassador for the teach-

Jamie Lynn McFarland of Rock Springs Elementary School in November was named the 2017 Gwinnett County Teacher of the Year at a banquet held at the Infinite Energy Ballroom in Duluth. On Thursday, McFarland was named a top 10 finalist for the Georgia Teacher of the Year award. (File Photo)

ing profession. The winner will also be entered in the National Teacher of the Year competition.

State School Superintendent Richard Woods said in a press release that it’s difficult to name anything quite so important to a student’s success as the influence of a truly excellent teacher.

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2018 Georgia Teacher of the Year Finalists • Gerald Kosoff, AP Calculus, AP Statistics, KIPP Atlanta Collegiate, Atlanta Public Schools • Dominique Vidal Nichols, World Literature, AP English Literature and Composition, Westside High, Bibb County Schools • Paulette M. Allard, Honors Biology and Forensic Science, Harrison High, Cobb County Schools • Suzette Weinhardt, Mathematics, Accelerated Geometry, Algebra 2, Pre-Calculus, Sandy Creek High, Fayette County Schools • Jamie Lynn McFarland, Grades 3-5 Severe/Profound Intellectual Disabilities, Rock Springs Elementary, Gwinnett County Schools • Susan Donlin, Adapted Curriculum, Marietta Middle, Marietta City Schools • K. Paige Cole, AP United States Government and U.S. History, North Oconee High, Oconee County Schools • Jonathan Deen, American Government, Dual Enrollment U.S. and World History, Putnam County High, Putnam County Schools • Laura Gerlach, 5th Grade, Furlow Charter School of Sumter County • John R. Tibbetts, Economics, Worth County High, Worth County Schools

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circumstances with the state budget, GCPS will from last year. Much of receive $17.4 million less the increase is tied to an than what it earns in the additional 1,972 students state formula for school expected in August which funding, said GCPS Chief would raise the overall Financial Officer Joe Hefenrollment to more than fron.

180,000, and raises for Economic indicators, teachers and all other such as the property tax employees. digest, for example, have As part of GCPS’ recovered from the 27 new performance-based percent drop during the compensation system recent Great Recession. for teachers, the average The value of a mill shrunk teacher will receive a 3.72 from about $31 million percent salary increase, to $23 million and has which includes a 2 percent rebounded to $26.3 milcost-of-living bump. lion in the current year.

The average teacher in It’s expected to be $28.4 GCPS, which equates to million for next year. having a master’s degree The local property tax and at performance step digest is expected to grow 13, makes $60,716 and by nearly 5 percent, or accounts for $85,923, $23.7 million, in local including benefits. property tax revenue.

Given the climate and Employer benefit costs

are projected to add $32 million in expenses for this budget.

The Gwinnett Retirement System, the district’s alternative to Social Security, will increase by $5.5 million, and state health insurance premiums for noncertificated employees, about 6,100, will cost GCPS $7.1 million annually. Those employees are typically cafeteria workers, bus drivers and central office personnel.

Those increases have jumped seven of the past eight years and 480 percent since 2011. The permonth cost for the district will go from $846 to $945 per member.

GCPS implements science, social studies curriculum Following a curricu-

lum review in November, district leaders looked at current instructional resources for science and social studies to ensure alignment between the standards and the resources in the district.

Nikki Mouton, executive director of curriculum and instruction, told the School Board on Thursday that district leaders and teacher teams built resources to support “depth and rigor” needed in science and to close gaps in social studies left between changes at the state level and a lack of resources from publishing companies.

In science, the district added supplemental and online resources for kindergarten through third grade, and sixth

grade and seventh grade.

In fourth grade and fifth grade, and Advanced Placement biology and chemistry, the GCPS employees developed an overview of what the standards are, what they’re asking the student to know and be able to do, and teacher strategies.

“They are causing some instructional shifts because the rigor is definitely different, and we have amazing resources to support them,” Mouton said. “While many of them are not in the traditional format that we’re accustomed to, they actually leverage the resources we have available and are helping us to make sure that our eCLASS initiative goals and objectives are real-

ized.”

Staffing report Linda Anderson, the district’s associate superintendent for human resources and talent management, said GCPS plans to hire about 1,000 teachers for the upcoming year, including filling 285 vacancies.

Anderson told the School Board on Thursday that 112 of those vacancies have pending job offers that are waiting on May college graduates to provide a transcript to the district. Anderson said 419 of the hires would be teachers new to the district, and 302 teachers would be re-hires, which typically means they worked less than the entire current year in Gwinnett.

is lost forever,” Johnson said. “But it has also been around Gwinnett County. A invested in someone’s life Guests leader from each organizaand will make a difference. listen and tion showed up to the lunYou chose to dedicate the watch cheon at Bethesda Senior most precious resource and during the Center on Thursday with I want to thank you for do31st annual a volunteer they felt most ing that.”

Gwinnett deserved special recogniBut the volunteers who Council tion for their efforts. Those accepted awards Thursday for Seniors volunteers received Volunawards cer- didn’t seem to view the emony and teer of the Year awards. countless hours they’ve luncheon The luncheon also spent on others as a burden.

Thursday. recognized volunteers who Volunteer Imogene Allen, (Photo: Kyle who earned an award for recently earned President’s Hess) Volunteer Service Awards, a her work at VSP, said she recognition from the federal wouldn’t want to spend her government. time any other way.

“The President’s Volun“I love what I do to dine Turk-Morgan, Caroteer Service Award recog2016. Silver level awards 600. volunteer in every respect,” nizes individuals, families lyn Williams and Barbara are given to people who Kaas also recognized Allen said. “I’m 86 years and groups who have Meekins as winners of the volunteer between 250 and Anne Yarbrough, though the old and I just hope that God achieved a certain standard bronze level President’s 499 hours in a year. level of her award has not will continue to see that I measured by the number Volunteer Service Award.

Bob Marszalek and yet been specified. work as long as I can.” of hours of service over That means the three volun- Barbara Pinaire were each Johnson said she appreciThe following clubs a 12-month period,”said teers worked between 100 awarded the gold-level ated all the volunteers who recognized volunteers for Gwinnett Council for Seand 249 unpaid hours over President’s Volunteer Serspent time helping seniors outstanding service: niors’ incoming Vice Presi- the course of a year. vice Award for volunteering in Gwinnett, whether they • Evergreen Club — Bob dent Renee Kaas. “This is a Judith Rhea earned the more than 500 hours last spent one hour or 600.

Marszalek very prestigious award.” silver level of the award year. Marszalek worked 549 “When you give an hour • H2U — Mary EtherKaas recognized Jeralfor working 404 hours in hours, while Pinaire worked of your time, that time idge

• Gwinnett Veteran Museum — Richard Beasley • Lawrenceville FunTime — Dorothy Hall Burton • The Button Gwinnett Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution — James Ruff Sr • Delmar Gardens — Annie Yarbrough • Gwinnett Learning Center — Mike Nocula • Jet Set — Brenda Westmoreland • AARP — Jeraldine Turk-Morgan • AARP Chapter 2714 — Brenda Lee • Red Hat Society — Barbara Pinaire • Best Friend Club — Marie Puckett • Geneology Study — Arthur Haynes • Dacula Rainbow — Pat Rutherford • VSP — Imogene Allen • Bogan Park Gold Wings — Arthur Swain • Suwanee Good Timers — Shirley Knoe

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Mill Creek ousted by Etowah

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HOSCHTON — The flip side of a Cinderella story is the heartbreak of a magical season coming to an end.

That’s how Mill Creek felt Thursday after losing 5-4 to Etowah in Game 3 of the Class AAAAAAA state semifinals. It ended the second-seeded Hawks’ (35-8) season, while the Eagles advanced to the state finals against Woodstock as a No. 4 seed.

As Etowah celebrated its improbable title series berth, Mill Creek head coach Doug Jones gave his team an extended goodbye in left field. His son, Beau — who pitched a scoreless inning in relief Thursday night — was one of 13 seniors on the roster.

“I told them I’ve been on a lot of rides in my baseball career and I just experienced the funnest one of all,” Mill Creek head coach Doug Jones said.

“Just a quality group of young men.

Thirteen seniors who have poured their heart and soul, their guts into this program. And the youngsters — I’m just heartbroken. It’s going to take a while to mend this broken heart. I’m so very See MILL CREEK, Page 6B

North Gwinnett’s Walker Cleveland reacts after giving up a home run to Woodstock’s Caleb Bartolero in the semifinals of the AAAAAAA State Playoffs on Thursday in Suwanee. (Photo: David McGregor)

Bulldog bummer Tough bounces, strong Woodstock defense, Bartolero HRs too much for North in 4-3 loss

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Mill Creek pitcher Jay Pendley (7) looks in on his pitch home against an Etowah batter during Thursday’s state playoff semifinal game at Mill Creek in Hoschton.

(Photo: Karl L. Moore)

SUWANEE — If there can be such a thing as a team of destiny, there is perhaps none that fits that description better than the 2017 edition of Woodstock’s baseball team.

North Gwinnett found that out the hard way in Game 3 of its Class AAAAAAA state semifinal series.

For the second straight week in a decisive game against a Gwinnett opponent, left-hander Josiah Siegel was

able to pitch enough to his defense, while Caleb Bartolero provided with just enough power thanks to two home runs to lift the Wolverines to a 4-3 victory Thursday night at McDaniel Field.

The win propelled Woodstock (27-15) into the state final series next week, where its neighbor from two miles away, Etowah, awaits.

It also provided a frustrating end to an otherwise historic season for the Bulldogs, who set a new school record for wins with their final record of 35-4.

“I think that’s the only way

to put it (that it wasn’t meant to be),” North coach Ryan Moity said. “The first at-bat of the game, we hit the ball hard. It just seems that we hit it right to them. I felt like we squared the ball up all night long. I’m not taking anything away from (Siegel). He threw well. He competed. But so did our guys.”

Indeed, after Walker Cleveland (7-1) set Woodstock down in order with two strikeouts in the top of the first, the first hitter in the bottom of the inning provided a foreshadowing of the type of night it

Happy timing allows Oros to make induction Hall of Fame gymnast welcomes baby early

By Christine Troyke

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Courtney Puckett Oros filmed an acceptance speech for her Gwinnett County Sports Hall of Fame induction when she was just a few weeks from giving birth to her second child.

Her due date was two days before the ceremony.

“I had a hard time getting through the video and writing it all down beforehand,” Oros said. “So many people had an influential impact on my career. Not just my career, but my character. It took me a few days to get through it.”

Now she doesn’t even need to use it.

Oros’ son, Ramsey, was three weeks early, which means his mom can accept in person tonight.

“In person, I might not even make it through,” Oros laughed. “I was disappointed I was going to miss it, so now I’m really excited. It’s such an honor.”

Oros, a Providence Christian grad, is the first gymnast to be selected for the Hall, which has inducted 41 members in its first seven years.

She was an All-American and four-time All-SEC pick at Auburn from 2002-05. Oros is one of only seven NCAA All-Americans in the Tigers’ gymnastics history. She also was a gold medalist on floor and See OROS, Page 2B

the more difficult speeches in quite some time.

“You know, I’m not sure what’s As someone who makes going to a living in part by public come out speaking and inspiring oth- (tonight),” ers, Kyle Maynard’s induc- Maynard tion speech for the Gwinnett said. “I’ve Sports Hall of Fame’s Class given it a of 2017 should be a snap. little bit of Kyle Yet when he takes to the thought.

Maynard podium for tonight’s induc- I guess tion ceremony, the Suwanee I probably should think native and Collins Hill grad- some more (about it). I uate admits it may be one of kind of want to be without

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Akins honored for his play at Berkmar, beyond

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Providence Chrisitian grad Courtney Puckett Oros is being inducted into the Gwinnett Sports Hall of Fame on Friday. She is the first gymnast selected and a four-time All-SEC honoree at Auburn. (Special Photo)

Maynard reflects on his challenges met, those ahead

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would be for North.

Michael Borah pulled a wicked line drive that appeared to be ticketed for the left-field corner, only to be snagged by a leaping Woodstock third baseman Jason Woszczynski.

Then after Parker Coyne and Corey Collins hit back to back singles, Cade Heil sent another hard hit ball up the middle, but Spencer Keefe cut it off and started a 4-6-3 double play to end the threat and keep the game scoreless.

a prepared (text) to see what can come out organically. But I think moreso, my life, if you look at it as a whole, is a celebration of a lot of people. Some of them — my parents, my grandparents, my sisters, my friends, my teammates — it wouldn’t have been possible. It wouldn’t have been conceivable without the people I’ve had in my life, and it’s really, I think, See MAYNARD, Page 2B

HALL OF FAME What: Eighth annual Gwinnett County Sports Hall of Fame Induction, presented

by Gwinnett Medical Center When: Today Where: Infinite Energy Center Ballroom Details: This year’s inductees are Tony Akins, Jack Britt, Chad Hall, Kyle Maynard and Courtney Puckett Oros, and the featured speaker is Atlanta Falcons head coach Dan Quinn To purchase tickets: Online at gcps-foundation.org/hall_of_fame

Now retired and living on the Georgia coast, David Boyd has more time to reflect on his long career as a high school basketball coach.

His teams had great successes within the state and nationally over the years, playing in the state finals 11 times and winning six state titles, including back-to-back championships with Berkmar in 2000 and 2001. The list of talented players on those teams is a lengthy one.

The best player he ever coached? That’s one of the easiest questions for the longtime coach.

It’s Tony Akins, a 5-foot-11 guard he had on his team for one season in 1997-98, when the lightning-quick lefthander produced one of the best statistical seasons in Gwinnett history and helped Berkmar to the state finals. He then became an All-ACC point guard at Georgia Tech and has excelled in international basketball since 2002.

“I used to say Tony was the best player I ever coached, pound for pound,” Boyd said this week before attending Akins’ Gwinnett County Sports Hall of Fame induction tonight at Infinite Energy Center. “But I

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Berkmar grad Tony Akins, shown during a brief trip home last summer, is preparing for his 14th season of professional basketball overseas. (Photo: Will Hammock)

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Oros “They were there every step of the way.” all-around champion at the Oros returned to coach USA Junior Olympics as a with Thaxton at the Gwinhigh school senior in 2001. nett Gymnastics Center “I wouldn’t be in this in 2008 and helped guide position if it wasn’t for all a new crop of athletes, those coaches at Gwinnett including another ProviGymnasdence Christian grad, tics Center, Michelle Shealy, who went espeon to compete at Iowa cially Dan State.

Thaxton, “I loved being back in and Jay the gym, coaching them Ronayne at and helping with recruitAuburn,” ing,” Oros said. “I’ll Courtney Oros said. never forget going through Puckett Oros “They recruiting as a sophomore have left such an impresand junior, my mom said sion on me. Then, my if it wasn’t something I parents, who made day-to- wanted to pursue, that day sacrifices for my sister was OK. My parents were (Lindsey) and I — all the that invested and it was nights driving us to pracOK with them for me to tice and busy weekends. walk away if I wanted The expense alone — we to. They’re a quiet force probably took 10 trips in behind me.” a five-month period, to Oros is taking her cues Florida and Colorado and from them. Her mom, the Bahamas.

Gywn Puckett, is the gym•From Page 1B

nastics coach at Providence and never pushed either of her daughters into the sport. Oros has been going to Mommy and Me gymnastics classes with her 2-year-old, Blakely.

“With anything, you have to have passion and drive,” Oros said. “It can’t be forced on you — you won’t thrive. I put Blakely in the class for coordination and balance. If it’s something she wants to continue to pursue, we will. If not, we’ll try something else.

“One thing we won’t let her do is quit in the middle of something, just as a life lesson. It’s been fun watching her, letting her do it all and standing back.”

In her head, though, Oros is still thinking, “you need to point your toes.”

“And after everything, she says, ‘Ta-da!’” Oros laughed.

It’s been a whirlwind few weeks for Oros. In addition to Ramsey’s arrival and her Hall of Fame induction, Oros and her husband, Ryan, celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary and are moving into a new home.

“I’m so happy about all of it, but it’s been a little bit of a crazy train,” Oros said with a laugh. “My heart is so full of love and gratitude.”

Her husband helped orchestrate a surprise announcement of her selection at Providence.

“I just thought I was there because people wanted to see Blakely,” Oros laughed. “I walked into the library and did a double-take because Ryan was there.

“It’s neat to represent Providence and GGC. It’s not just me — it’s an award for everybody.”

Maynard •From Page 1B a celebration to show them just how much I appreciate them. For other people there, I hope it will be a reminder that they have that capacity to be that for other people, too.”

Whatever words Maynard comes up with, they might be too brief to really sum up all the challenges he’s met and conquered in his brief 31 years.

Most people in Gwinnett County who have followed high school athletics over the past decade or so are no doubt well aware of his athletic accomplishments, which came despite being born with a rare condition known as congenital amputation, where fibrous bands prevent the development of fetal limbs.

Best known for his career on the wrestling mat — in which he rolled up over 100 victories, including 36 alone in his senior season at Collins Hill — he also participated briefly as an amateur mixed martial arts fighter.

But those accomplishments represent only a few of the many different challenges he’s stared down throughout his life since graduating from Collins Hill in 2004.

And whether it’s been MMA, public motivational speaking, writing a bestselling book, owning a

like, a UFC pro MMA fighting champion or whatever. I’d love to (travel) around the world. I’d like to be more proficient in photography. They’re kind of a bunch of different non-linear goals.

“I just get bored easily.

There’s probably a direct link between the stupidity (of some of the challenges) and boredom, that’s for sure.”

While Maynard likes to make jokes about it, it’s never been in his nature to simply wait around for new challenges to pop up.

Perhaps that’s why he has found it so difficult to sit

still these days. While he is technically a resident of San Diego and still owns a home in Georgia, he considers himself more of a citizen of the world these days.

But while he contemplates what’s next for himself — he has repeatedly said he wants to do some traveling, listing possible destinations as Japan, Greece and Israel — he will spend much of this weekend looking back at the accomplishments.

More importantly, he’ll look back fondly on the role those around him, like his parents, Scott and Anita; sisters Amber, Lindsay and McKenzie; and former Collins Hill wrestling coach Cliff Ramos, have played in them.

While the induction into Gwinnett’s Sports Hall of Fame ranks right up there with some of the other accolades he’s earned over his life, like a 2004 ESPY award for Best Athlete With A Disability and being inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, he’s still not sure exactly what he’s most proud of.

“I had a sneaking suspicion you’d ask me that,” Maynard said. “I’ve thought about it a lot. I think some of the stuff I’m most proud of has everything to do with the physical (stuff), but it also has nothing to do with it.”

Parkview in the region tournament opener — a game where a loss would have kept the Patriots from the state playoffs — Akins picked up his fourth foul in the first half and Boyd kept his star in the game the rest of the way, fearing his team would fall too far behind without him on the floor. Berkmar won a nailbiter that night thanks to a game-winner from teammate Davey Akin.

In the state semifinals, Griffin used seven different players to guard Akins, but he still scored 35.

“What’s so funny is (Akins’ senior season) didn’t start out that great,” Boyd said. “His first game we played North Forsyth and the coach there had been the coach at Berkmar, Bobby Smith. He knew all about Tony, and, gosh, we lost that game and Tony only had eight points. I thought, ‘Boy, it’s going to be a long year if it goes like that.’ The second game, I was thinking would be a lot better, but it wasn’t. We played Chattahoochee and barely beat them in overtime. Tony had 10 points.

“I talked to him and said, ‘Tony, what’s going on out there?’ And he said, ‘Well, coach, when I try to run the offense the ball never gets back in my hands. Somebody else is shooting it before it gets back to me, so I’m having a hard time scoring

and generating points. So I said I’ll fix that. I called the team together and told the guys we’re not going to run any offense. No more offense. We’re not running any more plays. None. It’s all out the door.

“What we’re going to do now is look for a layup, but if we don’t have a layup, you pass that ball back to Tony and we will set a high ball screen and we will play off of what he does.

That’s it. The next game, he had 40 and we won big.

And the rest is history.”

Akins is listed in the Gwinnett record books with 1,955 career points, but Boyd said that number wasn’t accurate because the new coaching staff couldn’t find complete stats for the four-year varsity starter. He scored nearly 1,000 points in his senior season alone.

That season played a large part in making Akins a local legend, as did what he has done in college and professional basketball. It will all be celebrated with a hall of fame selection that took him aback.

“It means a lot,” Akins said. “I guess just being established and what I did, my name. It’s something.

Before, you always were trying to work to prove you’re something, to be successful in life. It’s something that lets you know that you’ve done that.”

Collins Hill grad Kyle Maynard, a well-known speaker, author and athlete, will be inducted into the Gwinnett County Sports Hall of Fame this week. (File Photo)

Crossfit gym or climbing mountains — he became the first quadruple amputee to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania without assistance by crawling 19,340 feet in 10 days in 2011 before more recently climbing Mount Aconcagua in Argentina — Maynard has attacked each of those challenges head on.

And he’s not about to stop now.

“There are a lot of other varied interests I have,” Maynard said. “I guess I don’t really know (what the next one is). It’s not something I have to do.

Like, I don’t have to be,

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holds dual citizenship and feels comfortable, given would say he’s the best I his heritage (his mother is ever had. He had the best Korean). year of any player that I’ve “I feel like it helped me ever coached. You look grow,” Akins said of his back at everything he’s ac- international career. “I’m complished and he was the not the person who I was best I ever coached.” or who I was going to be Akins was a pioneer of growing up. That’s not the sorts in modern Gwinnett person I am now. It helped basketball with his high me become a better person school success (he was the and understanding more county’s first Mr. Georgia about life and how things Basketball) and his route worked in the world. Being in international basketball. halfway on the other side Despite scoring 1,658 of the world was really points as a four-year starter good for me. I loved it. at Georgia Tech, as well I had fun. I’m not a big as ranking in the school’s traveler on my own, so I career top 10 in various really enjoyed it, seeing other categories, he went the world.” undrafted in 2002 and Through all of the never secured a roster spot basketball, Akins manin the NBA. aged to avoid injuries, until “I always thought he this past season. He only was good enough to be like played five games before an Isaiah Thomas, but back pain in his shooting elbow in those days (NBA teams) turned out to be a torn would rarely give someulnar collateral ligament, body his size a chance,” forcing season-ending Boyd said.

Tommy John Surgery in Instead of playing in November. the states, Akins became “It was tough, man,” a world traveler and built Akins said. “I’ve never an impressive, and lucrahad surgery before. It tive, career internationally. was my first time. It was He first joined a pro team tough. The rehab, trying in Russia and has played to get comfortable. I’m since in Turkey, China, good now, but the first two France, Poland, Croatia, months were real tough.”

Greece, Bulgaria and Akins, who turns 37 Cyprus. He also played a in July, said the elbow is summer in the Dominican feeling better and he is Republic. preparing to play the 2017He has been spent the 18 season in South Korea. latter part of his career in How well this season goes, South Korea, where he and if he can match his

previous level of play, will determine how many more seasons of pro basketball he has left.

“It really depends on this season right here,” he said. “I talked with the team. When I retire, they want me to coach. But I’ll continue to play and see how this season goes. If I can play like I used to play, I’ll continue playing. I’m not ready to retire.”

For nine months of the year, Akins lives in South Korea with his wife and their two children, a 5-year-old son and a 2-year-old daughter. They recently bought a house in Atlanta, where they hope to live eventually, but spend only a few months there each year.

The time back in Georgia allows Akins to reconnect with old friends he doesn’t see regularly because he is out of the country so much. His current trip, for his Gwinnett Hall of Fame induction, is more special than most.

People will share memories about his playing career in his home county, where most remember him more for his Berkmar days than they do for what he did at Georgia Tech and beyond. He was a top player his first three seasons before breaking out in 1997-98, averaging 29.6 points for a state runner-up team.

“That run to state (finals)

was great,” Akins said.

“When I look back at it, I’m happy about the progress I made there. From freshman year where Berkmar was at, the kind of the basketball culture there, and every year I got better and our team got better.

Everything happens for a reason, and Coach Boyd coming on my senior year and our run to the state.

Berkmar grew, Gwinnett basketball grew and the progression that I saw.

That run for state was really fun. I know we didn’t win it. But in my mind, we won it. Who thought that would happen? Berkmar?

Come on.”

Individually, Akins had a season for the ages in 1997-98 despite drawing heavy defensive attention because his team lacked another consistent scoring option.

He had a 53-point outing in the Deep South Classic against Spartanburg (S.C.), 47 against Parkview and had 44 of his team’s 55 points in a region tournament semifinal against Brookwood.

In that Brookwood game, he made 8 of 10 3-pointers in the first half and had 33 of Berkmar’s 35 points at intermission.

“That Brookwood game was the darnedest thing I’ve ever seen,” Boyd said.

The coach doesn’t lack for stories about Akins’ greatness. In a battle with

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Getting to Know ... Terance Mathis Hawks’ Phillips steps down as girls hoops coach

Terance Mathis, a Suwanee resident, is the new head football coach at Pinecrest Academy in Cumming and is a former NFL wide receiver, playing 13 seasons in the league, including eight seasons with the Atlanta Falcons.

He was a Pro-Bowler in 1994 and was a member of the Falcons team that reached Super Bowl XXXIII. In this installment of “Getting to Know…,” Mathis speaks with sports intern Collin Huguley on topics ranging from his coaching career to his favorite current NFL wide receiver.

CH: When did you get into coaching?

TM: A few years ago, I did an internship with the Baltimore Ravens. I coached the East-West Shrine Game twice. Since my son started playing, I’ve been following him at every level. I also coached at Savannah State for a couple of years. It’s been about a 10-year process.

CH: During your playing career, did you know that coaching was something you were going to get into?

TM: No. When I was done playing football, I got an offer from Dan Reeves, during my last year with the Falcons, to stay and coach.

When I was with the Steelers, my last year, Bill Cowher asked me to stay on and coach. I just didn’t see that. I tried to get as far away from football as I could after I got done playing.

CH: What kind of work did you do in between your playing and coaching career? You did some work in NASCAR, right?

TM: Yeah. I had a marketing company. I dabbled in NASCAR for a little bit. But most of what I did was sports training. That is what I did most of the time. From middle school athletes to professional athletes. That kept me busy in the work aspect.

CH: Is this your first time being a head coach?

TM: Yes. (laughs) But it is not my first time applying.

CH: How does it feel to have the keys to your own program?

TM: It feels good. For years, I’ve been preparing for this. There are some things that I’ve learned and things that I’ve seen that I want to implement into the

Suwanee resident and former Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Terance Mathis, second from left, is the new head football coach at Pinecrest Academy. (Special Photo)

program to help change the culture. I want people to look at football athletes as young men and not privileged young men that think that they have everything and know everything. This is my opportunity.

CH: What is different about coaching high school football and what is the best aspect of it?

TM: The best aspect is the opportunity to help mold young people at a young age and get them ready for life. And Friday nights in Georgia? There’s nothing like it.

CH: The NFL Draft took place recently and you were a lower-round draft pick (Mathis was a sixth-round pick). How did that motivate you in your rookie season and beyond?

TM: When you feel that you should have been drafted higher and look at the 17 receivers picked before you, you look at what you accomplished and compare yourself (to them). But you just want a chance to prove that you belong. And that is what I did.

CH: What is your advice to other lower-round picks?

TM: Just go in and make an impression. Don’t go in and be in awe of who is there. At the end of the day, you’re trying to make the team.

CH: You were drafted by the Jets and signed with the Falcons as a free agent. What drew you to Atlanta?

TM: It was home for me. I grew up in Stone Mountain. When they called, it was like coming back home. It was the only place I wanted to be at the time.

CH: You had the most successful years of your career in Atlanta. What about the Falcons put you in the best situation to succeed?

TM: It fit my capa-

bilities. With June Jones and the run-and-shoot, it needed a smaller receiver.

It helped me. Then when Dan Reeves came in, I ran a similar offense when I was in college. So I was prepared in both offenses.

And I was just comfortable. When your environment is comfortable, you are in the best situation to succeed.

CH: What was the best moment of your NFL career?

TM: Playing in the Super Bowl by far. Getting to play in the biggest game of the world. I wish we would have won the game.

But I took some solace in the fact that I scored a touchdown in the game. So that was a high point of my career.

CH: Obviously, this year’s Falcons team fell short in the Super Bowl.

How did you cope with your Super Bowl loss and what is your advice to them on how to deal with it?

TM: You have to stay hungry. Everybody has to stay together. After we went to the Super Bowl, I think we had some players that held out and wanted more money. And that was a distraction. You just need to do what you need to do to get back. The Falcons are doing a great job right now of adding pieces.

CH: How close are you to the organization today?

TM: Pretty close. I still know a few people that work there. During the season, Dan Quinn and I would text back and forth.

I would just wish him luck.

I’m pretty close to the Falcons but not to the point to where I work for them or anything.

CH: During your playing career, do you feel that you got the most out of your talent?

TM: I do. I was an undersized wide receiver. I was 5-foot-10, 180 pounds

when I played. I probably had a couple of years left (when I retired), but I feel that I still left it all out there.

CH: Who was the best quarterback that you played with during your NFL career?

TM: I mean, I had the best success with Chris Chandler. We played together the most. We did some wonderful things like winning the NFC Championship and the Super Bowl appearance. But I played with some great quarterbacks. I don’t know if I could say that one was the best. They all brought something to the table.

CH: What was the best and the worst aspect of NFL life as a player?

TM: The best aspect of the NFL was the camaraderie with the guys. You spend six to eight months together. Just getting to know them, getting ready for games, and being in the locker room, it was just amazing. The worst thing about the NFL? I cannot say. I enjoyed every minute of it. If I had to do it again, I would do it again the same way.

CH: Switching gears to some personal things, what is your favorite car that you have ever owned?

TM: Mercedes convertible 500SL. It was midnight blue with a caramel interior. Oh, I loved that car.

CH: Who is your favorite current NFL wide receiver?

TM: Julio Jones, of course.

CH: What kind of sports do or did your kids play?

TM: My son (15 years old) plays football. My daughter (18 years old) was a gymnast.

CH: What is the ideal family night for you and your family?

TM: We vary. But when you get teenage kids in the same room to sit together, that is a great night. But we are so simple. We can go to dinner and the kids will just want to ride out.

So we’ll just ride out and go to Dairy Queen or something and listen to music. That is an enjoyable night for us.

CH: What is your go-to meal? Your favorite thing to eat?

TM: That’s hard to say.

We eat all kinds of stuff.

But my go-to meal, where my kids will be excited, is when I get on the grill and do some steaks.

By Will Hammock

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A big Gwinnett coaching vacancy opened Wednesday when Ashley Phillips resigned as head of the Mill Creek girls basketball program.

Phillips, the only coach in program history, still enjoyed coaching the Hawks but made the decision for family reasons.

Two of Phillips’ children are older — daughter Madison is in college and son Gibson is a Mill Creek senior — but he and his wife, Molly, also have a 7-year-old son, Hudson.

Molly, who runs her own business, has been on a four-year break from working in the Gwinnett County Public Schools system, but she intends to resume her teaching career in 2017-18, which factored into Phillips’ decision to give up coaching duties for now.

He plans to remain at Mill Creek as a social studies teacher, while spending more time with his three children. Madison just signed with Brenau, where she will play basketball, and Gibson plans to attend North Georgia.

“With (Molly) going back to teaching, that will be a really hectic situation for us,” Phillips said.

“We’ve done it before, but we didn’t want to go back to doing that.”

Phillips, a Berkmar grad, has a 276-127 record at Mill Creek and his teams missed the state playoffs just twice (once was the program’s first season) in 13 seasons.

The Hawks made the state tournament’s Final Four twice and the Elite Eight

on six occasions.

He took over at Mill Creek after beginning his career in assistant coach roles at Meadowcreek and Collins Hill.

“It made it a lot tougher to think about being the only coach in the school’s history, that’s something kind of meaningful,” Phillips said. “But there comes a time when every coach is going to move on for one reason or another.

I really didn’t have a desire to stop coaching. I just had other things that were more important.”

Though he has been in coaching for 24 years, Phillips doesn’t feel like he is done with it. It’s more hiatus than it is retirement.

“I guess I’m going to watch Madison play at Brenau (this basketball season),” Phillips said.

“I’ll come to some games at Mill Creek as a fan. It will be weird. I’ve had a basketball schedule since I was in eighth grade either as a player or coach. It’s definitely not something I know how to prepare for but we’ll see how it goes. … I would like to coach again. I just think right now it’s not the best thing for the family. I would expect to coach again.

“I don’t really have any idea of where it would be, if it would be the same type of situation or different after a little time off. I don’t really have a timeline, just sort of seeing what happens.

I have been teaching for 24 years, so within a few years I could retire, but I think I’ll be too young for that. I’ll probably look for some type of opportunity in three to five years.”

Mill Creek coach Ashley Phillips addresses the players during a time out during the second round of the Class AAAAAAA girls state basketball playoffs Wednesday at Mill Creek High School. (Photo: Will Fagan)

Mtn. View’s Thompson takes lead role in swim fundraiser Swimmers young and old used to gather yearly at Lake Lanier for Eric Shanteau’s Swim For Your Life, a fundraiser for cancer research founded by the event’s namesake, an Olympic gold medalist, Parkview grad and cancer survivor.

Sarah Grace Thompson was one of the younger swimmers at Shanteau’s gatherings, enjoying the atmosphere and the challenge.

“I remember the lake looked really big and I was so small,” said Thompson, now a Mountain View freshman who trains at SwimAtlanta. “I was kind of scared but it ended up being a lot of fun.”

The experience made an impression on Thompson, and not just because of the thrill of an open water swim. She was motivated by supporting a worthy cause, including the sometimes difficult fundraising piece.

While Shanteau’s event isn’t around anymore, another popular fundraiser with the same mission has moved to Lake Lanier in recent years — Swim Across America’s Open Water Swim, which supports the Aflac Cancer and

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Will Hammock Blood Disorders Center at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Thompson wanted to participate in the SAA swim last year, but a scheduling conflict prevented that from happening. She has jumped in fully for the cause this year, though.

Thompson was one of three high-schoolers elected this year to SAA’s Junior Advisory Board, joining Emma Schwartz of Milton and Madeline Singletary of Centennial. Those three are part of Team SwimAtlanta (Thompson heads up fundraising at the main Sugarloaf location in Lawrenceville), and also work regularly with SAA’s Junior Advisory Board, which is headed up by Duluth grad and cancer survivor Julie Granger Jessee.

Their mission is raising as much money as possible

When: Sunday and June 25 Details: Clinics support SAA’s goal of supporting the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.

It is part of the early stages of fundraising for SAA’s Open Water Swim, scheduled for Sept. 23 at Lake Lanier.

Schedule: Saturday — At SwimAtlanta Sugarloaf, clinics from 1:30 to 3 p.m. and 3:30 to 5 p.m.

June 25 — At Georgia Tech, clinic from 10:30 a.m. to noon For more information: Go to www.swimacrossamerica.org or email megan@swimacrossamerica.org

through Sept. 23, when the SAA Open Water Swim is held at Lake Lanier.

“It has been challenging sometimes because I’m working with kids and adults, too,” Thompson said. “Working with adults is intimidating sometimes, but so far it’s been pretty good and it’s pretty exciting. I think we can ac-

complish a lot with it. …

I really like raising money and getting people behind a cause. I loved doing the Eric Shanteau event before and raising money for that, so I knew this would be fun and it helps kids locally in our area. It makes you feel like you made a difference.”

Thompson also is assisting a second SAA team, Team Gwinnett County Swim League, this year.

The popular league, with its more than 6,500 young swimmers, is a new entry into the SAA event, so one of the main challenges is getting information out to those thousands of swimmers and their parents.

“There are a lot of kids in the Gwinnett County Swim League,” said Thompson, a GCSL swimmer for Wild Timber. “We know that this is something the year-round teams are a big part of but not necessarily all the summer league teams. We’re trying to get them involved.

There are a lot of kids who could do the swim and really enjoy it. I’m trying to help get them off their feet because they’re a new team this year. I’m trying to help spread the word and getting

captains from each neighborhood team individually so we can also do fundraising events with them.”

One big event in Thompson’s mission is Sunday, when SwimAtlanta Sugarloaf in Lawrenceville hosts a summer preparation and racing clinic. The sessions — one from 1:30 to 3 p.m. and one from 3:30 to 5 p.m. — are co-hosted

by Team SwimAtlanta and Team Gwinnett Swim League and are designed to help young swimmers get ready for summer swimming. Another session is planned for June 25 at Georgia Tech.

“Other people have hosted clinics (at SwimAtlanta) before, so I thought we should probably get a good turnout,” said Thompson, who was sixth and 11th at state in her first high school season. “There are a lot of good coaches and a lot of people around here who are really helpful doing these types of things.

I knew we’d have coaches who would come and help and that we’d have a lot of kids, too.”

Team SwimAtlanta’s goal of $5,000 is off to a good start, and Thompson hopes to hit the same mark

with Team Gwinnett County Swim League. SAA has a goal of $400,000 total for its Atlanta event, and early efforts already have that figure at $103,728 as of mid-week.

Thompson wants to do her part to support the efforts of SAA in the coming months as the big lake swim in September approaches.

“I think Swim Across America is a really great organization because all of the money you raise goes to a local hospital,” she said. “This year, all the money we’re raising is going to CHOA. Swim Across America actually has a lab in the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center from the past few years when they’ve raised money here in Atlanta.

Now that we have a lab, the money is going toward research there for oncology and leukemia research for children. Since children’s cancer research gets a very small percentage of overall cancer funds, I think it’s very important that it’s going toward kids here.”

Will Hammock can be reached via email at will. hammock@gwinnettdailypost.com.

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Brookwood duo signs basketball scholarships

Brookwood’s senior guard duo of Bubba Parham and Trae Higginbotham officially signed their letters of intent to play college basketball Thursday.

Parham, the Daily Post Player of the Year, signed with Virginia Military Institute.

Higginbotham signed with Auburn-Montgomery.

Parham led the county in scoring with an average of 23.3 points per game, while Higginbotham averaged 15.8.

Central’s Hillery to continue hoops career at Spartanburg Methodist

Central Gwinnett senior Jalen Hillery announced Tuesday that he has committed to continue his basketball career at Spartanburg Methodist College in Spartanburg, S.C. Spartanburg Methodist is a two-year junior college that competes in Region X of the National Junior College Athletic Association.

Hillery was third in Gwinnett County in scoring last season as he averaged 21.4 points per game for the Black Knights. He also led the team in rebounding with 6.7 boards per game.

Buford’s Bart signs with Cardinals

The Arizona Cardinals announced Wednesday that they signed former Buford star Mikey Bart as an undrafted free agent.

The 6-foot-3, 267-pound Bart played defensive end in college at North Carolina, but was signed by Arizona as a linebacker. He made 29 career starts for the Tar Heels, recording 12 sacks.

Last year he had 34 tackles, four sacks, five quarterback hurries, two fumble recoveries and a forced fumble.

He won three state championships in football at Buford, and was part of a baseball state title as well. His brother, Joey, is a sophomore catcher at Georgia Tech.

Parkview’s French picks Clemson

Parkview sophomore catcher Jonathan French announced Saturday he has verbally committed to play for Clemson.

The 6-foot, 185-pound French helped the Panthers reach the Class AAAAAAA state quarterfinals this season as he hit .325 with eight home runs and 33 RBIs.

Mill Creek’s Phillips to play basketball at Brenau

TORONTO ROCK AT GEORGIA SWARM Game 2 • Saturday, 7 p.m. • Infinite Energy Center, Duluth • Swarm lead series 1-0

Swarm one win from title trip

By Paul Thomas

paul.thomas@ gwinnettdailypost.com

The Georgia Swarm are just one win away from the franchise’s first National Lacrosse League finals appearance.

Georgia defeated Toronto 11-8 last week in Game 1 of the East Division finals and will look to complete the sweep at 7:05 p.m. Saturday at Infinite Energy Arena. If the Rock are able to even the series, Game 3 will be a 10-minute mini-game after Game 2 at the Arena.

Game 1 was a defensive battle with each team’s goalie playing exceptionally well. Toronto’s Brandon Miller made 45 saves on 54 shots, while Georgia’s Mike Poulin made 39 stops on 47 shots.

“The defense starts with good goaltending, and good goaltending starts with defense,” Swarm head coach Ed Comeau said in a release from the team. “I think that both our goaltending and defense were full credit tonight and did a great job.

Now we have the tough task of after a week going back and doing it again.”

Toronto scored the game’s first goal in the first half and led 4-2 at the half. Georgia took control with four straight goals to

The Georgia Swarm celebrate a goal against the Toronto Rock last Saturday in Game 1 of the East Division Finals at the Air Canada Centre. (Photo: Greg Abel)

open the third and never relinquished the lead.

Transition player Joel White led the team with five points on two goals and three assists, to go with 14 loose balls and a caused turnover. Jordan Hall (3G, 1A) and Shayne Jackson (2G, 2A) each had four points, while Lyle Thompson (3A) and Randy Staats (1G, 2A) had three points each.

“We were getting good shots, to be honest with you,” White said. “Brandon Miller is an unbelievable goaltender, and he was making some good stops.

We were spreading a little wide, but at the end of the day, for us, we know how

our offense is. We know that they’re going to continue to do the right things and move the ball around and get shots, and that’s exactly what they did.

“Our defense played well, and obviously Poulie backed us throughout the whole game and especially so in the second half.

When we’re in those types of situations, we hope that our defense can do what our offense has done for us all season, and that’s bail us out. We were able to keep them going a couple, and our offense is always doing what they do.”

Another defensive battle is expected Saturday for the series finale. The

Swarm have the league’s best offense, but haven’t scored more than 13 goals in its three matchups with the Rock this season.

Comeau still thinks that transition play — like White’s Game 1 heroics — will be the key to the series.

“Toronto’s got a lot of guys that can run the floor,” Comeau said.

“We’ve got guys that can do it, too. We pushed the ball hard in transition. Those opportunities usually start with a save, turnover, or loose ball, and we came up out of those situations running and made some great decisions in transition.”

Mill Creek grad Madison Phillips will continue her college basketball career at Brenau University after spending the past two seasons at North Georgia.

Phillips, a 5-foot-8 forward, played for her father, Ashley, at Mill Creek.

GGC runs out of gas in finals

Dacula track foursome stars at state

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Dacula’s girls track and field team placed second in the Class AAAAAA State Championships at Carrollton despite getting points from only four athletes — sisters Chelsea and Elsie Igberaese, along with Hannah Jefcoat and Kenedi Rodney.

The Falcons scored all 49 points in the first two days in field events and two distance races from Rodney. They got no points from the final day of running finals.

Chelsea Igberaese scored 18 points with a state championship in the discus (148 feet, 8 inches) and a state runner-up finish in the shot put (42-4 1/2). The senior’s discus throw was an all-classification best in the state meet.

Elsie Igberaese, a sophomore, was second in the discus at 141-2 and fourth in the shot put at 37-8 1/2. She scored 12 team points.

Rodney was runner-up in the 3,200 (11 minutes, 22.94 seconds) and sixth in the 1,600 (5:14.58) to score 11 points. Jefcoat scored 10 points with her second-place finish in the pole vault (12-0).

Fifteen Gwinnett athletes selected to All-Metro track team

Fifteen Gwinnett County student-athletes are among the 49 runners, jumpers and throwers Atlanta Track Club has selected to receive All-Metro High School Track and Field Team honors.

The honorees were chosen by Atlanta Track Club, and now coaches, parents, media and the general public will be given the opportunity to vote to determine which athletes are named Most Outstanding Track Athlete and Most Outstanding Field Athlete.

Coaches and the community can go online to atlantatrackclub.org until May 22 and vote for their choice for Most Outstanding Track Athlete and Most Outstanding Field Athlete.

One boy and one girl will be named for each category for a total of four awards; each recipient will receive a $1,500 scholarship.

The 2017 All-Metro High School Track and Field Team will be honored at a banquet at The Stave Room in Midtown Atlanta on June 7.

Buford’s Alexa Rossum (200-meter dash, 1,600-meter relay), Kimberly Harris (1,600-meter relay), Britney Johnson (1,600-meter relay), Erin Marsh (1,600-meter relay), Deborah Ogundimu (1,600-meter relay) and Avian Rossum (1,600-meter relay) were honored.

Parkview’s Keith Williams, Justin Long, Demarius Smith, Amir Harris, Marquis Lynch and Christian Corsello were selected as members of the 1,600-meter relay team. Dacula’s Chelsea Igberaese (discus), South Gwinnett’s Terell Smith (100-meter dash) and Shiloh’s Julian McDuffie (300-meter hurdles) were all honored as well.

Discovery named county’s most positive high school

Discovery High School was named Gwinnett’s most positive high school by Positive Athlete Georgia, an organization started by former Georgia football star and Super Bowl XL MVP Hines Ward.

Junior boys soccer player Geovanni Rios Hernandez was also named the school’s most positive athlete and is a finalist for the $1,000 Gwinnett Medical Center “Comeback Player of the Year” scholarship given to a Gwinnett County male and female student-athlete who overcame and returned from a game-changing injury or illness that affected their athletic participation, while demonstrating competitive achievement, sportsmanship, ethical behavior and strong academics.

— From staff reports

By Christine Troyke

this game.”

The Grizzlies had nine hits of their own, but could only convert that LAWRENCEVILLE into the lone run.

— Georgia Gwinnett put “We were top five in the together an impressive country in about 15 (offencomeback win to get to sive) categories, but I think the championship of its the reason we won so NAIA opening round much was because of our baseball tournament. pitching,” Stromdahl said.

Then the Grizzlies ran “We fell one game short. out of gas.

But there are a lot of teams The Masters (Calif.) that didn’t make it this far. pounded out 15 hits en That’s a testament to these route to a 9-1 victory over guys and their resiliency.

GGC on Wednesday.

I’m proud of them.”

“I feel bad for our guys, GGC was looking at an but I believe, truly, we left uphill battle after falleverything on the field,” ing to The Masters in the head coach Brad Strombracket opener Monday. dahl said. “The reality is, The top-seeded Grizzlies they just beat us and that’s bounced back to obliterbaseball. We’ve gotten to ate LSU-Shreveport 20-2 the championship game all on Tuesday and came four years. It’s getting to from behind in the eighth this game that is the most inning to oust Webber important thing. We just International (Fla.) 7-6 in have to find a way to win the first game Wednesday. it next year.

“Losing the first game “We had a great puts you in a hole,” season. We just didn’t win Stromdahl said. “You just

have to fight and battle.

It’s a tough thing to come back and win four games.

“You have to hand it to (The Masters), their fourth starter went a complete game and gave up one run.

They earned their way to the World Series.”

The Grizzlies rallied from a 6-3 deficit to beat Webber and set up the clash with The Masters.

Shiloh grad Marcus McCorkle ripped a rope to right center to score two runs and trim the gap to 6-5 in the top of the eighth. The crafty McCorkle put more pressure on with a steal of second and pitcher Zachary Gary hit Jean Paul Rodriguez in the back.

An attempt to pick off McCorkle at second resulted in a double steal when the ball sailed into the outfield.

Kyler Timmerman’s long sac fly to center allowed McCorkle to

scamper home and tie the game 6-6.

Righty reliever Michael Royal made quick work of Webber in the bottom of the eighth and GGC’s potent offense went to work again in the ninth.

Gary plunked lead-off hitter Alex Garland in the hip and then bobbled Trevor Bradley’s bunt. The throw skipped past the first baseman and Garland motored to third.

Brady Shoppe, a Hebron Christian grad, drove Garland home with a sac fly to left for the go-ahead run.

Webber had the tying run on third in the bottom of the ninth, but Royal got a big swinging strikeout on designated hitter Connor Clayton and Bradley scooped up a line drive to shortstop to seal the win.

Royal earned the win, giving up three hits and one run in four innings of relief.

Grizzlies season ends on 2-0 loss

By Christine Troyke

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LAWRENCEVILLE — Georgia Gwinnett College is still looking for the big hit.

The Grizzles’ season came to an end with a 2-0 loss to Warner (Fla.) in the championship of the NAIA opening round softball tournament bracket Wednesday in Lawrenceville.

GGC reached a program-high 50 wins getting to the final, but fell in another tight matchup with Warner.

The Grizzlies lost 3-2 in extra innings to the Royals on Tuesday and would have needed to beat them twice Wednesday in order to advance to the World Series for the first time.

“Offensively you need to be consistent at the end,” head coach Kat Ihlenburg said. “We had an incredible season. I don’t take anything away from what they accomplished, but at the end, you have to have four hits in a row. We didn’t.

Georgia Gwinnett’s Niki Cook, a Buford grad, hits against Warner (Fla.) during the championship game of the NAIA opening round Lawrenceville bracket Wednesday. (Photo: Tom Grason)

We didn’t do a good job staying disciplined (at the plate). If you can’t attack missed pitches, you see the outcome.

“We managed six hits total off (Chelsie Valentine) in almost 17 innings of play. That’s not enough to win games.”

Warner had just five hits off Chelsi Palazzo, who threw a no-hitter in the tournament opener, in Wednesday’s game.

“The seniors felt the moment a little bit, but I don’t think the younger players did,” Ihlenburg said. “So if there’s a takeaway, I’m excited to see we’re still building for what we ultimately want.

“The fight was there.

The heart was there. We came away with a lot more wins this season than we ever had.”

Ihlenburg would trade some of those for a differ-

ent outcome in the NAIA tournament where the Grizzlies keep coming up just short.

GGC had runners in scoring position twice against Warner and couldn’t bring them in.

“We had the situation we wanted twice and you have to perform under pressure,” Ihlenbug said.

“If we produced two more quality at-bats in that game, the outcome could have been completely different.

“It’s not Chelsi’s fault.

They got the big hit. It’s the difference of a pitch either way.”

Palazzo is one of five seniors on the team, along with Mary Burk, Hailey Burnham, Brashante Dareus and Katie Jo Goodwin.

The Grizzlies have a solid core of returning players, including Buford grad Niki Cook, and a good incoming class.

“The pieces are there,” Ihlenburg said. “I hate it for the seniors, but you could see the hunger in the returners eyes so I’m optimistic.”

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Cassell hired to Devils’ baseball turns to Wilkens coach at ELCA

By David Friedlander

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of the year in 2001.

“I like the administration and what they had MCDONOUGH — to say about athletics and Eagle’s Landing Chrishow important it is to tian Academy ended its the school,” Cassell said. coaching search Thursday “Not only academics, but with the announcement of athletics appealed to me. new girls basketball coach I know some people up Glenn “Cass” Cassell. here already and I’m just Cassell comes from excited to be here. I was Stratford really happy at Stratford, Academy, but when this opportunity where he came along, it’s a good had been place to be.” an assisCassell will take control tant coach of the girls program and since 2014. will also help develop the “We are middle school team while Cass thrilled to at ELCA. After spending Cassell welcome some time as an assistant Cass to our coaching staff coach, Cassell said he got because not only is he a the itch to be a head coach proven winner, he is a man again, and that ELCA was that loves Jesus Christ. the right place to do so.

We look forward to how “I’m retired and I had he continues to build our a career. This is a good girls program in the years opportunity for me to work to come,” head of school with kids and call the shots Chuck Gilliam said. again,” Cassell said. “I’ve Cassell brings to the been an assistant coach for Chargers 42 years of several years, and I got to experience. He won a state where I wanted to call the championship with Central shots again and it’s a good Gwinnett earlier in his caplace to be.” reer and has nearly 800 caThe Chargers went 14reer wins. Cassell has been 10 last season under head to the final four and state coach Andy Whitlock, who finals multiple times. He has recently stepped down. also earned region coach of ELCA is two years removed the year honors eight times from advancing to the Class and was named state coach A-Private Final Four.

By Darius Goodman

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After a season of sudden change, it appears Norcross High School has found a new head baseball coach.

Aaron Wilkens, the head coach at nearby Northview High School in Fulton County, is set to move down Peachtree Parkway to take over the Blue Devils program once he gains final approval from Gwinnett County Public Schools.

Wilkens has guided Northview to a 71-43 record the last four seasons, including postseason berths in each of the past two seasons.

The Titans went 25-9 and advanced to the second round of the Class AAAAAA playoffs this spring, a year after making the first round of last year’s playoffs before being eliminated by Norcross.

“We’re real excited about it because he does bring a lot to the table,” Norcross athletics director Kirk Barton said of Wilkens. “He’s been a successful head coach and he’s looking to take that next step. He’s a person who can point (the program) in the right direction.”

Wilkens should also

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Name: Aaron Wilkens New position: Head baseball coach at Norcross Former position: Head baseball coach at Northview Age: 37 Career record: 71-43 Education: Graduated from Vista High School in Cardiff by the Sea, Calif., in 1998; graduated from the University of Michigan in 2002; earned master’s degree in Education from National University of San Diego in ‘10 Background: Played at Michigan, including being a part of the Wolverines’ 1999 Big 10 Tournament championship team; high school coaching experience came as catching coach at Vista High School, pitching coach Army and Navy Academy in Carlsbad, Calif., as well as junior varsity coach at Roswell before becoming coming to Northview as an assistant in 2012 and head coach a year later. Led the Titans to postseason berths the past two seasons Family: Wife Vicky; daughters Kennedy, 6, and Addie, 4

bring some stability back to a Blue Devils program that underwent unexpected change this spring.

Reggie Stancil, who was about to head into his second season as coach after taking over when Jonathan Wyman left for Lanier, left shortly before the 2017 campaign began to become the head football coach at Peachtree Ridge.

Assistant Nick Drescher stepped in as interim coach, leading the team to a 14-15 record that included a berth in the Class AAAAAAA state playoffs.

Barton said Drescher will remain at Norcross as head of the school’s social

studies department, as well as an assistant coach with the Blue Devils softball program.

Meanwhile, Wilkens is excited about the talent level in the baseball program he inherits.

“We’ve played (Norcross) four times n the last four years (while at Northview) and the talent here is undeniable,” Wilkens said.

“Without a doubt, stability is big. The young men have had four coaches in the last four years for various reasons. With the right coach with that talent, good things can happen.”

Wilkens brings a long history of baseball experience even beyond the last four years as coach at

Northview.

A former high school player in his native California and college player at the University of Michigan, the 37-year-old also has coaching experience as an assistant coach at Vista High School, his alma mater, as well as Army and Navy Academy in California, before coming to Georgia six years ago as junior varsity coach at Roswell.

And Wilkens brings the experience of having played and coached in two of the nation’s biggest hotbeds of amateur baseball to Norcross.

“More than anything, one thing I’ve learned is (that) good baseball is good baseball,” Wilkens said. “No doubt, Georgia is one of the best baseball areas in America. Southern California is a Mecca of baseball, and I’ll put Georgia on par with it.

The facilities here are unbelievable.

“As with anything, stability and the need for consistency in baseball is important, especially in the state’s highest classification and in a region with programs like Parkview and Brookwood in it. So pitching and defense is something we’ll focus on because there are always different ways to score runs.”

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Benson MVP in Bobcats’ title run

By Will Hammock

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.750 on-base percentage.

He drove in five runs and scored seven runs.

a physician’s assistant.

TRACK AND FIELD

Ivy League honors Grayson’s Ethridge After taking on the majority of Dartmouth’s pitching duties this season, Grayson grad Breanna Ethridge was an honorable mention selection on the All-Ivy League Team.

The junior had 17 complete games in 25 starts with 32 overall appearances, ranking second in the league with 98 strikeouts.

Camp shines at conference meet Brandon Benson’s SOFTBALL Texas Christian freshassault on Peach Belt Conman Ryan Camp, an Hall named ference pitching continued Archer grad, scored points last week when he powall-conference with top-eight finishes ered Georgia College to the North Gwinnett grad in both of his events last season-ending tournament Alaina Hall, a senior at weekend at the Big 12 championship.

Elon, was named to the Outdoor Track and Field The Grayson grad was All-Colonial Athletic AsChampionships. named tournament MVP sociation team this season.

Camp was fourth in the — on heels of being the It was the third all-conferdiscus on Sunday with a league’s regular season ence honor of her career. distance of 181 feet, 9 inchplayer of the year — after Hall led the Phoenix es, more than five feet better guiding the Bobcats to with a .373 batting average than his previous best and the championship and an and was in the league’s top Coursey named all-region the No. 4 all-time throw in automatic NCAA Region- five in hits with 62. Her Lanier grad Hannah school history. He also was als berth.

232 career hits rank second Coursey, a junior second eighth in the hammer throw He was 3-for-4 with two in school history. She also baseman at Georgia Colwith a distance of 194-2, RBIs and a run in a 6-5 was second on the team lege, was named to the nearing his season best. title game win over UNC with 22 RBIs. NCAA Division II ConGwinnett Grads is a colPembroke, capping an exShe finishes college with ference Commissioners umn that runs on Fridays cellent showing as his team a top-10 career ranking Association All-Southeast spotlighting achievements won four straight games. in 12 different offensive Region Team this week. of past Gwinnett standouts.

The senior shortstop categories.

Coursey, an All-Peach Coaches and parents are finished the weekend 10After graduating cum Belt Conference first-team urged to send suggestions for-16 (.625 batting averlaude on Saturday, Hall pick, hit .340 this season via email will.hammock@ age) with two walks for a plans to pursue a career as with 28 RBIs and 26 runs. gwinnettdailypost.com.

GGC tennis teams roll into semis Chase Hodges said. “We are definitely the hunted at MOBILE, Ala. — Geor- this year’s tournament.” gia Gwinnett’s defendThe NAIA’s top-ranked ing national champion doubles duo of Kevin Kontennis teams steamrolled federak and Gilad Berman their way into the NAIA cruised to an 8-1 win over semifinals with 5-0 wins WWU’s David Barbieri Thursday. and Stefan Simic at the No. The men swept Wil1 spot. GGC took a 2-0 liam Woods (Mo.) and the lead with a win at No. 3 as women did the same to the 17th-ranked Federico LSU Alexandria.

Herrera Duran and Rafael With the victory, the Coutinho won 8-5. three-time champion GeorThe star performance of gia Gwinnett’s men are the match came at No. 2 21-0 in 2017 and have won doubles as seniors Jordan 53 straight matches dating Cox and Connor Clements back to the 2015 season. endured a battle against “William Woods came Oscar Barreiro and Johnnie out with incredible energy, Carmichael to pull out the but our guys responded 9-8 victory, winning the with the same amount of tiebreaker 7-4. passion and intensity and In singles play, Duran were up to the challenge,” pulled the Grizzlies within Grizzlies head coach one point of victory as he

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defeated Oscar Donker in straight sets 6-0, 6-0. For the second day in a row, No. 47 Coutinho clinched GGC’s 5-0 victory and a spot in the national tournament semifinals with a 6-0, 6-1 showing against David Barbieri.

GGC faces No. 5 Campbellsville (Ky.) in the semifinals at 10 a.m. today.

Looking for their second straight national title and third overall, the women pushed their winning streak to 31 matches.

“Our women continue to impress me each match,” Hodges said. “We’ve had solid doubles play and have capitalized off the early lead each match while wrapping things up quickly in singles play, allowing our team to have time to rest, recover, and

prepare for our next match.

Valeria (Podda) and Emerald (Able) were clutch for us today, securing the match without giving up a set point.”

GGC cruised to two 8-0 wins at the No. 2 and No. 3 doubles spots from Valeria Podda/Klara Dohnalova and Margarida Abreu/Debora Scurt. Top-ranked Chiara Di Salvo and Alyona Vasilyeva pulled out an 8-5 victory for the sweep.

In singles action, secondranked Podda pushed the Grizzlies’ advantage to a 4-0 with a straight sets 6-0, 6-0 win. Freshman Emerald Able then clinched the 5-0 win with a 6-0, 6-0 win at No. 6 singles.

GGC faces No. 4 Keiser (Fla.) in the semifinals at 2 p.m. today.

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second career Triple-A start, allowed eight runs on DURHAM — The seven hits and lasted just Gwinnett Braves (21-18) one inning. scored five runs over the Home runs by Shane final four innings, but it Peterson and former Gwasn’t enough to dig out of Brave Michael McKenry an 8-0 hole in an 8-5 loss highlighted Durham’s early to the Durham Bulls (25onslaught.

14) on Thursday night.

Durham right-hander Right-hander Patrick Yonny Chirinos (4-0) Weigel (0-1), making his tossed five scoreless in-

nings before allowing two runs in the sixth.

Sean Kazmar Jr. singled and Mel Rojas Jr. followed with a two-run homer to left-center.

In the eighth, Kazmar launched a solo homer off the roof above the left-field wall off Bulls’ right-hander Chih-Wei Hu. Gwinnett scored twice

more in the ninth.

David Freitas singled, Anthony Recker was hit by a pitch,and Kyle Kubitza singled to load the bases.

Ozzie Albies grounded out to score Freitas and Recker scored on a balk, but the GBraves couldn’t get the tying run to the plate, as Yoel Espinal retired Kazmar and Rojas to end the game.

North Gwinnett’s Parker Coyne strokes a single to the outfield in the first inning of the Bulldogs Game 3 loss to Woodstock in the AAAAAAA state playoffs. The final score was 4-3. (Photo: David McGregor)

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North

Meanwhile, Cleveland had a strong outing on the mound for the Bulldogs, limiting Woodstock to just five hits and striking out nine with no walks in the complete-game effort.

But the one Wolverines hitter the junior lefty had a problem with was Bartolero, who put his team up 1-0 with a solo homer in the top of the second.

He delivered an even bigger blow two innings later — the only inning Cleveland really struggled in — when he followed Brennan Milone’s leadoff double and Keefe’s one-out infield single with a three-run bomb over the scoreboard in left to extend the Woodstock lead to 4-0.

But North refused to quit by putting baserunners on in five of the first six innings, and it looked like the Bulldogs would finally break through when Will Bennett was hit by a pitch with one out in the fifth.

Micahel Goerhig sent a liner into right field that fell in, but Woodstock right fielder Justin Bailey got the ball quickly and fired a strong throw to first that just got the hustling North catcher by a halfstep to turn what appeared to be a hit into an out.

“He’s not the fastest guy in the world,” Moity said of Goehrig. “But (Bailey), you’ve got to give him credit. He attacked the baseball. He acted like he’s done that before. (Goehrig) certainly wasn’t loafing, but (Bailey) just came up and made a great … throw.”

North did score later in the inning on Borah’s RBI double to pull to within 4-1, but Bailey’s

throw had prevented what could’ve been an even bigger rally.

And another defensive play would play an even bigger role one inning later in the bottom of the sixth.

A double by Collins and a single by Heil combined with two rare errors by the Woodstock defense helped pull North to within 4-2 and prompted Wolverines coach Jeff Brown to pull Siegel (5-4) in favor of Game 1 starter Brant Hurter.

Another run came home to make it 4-3 when the Georgia Tech-bound lefty snagged Dalton Pearson’s dribbler and tagged him out for the first out of the inning, but the Bulldogs looked in business with the tying and go-ahead runs in scoring position with only one out.

Bennett then sent a rocket liner that seemed certain to score both runs, but Keefe lunged to his right to grab the ball in the air and step on the bag for an unassisted double play that kept Woodstock in front.

“That’s the way this game is,” Moity said. “It can rip your heart out in a second.”

With only a few pitches left before reaching his pitching limit, Hurter came up with his best pitches in the seventh by striking out the side to secure his first save of the season, and send Woodstock into the title series.

“First of all, it came down to Josiah giving us a great start, just like he did against Parkview in Game 3,” Brown said.

“Then, Brant was able to come in and did what he’s done for us all year. He got big outs.”

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Mill Creek’s Heyward commits to Duke football Holman as verbal commits.

The 6-foot-3, 215-pound Heyward chose Duke over offers from Wake Forest, Eventually Duke footOle Miss, Maryland and ball will be able to have an Rutgers, among others. all-Gwinnett package in its “After much thought and playbook. consideration I am comWith four former Gwin- mitted to continue my acanett County players already demic and athletic career on the roster and four more at Duke University,” he set to join the program posted on his Twitter page. this summer, Mill Creek “I want to say thank you to outside linebacker/safety all the coaches who made Shaka Heyward became this recruiting experience the third county prospect so amazing and offered me to commit to Duke’s 2018 such incredible opportuniclass last weekend. ties. I am truly honored Heyward joined Archer and blessed.” corner Taiyon Palmer and Mill Creek reached the Brookwood lineman Casey Class AAAAAAA state

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semifinals last season, with he would be sticking with Heyward recording 78 the Wildcats. tackles.

“Simply put, I have decided to do what is best for Williams takes my future and attend the Kentucky on wild ride university that gives me the Central Gwinnett quarbest immediate opportunity terback Jarren Williams an- to fulfill my dreams both nounced last month that he academically and athwas re-opening his recruit- letically,” he posted on his ment after being verbally Twitter page. “In the end, pledged to Kentucky since the relationships and trust last summer. that I have built with the The 6-foot-2, 206-pound coaching staff, players, and quarterback is a three-star all the support from the prospect and one of the top fanbase is all too impordual threat quarterbacks tant. With that said, I am in the country. With a late coming home and recompush from Georgia and mitting to play quarterback Florida State, Williams for the ‘new’ University of announced on Monday that Kentucky.”

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Philip Green and then gave up a one-out single to proud of them.”

Steven Kirk. Wilson and Etowah took a 4-0 lead Green scored on a throwin the first two innings, ing error at second off the with Weston Campbell bat of Jay Pendley, but the driving in three runs, and Hawks couldn’t do any Drew Waters scoring an further damage on Brady unearned run as Mill Creek Jones. dropped the ball during a Waters extended the lead rundown in the first. in the fourth inning with a Mill Creek rallied back solo homer. It was the only with three runs in the at-bat he wasn’t walked on bottom of the second. A the night. solo home run by Alek Cameron Turley cut the Boychuk began the rally lead back down to one in and after a Dylan Wilson the bottom half with an walk, Etowah pulled starter RBI single to score Ridge Andrew Keene as he was Stanton, but Mill Creek experiencing some tender- was unable to push another ness after facing just seven run across the board. batters and walking three Brady Jones earned of them. the win as he threw 5 1/3 Keene gave way to innings in relief. He gave Brady Jones, who walked up two runs, one earned,

Williams earned a berth in the Elite 11 quarterback competition during the May 7 Charlotte regional.

If named to the Elite 11, he will have the chance to compete at Nike’s The Opening later in the summer.

South Gwinnett’s Robert Cooper, Greater Atlanta Christian’s Kyler McMichael and Buford’s Christian Turner have all secured Opening invites thus far.

Pappoe trims his list College football’s elite have been pursuing Grayson sophomore linebacker Owen Pappoe since he

was in the eighth grade.

The top-rated player in the state for the Class of 2019 has 40 offers from a who’s who of Power 5 programs.

Pappoe played varsity as a freshman for the Rams and was a starter on last year’s state championship team. On Sunday, he announced he would be focusing on a final list of 10 schools before making his commitment.

He released the list in no particular order, and it in includes Alabama, Auburn, Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, LSU, Nebraska, Ohio State and Tennessee.

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on four hits and three walks, while striking out three. Ethan Underwood recorded the final two outs to pick up the save.

“Jones just came in kind of held it together and then we got that add-on run with Waters,” Etowah head coach Greg Robinson said.

“Then, heck, they come and get another one. One run is not a very big cushion when you’re coming through Pendley, Turley and Sharpe. We just feel real fortunate to come out of here. I mean (Christian) Rutherford, (Davis) Sharpe, Pendley, those are the best arms we’ve seen all year.”

Pendley pitched six-plus innings, leaving in the seventh after a leadoff walk.

He gave up five runs, four earned, on six hits, five walks, two hit batters and struck out six.

The Hawks threatened in the bottom of the seventh. Turley reached on a one-out walk and Sharpe singled against Underwood. But a check-swing

by Bryan Petty went right to short for a 6-4-3 double play to end the game and the series.

“Sometimes life kicks you in the teeth, and it’s OK,” Doug Jones said.

“As long as you get back up. And we’ll get back up, we’ll bounce back. These are fine young men and I can’t wait to see what the future holds for them. Just proud of them. Just so awfully proud.”

Who: Maverick Lobo School: Meadowcreek Sport: Soccer Class: Senior Highlights: Scored a goal in each half as the Mustangs defeated Pebblebrook 2-0 to win for Meadowcreek’s first Georgia High School Association state championship in any sport Coach Tyler LaFleur’s take: “Maverick’s play during our playoff run was vital to our success. During each game, his focus and determination were evident from the warm-up. His on-field leadership was contagious and helped bring history to Meadowcreek High School and its community. And his two goals in the final was obviously huge in helping us bring home the trophy and he did it all while unknowingly fracturing his wrist during the game.

As a student and as a person, he is in a class all himself.

He is a very respectful young man who puts in the work in the classroom as well. I cannot wait to see what the future has in store for him.”

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FRIDAY, MAY 19, 2017 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONSTRUCTION/ SERVICE BIDS ADVERTISEMENT TO BID The City of Peachtree Corners is seeking bids for the completion of Winters Chapel Road and East Jones Bridge Road Pedestrian Crossings. The proposed improvements consist of the addition of a mid-block crossing, installation of a rapid flashing beacon, construction of ADA compliant wheel chair ramps, the provision for traffic control and permanent signage, pavement markings and concrete island.

For more information and the bid documents and specifications please visit the City of Peachtree Corners’ Website at http://www.peachtreecornersga.gov/businesses/ doing-business-with-thecity/rfp-bidding 9 0 2 - 4 8 6 4 2 1 , 5/12,19,26,6/2,9 OPENING BID FOR RFQ2017-001 Design Build Construction Services Municipal Facility Bid starting date is 4/21 and the closing date is 5/22 For more opening bid information please go to: www. peachtreecornersga.gov 9 0 2 - 4 8 4 6 2 4 , 4/28,5/5,12,19

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE NOTICE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE REQUEST An application for an alcohol beverage permit to serve beer, wine and distilled spirits has been filed with the City of Norcross Georgia by the following party at the following location, to wit Application / owner SANDRA H. BROOKS Registered agent REBECCA BUSBY-MAIELLO Business Name FARMHOUSE 17 dba (PEACH SALSA, LLC) Location: 141 S. PEACHTREE ST. NORCROSS, GA 30071 9 0 4 - 4 8 7 1 9 2 , 5/12,17,19,24,26,31,6/2, 7,9,14 NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR ALCOHOL LICENSE AN APPLICATION HAS BEEN FILED ON (DATE) WITH THE CLERK OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCEVILLE FOR A LICENSE TO SELL Beer/ Wine

BY THE FOLLOWING APPLICANT AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATION, TO WIT: APPLICANT/OWNER: Speedway LLC REGISTERED AGENT: Aubray M. Petrullo BUSINESS NAME: Speedway 4102 LOCATION: 1120 Sugar Loaf Pkwy A DECISION ON WHETHER OR NOT TO GRANT OR DENY SUCH A LICENSE WlLL BE MADE BY THE CLERK OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCEVILLE NO LATER THAN THIRTY (30) DAYS FROM THE DATE THE FILED APPLICATION IS DETERMINED TO BE COMPLETE. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE INVITED TO N

NOTE ANY OBJECTIONS, IN WRITING, THAT THEY MAY HAVE TO THE GRANTING OF SUCH LICENSE BY FILING SAID WRITTEN OBJECTIONS WITH THE CLERK OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCEVILLE. 9 0 4 - 4 8 6 9 3 6 , 5/17,19,24,26

JUVENILE COURT IN THE JUVENILE COURT OF GWINNETT COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA IN THE INTEREST OF: B.A., Minor child Docket No. 17-00532-1 OLUWAGBEMISOLA BANKOLE Petitioner, NOTICE OF SUMMONS TO: ABIMBOLA BOSEDE LADELE ADEJORO, NATURAL MOTHER OF ABOVENAMED CHILD, and AYODELE MAXWELL ADEJORO, AND ANY OTHER KNOWN, UNKNOWN, UNNAMED, PUTATIVE, BIOLOGICAL, AND OR LEGAL FATHER OF B.A., Minor child You are hereby notified that PETITION FOR DEPENDENCY, has been filed by OLUWAGBEMISOLA BANKOLE, the present temporary custodian of above-named child.

You may obtain a copy of the petition from the Clerk of this court at 115 Stone Mountain Drive, Lawrenceville, Georgia, during regular business hours, or a copy will be mailed to you at your request.

You are further notified that a hearing thereon will be held before this court on JUNE 27, 2017 at 8:30 A.M., to be required to appear and answer the allegations of the petition at said hearing. Findings of fact and orders of disposition will become final at the hearing.

You have the right to be represented by legal counsel.

If you are unable to employ legal counsel without undue financial hardship, the court will appoint counsel to represent you. If you desire to have an attorney appointed for you, you should advise the court of such need prior to the hearing.

Witness the Honorable ROBERT RODATUS , Judge of said court, this the 16th day of MAY, 2017 .

Sheila Williams Clerk of Court Gwinnett County Juvenile Court 9 1 3 - 4 8 8 5 3 7 , 5/19,24,31,6/7

PUBLIC HEARINGS NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE OF RIGHT TO REDEEM PROPERTY Take notice that: The right to redeem the following described property, to wit: 0 Scales Rd according to the present system of numbering properties in Gwinnett County Georgia, having Tax Parcel ID # R7237 064 and being further described as follows: All that tract or parcel of land lying and being in Land Lot 237, 7th District, Gwinnett County, Georgia within the Corporate Limits of the City of Suwanee, shown and d

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delineated by plat of survey of Hayes, James & Associates, June 13, 1969, as Tract One, formerly property of Acme Holding Company, as per plat recorded at Plat Book S, Page 153, Gwinnett County Georgia Records, which plat is incorporated into and made a part hereof by reference. Less and Except the land described in the Warranty Deed recorded at Deed Book 5271 Page 283, Gwinnett County Georgia Records and land described in the Warranty Deed recorded in Deed Book 5410 Page 4 Gwinnett County Georgia Records.

Being further described in Deed Book 46769 Page 822 Gwinnett County Records, and having Gwinnett County Map & Parcel Number R7237064. will expire and be forever foreclosed and barred on and after the day of July 3, 2017.

The tax deed to which this notice relates is dated the March 6, 2012, and is recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Gwinnett County, Georgia, in Deed Book 51267 Page 635.

The property may be redeemed at any time before the day of July 3, 2017, by payment of the redemption price as fixed and provided by law to the undersigned at the following address: Fletcher Law Firm LLC, 2993 Sandy Plains Rd, Ste 225B Marietta GA 30066 Please be governed accordingly.

Sincerely, Lien Holdings LLC c/o James R. Fletcher II, Esq. 928-488519, 5/19,26,6/2,9

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Housing Authority of the City of Norcross has developed its Public Agency Plan in compliance with the Quality Housing and Responsibility Act of 1998.

The Board of Commissioners for the Norcross Housing Authority will conduct a Public Hearing on July 10, 2017 at 8:30 A.M. at the Housing Authority Office, 19 Garner Street, Norcross, GA. 30071 for the purpose of discussing the Agency Plan and the Capital Fund Grant Program and to invite public comment regarding the Plan and Grant Program. A draft copy of each will be available for review on May 16-19, 25-26, 29-31, June 1-2, 1216, 19-23, 26-30, and July 5-7, 2017,from 9:00am until 12:00 noon at the Housing Authority office located at 19 Garner Drive, Norcross, GA. 30071.

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sion of Statewide Wrecker Service, Inc. Attempts to locate the owner have been unsuccessful. The scooter is deemed abandoned under O.C.G.A. 40-11-2 and will be disposed of if not redeemed.

This notice is given pursuant to Georgia Law. 928-488587, 5/19,26

KAM TOWING SERVICE INC. THERE WILL BE SOLD AT PUBLIC OUT CRY FOR KAM TOWING SERVICE INC. 4371 STONE MTN HWY, LILBURN, GA 30047 ON MAY 28, 2017 AT 10:00 AM. THE FOLLOWING VEHICLES HAVE BEEN DECLARED ABANDONED AND FORECLOSED VEHICLES PURSUANT TO OFFICIAL CODE OF GEORGIA ANNOTATED SECTION 40-11-5 AS FOLLOWS: YEAR MAKE MODEL V.I.N. # 2003 NISSAN ALTIMA 1N4AL11D53C208774 2007 TOYOTA COROLLA 2T1KR32E87C637324 2001 ISUZU RODEO 4S2CK58W114332301 1997 MERCEDES BENZ S320 SWB WDBGA32G2VA346218 2003 FORD WINDSTAR 2FMZA51493BB41957 2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1GCEC14V12Z187885 1995 MERCURY COUGAR 1MELM62W2SH647301 2006 SUZUKI FORENZA KL5JD56Z86K451868 928-487226, 5/19,26

ABANDONED VEHICLES: RE: Marquis Caribbean Boat HIN MRJ56364M80E REGISTRATION NO. GA6090CY COLOR BLUE TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The above boat was initially removed from Herrington Road and Mission View Drive in Lawrenceville, Georgia . It is presently located at 770381-1140 at 2775 Simpson Circle in Norcross, Georgia, in possession of Statewide Wrecker Service, Inc. Attempts to locate the owner have been unsuccessful. The boat is deemed abandoned under O.C.G.A. 52-7-71 and will be disposed of if not redeemed. This notice is given pursuant to Georgia Law. --------------------------RE: Boat Trailer VIN NO VIN LICENSE PLATE NO. NO TAG COLOR WHITE TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The above trailer was initially removed from Herrington Road and Mission View Drive located in Lawrenceville, Georgia. It is presently located at 770-3811140 at 2775 Simpson Circle in Norcross, Georgia, in possession of Statewide Wrecker Service, Inc. Attempts to locate the owner have been unsuccessful. The trailer is deemed abandoned under O.C.G.A. 40-11-2 and will be disposed of if not redeemed.

This notice is given pursuant to Georgia Law. ---------------------------RE: 2013 Honda Metropolitan Scooter VIN LALAF7004D3005236 LICENSE PLATE NO. NO TAG COLOR RED/BLACK TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The above scooter was initially removed from 1950 Willow Trail Parkway in Norcross, Ga. It is presently located at 770-381-1140 at 2775 Simpson Circle in Norcross, Georgia, in possess

PUBLIC SALES/ AUCTIONS There will be sold at public outcry for cash at Willard Wrecker Service, 719 W Shadburn Avenue, Buford, GA 30518, on May 20, 2017 at 11:00 AM, the following vehicles declared abandoned or foreclosed vehicles pursuant to O.C.G.A Section 4011-05, as follows: # Year Make Model VIN 1 2003 Kawasaki ZR750 JKAZRDH113A010806 2 2007 Freightliner Business Class M2 1FVACXDC57HZ43168 3 1997 Freightliner FLD 2FUYDSYB4VA608147 4 2005 Freightliner Columbia 1FUJA6CG45LU80684 5 2004 Honda CRF70 JH2DE02084K704805 6 2003 Saab 9-3 YS3DF75K037005108 7 2003 Honda Shadow JH2PC21303M400400 8 1998 Nissan Sentra 3N1AB41D4WL052351 9 2008 Nissan Sentra 3N1AB61E68L651470 10 2000 Nissan Altima 1N4DL01D1YC113661 11 2004 Ford Taurus 1FAFP53U44A106622 12 1993 Ford Ranger 1FTCR10X9PUC97827 13 2002 Freightliner ST120 1FUJBBCG32LJ08044 14 2007 Freightliner Classic XL 1FUJAPAV67DW77361 15 2008 Freightliner ST120 1FUJBBCK08LAB3274 16

PUBLIC SALES/ AUCTIONS 2004 Chevrolet Impala 2G1WF52E749442194 17 1993 Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight Royale 1G3HN53L8PH332805 18 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee 1J4FX58S5WC263773 19 2001 Ford Focus 3FAFP31321R188205 20 2010 Kia Sportage KNDKG3A33A7726667 21 2006 Nissan Altima 1N4AL11D16C260388 22 2000 Ford Explorer 1FMZU72X9YZA73918 23 1999 Nissan Sentra 3N1AB41D6XL091797 24 2001 Hyundai Santa Fe KM8SC83DX1U087473 25 2006 Mercedes-Benz C280 WDBRF54H16A831494 26 2005 Chevrolet Classic 1G1ND52F65M183471 27 2007 Toyota Camry Solara 4T1CE30P67U758470 28 2011 TaoTao Scooter L9NTEACB8B1007536 29 2004 Dodge Stratus 1B3EL36T44N146167 30 1998 Honda Civic 1HGEJ6622WL004929 31 1997 Ford Explorer 1FMDU32E1VUC55607 32 2009 Hyundai Elantra KMHDU46D49U590857 33 1997 Ford Ranger 1FTCR10X4VUA32164 34 2001 Honda CBR600 JH2PC35001M206386 35 2000 Ford Expedition 1FMRU1562YLB59574 36 2007 Dodge Ram 1500 1D7HA16K07J521504 37 2001

PUBLIC SALES/ AUCTIONS Toyota Corolla 1NXBR12E81Z559606 38 2003 Pontiac Grand Am 1G2NF52E83C333645 39 1992 Honda Accord 1HGCB7675NA057737 40 2007 Audi Q7 WA1AY74L97D076503 41 2001 Nissan Sentra 3N1CB51D11L420640 42 2002 Honda Odyssey 2HKRL186X2H503702 43 2001 Chevrolet Monte Carlo 2G1WW12E229154112 44 2000 Ford F150 2FTZF1726YCA32720 45 2002 Nissan Sentra 3N1CB51D72L680784 46 1999 Ford Explorer 1FMZU32E3XZA13106 929-486219, 5/5,12,19 Pleasantdale Storage of Doraville shall conduct an online auction at www.storagetreasures.com to conclude on Monday, May 29th, 2017 at 12:00pm Unit #208 – Sarah Slaton– Unit said to contain: Speaker Box (auto). Child’s Bike. Motorized Scooter. Kids Toys. 10 Bags/Boxes. Foot Spa. 929-487229, 5/12,19 MCCULLOUGH TOWING 4431 BUFORD HWY NORCROSS, GA 30071 770-263-8483 5/9/17 NOTICE OF ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLE The following vehicle, advertised to O.C.G.A.Code Section 40-11-12, is being stored at 4431 Buford Hwy, Norcross, Ga. 30071. 770263-8483.

This vehicle is being deemed abandoned and will be auctioned or disposed of if not claimed by the legal owner and or lien holder.

The Vehicle was impounded from 3500 Peachtree Corners Cir. Norcross, Ga. On 5/2/17, at the request of the property owner or manager.

2013 Bashan Scooter VIN# LHJTLBBN5DB002457 TAG# No Tag 929-487230, 5/12,19 MCCULLOUGH TOWING AUCTION LIST 785 BROGDON RD. SUWANEE, GA 30024 770-263-8483 FINDAUTOAUCTIONS. COM TOWATL.COM SATURDAY, MAY 27TH 2017@ 1:00PM 1999 Acura 3.2TL 19UUA564XXA036337 2000 BMW Z3 WBACH9346YLF90059 2004 Chevrolet Monte Carlo 2G1WW12E249380535

PUBLIC SALES/ AUCTIONS 1988 Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1G1GZ11G9JP113582 1999 Chevrolet K1500 1GCEK19R6XR115523 2006 Chrysler PT Cruiser 3A4FY58B46T279657 2008 Dodge Charger 2B3LA43R88H104921 2006 Dodge Magnum 2D4FV47V36H156559 2007 Dodge Caliber 1B3HB48BX7D268343 2006 Dodge Grand Caravan 1D4GP24R06B618448 2002 Ford Explorer 1FMZU74E02UA90199 2005 Ford E-150 1FTNE24W85HA44662 2008 Ford Escape 1FMCU03128KA68043 2002 Honda Civic 1HGES267X2L051962 2005 Honda Accord 1HGCM81755A013499 2000 Hyundai Tiburon KMHJG25F0YU184350 2002 Infiniti I35 JNKDA31A42T017083 2002 Infiniti I35 JNKDA31A62T025024 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee 1J4GX48S42C130320 2002 Jeep Liberty 1J4GK58K02W287412 1999 Lexus ES300 JT8BF28G5X0160288 2001 Mercedes Benz ML430 4JGAB72E51A282174 2001 Mercedes Benz ML320 4JGAB54E21A282361 1976 Oldsmobile Delta Eighty Eight Royale 3N69R6X185629 2006 Pontiac Torrent 2CKDL63F576228808 2005 Toyota Sienna 5TDZA23C25S370439 2006 Toyota Corolla 1NXBR32EX6Z740659 2005 Scion tC JTKDE177550023821 Trailmobile T673105 929-488584, 5/19,26 NOTICE THESE VEHICLES WILL BE SOLD FOR PUBLIC OUTCRY FOR CASH AT STATEWIDE WRECKER SERVICE LOCATED AT 2775 SIMPSON CIRCLE, NORCROSS, GEORGIA AT 10:00 A.M. ON MAY 27, 2017. THE FOLLOWING VEHICLES ARE DECLARED ABANDONED AND FORECLOSED VEHICLES PURSUANT TO OCGA 40-11-5.

ESTOS VEHICULOS SERAN VENDIDOS AL PUBLICO POR DINERO EN EFECTIVO EN STATEWIDE WRECKER SERVICE LOCALIZADO EN 2775 SIMPSON CIRCLE, NORCROSS, GEORGIA A LAS 10:00 A.M. EN 27 MAYO 2017 . LOS SIGUIENTES VEHICULOS AN SIDO DECLARADOS ABANDONADOS Y CERRADOS DE ACUERDO A OCGA 40-11-5 NUEVA LOCALIZACION 770-381-1140 www. swsatlanta.com 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt 1G1AK55F167824705 2000 Mazda Protege JM1BJ2223Y0251302 2000 Lincoln Navigator 5LMEU27A5YLJ36826 2006 Dodge Charger 2B3KA43G56H491211 2001 Ford Escape 1FMYU03131KC19189 2004 Dodge Stratus 1B3AL36R44N294533 2000 Mazda Millenia J

PUBLIC SALES/ AUCTIONS JM1TA2228Y1608293

2000 Chevrolet MonteCarlo 2G1WW12E319321313 2005 Honda Pilot 2HKYF18415H503464 2009 Volkswagen EOS WVWBA71F69V021307 2006 Chevrolet Impala 2G1WT58K369432464 2008 Pontiac G6 1G2ZG57N084196709 2005 Lincoln Navigator 5LMFU27585LJ02480 2007 Dodge Magnum 2D4FV47T27H794494 2003 BMW 330Ci WBABS53473JU99776 1992 Jeep Cherokee 1J4FJ58S2NL125995 2006 Lincoln LS 1LNHM87A76Y639308 2003 Honda Civic 2HGES15543H579294 2003 Nissan Maxima JN1DA31D13T508209 2001 Nissan Altima 1N4DL01D21C186737 1996 Isuzu Oasis JR2RJ1877TC001719 1993 Toyota Camry 4T1SK12E9PU321695

2001 Chrysler Town and Country 2C4GP74L31R382121 2002 Dodge Durango 1B4HR58N82F137643 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix 2G2WP522641109904 2005 Hyundai Tiburon KMHHN65F25U181604

2001 Chevrolet Monte Carlo 2G1WW12E719307222 2004 Honda Civic 2HGES26804H549824 2001 Dodge Ram 1500 1B7HC16Y91S287325 1997 Ford Ranger 1FTCR10A2VTA89920 2003 Toyota Camry 4T1BE32K33U147819 1996 Nissan Maxima JN1CA21D2TT179851 2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer 1GNDS13S062163573 2000 Mazda MPV JM3LW28G6Y0141554 1997 Subaru Legacy 4S3BK4252V6314689 1997 Chevrolet Blazer 1GNCS13W6V2206293 2003 Ford Explorer 1FMZU62K83UB69401 1999 Ford Escort 3FAKP1134XR127062 1999 Lexus SC 300 JT8CD32Z4X1005123 1995 Homemade Trailer T715785 1991 Honda Prelude JHMBA4151MC000308

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PUBLIC NOTICE NEEDS ASSESSMENT PUBLIC HEARING FFY 2018 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN NEWSPAPER: GWINNETT DAILY POST PUBLICATION DATE: MAY 19, 2017 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: MAY 19, 2017 – JUNE 19, 2017

2001 Honda Accord 1HGCG56611A111168

Gwinnett County is initiating the development of FFY 2018 Annual Action Plan, which will contain specific projects and activities when approved for FFY 2018 HUD grant funding by the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners in the fall of 2017.

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One important step in the preparation of the FFY 2018 Annual Action Plan is the assessment of needs. Gwinnett County is holding a Needs Assessment Public Hearing to receive citizen input on community development, housing, and homeless needs which might be addressed utilizing FFY 2018 grant funding from HUD. The information gathered from citizens will be included in FFY 2018 Annual Action Plan. A summary of public comments received will be provided to the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners prior to their approval of FFY 2018 Annual Action Plan, and the summary of public comments will be included in FFY 2018 Annual Action Plan when submitted to HUD.

2009 Chevrolet Malibu 1G1ZJ57B39F160594

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2000 Ford Taurus 1FAFP5321YA218556

ZONINGS

1999 Ford Explorer 1FMYU22X7XUB47962

2003 BMW 745Li WBAGN63473DR09963

Site Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center, 2nd Floor, Conference Center, Room B Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center, 2nd Floor, Conference Center, Room B

Address 75 Langley Drive, Lawrenceville, GA 300466935 75 Langley Drive, Lawrenceville, GA 300466935

Date Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Time 10:00 AM

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Tuesday, May 30, 2017

6:00 PM

2001 Ford Focus 1FAFP38311W307462

Comments will be received from citizens at the Public Hearings, held during the 30-day public comment period, on community development, housing, and homeless needs, and on all applications received requesting FFY 2018 HUD grant funds from Gwinnett County. A listing of all 2018 applications received is presented in this Notice.

1994 Chevrolet C1500 1GCDC14K5RZ192969 929-488586, 5/19,26

For citizens unable to participate in the Public Hearing, written comments/suggestions on updated needs to be included in FFY 2018 Annual Action Plan, or on applications received for FFY 2018 grant funds, should be sent to: Gwinnett County Community Development Program One Justice Square 446 W. Crogan Street, Suite 275 Lawrenceville, GA 30046-2439 Telephone 678-518-6008; Fax 678-518-6071; email: gchcd@gwinnettcounty.com All written comments MUST BE RECEIVED at the Gwinnett County Community Development Program by 5:00 PM on Monday, June 19, 2017.

ESTIMATED 2018 GRANT AMOUNTS Gwinnett County estimates the amounts to be received from FFY 2018 HUD grants are: Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) - $4,151,915; HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) - $1,206,695; Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) - $378,118. The total estimated Program Income to be received from the repayment of housing loans is $50,000 for the CDBG Program, and $50,000 from the HOME Program.

APPLICATIONS RECEIVED – FFY 2018 FUNDS Gwinnett County received the following requests for FFY 2018 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME), and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds. The listings present the applicant organizations, brief project descriptions, and the amounts of grant funding requested. No detailed application reviews have been performed, no eligibility checks have occurred, and no funding recommendations have been developed at this time. These processes will occur prior to the publication of the Proposed Annual Action Plan 2018.

FFY 2018 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) PROGRAM APPLICATIONS RECEIVED FFY 2018 ESTIMATED CDBG GRANT AWARD: $4,151,915.00 (80% of 2016 grant award) ESTIMATED CDBG PROGRAM INCOME: $50,000 Applicant Organizations (Alphabetical Listing) Project Description Action Ministries Operating Cost: Client Housing and Supportive Services

CDBG Funds Requested $80,000.00

Africa’s Children’s Fund

Operating Cost: Therapeutic Invention for Abused and Neglected Children

Annandale Village

Facility Renovation: Residential Housing for Disabled Individuals

$289,294.00

Annandale Village

Operating Cost & Equipment Purchase: Keyless Security and Client Protection Services

$114,788.00

Another Chance Atlanta

Operating Cost: Homeless Housing Assistance

$145,000.00

Atlanta Legal Aid, Inc.

Operating Cost: Legal Services for Homeless Population

Boys And Girls Clubs Of Metro Atlanta

Facility Renovation: HVAC System for A. Worley Brown Club Gym (Priority 1 of 2)

$135,000.00

Boys And Girls Clubs Of Metro Atlanta

Facility Renovation: HVAC System for Lawrenceville Club Gym (Priority 2 of 2)

$115,000.00

Catholic Charities

Operating Cost: Bilingual Housing Counseling (Priority 1 of 3)

$55,000.00

Catholic Charities

Operating Cost: Fair Housing Education (Priority 2 of 3)

$25,000.00

Catholic Charities

Operating Cost: Bilingual Mental Health Counseling (Priority 3 of 3)

$25,000.00

Center For Pan Asian Community Services

Operating Cost: Homeowner Education And Financial Independence

$77,300.00

City Of Buford

Public Infrastructure: Sewer Vacuum Truck (Priority 1 of 6)

$350,000.00

City Of Buford

Public Infrastructure: Jackson Street Stormwater Improvement (Priority 2 of 6)

$300,000.00

City Of Buford

Public Infrastructure: Church Street Stormwater Improvement (Priority 3 of 6)

$330,000.00

City Of Buford

Public Infrastructure: Shadburn Ferry Road Resurfacing (Priority 4 of 6)

City Of Buford

Public Infrastructure: Buford Community Thrift Shop Roof Improvements (Priority 5 of 6)

City Of Buford

Public Infrastructure: New Gym Road Safety Fencing (Priority 6 of 6)

City Of Dacula

Public Infrastructure: Tanner Road Sidewalk Drainage And Asphalt Repaving

City Of Lawrenceville

Public Infrastructure: Stone Mountain Street and Five Folks Trickum Road Sidewalks (Priority 1 of 2)

$169,100.00

City Of Lawrenceville

Public Infrastructure: East Crogan Street Waterline Replacement (Priority 2 of 2)

$142,800.00

City Of Loganville

Public Infrastructure: Pecan Road Drainage and Sidewalk Improvement

$667,928.00

Clearpoint Credit Solutions

Operating Cost: Financial Education for Homeless Individuals

$51,000.00

Creative Enterprises Inc.

Equipment Purchase: Two 14 Passenger Vans with Wheelchair Lifts

$97,157.00

Creative Enterprises Inc.

Operating Cost: Project Work; Career Education for Persons with Disabilities

$20,518.00

Creative Enterprises Inc.

Operating Cost & Equipment Purchase: Two Minivans for Project WORK and Employment Program Transport

$40,313.00

Families First

Operating Cost: CHISPA; Early Childhood Education (Priority 1 of 3)

$49,465.00

Families First

Operating Cost: Gwindale Permanency Cooperative (Priority 2 of 3)

$35,000.00

Families First

Operating Cost: Counseling and Support Program (Priority 3 of 3)

$59,930.00

Family Support Circle

Operating Cost: Youth Excellence Program

$85,000.00

Georgia Law Center

Operating Cost: Legal Services for Homeless Population

$60,000.00

H.O.P.E. Inc.

Operating Cost: Low Income Single Parent Support Services

$20,000.00

Hi Hope Service Center

Facility Renovation: HVAC Unit Replacements; 5 Rooftop Units

$400,000.00

Hi Hope Service Center

Operating Cost: Day Services (Priority 1 of 2)

$353,304.00

Hi Hope Service Center

Equipment Purchase: Nine Vans For Transport (Priority 2 of 2)

$335,000.00

Hope Atlanta

Operating Cost: Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Rehousing Program

Hope Clinic

Operating Cost & Equipment Purchase: Chronic Care Management Program and Two Educational Television Monitors (Priority 1 of 2)

$330,631.00

Hope Clinic

Operating Cost: Mental Health Services (Priority 2 of 2)

$182,200.00

Lawrenceville Housing Authority

Public Infrastructure: Landscaping and Beautification of Public Housing

North Gwinnett Cooperative

Facility Renovation: Client Service Center

Partnership Against Domestic Violence

Operating Cost: Gwinnett County Domestic Violence Shelter

$45,000.00

Positive Impact Health Centers

Equipment Purchase: Van for Transportation Services

$31,200.00

Project Community Connections, Inc.

Operating Cost: Homeless Rapid Rehousing

$10,000.00

Rainbow Village

Equipment Purchase: Cameras and Monitoring System, Remote Front Door Access

$19,219.00

Sunrise Of Hopes, Inc.

Operating Cost & Equipment Purchase: Senior Home Rehab and Lawn Maintenance

$25,000.00

The Goodwill Of North Georgia

Economic Development: Microenterprise Business Development

$42,000.00

The Salvation Army

Operating Cost: Family Emergency Services

The Sheltering Arms, Inc.

Facility Renovation: Lawrenceville (2) and Norcross Locations

$87,847.00

The Sheltering Arms, Inc.

Operating Cost: Early Childhood Education Subsidy for Low Income Families

$86,000.00

Hope Atlanta

Rapid Rehousing: Housing First Client Services (Priority 1 of 2) Homelessness Prevention: Housing Stability and Preventative Case Management (Priority 2 of 2) Emergency Shelter, Rapid Rehousing & Homelessness Prevention: Homeless Housing Assistance Emergency Shelter: Hanna’s House; Domestic Violence Shelter Emergency Housing & Rapid Rehousing: Park Crossing Apartments; Addiction Recovery Homelessness Prevention: Gwinnett County Residents

Latin American Association

Homelessness Prevention: Latino Homelessness Prevention Program

Norcross Cooperative Ministries

Emergency Shelter & Homelessness Prevention: Emergency Assistance Program

Partnership Against Domestic Violence

Emergency Shelter: Gwinnett County Domestic Violence Shelter

Another Chance Atlanta Center For Pan Asian Community Services Essence Of Hope, Inc.

$75,000.00 $100,000.00 $150,000.00 $1,462,013.00

$75,000.00

$75,000.00

$450,000.00

FFY 2018 EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT (ESG) PROGRAM APPLICATIONS RECEIVED FFY 2018 ESTIMATED ESG GRANT AWARD: $378,118.00 (80% of 2016 grant award) ESTIMATED PROGRAM INCOME: $0 Project Description

Action Ministries

$35,000.00

$1,008,000.00

Total CDBG Funding Requested

Applicant Organizations (Alphabetical Listing) Action Ministries

$77,000.00

$8,994,007.00

ESG Funds Requested $100,000.00 $75,000.00 $206,400.00 $45,000.00 $80,800.00 $50,000.00 $85,000.00 $225,000.00 $45,000.00

Partnership For Community Action

Emergency Shelter & HMIS: Gwinnett Family Support Program

$61,000.00

Rainbow Village

Emergency Shelter: Transitional Housing for Domestic Violence Survivors

$85,000.00

The Salvation Army

Emergency Shelter & Rapid Rehousing: Home Sweet Home Gwinnett

$60,000.00

Zion Keepers

Homelessness Prevention: Rental/Utility Assistance and Case Management

$75,000.00

Total ESG Funding Requested FFY 2018 HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS (HOME) PROGRAM APPLICATIONS RECEIVED FFY 2018 ESTIMATED HOME GRANT AWARD: $1,206,695.00 (80% of 2016 grant award) ESTIMATED PROGRAM INCOME: $50,000 Applicant Organizations Project Description (Alphabetical Listing) Action Ministries Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership Gwinnett County Habitat for Humanity, Inc.

$1,193,200.00

HOME Funds Requested

Tenant Based Rental Assistance

$150,000.00

CHDO Reserve and Operating

$750,000.00

Land/Property Acquisition and Rehab

$120,000.00

Lawrenceville Housing Authority

Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Disposition of Housing (Priority 1 of 2)

$500,000.00

Lawrenceville Housing Corporation

Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Rental of Public Housing (Priority 2 of 2)

$500,000.00

Total HOME Funding Requested

$2,020,000.00

Section 504 - Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 [ADA], As Amended Gwinnett County does not discriminate on the basis of disability in the admission or access to, or treatment or employment in, its programs or activities. Any requests for reasonable accommodations required by individuals to participate in any open meeting, program or activity of the Gwinnett County Community Development Program should be directed to Director, Gwinnett County Community Development Program, One Justice Square, 446 West Crogan Street, Suite 275, Lawrenceville, GA 30046-2439. Telephone 678-518-6008; Fax 678-518-6071; email: gchcd@gwinnettcounty.com.

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There will be sold at public outcry for cash at Willard Wrecker Service, 719 Shadburn Avenue, Buford, GA 30518, on Saturday, June 3, 2017 at 11:00 AM the following vehicles declared abandoned or foreclosed vehicles pursuant to O.C.G.A Section 40-11-05, as follows : # Ye a r Make Model VIN 1 1999 Toyota Camry 4T1BG22K4XU922610 2 2003 Honda CR-V SHSRD68403U103391 3 1984 Ford F-150 1FTCF15F1ENA00565 4 2003 Ford Windstar 2FMZA53483BA88603 5 2006 Scion X B JTLKT324764042298 6 1997 Nissan Sentra 1N4AB41D4VC739472 7 2006 Hyundai Santa Fe KM8SC13D26U090852 8 2003 Volvo S80 YV1TS92D931309812 9 2009 Volkswagen J e t t a 3VWJM71K19M031038 10 1999 Pontiac Grand Am 1G2NE52T4XM850202 11 1999 Freightliner F L D 1FUPCSZB2XPA09902 12 1999 Ford F-150 1FTZF1727XNB99273 13 1995 Nissan Pickup 1N6SD11S9SC428800 14 1998 Toyota Avalon 4T1BF18B5WU289330 15 1998 Chevrolet Cavalier 1G1JF5248W7298046 16 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee 1J4GZ58Y3TC163573 17 1998 Toyota Camry 4T1BG22K7WU839901 18 2003 BMW 745i WBAGL634X3DP63368 19 1998 Mercedes-Benz S320 WDBGA32G3WA381237 20 1994 Honda Accord 1HGCD5631RA132757 21 2002 Saturn SC2 1G8ZR12742Z101726 22 1997 Mercury Mountaineer 4M2DU55P0VUJ25633 23 1995 Chevrolet C1500 1GCEC14Z6SZ148647 24 1997 Dodge Ram Van 2B6HB21X4VK566922 25 2000 Ford Explorer Sport 1FMYU60XXYUA94685 26 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee 1J4G248S9YC144785 27 1999 Kia Sportage KNDJB7233X5615816 28 2004 Ford Focus 1FAFP38384W192945 29 1998 Ford Ranger 1FTYR10C8WUC71446 30 2001 Ford Explorer 1FMZU63P41UB21840 31 2000 Yamaha Motor Corp.

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45 1997 Honda Accord 1HGCD5632VA088651

GWINNETT COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 2017 AT 7:00 P.M. GWINNETT COUNTY JUSTICE AND ADMINISTRATION CENTER AUDITORIUM 75 LANGLEY DRIVE LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA 30046 THE FOLLOWING REZONING, CHANGE-INCONDITIONS, SPECIAL USE PERMIT AND OTHER ITEMS OF BUSINESS, LOCATED WITHIN UNINCORPORATED GWINNETT COUNTY, ARE SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS AS STATED ABOVE. SITE PLANS, LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS, AND OTHER INFORMATION ARE AVAILABLE IN THE OFFICE OF THE PLANNING DIVISION, 446 WEST CROGAN STREET, LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA. OFFICE HOURS ARE 8:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M., MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. RZM2017-00005 — APPLICANT: GWINN-LIDELL ASSOCIATES, LLC C/O PHILIP WEENER, ESQ., WEENER & NATHAN, LLP; OWNER: GWINN-LIDELL ASSOCIATES, LLC; REZONING OF M-1 TO RM-24; APARTMENTS; DISTRICT 6 LAND LOT 209 PARCEL 001A; 4100 BLOCK OF SATELLITE BOULEVARD; 2000 BLOCK OF SATELLITE POINT; INTERSTATE 85 SOUTH; 20.12 ACRES. DISTRICT 1/ BROOKS SUP2017-00014 — APPLICANT: 78 CARWASH LLC; OWNER: RAMESH NAIK; APPLICATION FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT IN A C-2 ZONING DISTRICT FOR AN AUTOMOBILE SERVICE (RENEWAL); DISTRICT 6 LAND LOT 063B PARCEL 008F; 4700 BLOCK OF STONE MOUNTAIN HIGHWAY; 1.28 ACRES. DISTRICT 2/HOWARD P&D PC TBL 6-6 934-488512, 5/19 GWINNETT COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 2017 AT 7:00 P.M. GWINNETT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS TUESDAY, JUNE 27, 2017 AT 7:00 P.M. GWINNETT COUNTY JUSTICE AND ADMINISTRATION CENTER AUDITORIUM 75 LANGLEY DRIVE LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA 30046 THE FOLLOWING REZONING, CHANGE-INCONDITION, SPECIAL USE PERMIT AND OTHER ITEMS OF BUSINESS, LOCATED WITHIN UNINCORPORATED GWINNETT COUNTY, ARE SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS AS STATED ABOVE. SITE PLANS, LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS, AND OTHER INFORMATION ARE AVAILABLE IN THE OFFICE OF THE PLANNING DIVISION, 446 WEST CROGAN STREET, LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA. OFFICE HOURS ARE 8:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M., MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. RZC2017-00013 — APPLICANT: DOCHINGOZI HOUEY; OWNER: UNITED COMMUNITY BANK; REZONING OF R-100 TO O-I; DAY CARE FACILITY; DISTRICT 7 LAND LOT 054 PARCEL 007; 1200 BLOCK OF BRASELTON HIGHWAY; 5.28 ACRES. DISTRICT 4/HEARD SUP2017-00020 — APPLICANT: DOCHINGOZI HOUEY; OWNER: UNITED COMMUNITY BANK; APPLICATION FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT IN AN O-I (PROPOSED) ZONING DISTRICT FOR A DAY CARE FACILITY; DISTRICT 7 LAND LOT 054 PARCEL 007; 1200 BLOCK OF BRASELTON HIGHWAY; 5.28 ACRES. DISTRICT 4/ HEARD RZC2017-00014 — APPLICANT: ANKURKUMAR JOSHI; OWNER: ANKURKUMAR JOSHI; REZONING OF R-100 TO O-I; TUTORING CENTER (BUFFER REDUCTION); DISTRICT 5 LAND LOT 074 PARCEL 298; 1400 BLOCK OF SCENIC HIGHWAY; 0.41 ACRE. DISTRICT 3/HUNTER SUP2017-00026 — APPLICANT: ANKURKUMAR JOSHI; OWNER: ANKURKUMAR JOSHI; APPLICATION FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT IN AN O-I (PROPOSED) ZONING DISTRICT FOR A TUTORING CENTER (BUFFER REDUCTION); DISTRICT 5 LAND LOT 074 PARCEL 298; 1400 BLOCK OF SCENIC HIGHWAY; 0.41 ACRE. DISTRICT 3/HUNTER RZC2017-00015 — APPLICANT: CHRIS SEWARD; OWNER: DCT-GA 2004 RN PORTFOLIO U, LLC; REZONING OF C-2 TO M-1; WAREHOUSE/OFFICE; DISTRICT 6 LAND LOT 207 PARCELS 050 & 095; 3400

34 2006 Honda Accord 1HGCM72396A020866 35 2002 Audi A 6 WAULD54B32N057872 36 2014 Toyota Corolla 2T1BURHE8EC206536

FORECLOSURES NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER State of GEORGIA, County of GWINNETT. Under and by virtue of the Power of Sale contained in a Deed to Secure Debt given

by JERRY FOWLER AND MICHELLE FOWLER to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. (“MERS”) AS NOMINEE FOR COUNTRYWIDE BANK, FSB, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, dated 09/16/2008, and Recorded on 10/10/2008 as Book No. 49113 and Page No. 0080, AS AFFECTED BY BOOK 53802, PAGE 257 AND BOOK 54183, PAGE 23, GWINNETT County, Georgia records, as last assigned to BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. (the Secured Creditor), by assignment, conveying the after described property to secure a Note of even date in the original principal amount of $148,286.00, with interest at the rate specified therein, there will be sold by the undersigned at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash at the GWINNETT County Courthouse within the legal hours of sale on the first Wednesday in July, 2017, the following described property: ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND LYING AND BEING IN LAND LOT 334, 7TH DISTRICT, GWINNETT COUNTY, GEORGIA, BEING IN THE CITY OF BUFORD, AS SHOWN ON A PLAT OF SURVEY FOR LOUISE E JETT

BY W.T. DUNAHOO & ASSOCIATES, INC, REGISTERED LAND SURVEYORS, DATED JANUARY 25, 1995, RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 65, AT PAGE 125B, WHICH PLAT IS HEREBY REFERRED TO, INCORPORATED HEREIN, AND MADE A PART HEREOF. The debt secured by said Deed to Secure Debt has been and is hereby declared due because of, among other possible events of default, failure to pay the indebtedness as and when due and in the manner provided in the Note and Deed to Secure Debt. The debt remaining in default, this sale will be made for the purpose of paying the same and all expenses of this sale, as provided in the Deed to Secure Debt and by law, including attorney’s fees (notice of intent to collect attorney’s fees having been given).

To the best knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the party/parties in possession of the subject property known as 2003 ANCHOR WAY, BUFORD, GEORGIA 30518 is/ are: JERRY FOWLER AND MICHELLE FOWLER or tenant/tenants.

Said property will be sold subject to (a) any outstanding ad valorem taxes (including taxes which are a lien, but not yet due and payable), (b) any matters which might be disclosed by an accurate survey and inspection of the property, and (c) all matters of record superior to the Deed to Secure Debt first set out above, including, but not limited to, assessments, liens, encumbrances, zoning ordinances, easements, restrictions, covenants, etc.

The sale will be conducted subject to (1) confirmation that the sale is not prohibited under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code; and (2) final confirmation and audit of the status of the loan with the holder of the security deed.

Pursuant to O.C.G.A. Section 9 13 172.1, which allows for certain procedures regarding the rescission of judicial and nonjudicial sales in the State of Georgia, the Deed Under Power and other foreclosure documents may not be provided until final confirmation and audit of the status of the loan as provided in the preceding paragraph.

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. as Attorney in Fact for JERRY FOWLER AND MICHELLE FOWLER. THIS LAW FIRM IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. 00000006770168 BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER LEVINE & BLOCK, LLP 4004 Belt Line Road, Suite 100 Addison, Texas 75001 Telephone: (972) 341 5398 950-488100, 5/19

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37 1991 Honda Accord 1HGCB7560MA183317 38 2000 Oldsmobile Intrigue 1G3WX52H7YF190930 39 1997 Mercury Villager 4M2DV1119VDJ01418 40 1995 Chevrolet Ta h o e 1GNEK13K0SJ397846 41 2003 BMW X 5 5UXFB33563LH48107

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ZONING DISTRICT FOR OUTDOOR SALES/STORAGE; DISTRICT 7 LAND LOT 079 PARCELS 006 & 037; 1900 BLOCK OF BOGGS ROAD; 2500 BLOCK OF SATELLITE BOULEVARD; INTERSTATE 85 (RAMP); 9.29 ACRES. DISTRICT 1/BROOKS P&D PC/BOC 6-6 & 6-27 934-488505, 5/19

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HANDYMAN SERVICE FULL TIME JOB FAIR Onsite Job Fair at WestRock 4464 S. Old Peachtree Rd Norcross, GA 30071 May 20, 2017 Hours: 9am-1pm Positions available: • Production Associates • Maintenance Technicians • Shipping Clerk • Forklift Operator

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COMPUTER/IT: NCR Corporation seeks f/t Senior Workday Reporting Analyst in Duluth, GA to gather, analyze, summarize & present data in support of disseminating meaningful HR data & metrics. Up to 5% travel & references req’d.

Send resume: Jasna.

Stevic@ncr.com, ref req #0053241_P0067897.

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DEDICATED ACCOUNT Now Hiring Regional Drivers Average $60K Annually Braselton, GA Avg. 2-3 Layovers per Week *EXCELLENT Medical Plans & 401K Available CDL-A w/1 yr. T/T exp.

HOUSE FRAMING HELPER (JT Framing, Lawrenceville, GA 30043) Transportation provided to and from multiple worksites from central meeting point. 15 fulltime temporary jobs. Assist in single residential house framing: unload trucks, carry supplies to site, assist in marking, cutting and fastening lumber. No education, 2-month landscape experience.

40 hrs/wk @ $14.25/ hr, 7:00 am-3:00 pm, M-Sa, [OT 0-5 Hrs @ $21.38/hr], (04/01/2017 11/30/2017). Transportation (incl. meals and lodging) to place of employment provided or reimbursed completing ½ contract period.

Return trans. provided if contract completed or early dismissal. No tool, supply, equipment charges. Apply with Gwinnett County Career Center, 2211 Beaver Ruin Rd., Suite 160, Norcross, GA 30071 (job #GA111258579).

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DRIVERS Doraville Company Needs

CDL CLASS A For Short Haul Regional • Minimum age 24 • Minimum 3 years experience Hourly Pay With Overtime Home Nights & Weekends

770-409-4902 Drivers, Climbers, Labor & Sales Positions Tree company located in Lithonia looking to hire CDL Drivers, Tree Climbers, Groundskeeper, Firewood processors & Sales Associates ASAP. All job information on www. arborservinc.com

HVACR COMM. TECH ASAP! 5/10 Yrs. Exp. Normal Co. Perks, 401K, Ins., Uniforms, Co. Vehicle, Clean Drv. Resumes: mpotter@ cajunairinc.com or Fax: 706-367-2465

Landscape Project Manager Commercial landscape management company seeking a quality control supervisor and project manager with 2+ years of experience in the landscape industry.

Candidates should have basic knowledge in all facets of the landscape industry to include maintenance irrigation, and installation.

Candidates need to be motivated, capable of using phone & computer applications, and a driver’s license with a clean record. Benefits include salary, vehicle, paid vacation, medical benefits, and bonuses.

Email resumes to admin@liveoakls.net

Benefits: - Starting pay for Production Associates/ Operator is $13+ shift differential - 11 Paid Holidays - Eligibility for promotions - Employee Discounts (For Gym Membership, Hotels, Car Rentals, Cell Phone Service) - Eligible for Benefits after 30 days of Employment (Medical, Dental, Vision, Wellness Incentive Program 401K, Short Term Disability/Long Term Disability) Requirements: - High school diploma - Willingness to learn (initiative) - Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.

- Willingness to work overtime as needed - Open to 2nd or 3rd shift - A desire to be in manufacturing

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HOUSES FOR SALE

FIELD REPRESENTATIVE PART-TIME The Portrait CafĂŠ is seeking a Sales Rep. to present our Digital Imaging program to churches in your local area.

Candidate must be professional in appearance and possess a pleasing personality. Ideal candidate would be a retired minister or anyone with a church background.

Send your resume to: fhaney@theportrait cafe.com or fax to 423-614-0500

SNELLVILLE, GA 30039 4248 Medlock Woods Dr.

RENOVATIONS/REMODELING/REPAIRS

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NEW LISTING Hud Case # 105-208917 Brick Front 2-Story With Lots Of Class!

4BR/2.5BA Formal Living/Dining Rooms, Spacious Kitchen, Breakfast Area. Main Level Master. Ample Size Secondary Bedrooms.

FHA Insured. EHO. $175,000 Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealty professionals.com

CEMETERY LOTS FOR SALE

CEMETERY LOTS (TWO) Peachtree Memorial Park, Norcross. Total value $4000, sacrifice $2350 for both. OBO. Serious inquiries only please. 770-345-7466.

REAL ESTATE FOR RENT APTS/DUP/CONDOS/ T’HOMES FOR RENT

HOUSES FOR SALE BARROW, WINDER 3BR/2BA with Florida room. Basement with 4 rooms & bathroom.

2 car garage, fenced yard. $169,900.

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APTS/DUP/CONDOS/ T’HOMES FOR SALE LAWRENCEVILLE, GA 30046 902 Parc River Blvd

GWINNETT DUPLEXES

2 Communities!

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

Starting @ $925/mo.

B.C. PROPERTIES 770-446-1550 770-995-8828 MOBILE HOMES & LOTS FOR RENT

Production, Drivers, Shipping, Receiving Tucker Door & Trim LLC is adding to our growing team! We are a family oriented door manufacturer that has been in business since the 1960’s. We have positions available in: Production, Drivers - Box & Tractor, Loaders, Forklift Operators, Machine Operators.

We offer competitive pay and a very comprehensive benefit package that includes Group Health, Vision, Dental, Prescription, Disability Plans, 401(k) as well as Flexible Spending.

Applications are accepted Monday - Friday from 8 am until 4:30 pm at our Monroe location at 650 Highway 83, Monroe, GA. With regret, phone calls are not accepted.

RECYCLE FOR A BETTER TOMORROW

EATONTON, GA 31024 176 Twisting Hill Rd.

MOTIVATED SELLER Beautiful Lake Front Property On Deeded Lot! In-ground Salt Water Pool, Detached 2 Car Carport, Front/ Back & Side Porches!

FULL UNFINISHED BASEMENT 4BR/4BA $550,000 • EHO Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealtyprofessionals.com

UNDER CONTRACT! HUD CASE # 105-391516 3BR/2.5BA TOWNHOME Off Sugarloaf Parkway.

Open Family/Dining Room. Galley Kitchen.

All Bedrooms Up With Beautiful Master Suite & Loft.

Insured W/Escrow $123,000 • EHO Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealtyprofessionals.com

LAWRENCEVILLE, GA 30043 1169 MAUDE WAY

GREENE/GREENSBORO LAKE OCONEE HARBOR CLUB ESTATE SALE INTERIOR BUILDING LOT .7 ACRES • $49,900 770-354-9514 MONROE, GA 30656 1155 Jim Daws Rd

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

DULUTH Riverbrooke Subdivision Neighborhood Garage Sale Peachtree Industrial Blvd. and Rogers Bridge Rd. Saturday, May 20th from 9 am - 3:30 pm (Rain date – Sunday, May 21st)

SNELLVILLE Giant Estate Sale!

Fri. & Sat. 5/19 & 20, 8-6. 2810 Crystal Brooke Lane.

Antiques, collectibles, & furniture. Lots of Variety

LAWRENCEVILLE Clairemont Subd. Sale.

Sever Creek Dr. & Sever Rd. Sat. 5/20, 8-2. Look for balloons on mailboxes!

Snellville, GA Furniture, Lamps, pictures, dishes, pots & pans, decorative accessories, vintage wedding dress, books, medical equipment and other items.

May 19 & 20 2017 9-4 2259 Eastwood Drive Snellville, GA 30078

LAWRENCEVILLE Turnberry and Reserve Community Garage Sale 2090 Raegan Way 30043 Saturday May 20th and Sunday May 21st - starts 8:30am to 2pm.

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Lawrenceville, 30046 DOWNSIZING! 97 Ruth St. 5/19 & 20, 9-4. Furn, deer stands, artwork, applcs, fabric.

See 10 pics online LILBURN ESTATE SALE Fri. 5/19, 4-8 & Sat. 5/20, 8-3. 390 Grove Spring Ct. near Hwy. 29/Rockbridge Rd. Furn., beds, sofa, tools, clothes.

LOST & FOUND PETS FOUND FEMALE DILUTE CALICO TABBY: 5/08/17 Sims Rd, Snellville, Ga. Injured, recovering at vet. djtrucks2004@ aol.com LOST CAT Near Old Peachtree and Hwy 20. Solid gray short hair cat with blue collar. If you may have seen her please call 404-710-6079

VEHICLES

APPLIANCES LAWRENCEVILLE Wynnfield Manor Community Garage Sales Sat. 5/20, 8am-?

Route 20 off Rock Springs.

Great Bargains For Everyone!

Watch for signs!

Rain or Shine!

PETS/LIVESTOCK

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

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

Dishwasher $100 & up. Different colors.

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NISSAN MURANO SUV, 2005: Elderly owner, only driven 8,000 mi. per year, garage kept, loaded! $5995. 770-616-7399 BUSES/HEAVY TRUCKS

MISC. FOR SALE HOSPITAL BED & BEDSIDE COMMODE Hospital Bed $600.

Bedside Commode $200. Call for more infor. 770-476-1312.

TOYOTA LAND CRUISER FJ62, 1990 4WD, Automatic, 90,371 original miles, LIKE NEW! $2,600 Call: 678-506-0754

COMMERCIAL SPACES FOR LEASE Suite 100 & 200 Suite 100 End Unit Available for Immediate Occupancy DO NOT DISTURB TENANTS, Call Agent Only!

Suite 200 Available October 1st Suite 100 Is 1319 Sq Ft $1485 per mo Suite 200 Is 1261 Sq Ft Combined Spaces Are 2580 Sq Ft $3225 Per Month Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealty professionals.com

GARAGE SALES

EATONTON, GA 31024 210 RIVER LAKE DR.

PENDING OFFER APPROVAL! HUD CASE #105-296897 LOVELY 3BR & 2.5BA CAPE COD With Master On Main.

Secondary Bedrooms Upstairs, Full Basement. Uninsured. $116,500 • EHO Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealty professionals.com

LOGANVILLE, GA 30052 4665 Atlanta Highway

GARAGE SALES

LAKE/RIVER/COASTAL PROPERTY FOR SALE

SALES Full time position available for INSIDE SALES at a flooring company.

5 day work week with Saturdays a must and either Friday or Mondays off.

Salary Plus Commission.

Serious inquires please send resume to dmsexton13@gmail. com

COMMERCIAL RENTALS

GARAGE SALES

FARMS, LOTS & ACREAGE FOR SALE

GRAYSON, GA 30017 1688 SILVERGRASS LANE

LEASE/PURCHASE AVAILABLE! Beautiful 2 Story with Massive Space and Extensive Moldings and Trim.

Sits On Full Unfinished Basement. 5BR/4.5BA. A Must See! $415,900 • EHO Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealty professionals.com

BARROW-AUBURN 1-2-3 BEDROOMS IN MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY. Rent Starting at $100/ week. Large Lots.

770-513-3151

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

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AUBURN, 30011

HUGE ESTATE SALE! 380 Kennedy Sells Rd. Thur. 5/18, 12-4, Fri. 5/19, 10-4, Sat. 5/20, 10-2.

Furn., linens, jewelry, knives, collections galore! 1968 Mustang GT, original cond., 2001 Silverado truck 1 owner, several outbuildings, basement.

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a look ahead May 27 Fast Track 5K — The Southeastern Railway Museum will host the 5K, which begins at 8 a.m., as part of the city of Duluth’s Memorial Day celebration. The race starts in front of Eddie Owens Presents at the Red Clay Theater and finishes on the city’s Town Green.

Cost is $25. For more information, call 770-476-2013.

May 29 Dacula Memorial Day Parade — The annual event gets started at 10 a.m. The parade route begins at Hebron Baptist Church and proceeds down Dacula Road.

Memorial Day Ceremony in Honor of Gwinnett Fallen Heroes — This annual event to honor the county’s fallen military and public service personnel will be held at 1 p.m. at the Gwinnett Fallen Heroes Memorial at the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center in Lawrenceville.

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Pepe’s Mexican Bar and Grill 1804 North Brown Road, Lawrenceville 678-847-5860

Burrito Barbacoa Wrap is served with guacamole, sour cream and charro beans at Pepe’s Mexican Bar and Grill. (Photo: Julie Thompson)

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they’re dining in a home,” he said.

So Pepe’s includes cailin.obrien @gwinnettdailypost.com homey touches, including a private room paneled in Owners: Partners Hector dark wood and separated Abreu, Jose Santos and from the rest of the restauEdguand Santos, who also rant by a wooden sliding co-own 14 other restaurants barn door. The restaurant across the state. also includes a patio. It’s Open Since: Feb. 19 covered and both heated Location: 1804 North and air-conditioned, but Brown Road, Lawrencevthe wide glass windows ille, at the intersection of offer an unobstructed view North Brown Road and outside.

Sugarloaf Parkway, adjacent But Abreu said Pepe’s to Sugarloaf Mills Mall. vibe is about more than its Hours: 11 a.m. to 10 artistic looks. Abreu said p.m. daily the restaurant is careful Atmosphere: Pepe’s is to hire a friendly staff of an undeniably Mexican people who tend to work restaurant — just not in the together as a family. way most customers are “You can make the nicused to. est restaurant, the prettiest “The people, as soon as restaurant and if you don’t they come in, know that have the right vibe coming we’re a Mexican restauout of the whole team and rant,” Abreu said. “But we staff, then that kind of plays wanted to do it in a more a different role,” he said. upscale way and a more Abreu also said he inartistic way.” tends Pepe’s to become part Abreu is right: It’s of the Lawrenceville comhard to mistake Pepe’s as munity by getting involved anything but a Mexican with churches, schools and restaurant. local events.

Even before opening “We are definitely a the doors, customers are family-oriented restaurant,” greeted by larger-thanAbreu said. “We pride life Mariachi statues with ourselves in giving great wide-brimmed sombreros service, putting out great standing near the entrance. food and making relationInside, hand-blown glass ships with the community light fixtures in the shapes and our customers.” of flowers cling to the ceilMenu: Pepe’s serves ings. The decorations were traditional Mexican food imported from Guadalajara, with an interesting twist to Mexico, and they add pops the flavors in each dish. of color to the white walls Abreu calls Pepe’s and nuetral stones in the cuisine “urban Mexican.” It restaurant’s interior. pairs flavors from various The look is festive and parts of Mexico with influrecognizably Mexican, but ences from different kitchit’s also modern. Abreu said ens, including Italian and the owners tried to incorMediterranean, to enhance porate materials commonly color, texture and taste. used in modern homes.

“We have a lot of tra“We see that more often, ditional Mexican food,” as years go by, customers Abreu said. “The main are more drawn to feel like difference is how we plate

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Above, Dona Tere Steak is served with corn on the cob, Mexican rice and topped with baconwrapped shrimp at Pepe’s Mexican Grill in Lawrenceville. (Photo: Julie Thompson) At left, Pepe’s Bar and Grill serves Mexican food with a twist. (Staff Photo: Cailin O’Brien)

it, how we display it and the quality of the products that we use.”

Pepe’s serves its food on bigger plates than most Mexican restaurants and tends to display its food in more artistic ways. Besides cilantro, a traditional Mexican garnish, sliced oranges are served to add color and interest to many of the plates.

“The most important thing is how the food tastes, but it’s also important how the food looks,” Abreu said.

One of the most popular dishes is the shrimp and lobster changa. For this item, Pepe’s owners took

the Tex-Mex staple up a notch, adding high-end ingredients. The filling features lobster and shrimp mixed with Cajun and Mexican spices. It’s topped with a mango sauce and shredded coconut.

“It gives you kind of that tropical look and flavor in there,” Abreu said.

Even simple meat dishes have a signature taste at Pepe’s. Abreu said the restaurant’s chefs marinate the meat for at least 24 to 48 hours in a refrigerator, a technique most common Mexican restaurants don’t practice. It’s how the restaurant prepares its

signature dona tere steak dish featuring a 12-ounce rib-eye steak served with corn on the cob, Mexican rice and topped with baconwrapped shrimp. A colorful side salad completes the dish.

The Hector special is another key signature. This Mexican-Italian fusion features a portion of rib-eye marinated with a house wine marsala sauce.

Pepe’s even puts a twist on dessert. The restaurant offers cakes most Mexican restaurants don’t, such as German chocolate, carrot and red velvet. The traditional Mexican dessert flan

• Hector Special: Ribeye steak and shrimp topped with a special creamy chipotle-mushroom sauce, served with southwest rice, salad and sliced avocado. $22.49 • Dona Tere Steak: Rib-eye steak grilled to perfection, served with bacon-wrapped shrimp.

Served with white rice, corn-on the-cob, and salad. $22.95 • Shrimp and Lobster Changa: Lobster and shrimp with onions wrapped up in a flour tortilla, deep fried lightly, topped with tropical pineapple creamy sauce. Served with Southwest rice and mixed vegetables. $15.99 • Burrito Barbacoa Wrap: Big burrito stuffed with shredded beef, rice, cheese and pico de gallo. Served with guacamole, sour cream and charro beans. $13.99 • Flan: $4.99 • Caramel-filled churros: $4.99

is popular at the restuarant — but even that has a signature flare.

“Our flan is developed a little different than other Mexican restaurants,” Abreu said. “ It’s more smooth. The texture is almost like a blend of cheesecake and ice cream.

It’s not as crumbly as cheesecake, but it has the flan taste.”

Something you might not know: Customers can order a little something Abreu calls “live guacamole.” For this special service, customers choose their own fresh ingredients and watch a waiter prepare the dip at their table.

GWINNETT TASTES A selection of local eateries recently featured in the Gwinnett Daily Post: Mr. Gyro When customers first walk into Mr. Gyro, they’re greeted by a display case filled with homemade goodies, including special Greek cookies and cakes. The menu is written in blue and white chalk on blackboards hanging on the wall above the counter, and the small space with big windows is painted with the blue-andwhite theme.

In the dining area, the family painted chairs blue and set them around rich brown tables. Pictures of Greece dot the walls and a small Greek statue stands near the bar area, which is decorated with fake vines and grapes. Owner Harry Karatzas said the restaurant’s decor isn’t complete quite yet.

Karatzas cooks all the food himself, with occasional help from his wife or daughters.

He’s looking to hire more help, but for now, it’s all in the family.

Karatzas said that means the food is not only authentic, it’s also fresh. There aren’t any preservatives and mostly everything is cooked on a grill.

Edee’s Place Bar-B-Que in Dacula offers customers a wide range of different meats and Southern-style sides. (Staff Photo: Curt Yeomans) “There is nothing fried or whatever,” Karatzas said. “Everything is in the grill. Except the potatoes, of course. Those are fried. … The menu is not the big, vast menu of other restaurants. We have specific items. I like to have the food that is pleasant to eat and consistent all the time.”

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Road, Snellville, 770-559-5556 Edee’s Place Bar-B-Que The look of Edee’s Place comes from a more personal place than some old barbecue joint. Owner Edmund Nelson said he designed the atmosphere of the dining area to evoke the same atmosphere that exists in his mother’s

house.

Edee’s Place is a traditional barbecue restaurant, offering plates of meat, barbecue sandwiches, Brunswick stew, southern-style sides, desserts and drinks. The trick, however, is that the cooking is a family affair.

Nelson’s brother and cousin, who worked with him

when Edee’s Place was just a food truck, cook the meats on the barbecue pit. His mother — who already inspires the feel of the restaurant — oversees the cooking of the side dishes as well, and the sides are made using her personal recipes.

And if the family kitchen look wasn’t enough, Nelson is also likely to pull up a chair at a customer’s table and strike up a conversation with them, asking them how their day is going or what they think of the food.

“I ask them if I can pull up a chair, and I always tell them the reason why I feel comfortable pulling up a chair is because I feel like I’m at home, and they should, too,” Nelson said. “When they come in here, they should have a great experience, they should have fun and just enjoy themselves.”

2300 Liam Ave., Suite 105, Dacula, 770-822-9999 Reveille Cafe This rustic cafe is more upscale than the generic weekend brunch destination, but it’s affordable enough for the weekday worker to grab breakfast and a freshly

ground cup of coffee before beginning the daily commute.

On weekends, visitors might see families sitting in the booths as they chat and munch on bacon at leisure.

The staff knows many of the customers by name, although the Sugar Hill location just opened in late March. There are three other Revielle locations owned by the McCanns — located in Acworth, Marietta and on Haynes Bridge Road in Johns Creek.

The Mystic Stuffed French Toast is the cafe’s signature item, Nicole said. It is one of several house specials that were inspired by the McCanns’ travels and experiences.

“The Mystic French Toast, we came up with that idea when we were eating in Mystic, Conn., and we just decided to call it Mystic,” Nicole said.

It is made with two pieces of bread filled with cream cheese frosting; then it is dipped into egg batter and rolled in corn flakes before it is grilled. It’s topped with fresh strawberries and bananas and rum sauce.

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BY VENUE — MUSIC 37 MAIN 37 E. Main St., Buford 678-288-2030 www.buford.37main.com • May 19: UZOO (A Tribute to U2) • May 20: Generation Idol (Billy Idol Tribute) • May 26: Klaus Band Kamp (A Spoonful of the ’80s) • May 27: Wrocksnake (A Tribute to Whitesnake) • June 2: Mock of Ages (A Tribute to Def Leppard) • June 3: The International Coldplay Tribute • June 9: Fan Halen (A Tribute to Van Halen) • June 15: Michael Sweet (The Voice of Stryper) • June 16: Back in Black — The AC/DC Experience 40 WATT CLUB 285 W. Washington St., Athens 706-549-7871 www.40watt.com • Ongoing: DJ Immuzikation, Twin Powers • May 20: Is/Ought Gap Flash to Bang Time • May 27: The Music Tapes • June 3: Athens Face/Off • June 9: Dressy Bessy, The Split Squad • June 15: Lee Ranaldo, Steve Gunn, Meg Baird • June 16: Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers, Andrew Leahey ATLANTA SYMPHONY HALL 1280 Peachtree St. N.E., Atlanta 404-733-4900 www.atlantasymphony.org • Ongoing: Casual Fridays • Ongoing: Music for the Very Young • Through May 20: An Orchestral Tribute to Music of the King, Elvis Presley • May 25, 27: Donald Runnicles leads an All-French Program • June 1, 3: Robert Spano closes the season with Britten, Wagner and World Premiere • June 9-10: Singin’ in the Rain Movie with the Orchestra performing the Live Score • June 11: Plundering Pirates of Symphony Hall

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Suwanee premieres new SculpTour with Aurora’s help “This is our first official unveiling of the new sculptures,” Brinson said.

“We wanted to do something special this year with this exhibition’s launch. What better way to celebrate than by having the Aurora Theatre perform at our unveiling of the new sculpture? I Holley Calmes love this partnership.

“I also love having Suwanee’s Town Center two types of art for this Park. event, contributed by two Sip and See is an event of Gwinnett’s established that celebrates the exhibi- arts organizations. tion of this year’s sculpThe Aurora will pertures as well as collaboform its critically acrating with the Aurora claimed “Memphis” at 8 Theatre, a connection p.m. Partygoers can purthat Assistant City Manchase beer, wine and the ager Denise Brinson has offerings of a variety of wanted for a long time. food trucks. Tours of the

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Gwinnett arts nonprofits are collaborating in a big new way.

One of the area’s most significant visual arts events, Suwanee’s annual “SculpTour” exhibition of outdoor sculpture, will team with the Aurora Theatre for an exciting event on Saturday.

Sip and See will introduce the 20 new “residents” of Suwanee to the public in a kickoff that offers guided wine tours of the sculptures, meet-and-greet opportunities with the artists and a performance of Aurora Theatre’s “Memphis” on the Town Center stage.

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new sculptures will occur every 30 minutes between 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. The tours will explain and discuss the individual pieces of art that will become an integral part of the community for the next year.

“Over the past dozen years or so, the city of Suwanee has undertaken initiatives to transform Suwanee into a distinctive, desirable place to live,” Brinson said. “Cities have long considered public art a key component of a vibrant community — an essential element of placemaking and city design, a tool for promoting community connectedness and economic development, and a means of providing people with experiences.”

The city has been putting this philosophy into action since 2008, when it launched its Public Arts Commission, created to develop programs that bring and promote public art to the city.

Since 2011, the awardwinning SculpTour program has brought 79 sculptures to a walkable one-mile area of Suwanee plus added 11 pieces to the city’s permanent collection.

Another creative element of the event involves wearable art.

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The series begins on The kickoff of Duluth’s Saturday on the Duluth Summer Stage Concert Town Green with Queen Nation, a Queen tribute band.

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Residents can come out to Queen Nation for free from 8 to 10 p.m. Saturday. Visitors can bring their own drinks or buy from nearby vendors. The Summer Stage Concert Series will continue when Aurora Theatre presents “In the Heights” the musical on June 17.

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jump, inflatables, a trackless train, the Big Kahuna Water Slide and a 9-hole mini golf course.

Snellville residents The Gold Standard don’t have to leave the Band will rock out at the city to go to the beach this green from 5 to 7 p.m. weekend.

“We are looking forward Snellville Tourism and to our sixth annual beach Trade is bringing the blast and having fun in the beach during the sixth sun in 70 tons of sand,” annual Beach Blast from 2 said STAT Executive to 7 p.m. Saturday on the Director Kelly McAloon.

Towne Green in front of “Join us for great music City Hall. and great food. Shop with Oak Road will be covour vendors and have a lot ered in more than 70 tons of family fun on the Towne of sand for residents to Green.” play in. The event will also The Towne Green is feature a mascot parade located at 2342 Oak Road. around the green, games, a For more information, visit DJ, a rock wall, a bungee www.SnellvilleEvents.com.

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GCPL to host author of Atlanta-based book inspiring narrative of ordinary Americans The Gwinnett County taking Public Library will bring a charge of critically acclaimed author their local to a local Barnes and Noble communiMark this weekend. ties that Pendergrast Mark Pendergrast will provides be on hand to sign books a model and meet fans at the Barnes for how cities across the and Noble in The Forum country can reinvent themon Saturday beginning at selves,” according to the 3 p.m. The program is free release. and open to the public.

Pendergrast has books Pendergrast’s latest book, published in 15 languages.

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Billy Harrigan Tighe, whose acting career has taken him to Broadway, two continents and countless cities, is finally taking the stage where he’s always wanted to perform: home.

Tighe, a Marietta native who graduated from Pebblebrook High, has been on numerous national tours and been cast in some of Broadway’s biggest hits. But for the first time in his career, his family and friends won’t have to travel a long distance to see him do his job.

Tighe plays J.M. Barrie, the lead in “Finding Neverland,” which will run at the Fox Theatre through Sunday.

“Finally, I get to have my full-circle moment,” Tighe, 31, said. “I wouldn’t say I feel more pressure because I’ll have a lot of family and friends in the audience.

To me, it’s more exciting than pressure.”

“Finding Neverland,” which is based on the Academy Award-winning movie by David Magee and Allan Knee’s play, “The Man Who Was Peter Pan,” tells the timeless tale of the power of the imagination and how one tries to stay forever young. “Finding Neverland” is directed by Tony Award winner Diane Paulus (“Pippin,” “Hair”), features lyrics by Grammy Award winner Eliot Kennedy and Gary Barlow and is choreographed

by Emmy Award winner Mia Michaels (“So You Think You Can Dance,” Cirque du Soleil’s “Delirium”). Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet starred in the 2004 cinematic version that netted more than $116 million at the worldwide box office.

Tighe had spent nearly a decade on national tours and on Broadway before landing the lead role in “Finding Neverland.” He was in the ensemble of “Dirty Dancing” in 2008, followed by being in “Wicked,” “La Cage Aux Folles” and returned to “Wicked” before joining the Broad-

“Finding Neverland” plays through May 21 at the Fox Theatre. (Photo: Jeremy Daniel)

IF YOU GO • What: “Finding Neverland” • Where: Fox Theatre • When: 8 p.m. today; 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday; 1 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday • Tickets: Start at $33.50 and are available by visiting foxtheatre.org/neverland, calling 1-855-285-8499 or visiting the Fox Theatre Box Office (660 Peachtree St. NE).

way version of “Pippin.”

He then played Elder Price in the widely popular “The Book of Mormon” in London before moving on to his current role.

“This is exactly where I wanted to be at this stage in my career,” he said. “Performing here doesn’t change my expectation or my focus. I’m going to go out there and do my best to deliver the author’s expectations.”

Barrie said the transition to “Finding Never-

land” has been seamless.

His wife of six years, Kristine Reese, plays Mary Barrie. Christine Dwyer, who previously toured with Tighe on “Wicked,” plays Sylvia Llewelyn Davies.

“We already had really good working relationships from the first day,” Tighe said. “A lot of times with a cast, you don’t really know each other and it takes time to build relationships.

This time, we all hit the ground running.”

“Finding Neverland” features an array of songs, including “Stronger,” “Believe,” “Circus of Your Mind,” “What You Mean To Me,” Anywhere But Here,” “All That Matters” and “Beautiful Day.” While “Finding Neverland” is based on Peter Pan — a free-spirited and mischievous young boy who can fly and never grows up — it’s a story that has plenty of adult messages.

“It’s so much more than just a children’s adventure story,” Tighe said. “There are a lot of adult metaphors. It’s about growth, love, relationships and the everticking clock. It’s about wanting to hold onto your youth and not being afraid to grow up.”

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‘Alien’ invAsion ‘Covenant’ fails to live up to Ridley Scott’s original classic Alien: Covenant Alien: Covenant (R) (R) **1/2 HHHH

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Of the now eight installments in the “Alien” franchise, three have been directed by Ridley Scott. If there’s anyone more familiar with this sci-fi universe than he is, he or she has yet to surface. The first of what could eventually spawn two more sequels, “Covenant” picks up 10 years after the unfairly maligned “Prometheus” ended and will likely garner an equal share of supporters and detractors.

As with any sequel or prequel (and “Covenant” is both), there are inherent, built-in narrative restrictions and creative boundaries before filming — or even writing — ever starts.

While the filmmakers and especially the studio would love to reel in audiences unfamiliar with the franchise, the principal concern must be in satisfying the core fan base. “Covenant” does exactly that, which turns out to be both a blessing and a curse. This is something Scott is keenly aware of, and with a committee of four screenwriters, he does as well as anyone could under the confining conditions.

Although blessed with superior production values and mind-blowing effects, “Covenant” doesn’t hold a narrative candle to Scott’s 1979 original.

A movie that included more silence than sound, “Alien” was all about the wait. Even though there was a rhythm to the mayhem — one death followed by another with a certain level of downtime in-between — it was tense and nerve-wracking. In “Covenant,” death feels like an obligatory inclusion, and all of it comes off as mildly recycled and unimaginative.

If it is your principal desire to witness the iconic title characters unleash a torrent of carnage and splatter, you’ll get that in spades and then some, but too little of it registers. On the upside, the filmmakers at least wait to establish the personalities and some character motives — except for James Franco, seen in video flashback — before going gonzo. As with all of the “Alien” flicks and most modern action movies in general, the cast is gender and racially balanced and decidedly apolitical.

On a multiyear trip to a planet similar to Earth in the early 22nd century, the starship Covenant is carrying thousands of colonists and a crew of about a dozen who have their extended cybersleep interrupt-

Katherine Waterston (Daniels), above, and Michael Fassbender (Walter), at left, star in “Alien: Covenant.”

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ed by a nasty storm. With the considerable damage repaired, they prepare to continue until receiving what appears to be an SOS from another Earthlike planet much closer than their original destination. The decision to change course rests solely on the shoulders of Oram (Billy Crudup), the former first mate and now captain with iffy leadership skills and strong religious convictions.

This impulsive, unchecked trip change doesn’t sit well with anyone, especially Daniels (Katherine Waterston), a terraforming expert and recent widow of the dead captain (Franco). Daniels officially voices her protest — which means nothing, actually — and this along with her pixie haircut immediately makes her the new de facto Ripley.

While the rest of the charac-

ters have their brief moments — a cowboy hat-wearing Danny McBride as a pilot named Tennessee in particular — the movie is owned by Michael Fassbender. Reprising his role of the android David from “Prometheus,” Fassbender also appears as Walter, a newer model android and crew member. Often appearing on screen opposite himself, the Irish-born Fassbender’s David is a cold, calculating type with a clipped British accent, while Walter is a team player with a Midwestern twang.

Aside from Ripley and the monsters, it’s the assorted android characters populating the “Alien” movies that drive the narratives. None, save for possibly Ian Holm as Ash from the first, have the effect Fassbender’s dual roles have here and should become mandatory

study in future acting classes.

Apart from the opening title sequence shared with his maker, Weyland (Guy Pearce), David doesn’t show up again until far into the second act, which not so coincidentally is when the story finally starts to get interesting. The David-Walter dynamic takes center stage and basically brushes the rest of the characters into the margins, but not to the point where action (read: violence) stops.

In the aftermath of the preview screening, a number of critics and audience members made comments to the effect that there was too much talk and not enough of the monsters, which is understandable.

Above all things, this is a horror franchise with some sci-fi on the side. “Covenant” puts them on equal plains. Given what came chronologically after

the events in this film, going into finer detail of just how the monster race started should be of great interest to anyone who has seen at least the first two, but it would appear more than a few people don’t and likely won’t feel that way. This could be why “Prometheus” — also the only installment without “alien” in the title — fared so relatively poorly.

If there is another movie (or two), it’s likely Scott won’t direct but, as principal producer, will hand pick whoever does.

It will be someone with more sci-fi background than horror but someone who can do both.

Scott started this franchise and has earned the right to be its overseer through completion, but even he would probably admit maybe it’s time for some new visionary blood.

(Fox)

“Alien: Covenant” stars, above, from left, Amy Seimetz (Faris), Benjamin Rigby (Private Ledward) and Carmen Ejogo (Karine); and below, from left, Danny McBride (Tennessee) and Katherine Waterston. (Photos: Twentieth Century Fox)

Above, Katherine Waterston (Daniels) is shown in a scene from “Alien: Covenant.”

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Pass: Glorious cinematography; plenty of wild, swashbuckling action; some witty black humor here and there.

Fail: Jumpy film-editing and dialogue common to Guy Ritchie-directed films; a storyline that is really confusing at times; one-dimensional characters.

Charlie Hunnam (TV’s “Sons of Anarchy”) does a creditable job as Arthur in this very different retelling of his life story from being deprived of his birthright to his eventual ascendancy as king of England. His character never really seems to blossom as much as we would like, however — is he really “king” material or just another street thug? Jude Law is unimpressive as Vortigern, usurper of the throne after collaborating with dark forces and murdering Arthur’s parents; he just broods and scowls his way through his role. Mostly wasted in supporting roles are Eric Bana as Arthur’s dad King Uther, as well as Djimon Hounsou as Bedivere, one of Arthur’s street posse members.

If you like your adventures in the medieval vein, “King Arthur” may tickle your fancy a bit. It’s lavishly set and brilliantly displayed but mostly turns out to be a hot mess. It’s like watching another of Ritchie’s films, “Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels” dressed up in a lot of armor.

Wow, if you want to go see this one in the theater, you better be really quick. This flick probably won’t be around very long at your cinema, so it’s OK to wait for the DVD. This is also one long movie that really drags at times, so skip the belly-buster soda before you sit down to watch.

King Arthur was one of my favorite quasi-historical figures growing up, so I was really hoping this version would do the legend justice. Alas, outside of its fight scenes, I found “King Arthur: Legend of the Sword” to be a major snoozefest and difficult to follow at times.

Maybe it’s because I’m not a real fan of Guy Ritchie as a director — he’s really hit and miss, and in my estimation, this flick probably would have been much better with a more capable person at the helm.

Maybe “King Arthur” was also unlucky to open so close to current hit “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2,” but I’m betting that most audiences would agree that film is far superior and more enjoyable to watch than this medieval romp and stomp.

Pass: The movie had a lot of action and the soundtrack was fun and gave the movie an interesting feel. It was similar to other Guy Ritchie movies.

Fail: Guy Ritchie relied on special effects way too much. There wasn’t a lot of character development, and just as I was really getting into the story, it was over. The story of King Arthur is fantasy, but this movie took the fantasy element a little too far.

I wasn’t super impressed with any of the actors. With no character development, it’s hard to really critique someone’s acting. If I had to pick, Jude Law did the best with what he was given. I always find he plays a good villain.

If you are a fan of Guy Ritchie movies then you will enjoy this movie. It had the feel of “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels” meets “Game of Thrones” or “The Lord of the Rings.” If you enjoy fantasy, you may also find something redeeming in this film.

I would wait for the Blu-ray.

Some of the action might look better on the big screen, but the lack of story and character development makes it hard to justify spending $12 on a ticket. If you really want to see it in the theater, try to find one of the cheaper shows.

I wanted to like this movie. I enjoy the King Arthur stories, and I don’t think Hollywood has really given the legend the justice it deserves. Unfortunately, I felt like Guy Ritchie was trying to hard.

He didn’t seem to be able to make up his mind on what kind of film he wanted to make. Is it a fantasy, is it action, is it a comedy? I wish I could say for sure.

Pass: The acting was fine, although I could have used a bit more emotion from King Vortigern (Jude Law). The mage (Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey) was certainly believable, and Charlie Hunnam succeeded in the role of Arthur.

A lot of action scenes, mostly fighting hand-to-hand combat, took place, yet they were not bloody. There was only one word that I recall that lived up to the PG-13 rating.

Fail: The storytelling of this movie was atrocious. It was all very confusing and never did make any sense to me.

There was lots of action, but it didn’t seem to be there for any reason other than to have stuff going on. There were elements of filling in the pieces but I never could put it all together.

As mentioned previously, Charlie Hunnam as King Arthur and Ms. Bergès-Frisbey were believable to me. I don’t know that they were necessarily standout performances, but they could have been the best thing about the movie.

I’m not sure who might enjoy this movie.

It is billed as action, adventure, drama. There is a fair amount of fighting but not enough for me to called it an action movie. There are no chase scenes. As for adventure, if I could figure out the storyline, this might be the best description. It seems to include aspects of fantasy with the way the mage can call on the birds and other things. It also has some sci-fi aspects with the big metal monsters Arthur often sees in his visions. Too bad there is no such genre as confusing.

I see no compelling reason to view this in the theater, and if you must see it, spring for the Blu-ray when you have nothing else to do or see.

Somewhere in this series of actions and flashbacks there might be a good story. However, the story is not told in an intelligible manner and therefore ruins it for me. The action is not compelling enough to make up for the lack of a cohesive story. Overall, while it wasn’t a miserable couple hours, it was definitely a waste of time.

Tim Weekley, Suwanee

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★★★★ DISC SPOTLIGHT MICHAEL CLARK

Streets of Fire Blu-ray (PG) Movie: ★★★★ Disc: ★★★★

A bookend of sorts to co-writer/director Walter Hill’s “The Warriors,” the 1984 “Streets of Fire” — marketed as a “Rock ‘n Roll Fable” — fared poorly at the box-office but has since garnered a huge cult following and remains a seminal ’80s guilty pleasure. Viewed by detractors as an overlong music video, it is known as much for its visuals and killer soundtrack as its neo-noir thriller plot. This is really a gift to the longtime fans, as it includes extras that total three times the length of the film itself. Not a great movie, but one with huge appeal and surprising staying power.

Technical specs: aspect ratio: Widescreen (1.85:1/1080p), audio: English (DTS-HD MA 5.1), subtitles: English.

Special features include: • Two feature-length documentaries • Five featurettes • 2K restoration print • Music videos • On-air promos • Still galleries • Trailer (Shout Factory, $34.93)

COMING SOON TO OWN • “The Great Wall” (May 23): When a mercenary warrior (Matt Damon) is imprisoned within the Great Wall, he discovers the mystery behind one of the greatest wonders of the world. (PG-13) • “Get Out” (May 23): After Chris (Daniel Kaluuya) and his girlfriend, Rose (Allison Williams), reach the meet-theparents milestone of dating, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth that he never could have imagined. (R) • “Logan” (May 23): In the near future, a weary Logan (Hugh Jackman) cares for an ailing Professor X (Patrick Stewart) at a remote outpost on the Mexican border when he meets a young mutant (Dafne Keen) who is very much like him. (R) • “Rock Dog” (May 23): Wanting to be a rock ’n’ roll star, misfit Tibetan mastiff Bodi heads to the city to locate Angus Scattergood, a legendary musician who needs to write a new song.

(PG) • “Fist Fight” (May 30): On the last day before summer vacation, high school teacher Andy Campbell (Charlie Day) crosses Ron Strickland (Ice Cube), the school’s toughest and most feared teacher. (R) • “Before I Fall” (May 30): Samantha Kingston (Zoey Deutch) seems to have it all.

Everything changes in the blink of an eye when she dies in a car crash but then magically wakes up to find herself reliving the same day over and over again. (PG-13) • “The Blackcoat’s Daughter” (May 30): During the dead of winter, a troubled young woman (Emma Roberts) embarks on a mysterious journey to an isolated prep school where two stranded students (Kiernan Shipka, Lucy Boynton) face a sinister threat from an unseen evil force. (R) • “Hart to Hart: The Complete Series” (May 30): The entire five-season run of the Robert Wagner-Stefanie Powers mystery show is compiled in a new boxed set. (Not rated) • “A Cure For Wellness” (June 6): A company man

(Dane DeHaan) heads for the Swiss Alps to retrieve his boss from a spa that isn’t what it seems. (R)

• “A United Kingdom” (June 6): In the 1940s, Prince Seretse Khama (David Oyelowo) of Botswana shocks

the world when he marries a white woman from London (Rosamund Pike). (PG-13) • “Voice From the Stone” (June 6): Verena (Emilia Clarke) is a determined young nurse hired to help a mute young heir (Edward Dring) within an isolated castle in Tuscany. The more she observes the boy, the more Verena becomes convinced he has fallen under the spell of a powerful and otherworldly persona. (R) • “Aftermath” (June 6): Two strangers’ lives become inextricably bound together after an error by an air traffic controller (Scoot McNairy) causes the death of a construction foreman’s (Arnold Schwarzenegger) wife and daughter. (R)

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‘The Lovers’ lacks humor of a supposed quirky comedy The Lovers (R) The Lovers (R) *1/2 ★★★★

like oversimplification or overexplanation but it’s not. It’s describing a movie trying to Woody Allen without irony, sarcasm, true comedy or insight. None of

BY MICHAEL CLARK the characters (even the two Movie Critic good ones) go deeper than what we see on the surface.

Yet another art-house It’s like watching a slightly movie that is inexplicably more interesting overlong being fawned over by many episode of “Dr. Phil” minus critics, “The Lovers” — the drug/spousal abuse and/ based on the content of the or presence of hookers. film vs. the bait-and-switch The leads are Michael trailer — is a downbeat (Tracy Letts) and Mary drama being marketed as a (Debra Winger), both in “quirky” comedy. Although their late 50s who have there are laughs (two) and been married forever, don’t it is offbeat (which is not have sex and quietly tolerexactly quirky), this is a ate each other. Both have movie that — with one jobs they hate where they notable exception — will work in cubicles and use make you hate your fellow their fellow unknowing man and/or woman. employees to act as beards There are six pairs of for their mutual affairs. lovers in the film played by Michael is sleeping with four people. Two of them Lucy (Melora Walters), a are married, two are in a ballet instructor prone to strong, committed relation- emotional extremes. Mary ship and the remaining two is cavorting with Robert are “others” — meaning (Aidan Gillen), a failing those involved with married writer who might also be people. This might sound British.

respect for each other, their new “preferred” partners or even themselves. They hedge their bets as each day passes and only make their final decision when out of time, excuses and options.

A very good writer (“Bug,” “Killer Joe”) but only a marginal actor, Letts often plays characters of low moral fiber (“Christine” from 2016 is a good example), but for Winger, an actress with so much Debra Winger, left, and Tracy Letts star in “The Lovers.” unrealized potential, it (Photo: Robb Rosenfeld/A24) comes across as a day late As initially presented by a visit along with his girland a dollar short. After the writer/director Azazel Jafriend Erin (Jessica Sula). one-two punch of “An Ofcobs, Lucy and Robert are Each tells their other illicit ficer and a Gentleman” and to be considered the victims partner that their principal “Terms of Endearment,” the in the story, as they are in concern for stalling is to world was her proverbial it for “love” but eventually reduce the mental burden oyster. But because of offlose all audience sympaon Joel, who in reality actu- screen hissyfits and general thy by doing stupid things ally wants his parents to get bad behavior, she fell out those involved with married divorced. He likes Mary of favor with mainstream people often commit in des- enough but hates Michael filmmakers. She recovperation. Don’t feel sorry and is being used as a pawn ered slightly with the artsy for them. by both parents to stave off “Shadowlands” but quickly For the bulk of the film, certain future unpleasantfell again into obscurity.

Michael and Mary keep ness.

Under most other putting off their severing Mary and especially circumstances, Winger’s until their college-aged son Michael are mealy mouthed performance here would be Joel (Tyler Ross) comes for cowards who have no considered another come-

back, but nothing she does here is particularly special.

She’s made a point recently of speaking out against enhanced surgery and does look her age here, but she does little to remind us of that previous spark.

If it was Jacobs’ intent to show the effect of marital turbulence on the adult children of those parents, he succeeded. Ross’ slightly overstretching performance — however brief — accomplishes that. If it was to show a couple in disrepair attempting to salvage something and give it bite, he needs to watch the entire John Cassevettes catalogue first.

If not already completely obvious, this is not a movie you want to see if you’re in a shaky marriage and/ or contemplating having an affair or are already in one. It will be of service in a left-handed sort of way to anyone considering an affair with a married person. It’s never going to be worth it.

(A24)

then walked away from it all for a solid 15 years. One gets the impression from the host of famous cooks interviewed in this sequence, ranging from Wolfgang Puck to Martha Stewart to Anthony Bourdain (who also produced the film), that no one knew why or where he went until now.

It’s a good hook to get me interested in a subject I had no interest in before the film.

Told documentary-style in a series of vintage file footage and staged recreations of the past on one hand, and on the other, uncensored present-day interviews and artfully filmed new footage of the man himself, “Jeremiah Tower” is a well-paced

never making himself one bit more vulnerable than he likes. And so we never do quite learn what truly led to his exit from restaurant life.

The fact that we hardly care is a credit to the rest of director Lydia Tenaglia’s project. While it’s ultimately nothing special aside from not being a boring documentary — which is actually pretty special given my lack of interest in this one’s subject — “Jeremiah Tower” is a fascinating look at the prototype of today’s celebrity chef, a man who was perhaps a tad too magnificent to last in that role but clearly inspired a whole generation of restauranteurs.

(CNN Films)

‘Jeremiah Tower’ a fascinating look at a longtime chef Its 1 hour, 42 minute run time mostly flew by, like a long but taste-laden multicourse meal.

The film starts on a most incongruous note for a movie about food. We see an elderly man walking in bright morning sunlight near

BY KHARI J. SAMPSON what appears to be barren old khari.sampson ruins somewhere in Central @gwinnettdailypost.com or South America. There’s a melancholy voiceover Documentaries aren’t reading from a poem, or a really my thing, so I was memoir. Who is this? disappointed when I learned The voice is our protagothat’s what this film would nist, Jeremiah Tower, lauded be. But at this point, I’ve shortly after this odd opening been moonlighting as a film scene of the film as a wildly reviewer for about a year. I’m influential chef and restauraa professional, darn it. “So,” teur from the ’70s and ’80s I thought, “let’s see what this who built a successful enmovie can do.” terprise in that latter decade,

affair. Its first third centers on Tower’s boyhood as a child of privilege who nonetheless was somewhat neglected by his socialite parents. It’s while he’s left to his own devices during family trips and cruises that he learns the joy of high cuisine, a love that stays in the background until after his college days.

It’s then that he stumbles into a job as chef at thennascent Bay Area restaurant Chez Panisse and puts it, and American cuisine as a whole, on the map. The film’s second arc details Tower’s exit from the restaurant to found his own place, Stars, in San Francisco proper, inspired by his boyhood experiences.

Finally, its last act highlights

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his sudden return to public life — presumably leading to this biopic.

Part of what makes all this interesting is the foreknowledge that as successful as Tower became, at some point he lost it all, that there was a degree to which he was as unknowable as he was charismatic. It gives the proceedings a tension that it would otherwise lack.

I found it disappointing, then, that Tower’s famous penchant for privacy seems to win out even in this biopic. Though the impression is that he’s revealing more than ever before in his segments of the film, there’s an equivalent sense that he’s still constantly holding back,

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