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By Joshua Sharpe joshua.sharpe @gwinnettdailypost.com

LAWRENCEVILLE — In the tape, Nique Leili is fed up.

“My marriage is over,” she says, talking on a cellphone to her sister. “He thinks everything I do is a lie.” Leili, a slim and short

middleaged mother of three, is sitting in her car during the conversation. She Matthew is alone.

Leili But a man’s voice breaks into the recording. “It’s coming, it’s

coming, listen for it,” the irritated man says, with an ample dose of New York influence in the accent.

“He’s an a--hole,” the woman says.

The man speaking was Matthew Leili, who began facing trial Wednesday in Lawrenceville on charges of murder in his wife’s July 2011 death. He wasn’t in the

Murder trial begins for Matthew Leili

car while Nique complained, according to the testimony, but had captured the conversation with a hidden microphone and then recorded himself giving commentary.

The bizarre file is but one of many audio and video recordings seized by Gwinnett County police from the

Matthew Leili looks down as prospective jurors enter the courtroom on Wednesday before the start of the murder trial against Leili in the 2011 death of his wife, Nique Leili. (Staff Photo: Joshua Sharpe)

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‘State of the art’

Grease clogs leading to overflows Cities facing multiple wastewater spillages

Gwinnett Medical shows off neonatal ICU ambulance

By Curt Yeomans curt.yeomans@gwinnettdailypost.com

hospital officials unveiled on Wednesday.

The ambulance, which cost about $250,000, will the provide the same kind of link between Gwinnett Medical and the community that a mother has

Gwinnett County residents got a lesson on why it’s important to be careful when disposing of grease after two stormwater manholes in the county overflowed on back-to-back days.

County officials announced on Wednesday that thousands of gallons of wastewater overflowed from a manhole on Peachtree Industrial Boulevard in Norcross on Tuesday. Hours later, they announced thousands more gallons of wastewater overflowed from another manhole, this time in Lawrenceville on Wednesday morning.

Grease clogs were the cause of both overflows, according to county officials.

In the Norcross incident, about 9,862 gallons of wastewater spilled into Hopkins Creek after it began overflowing from the manhole at 5180 Peachtree Industrial Boulevard in Norcross on Tuesday afternoon.

Gwinnett County Department of Water Resources spokeswoman Karen Shields said the department was notified about the issue at 1:47 p.m. and was able to stop it around 4:28 p.m.

Meanwhile, the county’s Department of Water Resources learned at 8:45 a.m. on Wednesday that wastewater was overflowing from a manhole at 1700 Summer Ridge Lane. Crews were able to get the overflow stopped around 10:30 a.m., but about 6,432 gallons of wastewater spilled into one of Beaver Ruin Creek’s unnamed tributaries as a result of the overflow.

Shields said that in both cases, crews raked the areas and spread lime to reduce the effects of the spills. Signs were also posted in the areas to let residents know about the incidents.

The Georgia Environmental Protection Division was contacted about both incidents, according to Shields.

Grease is part of a group of materials county officials encourage resident to not pour into their sink drains because of their ability to clog pipes in the wastewater system. The group, which also includes fats and oils, is collectively referred to by Water Resources officials as “F.O.G.” “When F.O.G is sent down the drain, it creates clogs that can cause a sewage backup into a street, yard or home,” officials wrote on the county’s website.

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By Curt Yeomans

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Matt Brooks says his nearly 2-year-old son, Andrew, is alive today because of a special neonatal transporter used by Gwinnett Medical Center’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Brooks’ wife, Katie, was 28 weeks pregnant in March 2014 when she went to a hospital near their home in Cumming because of concerns that her child wasn’t moving.

Tests showed Andrew was in distress in the womb, and his mother needed an emergency C-section to save his life.

Doctors at the hospital also told the couple that Andrew needed to be transferred to Gwinnett Medical’s neonatal unit. He had persistent pulmonary hypertension and needed nitric oxide to survive. Not every hospital has nitric oxide, but Gwinnett Medical’s neonatal transport team had it on the transporter, which is essentially a neonatal unit on a stretcher.

Matt Brooks said the fact that the ambulance that transported his son to Gwinnett Medical had that transporter made the difference for Andrew.

“The nitric oxide that was on board the ambulance is what saved his life because he was on 100 percent oxygen and it wasn’t working,” Brooks said.

The kind of stretcher used to save Andrew Brooks’ life is part of the new neonatal intensive care unit ambulance that

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Top right photo, Gwinnett Medical Center’s new neonatal intensive care unit ambulance rolls into its unveiling ceremony in Lawrenceville on Wednesday. Above, Gwinnett Medical Center neonatal respiratory therapists from left, Deb Gagnon and Shantel Coq greet Andrew Brooks and his mother, Katie, at the unveiling of the new ambulance. Andrew was born prematurely in 2014 and his parents attribute his survival to a Gwinnett Medical neonatal transporter similar to one used in the new ambulance. Pictured below, Paramedics load the neonatal transporter unit into the new neonatal intensive care unit ambulance. (Staff Photos: Curt Yeomans)

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Peachtree Corners unveils design for new pedestrian bridge trian bridge they expect will become Peachtree Corners’ “premier landmark.” Officials expect to break ground Peachtree Corners ofon the pathway something ficials are planning an this spring, but an exact date eye-catching path to get has not yet been released. pedestrians safely across “We asked our engineers Peachtree Parkway, from to design a bridge that was The Forum to the city’s new ‘Innovative and RemarkTown Center. able,’ which is the city’s The city released design tag line, and I (think) they concept illustrations on captured it completely,” Wednesday for the pedesMayor Mike Mason said in

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a statement. “I am also very pleased that this design has been so well received in the community.”

The bridge is part of the city’s plans to build its new 20-acre Town Center, which See BRIDGE, Page 7A

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Feds sentence Norcross man

By Keith Farner

worked for Mainstreet Guns and Range in Lilburn was sentenced for possessing A Norcross man who set a destructive device and a a booby trap in his home suppressor-device that must before agents arrived with a be registered on the National federal search warrant was Firearms Registration and sentenced in federal court Transfer Record, but were on Tuesday on several gun not registered to Truitt. He charges and possession of also stole firearms from his methamphetamine. former employer, and posJeffrey Scott Truitt, 44, sessed meth while he had was sentenced to eight years, firearms, according to federal 10 months, followed by three officials. years of supervised released.

U.S. Attorney John Horn He was convicted in August said in a release that detailed after he pleaded guilty.

Truitt’s sentencing that Scott, who previously agents arrived at Truitt’s

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44-year-old gets 8 years for theft, meth and booby trap

home to find near a door a fully assembled homemade improvised mine capable of discharging a 12-gauge shotgun shell at an unsuspecting victim.

“An individual who is brazen enough to possess and set a homemade booby trap-type weapon poses a clear and present danger to our community,” said ATF Special Agent in Charge Carl Walker. “This sentence sends an unequivocal message that this conduct will not be tolerated.”

When agents arrived with

the search warrant, according to information presented in court in October, their search recovered the booby trap-type weapon, a suppressor and numerous firearms, including three guns Truitt stole while employed at Mainstreet Guns and Range, and about six grams of meth.

Destructive devices and suppressors are required under federal law to be registered on the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record. Truitt had no items registered on the NFRTR.

Photo exhibit to showcase middle, high school student pieces of art

By Keith Farner

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Some 500 photographs hang inside the Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center from students who represent 20 schools across Gwinnett.

The artwork from mainly high school students, but some middle schoolers, will be judged on Saturday in 15 different categories of photography approaches, such as portraiture, landscape, digital manipulation and social commentary. Last year, a cellphone category was added. Each category will award three places.

The exhibit, Shutter Sense, began so that students would have a professional space and presentation of their work, much like a

professional photographer showing work in a gallery, Parkview High School art teacher Alexandra Scott said.

Pictured left, Parkview High School art teacher Alexandra Scott, left, and Norcross High School art teacher Ashley Getz hang photos for the Shutter Sense photo exhibition on display at the Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center. Pictured above, Some of the 500 photos for the Shutter Sense photo exhibition are shown.

The exhibit will run through February to showcase works from high school and middle school students. (Special Photos)

“We saw work set up in school lunch rooms, libraries and hallways,” Scott said. “And although that is also

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The competition has steadily grown each year. Three years ago, for example, it had 485 pieces from 16 schools.

The first Shutter Sense exhibition, in 2006, began with Ren Hullender and his North Gwinnett National Art Honor Society students.

Scott added that there’s excitement around the event as students wait for it to come around each year.

“They’re so pumped,” Scott said. “It really fuels our programs. It’s a unique event because it’s the only place that students can get recognized.”

The name is designed to reflect the playful, spontaneous nature of the photographic medium and engage students in artistic dialogue with their peers of different backgrounds. The photos show techniques and perspectives that are in local schools.

The exhibit will remain on display through February.

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Doing home landscaping can deter crime No matter where you live, the threat of you and your home being victimized by criminals is ever present. The daily news carries stories of criminal acts that occur throughout our area. Many times they are violent, but more frequently the criminal acts committed are thefts such as break-ins.

While no silver bullet exists, steps can be taken to reduce your likelihood of being a victim. One important tactic is having the appropriate landscape plants around your home to make it less inviting to criminals.

The placement and size of trees and shrubs on your property can influence its vulnerability to crime. They can provide cover for potential criminals who are planning to break into your home or commit some other crime. The house should be clearly visible from the road and not obscured by any landscape plants. Avoid planting tall-growing shrubs along the street and directly in front of the house.

When installing new landscape material, know the mature heights of the plants before planting.

Though many plants are small when placed in the landscape, over time they can grow quite large and hide the entrances and windows of the home.

For example, river birch trees are frequently planted next to the sides of houses. Their mature height is 60 feet, and they can spread 20 to 30 feet. These trees are too large for the location and can cover the side of the home. Overgrown trees and shrubs planted too close can also promote the rotting of the building material on the sides of houses due to moisture retention and encourage insects and rodents to become problematic.

Use plant materials that will grow no higher than two to three feet so they will not block windows and doors. Trim existing shrubs to keep them at this height. Consider using dwarf plants that grow at a slower rate and are smaller. Plant trees a minimum of 15 to 20 feet away from the structure, providing access to walls and reducing the chances of the roots damaging the foundation. Prune tree limbs up seven to ten feet from the ground to improve visibility.

Trellises on the side walls are useful in training plants but can also be ladders for criminals to gain entry to your home.

If you decide to use trellises, make sure they are no taller than the first story window. Also, keep any ladders safely stored to prevent them from being used as an entry device.

Keep the lawn maintained and neat. Do not allow the grass to become excessively tall and

Gardening in Gwinnett

Tim Daly weeds to take over the rest of the landscape. The lawn should be mowed on a regular basis. Spray or pull weeds that are growing in beds, near ornamental plants, and in other areas. Clean out your gutters and keep them maintained. Following these steps will create the appearance of the home being occupied. A poorly maintained landscape is more appealing to criminals, is unsightly, encourages pests, and can be in violation of local county and municipal ordinances.

Consider installing plant materials under windows that are pointed or have sharp spines or thorns. Burglars may think twice about breaking in through a window knowing they could be pricked by these plants.

Rotunda hollies, barberries, roses, pyracanthas, and other similar plants with these attributes may be a deterrent to criminals.

Using the right landscape plants and keeping them maintained can reduce the chances of you and your property being the victim of criminal activity. It also enhances the aesthetics of your home and increases its value.

If you would like to learn more about the subject, Gwinnett County Extension is having a class on landscaping to reduce crime on Monday, Feb. 8, noon to 1:00 p.m. in the second-floor conference room of the Gwinnett County Government Building’ located at 750 South Perry St. in Lawrenceville. The class is free, but please register for it by contacting the Gwinnett County Extension office.

Also, remember the 2016 Annual Gwinnett County Extension Plant Sale offers several plants, including blueberries, apples, figs, native azaleas, and other plants at affordable prices. To download an order form, go to the Extension website at www.caes.uga. edu/extension/gwinnett/ and click on “news and events” to download the order form or call the Gwinnett County Extension office for one to be mailed to you.

Timothy Daly is an Agricultural and Natural Resource Extension Agent with Gwinnett County Extension. He can be contacted at 678377-4010 or tdaly@uga. edu.

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GWINNETT GAB Officials urge residents to check for radon Since January is National Radon Action Month, the Gwinnett Extension is encouraging residents to test their homes for the gas in order to avoid the harmful effects it can cause.

Radon is an invisible, odorless gas that occurs naturally through geologic processes. It releases low-dose radiation, which can attach to dust and be inhaled once released into the atmosphere if the gas enters the home.

Second only to smoking, radon is a major cause of lung cancer. Exposure can be prevented with regular testing for radon in the air of the home. Gwinnett Extension and many home improvement stores provide inexpensive doit-yourself testing kits.

If radon is detected, residents can correct the issue with several simple and cost-effective methods.

For more information, contact Ines Beltran at ines.beltran@gwinnettcounty.com.

school. Deadlines vary by school.

“WYT is a trip-of-alifetime opportunity for students,” Kay Parks, public relations representative said, in a statement. “Beyond the educational value of the trip and the back stage pass to countless historical and inspirational sites, students are given the opportunity to develop and grow their leadership skills.”

If selected, winners will travel with 100 other Georgia students to Washington, D.C., from June 9 to 16.

For more information, visit jacksonemc.com/ wyt.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 2016 • 3A

Auburn mayor sworn in as GMA’s third vice president Political Notebook

Curt Yeomans

Auburn Mayor Linda Blechinger will be known as madame president — for the Georgia Municipal Association — in a little over three years.

Blechinger was elected Lawrenceville PD to the group’s vacant third vice president during offers Citizen’s GMA’s Mayors’ Day Conference on Sunday. Vice Academy presidents automatically Citizens interested in move up a level as they learning about the risks rise through the leadership faced by police officers ranks until they eventually on a daily basis can reg- become president of the ister for the Lawrencev- group, whose membership ille Citizen’s Police includes 520 cities.

Academy.

The Auburn leader will The program is deadvance to the second vice signed to provide civilpresident’s position in ians with hands-on expe- June, and her time to step riences that inform about into the municipal group’s the different aspects of highest leadership position law enforcement, includ- will come in 2018.

“Mayor Blechinger is Jackson EMC to ing patrol ride-alongs, the K-9 unity, drug well respected by city give Washington trends, gangs, defensive officials around the state,” tactics, crime scene pro- GMA Executive Director Youth Tour for cessing, and more.

Lamar Norton said in a high-schoolers Applications to join a statement. “She underJackson Electric new session are due on stands the issues cities face Membership Corporation Tuesday, Feb. 2, and ap- and has played an imis offering four student plicants will be notified portant role in legislative delegates will receive an of acceptance by Friday, efforts on behalf of cities all-expense paid trip to Feb. 5. Participants must for many years. We look Washington, D.C., and be 18 or older, have a forward to her continued join thousands of high valid drivers license and leadership in this new schoolers from around pass a criminal backrole.” the country in a leaderground check.

Blechinger was elected ship program.

Classes will be held mayor of Auburn, which The trip is offered by each Tuesday from 6 Jackson EMC to high to 9 p.m. for 12 weeks, school sophomores beginning on Tuesday, and juniors, who will Feb. 16. The academy compete through their will take place at the schools for the opLawrenceville Police Deportunity. Applicants partment headquarters,

By Curt Yeomans must live in a county located at 300 Jackson curt.yeomans served by Jackson EMC, St. @gwinnettdailypost.com including Gwinnett, and For more informabe at least 16 years old tion and to apply, visit

by June 9. Candidates lawrencevillepd.com/ Norcross and should demonstrate cpa.htm or email CapPeachtree Corners were leadership and academic tain Greg Vaughn at among five metro area excellence and have a gvaughn@lawrencevilgovernments that were desire to learn more lepd.com. recognized by the Atlanabout history, the U.S. Gwinnett Gab appears ta Regional Commission government and leaderin Thursday and Sunday on Wednesday for their ship skills. editions of the Gwinnett efforts to be friendly to Students should conDaily Post. To submit an the environment. tact their school counsel- item to Gwinnett Gab, Norcross, which was ors, who will select one email gab@gwinnettdai- already certified at the semifinalist from each lypost.com.

Gold Level in the ARC’s 6-year-old Green Communities program, was re-certified at that level.

Meanwhile, Peachtree Corners, which is only 3 years old, received its first-ever certification.

It received Bronze Level certification, according to the commission.

“Norcross and Peachtree Corners are to be commended for making their communities more sustainable,” ARC Board Chairman Kerry Armstrong said in a statement. “Their efforts to conserve energy,

Auburn Mayor Linda Blechinger addresses the Georgia Municipal Association’s membership after she was sworn in as its third vice president during the group’s Mayors’ Day Conference on Sunday. Blechinger will automatically advance through GMA’s leadership until she becomes president of the association in 2018. (Special Photo)

straddles the GwinnettBarrow county line, in 2005 and has been actively involved in GMA since that time. Over the years, she has served on its Board of Directors, executive committee, legislative policy council, federal policy council and the Georgia Municipal Employee Benefits Services Board, according to the association.

GMA also cited Blechinger for undergoing 252 hours of training through its Harold F. Holtz Municipal Training Institute and earning a Certificate of Distinction. The recognition is the highest certification level offered by the municipal association.

Duluth councilman recognized by GMA for training In other action at the Mayors’ Day Conference, GMA officials awarded a Certificate of Distinction

to Duluth City Councilman Jim Dugan for completing 204 hours of training.

Jim Dugan Municipal officials must complete at least 204 hours of training through the Municipal Training Institute, as well as coursework in the Robert E. Knox Jr. Municipal Leadership Institute to earn the certification. Dugan was one of 15 city officials from across the state who received the certificate during the Mayors’ Day Conference.

“This is an outstanding achievement,” Norton said in a statement. “We commend Councilmember Dugan for this accomplishment and for the dedication he’s shown in using this valuable resource to

become a more effective city official.”

First Lady Sandra Deal donating history book to libraries Gov. Nathan Deal’s office announced on Wednesday that first lady Sandra Deal is making a contribution to every public Sandra library in Deal the state: Copies of her book on the history of the Governor’s Mansion.

The state’s first lady co-authored “Memories of the Mansion: The Story of Georgia’s Governor’s Mansion” with Kennesaw State University history professors Catherine Lewis and Jennifer Dickey last year.

The book includes memories of behind-the-scene photos from the Maddox, Carter, Busbee, Harris, Miller, Barnes and Perdue families times in the mansion.

“We wanted to make ‘Memories of the Mansion’ available to everyone in Georgia, and the best way we know how is to have a copy available at every public library in the state,” Deal said in a statement. “Public libraries are a wonderful resource for the people of Georgia, and they will now allow for these historical photos and stories to be cherished for free.”

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

ARC recognizes Peachtree Corners, Norcross as Green Communities reduce waste and protect natural resources set an example for the entire region.”

Twenty jurisdictions in the 10-county ARC area have been recognized through the Green Communities program since it was established in 2009. Norcross alone has been certified through the program, at the Gold Level, since 2011.

The other governments recognized on Wednesday were Atlanta, Woodstock and Rockdale County.

On a general level, the ARC recognized Norcross and Peachtree Corners for encouraging recycling of materials and facilities, as well as conservation, land use and environmental preservation efforts.

On a more detailed level, however, Norcross was recognized for: • Making park or greenspace available within a half-mile of every resident.

• Buying and rehabilitating vacant or abandoned buildings in its downtown area so its historic character could be maintained. The conversion of the Cotton Gin Building from a vacant warehouse into a mixed-use facility was specifically cited by the ARC. • Building a large rain garden next to city hall and bioswales on Thrasher Street, and adding natural buffers between roadways and residential properties, to catch excess stormwater.

• Reusing old materials to create public art, such as the ReImagine! exhibit, where outdoor sculptures made from more than 75 percent reused materials were placed around the city.

• Requiring parking near trees — one tree for every seven parking spaces and no space more than 40 feet from a tree — to create a tree canopy in several areas of the city.

Meanwhile, Peachtree Corners was specifically recognized for:

• Having electric vehicle charging stations at city hall.

• Encouraging energy conservation at night by offering incentives for timer-controlled sign lighting that uses LED lamps and adopting a “night sky” ordinance that calls on the community to reduce light pollution.

• Encouraging businesses to redevelop and move into existing vacant spaces rather than building new structures. Global Aviation in Technology Park was one example cited by the ARC. • Offering incentives to businesses if they put their recycling facilities in the city, and ensuring plenty of land is available for them to use through the “light industry” zoning district. The ARC said it is the most common zoning district in the city.

• Offering places where residents can drop-off their old cellphones, household batteries and ink cartridges for recycling.

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Can cancer ‘resolve’?

DEAR DR. ROACH: Two years ago, my mother had a large mass surgically removed from her colon.

(A laparoscopic surgery with colon resection.) The operative diagnosis was cancer that had metastasized to her lymph nodes.

A quote from radiology following her PET: “She lit up like a Christmas tree!”

The lymph nodes weren’t biopsied, and she received no radiation or chemotherapy.

Last month she had another PET scan, which showed that “the majority of the previously noted enlarged lymph nodes have resolved.” Does cancer “resolve”? If this report is accurate, my mother’s body seems to be clearing up the cancer. I’ve never heard of this. Right now, she experiences chills daily. Can it be that her white blood cells are actually fighting this cancer and winning?

My mother is 83. She has pretty good energy.

Based on this report, she says she is cured and will live to be 100. She’s planning on leaving the assisted living facility she moved to two years ago.

She wants to move into an apartment building!

As you can see, we’re depending on accurate information to inform us so that we can make good decisions.

— J.B. ANSWER: It is possible that your mother had a near-miraculous cure of advanced colon cancer.

It sounds from the PET scan (which looks both at size of lesions and their metabolic activity inside the body) that she may be cancer-free. I can’t tell you whether those original lymph nodes were really cancerous, but in the situation of a large colon cancer, those nodes usually are.

It also is possible that the original nodes were not cancer; rather, they were part of the body’s response to the colon cancer that was removed by surgery.

In either event, it does seem that your mother may be free of cancer.

Unfortunately, I can’t give any opinion on her likelihood of reaching 100 (most 83-year-old women with no medical problems do not), because her case is unique in my experience and that of an eminent oncologist I consulted.

Some cancers, especially kidney cancer, have been known to have distant disease “melt away” after the initial mass is removed surgically, but it is rare even in kidney cancer, and I have not heard of that happening with colon cancer.

I’m sorry I can’t give you my advice on her leaving her assisted living facility, but I do feel that she has been given a great gift and should live her life to the fullest.

The booklet on colon cancer provides useful information on the causes and cures of this common malady. Readers can obtain a copy by writing: Dr. Roach Book No. 505, 628 Virginia Dr., Orlando, FL 32803. Enclose a check or money order (no cash) for $4.75 U.S./$6 Can. with the recipient’s printed name and address.

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SOLUNAR TABLES The Gwinnett Daily Post (UPSP 921-980, ISSN 10860096) is published Wednesday through Friday and Sunday by SCNI, 725 Old Norcross Road, Lawrenceville, GA 30045. Periodical postage paid at Lawrenceville, GA 30044. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Gwinnett Daily Post, P.O. Box 603, Lawrenceville, GA 30046-0603.

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coach; Frank Darabont (1959- ), filmmaker; Sarah McLachlan (1968- ), singer-songwriter; Rick Ross (1976- ), rapper; Nick Carter (1980- ), singersongwriter; Elijah Wood (1981- ), actor; J. Cole (1985- ), rapper; Will Poulter (1993), actor.

TODAY’S FACT: The modern Lego brick was patented on this day in 1958.

Lego bricks from that year are compatible with bricks produced today.

TODAY’S SPORTS: In 1959, Vince Lombardi was named the Green Bay Packers’ head coach and general manager.

TODAY’S QUOTE: “A knowledge of different literatures is the best way to free one’s self from the tyranny of any of them.” — Jose Marti

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Parents punish child for reporting touching DEAR AMY: Recently a 10-year-old reported to me that her friend’s daddy had slapped her on her bottom twice and also held her in a way that made her uncomfortable. The child has told him not to touch her or hold her, but he persisted. (The dad has two children.)

The child has told me that her parents are friendly with this couple and that efforts to inform her folks about this “toucher” resulted in the father minimizing the events and dismissing them as “nothing.”

When she told me, I informed her that no one has the right to touch a child against that child’s will, and if it persists, she’s to seek proper authorities by dialing 911.

When she told her father what I had said, he became enraged and called me, screaming at me and also screaming at the child.

He “blamed the victim” which is, in my mind, a very traumatic response to the child — who did nothing wrong.

I’m deeply hurt and very conflicted about this whole thing and would like your advice.

— Protective DEAR PROTECTIVE: My concern with your advice to this child is that no 10-year-old should realistically be expected to know what the “proper authorities” are or to call 911 in this circumstance.

The child already was

taking both children to their separate baby-sitters the next day.

This happens so frequently that our whole household is getting sick. I understand that toddlers are germ factories, but it seems pretty discourteous to haul your sick kids around for others to watch while they Amy Dickinson spread more germs.

Secondly (and this may doing what she knows she be a side effect of not feelis supposed to do, which is ing well), the little one can to tell her parents — and be very aggressive with our when they minimized it, son. Two days ago she bit tell another responsible him hard enough to leave a adult (you) about what mark for the remainder of happened and how she the day. When this behavfeels about it. If you felt ior happens, my son looks this incident rose to the so confused and sad as to level of alarm, you should why someone is hitting/ call the police and/or Child biting him, which in turn Protective Services to upsets my wife. report this, so they could How would you apinvestigate and make sure proach the child’s parents she is safe. about the health issues and It seems this girl lives the need for discipline? in a household where the — Concerned Daddy parents shout first, ask DEAR CONCERNED: questions later. I hope you You don’t “discipline” can manage to stay close a 1-year-old child. You so she knows she always teach her. Whenever she is has someone who will take aggressive, she should be her seriously and do right taken away from the other by her. child. The adult should DEAR AMY: My wife make eye contact and tell baby-sits for a 1-year-old her, “Don’t hit. Don’t bite. toddler. We also have our That hurt Jamie.” A 1-yearown toddler. The little old may think this is a one whom she watches is game of sorts, based on generally a sweet child, but how the adults react to her she is sick all the time. when she is doing it.

We found out yesterday In terms of the health that the baby’s 3-year-old issues, your wife should brother (whom my wife have a frank talk with the does not baby-sit) has child’s parents. Your wife pneumonia. Still, their is responsible for this child mother was considering for the bulk of the day —

Ask Amy

she has a responsibility to speak truthfully about her concerns, which should be focused on the health of their child.

DEAR AMY: I wanted to add my comment to the “No Thanks” problem experienced by so many.

I was irritated that my granddaughter never bothered to thank me for birthday or Christmas gifts, checks, etc.

After her first year in college I still hadn’t received thanks for very generous checks, so I decided enough was enough and for her birthday, sent a nice card. That’s all, just a card.

To my amazement, I received an instant response from my granddaughter via email, thanking me profusely for the thoughtful and lovely card. I laughed for an hour. Finally got her attention!

— Grandmom DEAR GRANDMOM: One thing I like about this is that your granddaughter is actually demonstrating that on one level, it is not about the money.

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

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Combining your unique way of viewing everyday life with a strong sense of discipline will lead to your success.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 19) — Focus on what you can do, and work hard to achieve your goal. The less time wasted disagreeing with others, the better.

Forge ahead instead of looking back.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Don’t wait for slowpokes to catch up when you’ve got so much to gain if you keep a steady pace. Love will highlight your day if you make a romantic gesture.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Do what you can and refuse to be daunted by complaints or criticism. Bring about a change that will boost your self-esteem and prepare you for better days ahead.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Do whatever it takes to fulfill your dream.

You will have everything going for you if you are willing to step things up a notch and power your way to the top.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Be careful how you handle your responsibilities. Someone is likely to complain if you make a self-aggrandizing move. Fulfill your promises and make sure your motives are honorable.

CANCER (June 21July 22) — Do your best to bring greater stability to your financial future.

An innovative investment or collaboration with someone with as much to contribute as you will lead to victory.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Not everyone will let you have your way.

Don’t limit what you can accomplish by arguing with someone who will never see things as you do. Forge ahead alone if necessary.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) — Social events should be attended. The people you will meet can improve your life. Romance is in the stars and will bring you great joy.

Make a commitment and follow through.

LIBRA (Sept. 23Oct. 23) — Keep your distance if someone is pressuring you. Gather information that will help you decipher what’s best for you, and prepare to make a personal change.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24Nov. 22) — How you handle others will make a difference. Take the path that will bring you the most knowledge and experience in order to find your niche. Romance is highlighted.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Stick to basics and don’t get caught up in wanting as much or more than your peers.

Offer your best, and refrain from letting jealousy dictate your actions.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Make a point to let everyone know how you feel. Much can be accomplished if you are open about your intentions. Special plans with someone you love will bring you closer together.

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world&nation WORLD New man named to lead forces in Afghanistan WASHINGTON — Lieutenant General John “Mick” Nicholson, the current head of NATO’s Allied Land Command, has been chosen as the new commander of international forces in Afghanistan, the Pentagon said on Wednesday amid concerns about setbacks in the fight against the Taliban.

Nicholson, whose selection must be confirmed by the Senate, would replace General John Campbell, who has commanded U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan for the past 18 months and is expected to retire.

Nicholson is a veteran of multiple deployments in Afghanistan. He commanded the Army’s 75th Ranger Regiment as well as the 82nd Airborne Division, Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook told a news briefing.

“He understands the importance and complexity of our mission in Afghanistan,” Cook said, having served previously as chief of staff of operations for the International Security Assistance Force, ISAF and U.S. Forces Afghanistan.

Russians want to talk to OPEC about output MOSCOW — Russian officials have decided they should talk to Saudi Arabia and other OPEC countries about output cuts to bolster oil prices, the head of Russia’s pipeline monopoly said on Wednesday, remarks that helped spur a sharp rise in world prices.

Oil futures surged more than 5 percent after the comments by Nikolai Tokarev, head of oil pipeline monopoly Transneft, which gave the strongest hint yet of possible cooperation between the top non-OPEC oil producer and the cartel to try to reverse a record glut.

Brent crude rose by over $2 to $32.95 a barrel, after a session low of $30.83. It was also boosted by U.S. demand following a blizzard.

OREGON WILDLIFE REFUGE STANDOFF

Calm urged after deadly arrest

By Peter Henderson Reuters

BURNS, Ore. — State and federal authorities pleaded with the armed men still occupying a U.S. wildlife refuge in Oregon to leave on Wednesday, a day after an attempt to resolve the standoff peacefully by detaining their leader ended with one man shot to death.

But one of the remaining occupiers of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in northeast Oregon told Reuters in an interview that he would not give up until the group’s grievances over federal land rights were addressed.

Law enforcement surrounded the refuge and blocked off access roads on Tuesday evening, after occupation leader Ammon Bundy and his group were taken into custody at a traffic stop along Highway 395.

Citing the investigation, authorities declined to say what led to the fatal shooting of one member of Bundy’s group, identified by activists as Robert LaVoy Finicum, a rancher who acted as a spokesman for the occupiers.

Bundy’s brother, Ryan, was wounded in the incident.

At a news conference in Burns, Ore., on Wednesday morning ,Greg Bretzing, FBI special agent in charge of the agency’s Portland office, said that authorities wanted a peaceful end to the situation

Arizona cattle rancher LaVoy Finicum talks to the media at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Burns, Ore., on Jan. 5. Activists said Robert LaVoy Finicum, a rancher who acted as a spokesman for the occupiers, was killed on Tuesday after law enforcement officers stopped a car carrying protest leader Ammon Bundy and others near the occupied Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. (Reuters/Jim Urquhart/Files)

and that the remaining occupiers were “free to leave” the refuge.

“Let me be clear: It is the actions and choices of the armed occupiers of the refuge that have lead us to where we are today,” Bretzing said. “They had ample opportunity to leave the refuge peacefully and as the FBI and our partners have clearly demonstrated, actions are not without consequences.”

Harney County Sheriff Dave Ward, his voice breaking, said at the news conference: “I’m disappointed that a traffic stop

yesterday that was supposed to bring peaceful resolution to this ended badly. Multiple law enforcement agencies put a lot of work into putting together the best tactical plan they could, to take these guys down peacefully. …

“If it was as simple as just waiting out some folks down there to get out of some buildings, we could have waited a lot longer,” Ward said. “But this has been tearing our community apart. It’s time for everybody in this illegal occupation to move on. There doesn’t have to be bloodshed in our community.”

NATION Sanders: Obama will stay neutral in primary race

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders had a rare Oval Office meeting on Wednesday with President Barack Obama, days after Obama praised Hillary Clinton, Sanders’ rival and front-runner in the race to be the Democratic presidential candidate in the Nov. 8 election.

Emerging from the White House after an hour, Sanders said the meeting was “constructive” and that Obama was trying to be as Syrian opposition “even-handed” as possible in the race, dismissing compressed to attend mentary that Obama was favoring Clinton, his former talks without secretary of state. preconditions “I know there was some WASHINGTON — Syr- discussion the other day ian opposition groups should about a Politico interview, seize the historic opportunity where he was tipping the to attend peace talks in Gescale toward Secretary Clinneva planned for Friday and ton — I don’t believe that at go without preconditions, all,” the Vermont lawmaker the U.S. State Department told reporters on the White said on Wednesday.

House driveway.

“Factions of the opposiWhile Obama has not tion have an historic opporexplicitly endorsed a canditunity to go to Geneva and date, he showered praise on propose serious, practical Clinton’s experience in the ways to implement a cease- interview with Politico while fire, humanitarian access and noting that Sanders had the other confidence-building “luxury of being a complete measures, and they should long shot.” do so without preconditions,” State Department Trump steps up spokesman Mark Toner said. attacks with “We believe it should seize this opportunity to test ‘bimbo’ tweet the regime’s willingness and before debate intentions, and expose before the entire world which WASHINGTON — U.S. parties are serious about a presidential candidate Donpotential peaceful political ald Trump on Wednesday transfer in Syria, and which escalated a fight with Fox are not,” he told a briefing.

News, using the word “bim— From wire reports bo” in a derogatory tweet

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders walks from the West Wing of the White House to speak to reporters after his meeting with President Barack Obama in Washington on Wednesday. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)

about anchorwoman Megyn Kelly after he dramatically pulled out of a debate only days before the first votes of the 2016 campaign are cast.

Trump on Tuesday withdrew from the televised encounter, scheduled for tonight in Des Moines, Iowa, irritated at host Fox News for allowing Kelly to moderate after her questioning had angered him in a debate last year.

The real estate magnate, who is the Republican frontrunner to win the nomination for the Nov. 8 presidential election, followed up with a thinly veiled insult on Wednesday.

“I refuse to call Megyn Kelly a bimbo, because that would not be politically correct,” he wrote on Twitter.

“Instead I will only call her a lightweight reporter!”

New York City, city health officials said. Neither had severe complications, they said.

A person who resides in Nassau County had traveled to a country with documented transmission of the virus and developed symptoms in August, had a mild illness, was not hospitalized and has completely recovered, a county health department spokeswoman said.

An Orange County resident who had traveled to South America tested positive, the county health commissioner’s office said.

The office did not provide information on the person’s condition.

Four Zika cases found in N.Y. among travelers

Michigan Governor Rick Snyder on Wednesday appointed a group of government officials, health and other experts to implement long-term fixes for Flint’s lead-contaminated water system, which has become a national scandal.

Also on Wednesday, a coalition of Flint residents and national groups filed a lawsuit asking a federal

Four people who had returned from travel abroad have tested positive in New York state with infections with the mosquito-transmitted Zika virus, local health officials said on Wednesday.

Two tested positive in

Mich. governor names panel to fix Flint’s water

Ward said if the occupiers had legitimate grievances with the government, they should use the “appropriate manner” to address them.

“This can’t happen anymore. This can’t happen in America and it can’t happen in Harney County,” he said.

One of the remaining occupiers at the reserve, Jason Patrick, told Reuters by phone they would stay until the “redress of grievances.”

“I’ve heard ‘peaceful resolution’ for weeks now and now there’s a cowboy who is my friend who is dead — so prepare for the peaceful resolution,” Patrick said. court in Detroit to compel city and state officials to replace all lead water pipes promptly and at no cost to residents.

The 17-member committee appointed by Snyder to three-year terms would recommend ways to help people exposed to lead, study Flint’s water infrastructure and determine possible upgrades.

Regulator sues Calif. utility over big methane leak LOS ANGELES — A California utility failed to protect residents from the largest methane leak in state history at its natural gas field near Los Angeles, a regional pollution watchdog said in a lawsuit filed against the company.

The suit, filed on Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court by the South Coast Air Quality Management District, seeks penalties against Southern California Gas Co. of up to $250,000 a day for each of six pollution-related health and safety code violations.

The stench of odorized methane fumes has sickened scores of people since the leak began on Oct. 23 and has forced the utility to temporarily move residents and their belongings from more than 7,700 homes in the Porter Ranch community of northern Los Angeles at the edge of the leaking gas storage field.

“If people had stayed in their homes … they would have continued to suffer significant or substantial injuries from odors from the leaking gas,” according to the suit.

— From wire reports

PEOPLE Joseph Fiennes to star in 9/11 road trip comedy as Michael Jackson

LOS ANGELES/LONDON — Joseph Fiennes, who was BAFTA nominated for “Shakespeare in Love,” is set to play the late singer Michael Jackson in “Elizabeth, Michael & Marlon,” a one-off, half-hour comedy ordered by U.K. pay TV network Sky, the company confirmed Wednesday.

Stockard Channing will play Elizabeth Taylor and Brian Cox will take the part of Marlon Brando in the show, which re-enacts a road trip the three friends allegedly made following the New York terrorist attacks in September 2001. In an attempt to get home to the West Coast, the trio are said to have driven from New York to Ohio, with frequent stops at fast-food restaurants, at Brando’s insistence. The trip was written about in an article in Vanity Fair. Some of Taylor’s friends claim she did not make the trip.

“Elizabeth, Michael & Marlon” will air later this year on the Sky Arts channel.

‘Empire,’ ‘Carol’ among GLAAD award nominees

LOS ANGELES — Lesbian romance “Carol,” transgender drama “The Danish Girl,” music series “Empire” and comedy “Master of None” are among the films and shows that have nabbed nominations for the 2016 GLAAD Media Awards.

The nods, announced on Wednesday morning, also include the wide release pics “Dope,” “Freeheld” and “Grandma.” Outstanding film nominations also went out to five movies in limited release, including “Tangerine,” which follows two transgender prostitutes.

The GLAAD Media Awards honor television, film and journalism that accurately, fairly and inclusively represents the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community. The LGBT advocacy group announced 101 nominees in 20 Englishlanguage categories and 46 nominees in 11 Spanishlanguage categories.

Mick Jagger, Trent Reznor remember Bowie

LOS ANGELES — Mick Jagger and Trent Reznor have shared their musings on their influential relationships with David Bowie following the iconic musician’s passing.

Reflections by the two musicians appear in Rolling Stone’s Bowie tribute issue coming Friday.

Jagger, a longtime friend of Bowie’s, recalled the pair’s open approach to sharing music and exchanging creative ideas with one another.

“He would come around my house and play me all his music,” said the Rolling Stones frontman. “I remember him playing me different mixes of “Jean Genie,” which was really kind of Stones-y, in a way. That’s what I enjoyed: watching him develop as an artist. ...”

— From wire reports

FCC proposes TV set-top box competition to let in new players

By David Shepardson Reuters

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday proposed competition in the pay television set-top box market, a move that could let consumers swap costly cable industry boxes for cheaper service through devices like tablets.

FCC chairman Tom Wheeler

$20 billion a year to lease pay-TV boxes, or an average of $231 a year. The summary said set-top unveiled the proposed regulabox rental fees have jumped 185 tion later to let customers get percent since 1994, while the cost video services from providers like of TVs, computers and mobile Alphabet Inc., Tivo and Apple phones have dropped by 90 instead of cable, satellite and other percent. television providers like Comcast, A coalition of existing pay-TV Verizon and Dish, according to providers oppose competition in the proposal, which will be voted the set-top box market and on on Feb. 18.

Wednesday said it would not proThe FCC says Americans spent vide new programming to custom-

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ers or lower their television bills.

The FCC said consumers should be allowed to get cable, satellite or other pay-TV through an app or through devices like a smart TV or tablet instead of only a set-top box.

“The only change the FCC is proposing is to allow consumers alternative means of accessing the content they pay for,” the summary says.

Wheeler compared set-top

boxes to Americans being forced to rent rotary dial telephones for decades. “The FCC unlocked competition and empowered consumers with a simple but powerful rule — consumers could connect the telephones and modems of their choice to the telephone network,” Wheeler said in an op-ed.

In 2007, the FCC opened wireless networks to non-carrierprovided devices.

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The demand for villains The latest tempest in a teapot controversy is over a lack of black nominees for this year’s Academy Awards in Hollywood.

The assumption seems to be that different groups would be proportionally represented if somebody were not doing somebody else wrong. That assumption carries great weight in far more important things than Academy Awards and in places more important than Hollywood, including the Supreme Court of the United States.

Thomas In an earlier Sowell era, the groupthink assumption was that groups that did not succeed as often, or as well, were genetically inferior.

But is our current groupthink assumption based on any more hard evidence?

Having spent decades researching racial and ethnic groups around the world, I have never yet found a country in which all groups — or even most groups — are even roughly equally represented in most endeavors.

Nor have I been the only one with that experience. The great French historian Fernand Braudel said, “In no society have all regions and all parts of the population developed equally.” A study of military forces around the world failed to find a single one in which the ethnic makeup of the military was the same as that of the society.

My own favorite example of unrepresentativeness, however, is right at home.

Having watched National Football League games for more than 50 years, I have seen hundreds of black players score touchdowns, but I have never seen one black player kick the extra point.

What are we to conclude from this? Do those who believe in genetics think that blacks are just genetically incapable of kicking a football?

Since there have long been black colleges with football teams, have they had to import white players to do the opening kickoff, so that the games could get underway? Or to kick the extra point after touchdowns? Apparently not.

How about racist discrimination? Are racists so inconsistent that they are somehow able to stifle their racism when it comes to letting black players score touchdowns, but absolutely draw the line when it comes to letting blacks kick the extra point?

With all the heated and bitter debates between those who believe in heredity and those who believe in environment as explanations of group differences in outcomes, both seem to ignore the possibility that some groups just do not want to do the same things as other groups.

I doubt whether any of the guys who grew up in my old neighborhood in Harlem ever went on to become ballet dancers. Nor is it likely that this had anything to do with either genetics or racism. The very thought of becoming a ballet dancer never crossed my mind and it probably never occurred to the other guys either.

If people don’t want to do something, chances are they are not going to do it, even if they have all the innate potential in the world, and even if all the doors of opportunity are wide open.

People come from different cultures.

They know different things and want different things.

When I arrived in Harlem from the South as a kid, I had no idea what a public library was. An older boy who tried to explain it to me barely succeeded in getting me to get a library card and borrow a couple of books.

But it changed the course of my life. Not every kid from a similar background had someone to change the course of his life.

When Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe arrived in New York in the 19th century, they were even poorer than blacks from the South who arrived in Harlem in the 20th century. But the Jews crowded into public libraries because books had been part of their culture for centuries.

New York’s elite public high schools and outstanding free colleges were practically tailor-made for them.

Groups differ from other groups all over the world, for all sorts of reasons, ranging from geography to demography, history and culture. There is not much we can do about geography and nothing we can do about the past. But we can stop looking for villains every time we see differences.

That is not likely to happen, however, when grievances can be cashed in for goodies — and polarize a whole society in the process.

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

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The American library’s role WAUKEGAN, Ill. — Forty miles from downtown Chicago, in the birthplace of Ray Bradbury, sits one of the nation’s most striking examples of the American library’s evolving role from book repository to community shelter.

It’s a well-accepted fact that law enforcement is the de facto front line of mental health services for the poor. So too, in struggling cities — like Waukegan, which decades ago was a white, middle-class enclave — the library is the social worker of first and last resort.

Stroll onto the Waukegan Public Library’s airy main floor and you’ll see gaggles of people entranced at banks of computers or getting counseled for the Affordable Care Act enrollment process. Kids are upstairs on overstuffed chairs looking through graphic novels or playing make-believe in the children’s resource room. And homeless people are warming their bones on a day when the mercury might not get above 2 degrees.

A state-of-the-art classroom anchors the bulk of the first floor. In its warm, glass-walled embrace, people gather to learn rudimentary English, study for the GED high school equivalency test, apply for temporary driver’s licenses, learn Microsoft Word, fill out applications for U.S. citizenship, prep for the ACT, eat healthier or get information on how to call the

through the now-defunct 287(g) program, to certify two police officers to initiate deportation proceedings against illegal immigrants who committed crimes. The decision caused an uproar in a town already anxious about the influx of Spanishspeaking immigrants fleeing Esther Chicago and oftentimes arriving Cepeda straight from Mexico.

But long before outreach suicide hotline. programs began cultivating The books are, effectively, Hispanic patrons by teaching beside the point at an institution them what a library is for — where the mission isn’t merely many immigrants, with little to promote literacy, but to imbackground knowledge about prove the lives of its community libraries, believe them to be members. either bookstores or specialized “Demographics are shifting, academic organizations that are and the perception of the library not open to the public — much is shifting — if we don’t shift of the older, white patron base along with it, we’re at risk of had either moved away or their no longer being relevant,” said children had grown up and Carmen Patlan, the Waukegan made family trips to the library library’s community engagea broken habit. ment and outreach manager. “As “We made this shift in 2012 books and readers go online, because we started to realize people wonder if libraries will who’s not coming in anymore,” still exist. What will they be said Patlan, who noted that for? Libraries are beginning to both the executive director and feel this need to shift toward the majority-white Friends addressing the underlying needs of the Library organization, of a community, because if which wanted to make the the people are in crisis, these library a thriving community 250,000 books mean nothing.” center, led the library’s change Patlan is a veteran of the in focus. tumult Waukegan has experiToday, with 19 percent of enced as a hotspot of immigraWaukegan residents living in tion anxieties. Hispanics have poverty, the library operates come to comprise over half the with a specific customer in population, and in June 2007 mind: a low-income, white, the Waukegan City Council Hispanic or black single mom voted to apply for federal funds, with three children and no high

school diploma. In order for her and her children to reach their true potential, they’ll need help with reading skills, with understanding the basics of staying physically healthy, and resources to help them address issues like food insufficiency, mental illness, domestic violence and access to college and scholarships.

The library offers all of these, sometimes with the help of certified social workers and nurses. And in addition to more standard fare, such as a screening and discussion of Francois Truffaut’s film adaptation of “Fahrenheit 451” and preschool story time, the library provides tours of the book collection so that, someday, the books can be the main draw for these patrons.

“Our children are in survival mode because their parents are in survival mode,” said Patlan. “But if we can make our community successful, we will be successful. Not only in circulating books, but in making sure parents are reading more, children are reading more and they have access to the tools they need to lead self-actualized lives.”

If self-actualization seems like too huge a responsibility for a humble library, just ask yourself: If the library doesn’t designate itself a community’s social worker, who will?

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

Hillary Clinton’s cracked credibility WASHINGTON — The first question to Hillary Clinton from an audience member during Monday night’s Democratic town hall in Iowa must have been a blow from one so young — a potential new voter — this close to the caucuses.

The query came from a fellow who asked what her response is to his friends who say she’s dishonest. There was no beating around any bushes, so to speak, on that one. Flinching slightly, Clinton rested her expression somewhere between sadness and weariness.

Ever the pro, she rallied: “I’ve been around a long time — people have thrown all kinds of things at me,” she said.

“They throw all this stuff at me, and I’m still standing.”

Clinton offered a similar response when asked about Benghazi: “I understand that they will try to make this an issue — I will continue to answer, and my defense is the truth.”

“They” presumably are Republicans and others who for decades have pointed out discrepancies between Clinton’s version of the truth and reality as checked against facts. She has, indeed, been around a long time, probably before her first questioner was born.

In one of her political ads, Clinton is shown repeatedly giving more or less the same speech about helping children

ber what New York Times columnist William Safire wrote about Clinton in 1996: “Americans of all political persuasions are coming to the sad realization that our first lady — a woman of undoubted talents who was a role model for many in her generation — Kathleen is a congenital liar,” he wrote.

Parker “Drip by drip, like Whitewater torture, the case is being realize their full potential — made that she is compelled to beginning in her college days mislead, and to ensnare her through her various iterations subordinates and friends in a to the present day. Her efforts web of deceit.” on behalf of women and chilThere “they” go again? dren are consistent, admirable Safire’s concerns at the and irrefutable. Yet one can’t time — Whitewater, travelgate, help thinking upon seeing this “lost” records — may seem ad, Boy, she’s been around a remote and trivial to some, long time. but the drip-drip he identified If you’re 22 or younger, your didn’t stop with the White parents hadn’t brought you House years. Subsequent to forth in time for Bill Clinton’s the various “-gates” were, for first presidential inauguration. example, the story of coming If you’re at least 30ish, you under fire on a tarmac in Bosprobably heard grown-ups talk- nia, or about her having been ing on TV about oral sex in the named for the explorer EdWhite House while your parmund Hillary, the first person ents scrambled for the remote. to reach the summit of Mount And if you’re a baby boomer, Everest, despite her having you remember all of it and, been born about six years beif you’re not a member of the fore his history-making climb.

Clinton club, your memories These are such trivial stories are probably not fond. to invent that one wonders Questions about Hillary why she bothered. The answer Clinton’s honesty are not recent can’t be easily divined except to Benghazi or to emails and a as Safire suggested. Or, is it private server, but began ages that she is reflexively prone ago with any number of fabrito dissemble? Would this be a cated — or at least exaggerated matter of habit, or something — stories. Many may rememelse? An innate need to inflate

one’s status — even when it isn’t needed?

Even though these stories have been well-known at different times, they eventually fade or are dismissed as politically motivated. Politicians can reasonably bank on voters’ ever-shrinking memories, especially in the 140-character era of Twitter and YouTube, when most people would rather watch a leopard stalk and devour a crocodile. Well, I mean, who wouldn’t? It’s a pretty safe bet few enough will care what happened in 1996.

But more recent issues of inaccuracies are both concerning and consequential. We now know with certainty (thanks to an email from Clinton to daughter Chelsea the night of the Benghazi attacks) that the then-secretary of state knew it was a terrorist attack, contrary to official reports in the days following about street riots that escalated. We also know from the intelligence community inspector general that her private server contained information ranked beyond top-secret, contradicting her assertions to the contrary.

What difference at this point does any of it make? When it comes to public trust in a presidential candidate — everything.

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

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•From Page 1A will be home to restaurants, stores and offices. The city council approved a financing plan for the complex in October, and it is expected to open by the end of 2017.

The design illustrations released by the city show a bridge that will feature a non-traditional take on the usual suspension bridge design. The sweeping design

•From Page 1A husband, who ran an elaborate 21-camera surveillance system at his house. Hours of tape are expected in the highprofile trial, which is planned to last up to two weeks.

The evidence and testimony, prosecutor Lisa Jones told the jury, will offer a sometimes disturbing look into a deeply troubled marriage plagued by “fight after fight.”

In her opening statement, Jones, a senior assistant Gwinnett district attorney, put a focus on inconsistencies in the husband’s statements to numerous people — Nique’s friends and family, police, an insurance agent — in the wake of her death.

Among the statements Jones seemed to suggest was under scrutiny was Matthew’s assertion that Nique became irate and showed her father-in-law her breasts during a fight the night before she went missing from their home off Russel Road outside Lawrenceville. Matthew had called his father, Matthias Leili, into the room to see how Nique treated him, after the argument broke out when the wife refused to wear a particular outfit for sex, according to the husband’s statement to a detective.

Later, Matthew said there was no fight.

“The facts and evidence don’t lie,” Jones told the jury.

“Matthew Leili lied.”

Defense attorney Thomas Clegg had a different take on what was false.

Bridge

is something akin to a large modern art piece placed over a roadway.

It’s most notable features are a pair of towers that will be built at angles pointing away from the roadways.

The support cables extending from those towers can appear to be different colors on various occasion’s with the help of colored lighting.

In addition to crossing over Peachtree Parkway,

the bridge will also take residents over an adjacent creek. A botanical garden is also part of the plans and the design concept illustration show an amphitheater area on one end of the bridge.

Walkways leading up to the bridge on both sides of Peachtree Parkway will curve in loops to accommodate nearby buildings, according to the illustrations.

Trial “He is falsely accused — pure and simple,” Clegg told the jurors of his client, describing him as a brash, loud, opinionated New Yorker, but not a murderer.

“They do not have enough evidence to convict this man of virtually anything. They have a theory.”

The theory, as foreshadowed in Jones’ opening statement, is that the husband gave his wife the “date rape drug” and assaulted her before killing her. The man allegedly transported his wife’s nude body to a wooded patch near the front of their neighborhood, leaving three hairs, believed to be Nique’s, in the back of his SUV. In such details, the case has the makings of a sensational televised murder trial.

So national media is town, with the likes of Nancy Grace, “Inside Edition,” “Dateline,” “48 Hours” and “20/20” drawn to the story.

The defendant — 6-foot5, wearing a salmon-colored polo, faded black jeans and Nikes — sat listening closely and taking notes as the details trickled out.

The first witness was Nique Leili’s daughter from a previous marriage, Alex Peters, a 24-year-old who works for a construction company and is going to college for business management. She recalls numerous fights between her mother and Matthew.

Some nights, Peters testified, she’d lay awake and listen to Nique in the other room saying to her husband, “Get off of me, get off of me,

you’re hurting me.”

On the wife’s side of the family, suspicion fell immediately to Matthew when he revealed to them, two days after Nique went missing, that he hadn’t seen her, Jones said.

He got upset with them for flyers that Peters made and posted around the neighborhood and at the Kroger nearby. He was angry with Nique’s sister, Amy Robinson, for posting a plea for help locating her on Twitter.

She would be embarrassed, said the husband, who filed for divorce while the wife was missing, saying she had abandoned him and their daughters, ages 9 and 12 at the time.

From that point on, he was reportedly even less cooperative with the family on the search.

He didn’t attend a search party that fanned out over the neighborhood. When a coworker of Nique’s let out a guttural scream after finding the body, the husband was at his house nearby, with their young daughters.

Nique’s eldest daughter was there and struck out running toward the sound, after blacking out briefly.

Questioning Peters, the defense attorney suggested the family’s suspicions of his client were based on old hard feelings, not evidence.

Clegg asked if Peters hated the defendant before her mother died.

Peters said yes.

Does she still hate him?

“I do.”

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tainer so it can be reused later, recycled or put into “It can even send it spillthe trash. ing into a neighborhood • Scrape plates clear stream.” over a trash can, or dry The county has several wiping with a paper towel, steps that officials recom- before washing them. mend residents take help • Absorb grease with prevent F.O.G. backups in either paper towels or the waste waster system. newspapers, or pouring These steps include: cold grease into a grease • Using mesh strainers can so it can be thrown in to keep solid food from the trash. entering sink drains.

Shields said additional • Pouring liquid food information about how to scraps into containers so handle F.O.G. materials they can be put into trash can be found in the Public cans.

Education area, under the • Pouring oil into a con- Public Utilities section,

with her child, assistant vice-president for Clinical Operations Cathie Brazell said. She added that the hospital has transported Gwinnett County babies for the unit since 2004.

The Level III NICU also provides care to as many as 1,000 babies who are either critically ill or prematurely born each year, according to hospital officials.

This is the first time it will have a dedicated neonatal ambulance, though.

It is, in effect, a mobile neonatal unit where work to save a baby’s life can begin while he or she is en route to the hospital.

“With this dedicated ambulance, we will be able to skillfully care for two patients at one time,” Brazell said. “We will be able to provide the same level of care as we do in our neonatal intensive care unit. In addition, we won’t have to wait for a specific truck to be available or to make sure the supplies are there. That is invaluable when you’re talking about the precious babies of our community.”

The list of donors for the ambulance include Gwinnett Medical Center, Another Chance Foundation, Gwinnett Neo-

obituaries

Marcelle Albright Marcelle Albright, age 91 of Atlanta, GA passed away January 26, 2016.

Wages & Sons Gwinnett Chapel, 1031 Lawrenceville, GA 30046, 770-277-4550. www. wagesandsons.com

BRASELTON

Biddie Cronic Biddie Kathleen Odom Cronic, age 80, of Braselton passed away Tuesday, January 26, 2016.

LAWRENCEVILLE

Ray Emerson Ray Harry Emerson, age 85, of Lawrenceville, Georgia passed away January 26, 2016. He was born January 8, 1931 in Young Harris, Georgia.

He graduated from Dacula High School in Gwinnett County. His career was train dispatching with CSX Transportation in Tampa, Florida; he retired in 1988. He was a past Chairman for the Southeastern Region of the American Train Dispatcher’s Association. He was actively involved with the Hillsborough Association for Retarded Citizens for 30 years. Many activities were enjoyed with his children, grandchildren and great grandson through the years. He was a member and past deacon of First Christian Church of Lawrenceville, Georgia and Tampa, Florida. He was preceded in death by his parents James Oliver

(Letha Puett) Emerson; his sister Daphne (Obie) Vandeford; his brothers Rodney Emerson, J. D. Emerson and Junior Emerson; his wife of 65 years Blanche B. Emerson and his son Harry Ray Emerson. He is survived by his daughter Sharon Emerson Johnson of Dacula; his grandsons Stephen (Rafaela) Johnson of Atlanta and David (Misty) Johnson of Lilburn and his great grandson Logan Johnson of Lilburn; his brother Roy Emerson and many nieces and nephews.

The family will receive friends Saturday January 30 from 12:00pm – 2:00pm with the funeral service directly following at 2:00pm Tom M. Wages Funeral Home 120 Scenic Highway, Lawrenceville, Georgia. Interment will follow at Gwinnett Memorial Park in Lawrenceville. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research Grand Central Station P. O. Box 4777 New York, New York 10163, Website: www.michaeljfox.org or Melanoma Research Foundation 1411 K Street NW Suite 800 Washington, DC 20005 Website: www.melanoma.org. .

FLOWERY BRANCH

Jerry Frick Jerry Lee Frick, 46, of Flowery Branch, passed away on January 21, 2016.

LAWRENCEVILLE

Carole Little Carole Little, 81 of Lawrenceville passed away January 26, 2016. She is preceded in death by her husband Leroy Little; son, Jimmy Little; and Granddaughter Candice Cash. She is survived by her children, Terri Waters, Mike Little and Patti Dunaway; Grandchildren, Steve, Chris and Gregg Waters, Nick Acciarito, Evan and Sydni Dunaway, and Kristin Little; and Great Grandchildren, Sienna, Andre, Keith, Khloe, Cosima, Hunter, Justin, Sadie, and Shyla. A Funeral Service to Honor the Life of Carole Little will be held Saturday January 30, 2016 at 11:00 am in the Lawrenceville Chapel.

The family will receive friends Friday January 29th from 4:00 until 8:00 pm at the Funeral Home.

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

DACULA

France Foreman France “Pete” Leroy Foreman, age 86 of Dacula, GA passed away January 26, 2016. Wages & Sons Gwinnett Chapel, 1031 Lawrenceville, GA 30046, 770-277-4550. www.wagesandsons.com

LAWRENCEVILLE

Diana Mikkelsen Diana Lynn Mikkelsen, age 52, of Lawrenceville, GA passed away January 27, 2016. She was preceded in death by her father, Jorgen “Mike” Mikkelsen and sister, Brigett Mikkelsen. She is survived by her husband, Paul Hernandez; brothers,

on the county’s website, www.gwinnettcounty. com.

Residents who would like to talk to county officials about how they can do more to reduce F.O.G. buildup in the wastewater system are invited to to participate in a workshop on Feb. 11.

The Cooking to Protect Water Quality workshop will begin at 7 p.m., in Conference Room C of the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center, 75 Langley Drive, in Lawrenceville.

Medical

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Gwinnett Medical Center staff and donors cut the ribbon to formally dedicate the hospital’s new neonatal intensive care unit ambulance on Wednesday. (Staff Photo: Curt Yeomans)

natology P.C., Heart of Gwinnett, Jackson EMC and the Gwinnett Medical Center Women’s Advisory Council.

“We’re very grateful to all of the folks who have supported us in this venture,” Medical Director Dr. Leslie Leigh said.

After the ambulance was unveiled, attendees christened it by reading a blessing that called on God to keep it safe.

“May all traveling mercies guard this vessel as M moves out to rescue she and returns with precious cargo for safe harbor,” the group said at one point as they read the blessing.

Gwinnett Medical officials said the new ambulance will serve as a major advancement in its care of babies. They expect the new ambulance

will cut the response time to neonatal emergencies in half. That’s because regular ambulances have to be emptied of equipment designed for adult patients before it can be loaded with neonatal equipment.

Brazell also said the hospital will also be able to transport twins in the same ambulance now, which she added was something it could not do before the neonatal ambulance was purchased.

The ambulance is expected to be used to transport neonatal patients to Gwinnett Medical from smaller hospitals as far away as Athens and Newton County.

“What really took the longest (amount of time) was designing this because it is state of the art,” Brazell said.

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Paul Mikkelsen, Tommy (Pamela) Mikkelsen and Matthew Gill; mother, Beverly Gill; sisters, Kathleen Mikkelsen and Carrie (Matthew) Milliard, and several nieces, nephews, cousins, and other family members.

No services are planned at this time.

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

CONYERS

Robert Moon Robert L. Moon, age 88 of Conyers, passed away on Tuesday, January 26, 2016. Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 AM on Saturday, January 30, 2016. Pastor Joe Hughes will officiate. Burial will follow at Gwinnett Memorial Park. Mr. Moon retired from Gwinnett Board of Commissioners where he worked in the road maintenance department. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Brenda Brown, in 2005.

Mr. Moon is survived by his wife of 67 years, Ore Ewing Moon; Children: Sue & Benny Collins of Griffin; Thomas & Felicia Moon of Commerce; Janice & Howard Hoopaugh of Arab, AL; Bobby & Tara Moon of Conyers; Shirley & Dewey Martin of Flowery Branch; Sister: Gloria Moon of TN; 17 Grandchildren, many Great Grandchildren, and several Nieces

& Nephews. The family will receive friends from 5 - 8 PM on Friday, January 29, 2016 at the Tim Stewart Funeral Home, 670 Tom Brewer Road, Loganville, GA 30052.

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

BUFORD

A. T. Patton A. T. Patton, age 92, of Buford, GA passed away on Tuesday, January 26, 2016. He is survived by his wife of sixty-two years, Margaret Kilgore Patton, Buford, GA; children, Lisa and Warren Rogers, Atlanta, GA, Jeff and Leeann Kerlin Patton, Dacula, GA; four grandchildren, Christopher Andrew and Jennifer Patton, Thomas and Lauren Patton, Carrie Amanda Stephens, Kenneth Stephens; sister, Mary Patton Forrester, Knoxville, TN; brothers in-law, Horace and Mazy Kilgore, Flowery Branch, GA, Lyman and Jeannette Mauldin, Flowery Branch, GA; seven great-grandchildren, Jacob Cadle, Jordan, Parker, Jacob Andrew Stephens, Lela Mackenzie Stephens, Kenley Patton, Chandler Andrew Patton; several nieces, nephews and cousins. Mr. Patton was born January 8, 1924 in Auburn, GA. He was retired from Bona Allen Harness Factory, also Horace Kilgore Grading Septic Business and worked part-time for Quality Foods in Buford. He was a member of Antioch Baptist Church, Buford, GA. Funeral services will be held on Sunday, January 31, 2016 at 2:00 p.m.

at Antioch Baptist Church with Rev. Ronnie Kilgore officiating. Interment will be at Broadlawn Memorial Gardens, Buford, GA with Military Honors. The family will receive friends on Saturday, January 30, 2016 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers request donations be made to Flanigan Funeral Home to help with expenses in memory of A. T. Patton.

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

BISHOP

Thomas Pickens Thomas Wayne Pickens, age 71 of Bishop, passed away on January 27, 2016. Tim Stewart Funeral Home, 670 Tom Brewer Road, Loganville, GA 30052. 770-466-1544. www.stewartfh.com.

DACULA

Lilly Williams Lilly Sofia Williams, age 5 of Dacula, GA passed away January 24, 2016. Wages & Sons Gwinnett Chapel, 1031 Lawrenceville, GA 30046, 770-277-4550. www.wagesandsons.com

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Declining girls hoops participation a challenge in Gwinnett To say Gwinnett girls basketball is in decline isn’t completely accurate.

Upper-echelon players continue to play their high school careers here — just three years ago the county produced six ESPN HoopGurlz top 60 players (five in the top 40), headlined by top-three recruits Kaela Davis of Buford and Diamond DeShields of Norcross.

The championships keep coming, too. Local girls teams have won 28 state titles since 2001, including five in the last four seasons.

Wrestlers ready for area meet

By David Friedlander

Will Hammock But in terms of depth, and number of athletes involved, girls basketball faces an uphill battle, not just in Gwinnett but nationwide. Once the only sport offered to girls locally at the high school

level, its popularity is slipping.

Girls basketball participation declined nationally for the ninth straight year in 2014-15, according to National Federation of State High School Associations figures. For the first time, the sport has been passed in participation by volleyball, and both still trail outdoor track and field by a large margin.

The sting has been felt in Georgia, where the Georgia High School Association’s girls basketball numbers have dipped by more than 400 play-

ers over the past decade.

Though Gwinnett high schools are still the biggest in Georgia, many find fielding complete girls basketball programs a thing of the past.

Eight Gwinnett schools don’t have enough girls basketball players to field ninth-grade teams. Others field junior varsity and freshman teams but struggle to do so as they shuffle players between the two. Programs that had to make cuts in the past don’t always have that See HOOPS, Page 4B

Duluth girls basketball coach Charlie Parker talks to his team during a game this season. Like many Gwinnett girls basketball teams, Duluth faces the challenge of a decline in participation with just 17 high-school players.

(Photo: Kyle Hess)

Drive & depth

david.friedlander@ gwinnettdailypost.com

With the calendar approaching the changeover from January to February, the focus for Gwinnett County high school wrestling teams switches from dual meets to the traditional tournament format.

The launching point for state individual and team championships begins with this weekend’s area traditional tournaments, several of which figure to feature some intrigue.

One of the big question marks surrounds Archer, the three-time defending Class AAAAAA state traditional champion.

While the Tigers are fresh of their fourth straight state duals title earlier this month, injuries have caused some concern about their depth.

But make no mistake, with stalwarts like defending state individual champions Daniel Bullard, Thomas Bullard and Chris Diaz, as well as senior Vinny Artigues and sophomore Gavin Smith, Archer is still very much the team to beat heading into the Area 8-AAAAAA meet Saturday at Grayson.

The biggest concern for head coach Tom Beuglas is how much injuries will affect how many individual wrestlers will be able to qualify moving forward in to the state sectionals and state championship meets.

The Tigers did receive a big boost with the return of defending 220-pound state champion Quinn Miller, who scored the decisive victory in the state duals championship meet against North Forsyth after being out with a back injury all season.

Both Miller and Logan See WRESTLING, Page 5B

Trey Haygood is part of a 2016 Georgia Gwinnett College lineup which was among the nation’s best at stealing bases last season. (Photos: Rod Reilly/GGC)

Robust Grizzlies roster features plenty of leadership as hunt for World Series return begins

By Christine Troyke christine.troyke@ gwinnettdailypost.com

Brad Stromdahl won’t concede to bitterness.

The Georgia Gwinnett College baseball coach will allow that coming one win short of a return trip to the NAIA World Series last year is motivating his team.

“I definitely think it’s a competitive drive that they have, especially those seniors,” Stromdahl said.

“Jereid Woods, Austin Smith, William Paschal, Adam Clark, guys that were in the World Series two years ago.

from the 2014 World Series roster, and seven additional players saw action on last year’s 50-14 squad.

Woods (infield), Smith (left-handed pitcher) and Sheldon Connor (righthanded pitcher) anchor the program’s first group of four-year players.

GGC also returns all-conference selections Michael Hodorowski (outfield), Paschal (infield) An already deep pitching Georgia Gwinnett College and Kyler Timmerman staff, which includes Davis Atkins, is even more robust (outfield). this season.

“That gives us two“Having tasted what of intrinsic value to losing, thirds of the people it’s like to go to a World and I think that’s going to with the foundation and Series, and then to not go, be a key component to the understanding on what they want redemption their senior leadership.” the expectations are for us senior year. There’s a lot Nine Grizzlies remain winning,” Stromdahl said.

“You want a majority of your kids to know what it’s like to play at the highest level and then try to come back and, ideally, exceed that the following year.”

This year’s roster reminds Stromdahl a lot of the 2014 team.

“The only difference is we have more depth now on the mound,” he said.

Which isn’t good news for the Grizzlies competition.

“Looking on paper, I’m very pleased,” Stromdahl said. “Now we just have to execute and really deal with the chemistry part

See GRIZZLIES, Page 4B

Max Garcia, Bradley Roby extend local Super Bowl streak

By Will Hammock

the game. It’s really cool to me just to hear my family tell me how proud of me Who: Denver Broncos they were. That’s the reason vs.. Carolina Panthers When Bradley Roby I go out there and do what I When: Feb. 7, 6:30 p.m.

Where: Levi’s Stadium snared Tom Brady’s do, to represent them.”

Santa Clara, Calif. deflected two-point converSeven Gwinnett players TV: CBS sion pass, it locked up both have reached the past four the Denver Broncos’ Super Super Bowls, beginning Bowl appearance and an with San Francisco 49ers impressive streak for Gwin- Sunday’s AFC ChampionChad Hall of Wesleyan and nett County football. ship Game.

Larry Grant of Norcross The Broncos’ roster “It’s been cool,” Roby following the 2012 seafeatures Roby, a Peachtree said. “It’s been great hearson. Dwayne Cherrington Ridge grad, and Norcross ing from a lot of family and (Seattle Seahawks/Central grad Max Garcia, giving friends, coaches, everybody, Gwinnett) and Quanterus Gwinnett at least one player just congratulating me and Smith (Broncos/Grayson) in the last four Super Bowls. our team. They’re just saywere on Super Bowl rosters It’s been a crazy few days ing how proud they are of the following season, then for the latest Gwinnett prod- me and the team. EverySouth Gwinnett’s Johnathan ucts to reach the big game, body’s just kind of basically Krause won a Super Bowl courtesy of a thrilling 20-18 been describing how they ring with the Patriots last win over Brady’s Patriots in experienced the last play of year. will.hammock@ gwinnettdailypost.com

SUPER BOWL

Most of the past Gwinnett players didn’t play nearly as critical roles for their Super Bowl teams as Roby, a key member of the secondary in his second NFL season, and Garcia, a rookie who has filled in with injuries on the offensive line, do this season.

Garcia made five starts late in the regular season and played nearly 30 snaps in the AFC title game.

Roby was very active against a Patriots offense that attempted 35 passes in Sunday’s games. The 2014 first-round draft pick matched up against a number of different New

Denver Broncos defensive back Bradley Roby (29), a Peachtree Ridge grad, runs after intercepting New England quarterback Tom Brady’s two-point conversion attempt during the fourth quarter of the AFC Championship football game at Sports Authority Field at Mile High.

See STREAK, Page 4B (Photo: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports)

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ondeck Prep Schedule

Today

BASKETBALL

4 p.m. — Berkmar at South Gwinnett 4 p.m. — Gainesville at Lanier 6 p.m. — Buford at Stephens County Friday

BASKETBALL

5:30 p.m. — Lovett at Wesleyan 6 p.m. — Archer at Parkview 6 p.m. — Brookwood at Shiloh 6 p.m. — Central at South 6 p.m. — Discovery at Gainesville 6 p.m. — Duluth at Collins Hill 6 p.m. — GAC at KIPP 6 p.m. — Grayson at Dacula 6 p.m. — Mount Pisgah at Providence 6 p.m. — Norcross at Mill Creek 6 p.m. — North at Meadowcreek 6 p.m. — Peachtree Ridge at Mountain View 7 p.m. — Buford at Madison Co. 7 p.m. — Lanier at Apalachee

WRESTLING

5 p.m. — Area 6-AA traditional tournament at Social Circle 5 p.m. — Area 8-AAAA traditional tournamenty

The Home Teams

Gladiators

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Sat, 7:05 p.m.

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at Indiana at Miami Dallas 7 p.m.

Sun, 6 p.m.

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at Syracuse Duke Sat, Noon Feb. 2, 9 p.m.

ESPNU/93.7 FM ESPNU/93.7 FM

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at Baylor South Carolina Sat, 6 p.m.

Feb. 2, 7 p.m.

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On TV Today

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

7 p.m. — Iowa at Maryland ESPN 7 p.m. — Notre Dame at Syracuse ESPN2 7:30 p.m. — UAB at Western Kentucky FS1 9 p.m. — Michigan State at Northwestern ESPN 9 p.m. — Oregon at Arizona ESPN2 10 p.m. — Washington at UCLA FS1

NBA

7 p.m. —Atlanta at Indiana FSSE 8 p.m. — New York at Toronto TNT 10:30 p.m. —Chicago at Los Angeles Lakers TNT

WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

7 p.m. — Notre Dame at Georgia Tech FSSO

Sports Calendar DIVING

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

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

RUNNING

Saturday: The sixth annual Norcross Blue Devils Run will be held as a fundraiser for the high school’s cross country and track and field teams. The event begins at Pinckneyville Middle School in Peachtree Corners with the certified Peachtree Road Race qualifier 5K at 8 a.m., followed by a onemile fun run when the 5K finishes. Doors open at 7 a.m. and registration is $25 in advance, or $30 on race day. For more information and a course map, go to

bluedevilsrun.wix.com/ blue-devils-run. Sponsorship opportunities also are still available.

Saturday: The Bear Tear Out of Hibernation Run, a fundraiser for the Mountain View High School Cross Country Booster Club, will be held Jan. 30. The event will feature a one-mile fun run, a traditional 5K road race and a 7K challenge where runners leave the 5K course to run 2K through wooded trails and eat three honey buns before rejoining the 5K course. Cost of the fun run is $10 and the 5K and 7K cost is $15 for ages 18 and under or $25 for ages 19 and older. All proceeds go to the Bears’ cross country program.

Sponsorship opportunities also are available at www. gofundme.com/7g77eqzs.

For more information, go to www.mtnviewxc.onmycalendar.com or register at runsignup.com/race/GA/ Lawrenceville/BearTear5k.

Feb. 6: Stampede in the Park, a 5K rail run at Yellow River Park, will be held to benefit the Meadowcreek High cross country program, as well as the soccer program. The run begins near the pavilion and heads toward a narrow trail system that follows the scenic Yellow River.

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

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Cam: No time to worry about doubters

By Jeff Reynolds The Sports Xchange

Cam Newton hears the critics. He’s not listening.

“I step back and ask, ‘Who are you?’” the Carolina Panthers’ quarterback said Wednesday at Bank of America Stadium of the noise and many labels he heard since his Heisman Trophy-winning season at Auburn in 2010.

A devout Christian, Newton said he is tempted to respond to slings and arrows with judgment. He said it’s easy to resist, with one reminder: “I’m not living for anybody else.”

Newton, the leading candidate to be MVP of the NFL in 2015, came into the league under a cloud of criticism and was a controversial figure because of allegations of past wrongdoing. He’s in only his fifth season but the league leader in touchdowns has a chance to win a third championship. He won a title at Blinn Junior College after transferring from Florida and then led Auburn to a national championship during his 50-touchdown season.

All along, Newton said he lived the mantra for the 2015 Carolina Panthers: Keep Pounding.

“It’s a resilient attitude, that says we won’t settle,” Newton said.

The Panthers returned to practice Wednesday for the first time since a lopsided victory over the Arizona Cardinals in the NFC Championship Game in Charlotte last Sunday. Newton, who readies himself for practice with games of the basketball shooting version of can-you-top-this

Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton (1) dabs during the fourth quarter against the Arizona Cardinals in the NFC Championship football game at Bank of America Stadium. (Photo: Jason Getz-USA TODAY Sports)

“PIG” with the team’s other quarterbacks, said nothing will change this week for the Panthers.

It might Monday, when the first primetime Super Bowl Media Day puts the literal spotlight on a team that, even at 17-1, might not be getting due credit.

“It’s funny really. I’ve come to this point in my life where I’ve been faced with so much good, bad or indifferent,” Newton said. “I try to check myself if I’m trying to judge somebody. We’re all guilty of it. If we look in our mirror or closet, we know we’re not perfect. For me to be in the position I’m in today.

I’m a firm believer in my religion. I’m in position that I can bear so much because of what I’ve been through. And because I know who I am.”

The Panthers are playing like a team taking out unhealthy aggression on opponents during the playoffs. They’ve outscored opponents 55-7

in the first half and had seven takeaways against the Arizona Cardinals.

But Newton claimed there is no change in approach, and said that’s a big reason the Panthers are still around.

“Great preparation,” Newton said. “Coach has a saying ‘you don’t have to be prepared to play today or tomorrow, but be prepared to play on Sunday.’ The process hopefully carries over to this game.”

There is no time, Newton said Wednesday after the team’s first practice in a three-day workweek, to worry about doubters now. The week, and certainly the weekend, ahead could be all the statement Newton needs to hush any lingering naysayers. Saturday, Feb. 6, the NFL will present the MVP award at the league’s annual honors show. It would be a surprise if Newton wasn’t announced as the winner.

Sunday, Feb. 7 in Super

Bowl 50 in Santa Clara, Newton and the Panthers are favored by six points.

Newton smiled Wednesday when he said there is but one way to get his message across: Winning.

Maybe Newton isn’t listening, but there is no possible way to tune him out in the days ahead.

“Truthfully, I don’t think people have seen what I am or what I’m trying to do,” he said.

“And I’ve said that prior to being in this situation.

Nothing has pretty much changed. They talk about maturity. Nobody has changed. This is the same Jericho Cotchery. The same Philly Brown. …

I’m an African American quarterback. That might scare a lot of people because they haven’t seen nothing they can compare me to. Here I am, doing exactly what I want to do.

When I look in the mirror it’s me. Nobody changed me, nobody made me act a certain way. I’m not living for anybody else.”

Ware delivered moving pregame speech

By Jeff Reynolds The Sports Xchange

Experience can be an overplayed factor in spotlight playoff games.

Consider the Denver Broncos, two years removed from a 43-8 beatdown at the hands of the Seattle Seahawks in the Super Bowl, have only six holdover starters from that game.

“It’s good that they’ve been at this point already, and they know what it feels like. And they also know what it feels like to lose (the Super Bowl), if you celebrate a little too much,” said linebacker DeMarcus Ware, who is making his first trip to the Super Bowl.

Injuries kept linebacker Von Miller, defensive tackle Derek Wolfe and cornerback Chris Harris Jr. — all vital to the NFL’s No. 1 defense in 2015 — out of that lopsided loss.

It was the impetus for overhauling the defense, which including signing Ware. He was released by the Dallas Cowboys in a move that was all about saving money for the cap-strapped team that had drafted Ware in the first round out of Troy when Bill Parcells was calling the shots.

Ware had played for Wade Phillips, who joined the Broncos in 2015 along with Gary Kubiak.

Ware’s presence quickly became a boon for Denver. As veteran defensive end Greg Ellis had done for Ware in Dallas, the veteran established himself as a leader and mentor to Miller and 2015 first-round pick Shane Ray, two players who have faced off-field issues. Ware, 33, is one of the NFL’s all-time leaders in sacks but Kubiak said the weight he carries in the locker

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) passes with Denver Broncos outside linebacker DeMarcus Ware (94) closing in during the first half in the AFC Championship football game at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. (Photo: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports)

room and on the practice field has been even more significant than on-field performance.

That’s why Kubiak suggested the eight-time Pro Bowl pass rusher speak to the Broncos before the AFC Championship game last week. His voice, his words, carry tons of weight. Middle linebacker Brandon Marshall said he was ready to take the field right after the speech ended Saturday, hours before Sunday’s game.

Cornerback Aqib Talib, who joined the team along with Ware after the Super Bowl loss in Newark, didn’t hide the emotion, either.

“Goose bumps,” Talib said. “That was probably one of the best pregame speeches that I’ve heard.

Right after the meeting I said, ‘We need to do that meeting like right before we get dressed for the game.”

Another 2014 addition, hard-hitting veteran safety T.J. Ward, said he will be feeling Ware’s speech for days to come.

Kubiak knew Ware

would remind Miller, a free agent to be, and Ray, and everyone with open ears to embrace the gravity of the moment, because the wait to return to this stage could be eternal.

“He was the perfect guy for the situation with what he’s been through in his career,” Kubiak said. “I think a lot of young guys don’t realize. They look at him, his career, his success, but yet they had no idea that he had never played in a championship game. …

I thought it was a good message for him to talk about enjoying the moment, understanding the situation and taking advantage of the situation.

He did a great job.”

Ware, the all-time sacks leader for the Cowboys, was cut to save Dallas $7 million. They tried to replace him with a secondround draft pick with a like first name — Demarcus Lawrence from Boise State — but he did little while fighting through an injury as a rookie and more help at that position — another second-round

pick in Randy Gregory of Nebraska and controversial free agent signee Greg Hardy — haven’t done what Ware did for a decade in Dallas.

The Cowboys found little playoff success during Ware’s time there. Now Dallas knows exactly what it’s missing. Coach Jason Garrett, speaking before Senior Bowl practice in Mobile, Ala., said Ware is a special guy who continues to do what he has done throughout his career. Cowboys vice president Stephen Jones said the Cowboys are collectively pulling for Ware to star in Super Bowl 50.

“He just did everything the right way,” Jones said. “On the field, off the field, great with kids, the ultimate competitor.

I think he’s a shoo-in Hall of Famer and just really made us feel good to get to see him go play in a Super Bowl, and of course played lights out.

That really made us feel good to see him get after it like that and having a chance to play for a championship.”

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Gwinnett Grads

IN BRIEF

Grayson’s Halyard picked for USA Football team Grayson freshman running back Jonathan Halyard has been selected to the U.S. Under-16 National Team assembled by USA Football.

Halyard and the team will compete Feb. 5 in the seventh annual International Bowl against the Canadian National Team at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

Halyard, who has a 3.5 GPA, is a dual-sport athlete for the Rams.

Dunn, locals shine at HJGT stop Buford’s Keagan Dunn won the girls 14- to 18-yearold division of the Callaway Gardens Junior Challenge, a Hurricane Junior Golf Tour event played on the resort’s Mountain View Course.

Dunn shot 86 and 83 to win by two strokes. Emma Bell of Braselton shot 93 and 82, placing fourth in that division. Iris Cao of Duluth (95-88) was second in girls 13-and-under.

In the boys 16-18 division, Lawrenceville’s Austin Mancilla tied for third (75-80). Other top-10 boys finishers included Suwanee’s Jonathon Tark (tie for sixth, 86-79), Suwanee’s Myles Jones (tie for sixth, 83-82) and Norcross’ Liam Shinn (eighth, 86-81) in boys 14-15, as well as Duluth’s Mason Dean (fourth, 98-90) in boys 11-13.

Meadowcreek to host trail run fundraiser Stampede in the Park, a 5K rail run at Yellow River Park, will be held Feb. 6 to benefit the Meadowcreek High cross country program, as well as the soccer program.

The run begins near the pavilion and heads toward a narrow trail system that follows the scenic Yellow River.

The 5K begins at 8 a.m. followed by a one-mile fun run/ walk at 8:30 a.m. Cost is $25 for the 5K or $20 for the fun run. Race-day registration also is available for $35.

Registration is available at active.com and more information is at stampedeinthepark.wix.com/5k1kfunrun.

Georgia State’s Frady bound for German hall of fame Georgia State baseball coach Greg Frady, who recently completed a highly successful 11-year term as the head coach of the German National Team, will be inducted into the German Baseball and Softball Hall of Fame next July.

The induction will take place July 31 at the 2016 Bundesliga All-Star Game in Bad Homburg as Frady, a Gwinnett resident, becomes the 12th member of the German HOF. Frady won more than 100 games in international competition from 2004-14, and in 2010 he was named European Coach of the Year. In 2008, Frady’s squad came just two games shy of qualifying for the Beijing Olympics. In 2009, he led the team to a win over China in the Baseball World Cup, just over a month after the German team defeated the United States at the World Baseball Challenge in British Columbia and finished in second place.

Frady guided Germany to a fourth-place finish at the 2012 European Championships and to the finals of the World Baseball Classic qualifier.

Frady enters his 10th season as the Georgia State head coach with the highest winning percentage (.550) of any coach in school history. With 283 career victories, he trails only Mike Hurst (293) for most victories by a GSU head coach.

Winder-Barrow’s Webb earns Semper Fi Award Winder-Barrow head football coach Heath Webb was presented recently with the Semper Fi Coach Award, given by the U.S. Marines and Glazier Football Clinics to honor high school football coaches who display faithfulness to the mission of their team and exemplify the Marine standard of excellence in developing leaders.

Webb has a 12-8 regular-season record as WinderBarrow’s head coach and has led the Bulldoggs to backto-back playoff appearances for the first time since 1992 and 1993. The Habersham Central grad was an assistant at Peachtree Ridge earlier in his career.

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Collins Hill grad Buck passes 1,000-point mark for her career FOOTBALL

By Will Hammock will.hammock@ gwinnettdailypost.com

Emily Buck rarely leaves points at the freethrow line, which paid a dividend over the weekend.

The Collins Hill grad, a senior guard at Oglethorpe, scored her 1,000th career point last Saturday Emily Buck in a loss at Rhodes College. She scored 10 points in that game and followed it up with 15 more Sunday against Hendrix.

“I’m proud of Emily,” Oglethorpe head coach Alex Richey said. “I know everyone involved would’ve preferred her milestone come during a win, but scoring 1,000 career points is a testament to how much she’s meant to this program and how well she’s played over her four-year career.”

Buck, who led NCAA Division III with a 92.0 free-throw percentage last season, is the ninth 1,000-point scorer in school history and first since Central Gwinnett grad Biz Richmann in 2008-09. She was an All-Southern Athletic Association selection last season.

“It was pretty great,” Buck said of the 1,000-point mark.

“Honestly, I didn’t see it coming. I just don’t keep track of stuff like that.

But it felt really great when I figured out I had done it. It was kind of a surprise and pretty cool.”

Through 15 games this season, Buck averages 12.5 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.6 steals for an improving program.

Oglethorpe has hovered around the .500 mark, but has been competitive with a very young lineup.

“We’re doing OK,” said Buck, who graduates in May with an accounting degree. “We’re still building and playing a lot of freshmen this year. Our freshmen are really good.

They’ll definitely be great by the time they’re seniors. … We’re hanging right there with the best teams in our conference

Loyd named academic All-American Dacula grad Morgan Loyd, a junior linebacker at Tiffin University (Ohio), was named recently to the NCAA Division II Academic AllAmerican Football Team.

Loyd maintains a 4.0 GPA in sports and recreation management.

He also was an honorable mention selection to the All-Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference team this season, when he had 51 tackles, a team-high 9 1/2 tackles for losses and four sacks.

SWIMMING Bekemeyer honored

by SEC South Carolina’s Cody Bekemeyer, a Collins Hill grad, was named the Southeastern Conference Collins Hill grad Emily Buck, a senior at Oglethorpe, Male Freshman of the topped the 1,000-point mark for her college career last Week for swimming and diving on Monday. weekend. (Special photo) Bekemeyer earned and the best teams in the The Shiloh grad led his first career win in nation. We’ve been play- the Southern Conference the 1,650-yard freestyle ing a lot of ranked teams in home runs (17) and the previous week in his and we have a tough batting average (.367) last first-ever appearance in schedule. … We’re focus- season, and also was fifth the race with a time of 15 ing on the tournament in RBIs (56). minutes, 35.23 seconds. at the end of the season.

It was his third event win That’s our main goal, to Gouge picks up honors this season. win conference.”

Valdosta State senior Michael Gouge, a third TRACK AND FIELD BASKETBALL baseman from Brookwood, was selected to the Abdullah wins again Fast break All-Gulf South ConferBrookwood’s Bilal Lanier grad Simon ence preseason team as Abdullah, a senior at Shafack had 19 points well as the National ColKennesaw State, won the and made five 3-pointlegiate Baseball Writers heptathlon at the Gladers in Southeastern Association All-South stein Invitational, hosted Illinois College’s win Region preseason first

by Indiana University. over Wabash Valley last team.

Abdullah scored 5,688 week. He averages 11.3 As a junior, Gouge points, the second-best points and 3.2 rebounds. ranked in the top five of total in school history … Kennesaw State most offensive categories and the No. 2 score naguard and Berkmar grad in the conference. He hit tionally this indoor seaYonel Brown matched .390 with 12 home runs, son. He won the 60-mehis season high with 34 18 doubles and a conferter hurdles (8.04 seconds, points last weekend, but ence-leading 59 RBIs, second-fastest in the the Owls lost 79-64 to earning first-team allheptathlon in school hisStetson. It was his third conference and all-region tory) and tied for third in 30-point game of the sea- honors. the pole vault (15 feet, 1 son and matched the 34 he inch). scored against Alabama in Allum makes A-Sun team The performance gave the season opener.

Kennesaw State redshirt Abdullah a sweep of the sophomore Taylor AlAtlantic Sun ConferBASEBALL lum, a Grayson grad, was ence athlete of the week named to the Atlantic Sun awards for the third time Lewis earns more Conference Preseason this season. accolades All-Conference team Gwinnett Grads is Mercer outfielder Wednesday. a column that runs on Kyle Lewis was named Allum hit .320, second Thursdays spotlighting to the D1Baseball.com on the team, in 41 games achievements of past Preseason All-American last season. He also hit Gwinnett standouts.

Team this week, just days .415 with 27 hits and 10 Coaches and parents are after receiving his state RBIs in conference play, urged to send suggesplayer of the year award earning 2015 Louisville tions via email to will. from the Georgia Dugout Slugger Freshman Allhammock@gwinnettdaiClub.

American honors. lypost.com.

Georgia basketball history full of colorful characters While Georgia has not been the place historically for high moments when it comes to basketball records and championships, the lore of the past often causes flashbacks, which can bring about knee slapping hilarity. The Bulldogs might not be able to show off when it comes to seasoned results and highlights, but they don’t take a back seat when it comes to colorful characters.

In its day, Woodruff Hall, which eventually became a laughingstock, was a showcase arena when it opened in 1923.

When Jim Whatley, who also coached football and baseball, was the basketball coach, he beat Adolph Rupp and Kentucky 71-60 in January 1951. Rupp swore he would never play in Woodruff again, but he did, albeit it not until 1964.

Whatley, a fine player at Alabama (a 6-foot-6 center), was one of the most colorful coaching personalities ever to take

Loran Smith up residency in Athens.

Once he went out of the court to berate an official over a call with which Whatley was in passionate disagreement. The official, who was not amused, refused to be intimidated by the bigger, imposing man who was lacing the conversation with verbosity.

The ref subsequently pointed his finger at Whatley and said, “I am going to give you a technical for every step it takes you to walk back to your bench.” With that, Whatley dropped down on his hands and knees and crawled off the court.

Before Whatley, the coach was Ralph “Shug” Jordan (also a football

assistant), who would become the head football coach at Auburn in 1951. In the fall of 1947, the Georgia basketball players, organized by Joe Jordan, the sensational guard, went to see Coach Jordan, reminding him that the team had been invited to play in an early December game at Madison Square Garden but couldn’t practice.

Woodruff Hall, in the offseason, was used as a storage dump. Coach Jordan asked Coach Wallace Butts, who was also the athletic director, if he would ask the physical plant to clear out the arena so the basketball players could practice.

Nothing happened, and there was no movement on the second request.

On the third trip in to see Coach Butts, Jordan was rather explicit about the lack of respect the basketball team was getting.

“Damn Ralph,” Butts exclaimed, “You don’t have to go up there for another three weeks.” Those were the days when the foot-

ball coach usually was the athletic director who was always preoccupied with coaching the football team.

Red Lawson became basketball coach in 1951 when the program experienced its greatest challenge. There were seasons in which the basketball Dogs won as few as three games. Red had no budget, no full scholarships, virtually no talent and was given to entertaining the press by cracking jokes about Woodruff Hall: “The only basketball arena where wind is a factor.”

For years, Red’s teams suffered and languished in the SEC cellar. One night on a bus trip over the mountain from Knoxville to Lexington, the chartered bus pulled into an all-night rest stop. Red had a handful of dimes, which he dispensed to each member of his team, saying, “OK boys, go inside and freshen up.” That is how deplorable the budget was for basketball.

I have seen some down

times at Georgia, along with some bad teams, but never has a team been done in by its own hand as was the case when Georgia Tech played in Woodruff Hall in 1960, Tech winning in overtime. It was a seesaw battle and just as time expired on the clock in regulation, Tech called time out.

It is possible that I am the only living soul who knows what happened that night. Georgia’s antiquated clock was operated manually but the last 60 seconds, it had an automatic buzzer that sounded once time had expired. There was only one problem. The clock started two seconds early which meant that the buzzer sounded two seconds early. Even so, it was essentially operated manually. When the buzzer engaged just a smidgen at the very last second — inaudible to most everybody including the officials at the scorer’s table — it meant that time had expired.

The game was over, but, alas, it wasn’t officially.

After the timeout, Tech inbounded the ball to their great star, Roger Kaiser, who dribbled at least three times before getting off a Hail Mary shot that went into the basket to force the extra period. All that action took at least five seconds.

The timekeeper finally realized what was going on and stopped the clock.

The officials rushed the scorer’s table, but the timekeeper could not explain what had happened.

The basket was allowed to count but not without vehement protesting by Georgia Sports Information Director Dan Magill.

The timekeeper was Col. E.B. Smith, Lawson’s boss, a man who could never have been accused of showing partiality under any condition.

In one of the most bizarre circumstances I’ve ever experienced, poor Red Lawson was cost a game that would have been one of the highest moments in his career.

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Hendrix named GGC’s Director of Sports Information From Staff Reports

“There is something very special about working on a LAWRENCEVILLE — college campus and telling Georgia Gwinnett College the stories that come out of Director of Athletics Dr. college athletics. I look forDarin S. Wilson announced ward to starting and raising the appointment of Jamy family in the Lawson Hendrix as director renceville community and of sports information on being a big part of the great Wednesday. tradition of Grizzly AthletWith the Grizzlies, ics for years to come.”

Hendrix will be responsible Hendrix comes to GGC for all aspects of media after serving two years as relations, game day sports director of sports informainformation, social media tion and athletics coordinaand digital promotions, and tor at Thomas University in other public relations tools Thomasville. for the Office of AthletThere, Hendrix was ics. He will serve as the charged with the daily opprimary media contact for erations of media relations, all six sports and continue broadcasting and public to develop sports media relations for the Thomas relationships at the local, University athletics departregional and national level ment. He served as the prito effectively communicate mary media contact for the the tremendous story of Night Hawks and their 13 Grizzly Athletics. teams while pioneering ef“We conducted a very forts surrounding TUNightthorough search to find an Hawks.com, social media outstanding communicaand the launch of the Night tions professional for Griz- Hawks Television network. zly Athletics,” Wilson said. While in Thomasville, Hen“We are very excited about drix was a regular contributhe things Jason brings tor to the Sun Conference’s to this position. He will media relations and graphibe tasked with taking the cal design efforts, all while communications efforts sur- serving as a mentor within rounding our championship the College Sports Informaprogram to an even higher tion Directors of America level for our growing fan and National Association base. With our spring sports of Intercollegiate Athleticsseason getting underway, Sports Information Direcwe are eager for him to get tors Association. started.”

In June 2015, Hendrix Hendrix will be part of received recognition by the external operations CoSIDA as the District 3 team, working hand-inwinner of the Preview/Rehand with Matt Mahony cap writing contest for his and the Grizzly Digital work with the Night Hawk Network. baseball team. Hendrix cur“I am extremely excited rently serves on the NAIAto take this next step in SIDA Publications Contest my career working with Committee, concentrating the coaches and studenthis time in the Digital athletes at Georgia GwinMedia and Print Material nett College,” Hendrix said. contest categories.

•From Page 1B of it. Now we have to put everything together on the field.

“We’re going on the road right away which I think will help. Getting on a bus and driving somewhere with your buddies, playing some games, spending a couple of nights away from your comfort zone, it bonds people together. We might win three, we might lose three, but what we’re trying to establish is who we are and our identity this season.”

GGC opens the season tonight on the road at Southeastern University in Lakeland, Fla. The threegame series continues Friday and Saturday.

The home opener is Feb. 5 with the beginning of a three-game set against St. Francis (Ind.).

The Grizzlies, ranked No. 8, play 10 games against other teams ranked in the NAIA preseason top 15, plus seven more contests against schools receiving national votes.

A pair of contests

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basketball for good.

Isenhour also pointed luxury now. out his own daughter’s A closer look at girls basketball participation at Gwin“The last couple of love of soccer, a sport she nett County schools for the 2015-16 season: years we were telling has played since she was School No. of players JV Ninth-grade coaches just to go out 3. Success in soccer and Archer 31 Yes Yes there and find people to softball at a young age Berkmar 26 Yes Yes fill a team,” said Mike often is defined by contact Brookwood 29 Yes Yes Emery, the director of with the ball, unlike in Buford 30 Yes Yes athletics, activities and basketball where success Central Gwinnett 27 Yes Yes community schools for is making a shot on a 10Collins Hill 34 Yes Yes Gwinnett County Public foot goal with five kids Dacula 27 Yes Yes Schools through the 2014in the way. Isenhour said Discovery 19 Yes No 15 school year. pushing young basketball Duluth 17 Yes No Even Gwinnett’s top players into highly comGAC 17 Yes Yes Grayson 27 Yes Yes programs aren’t immune petitive games on 10-foot Hebron 12 Yes No to the trend. goals too early is a turnLanier 20 Yes No Wesleyan is a winner off to many participants, Meadowcreek 18 Yes No of a Georgia-record 11 because they don’t experiMill Creek 31 Yes Yes all-time state titles in girls ence the gratification that Mountain View 24 Yes Yes basketball and is fresh off comes from other sports.

Norcross 30 Yes Yes claiming its 10th champiAll of those reasons North Gwinnett 30 Yes Yes onship in a 12-year span. factor into the dwindling Parkview 39 Yes Yes But the Wolves have just girls basketball numbers, Peachtree Ridge 35 Yes Yes 16 high school players, and Gwinnett coaches like Providence 18 Yes No Shiloh 27 Yes Yes only enough to field a Isenhour continue to push South Gwinnett 23 Yes No 14-player varsity team and back. Most often it means Wesleyan 16 Yes No a JV team with some of recruiting tall or athletic, those varsity players playpreferably both, girls ing down along with four “The drop on the girls now they are among the from the hallways who eighth-graders. side is alarming nationmost popular. may play another sport, “This is the lowest our wide, particularly in girls Brookwood girls coach or no sport at all. Maybe numbers have ever been,” basketball,” said Jon Wey- Mark Isenhour has seen they’ve never played Wesleyan girls coach Jan her, Emery’s successor as the declining numbers basketball, or maybe they Azar said.

GCPS athletic director. from two perspectives, quit when they were 10.

Discovery, Duluth, Several theories play that of a college coach The longer-term Greater Atlanta Christian, a role in the sagging (he was previously head solution means making Hebron Christian, Mead- participation numbers, women’s coach at Labasketball more enjoyable owcreek and Providence the most popular being Grange College before for the elementary- and Christian are in the same specialization. Athletes, returning to his alma middle-schoolers, which situation as Wesleyan, both male and female, fo- mater prior to last season) may be what it takes each with fewer than cus on a single sport now and of a high school head to pump up Gwinnett’s 20 total girls basketmore than ever, and at a coach trying to boost his deflated participation ball players in the high younger age. Three-sport own program’s numbers. numbers. school. Hebron has just athletes at the high school He has spent plenty of “In my year and a half 12 players in grades 9 to level are rare in 2016, and time working with the of running my GBL teams 12, but has high hopes for the number of two-sport Broncos’ feeder schools here, being heavily ina middle-school group athletes is decreasing, and feeder teams in the volved in the Brookwood of 15 players. GAC has too, prompting prominent Gwinnett Basketball Basketball Association more high-schoolers, but coaches like Nick Saban League (GBL) and has and running free clinics only seven on the junior of Alabama and Urban discovered a few issues. for girls, we have seen a high team. Providence has Meyer of Ohio State to To boost numbers a significant uptake in interits first JV team in three preach the values of mul- few years back, GCPS est at the lower levels,” years. tisport participation. allowed seventh-graders Isenhour said. “But I Other schools have Girls basketball, parto play on its previously suspect it will take years larger participation ticularly in Gwinnett, also eighth-grade-only girls to get participation back numbers, but in many loses potential players to basketball teams. The to its formal levels here at cases those are bulked up other growing sports like elite seventh-graders Brookwood.” with athletes who aren’t volleyball, lacrosse and make the eighth-grade Will Hammock can be necessarily experienced soccer. Just a decade ago, team and the others get reached via email at will. basketball players. Even volleyball and lacrosse cut, which Isenhour hammock@gwinnettdaithen, it can be a stretch to weren’t huge athletic thinks prompts many lypost.com. His column fill out three teams. draws for young girls, but seventh-graders to give up appears on Thursdays.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Grizzlies GGC 2016 BASEBALL SCHEDULE Date Opponent Jan. 28 at Southeastern (Lakeland, Fla.) Jan. 29 at Southeastern (Lakeland, Fla.) Jan. 30 at Southeastern (Lakeland, Fla.) Feb. 5 vs. Saint Francis (Ind.) Feb. 6 vs. Saint Francis (Ind.) Feb. 7 vs. Saint Francis (Ind.) Feb. 9 at (13) Auburn University Montgomery Feb. 12 vs. Williams Baptist (Ark.) Feb. 13 vs. Williams Baptist (Ark.) Feb. 17 vs. (14) Tennessee Wesleyan Feb. 19 at Brewton-Parker Feb. 20 at Brewton-Parker Feb. 23 at Reinhardt Feb. 26 vs. Lindenwood University-Belleville (Ill.) Feb. 27 vs. Lindenwood University-Belleville (Ill.) March 1 vs. Robert Morris (Ill.) March 2 vs. Robert Morris (Ill.) March 5 vs. Viterbo (Wis.) March 6 vs. Viterbo (Wis.) March 7 vs. Viterbo (Wis.) March 10 vs. Madonna (Mich.)

March 11 vs. Madonna (Mich.)

March 12 vs. Madonna (Mich.)

against perennial power and preseason No. 3 Faulkner (Ala.) highlight the slate, including one game against the Eagles at Coolray Field.

“The schedule is competitive and we try to make it that way,” Stromdahl said. “It prepares us for the end of the year with the opening round of regionals

and hopefully the World Series.

“It allows us to figure out what we’re all about and be in some competitive games throughout the course of the season. And, hopefully, we placed those tougher games at strategic points of the season where we have growth.”

In addition to a deep

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pitching staff, the Grizzlies once again feature a fleetfooted roster of position players.

“You start with defense and the outfield is very fast,” Stromdahl said. “We finished first or second in the country last year in total team stolen bases.

“Offensively, the key components are in place

s. Ohio State University-Lima vs. Ohio State University-Lima vs. Ohio State University-Lima vs. (3) Faulkner (Ala.) at Coolray Field vs. (15) Keiser (Fla.) vs. (15) Keiser (Fla.) at Reinhardt at Texas A&M University-Texarkana at Texas A&M University-Texarkana at Texas A&M University-Texarkana at (14) Tennessee Wesleyan at Cumberland (Tenn.) vs. Talladega (Ala.) vs. Talladega (Ala.) at (3) Faulkner (Ala.) vs. (13) Auburn University Montgomery vs. Emory at Emory vs. Reinhardt vs. University of South Carolina-Beaufort vs. University of South Carolina-Beaufort vs. Cumberland (Tenn.) at Talladega (Ala.) at Talladega (Ala.)

where we have some depth, guys in the middle with good power, guys that can run throughout the course of the lineup. I feel very good about what our offense is going to look like in totality.”

During fall workouts, there was talk about a return to the World Series, but that has given way to

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a narrowed vision as the season begins.

“Once we get into the season, we need to look at what is happening tomorrow, who is our next opponent,” Stromdahl said. “We talk about being 0-0 every single games. Our job is to win that next game. It’s important not to get ahead of ourselves.”

Streak

England receivers, even massive tight end Rob Gronkowski.

Roby’s most memorable play was the clinching interception of Brady’s twopoint pass with 12 seconds remaining. He covered Keshawn Martin on the play, then charged forward when teammate Aqib Talib tipped Brady’s pass attempt across the middle to Julian Edelman. He picked the pass off two yards into the Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning (18) comes end zone and raced to the onto the field alongside of center Matt Paradis (61) and 15-yard line before the ball center Max Garcia (73) and tackle Tyler Polumbus (76) in was stripped from behind, the third quarter at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. but the fumble didn’t matter (Photo: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports) and ensuing recovery didn’t alter the missed conversion. “It kind of how the whole came down to the last “It was crazy,” Roby said season’s been, it came down play. At first, it was kind of snaring Brady’s pass. to the last play. Everything of negative vibes because

SUPER BOWL A look at Gwinnett County products whose teams have played in the Super Bowl: Year Name NFL team High school 2015 Max Garcia Broncos Norcross 2015 Bradley Roby Broncos Peachtree Ridge 2014 Johnathan Krause Patriots South Gwinnett 2013 Dwayne Cherrington Seahawks Central Gwinnett 2013 Quanterus Smith Broncos Grayson 2012 Chad Hall 49ers Wesleyan 2012 Larry Grant 49ers Norcross 2009 Jon Stinchcomb Saints Parkview 2006 David Greene Seahawks South Gwinnett 2004 P.K. Sam Patriots Buford 2002 Matt Stinchcomb Raiders Parkview 2002 Tim Wansley Buccaneeers Buford 1999 Jason Elam Broncos Brookwood 1998 Jason Elam Broncos Brookwood 1987 George Rogers Redskins Duluth

everybody was disappointed (New England) drove down and scored the way they did.

But Tom Brady is a Hall

of Famer. Gronk is great.

They connected when they needed to the most. Before the last play, I reminded

everybody around me that they still have to score to win this game. All we have to do stop them on this play and it’s over. We were in man coverage, Aqib made a play and I was able to secure the ball — momentarily. All that mattered was they didn’t score.”

The Broncos had an off day Tuesday before preparation began for the next step, the historic 50th Super Bowl in Santa Clara, Calif., against the NFC champion Carolina Panthers.

“We got the celebrating and all those things out of the way, now it’s time to win,” Roby said. “We got over the surreal feeling of getting to the game, now we’re working on what we have to do to win.”

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Dacula boys, Tucker bounce back to beat Central 73-68

By David Friedlander

scoring leaders initially, as he did Jan. 16 in the team’s first meeting with Shiloh, which also resulted DACULA — After a in a win. rough night against region“Don’t read too much leading Shiloh less than 24 into that,” Triaga said hours earlier, the Dacula of his decision to bring boys basketball team, and Tucker and St. Hilaire off star wing Kevon Tucker in the bench. “Sometimes particular, were in need of it’s a thing where we push a bounce back on Wednes- Derek and Kevon’s minday night against scrappy utes really hard, and someCentral Gwinnett. times shortening them out Both got what they three or four minutes is a needed as the 6-foot-4 good thing. They get into senior scored nine points the flow a little quicker, in the fourth quarter on his and we’ve got guys who way to a double-double as can play. To their credit, the Falcons fought off the they handled that well.

Black Knights for a 73-68 “We just told (the home victory. players) we were really Tucker finished with 22 proud the way they hung points and 17 rebounds, together. … Central’s while Derek St. Hilaire a good team, and that added 17 points, includmakes the task tougher. ing his 1,000th career … I was really proud of point, and four assists to just the way we handled help the Falcons (15-5, ourselves (Tuesday) night.

8-3) pull even with idle We handled ourselves very Berkmar and Grayson for maturely.” second place in Region That included not 8-AAAAAA. panicking when Central And they did it coming (10-9, 5-6) used an 11-1 off the bench, as Dacula run to take as much as a coach Russ Triaga decided 10-point lead at 15-5 after to shake things up by not a 3-pointer by Jalen Hilstarting his two senior lery with 2:56 left in the david.friedlander@ gwinnettdailypost.com

Wesleyan Wolves swimmers excel at Metro Invitational From Staff Reports

the 200 free and eighth in the 100 free, WeissWesleyan’s swimming man was fourth in the 50 and diving team had an free and Roy was 10th in impressive showing at the the 50 free and ninth in annual Metro Invitational, the 100 butterfly. Beck a tough, 24-team event.

Coxhead (eighth, 500 The Wolves placed free), Nikki Villa (ninth, third in overall points, 500 free) and Gabby third in the girls division Hernandez (ninth, 100 and fourth in the boys breaststroke) also had top division. finishes for the Wesleyan Wesleyan’s girls 200girls. yard freestyle relay won The boys were led by the meet championship in Ben Buckley (ninth, 200 1 minute, 41.25 seconds free and fourth, 100 free), with the foursome of Jon Hunt Ficken (fifth, 50 Sydney Weissman, Ellie free), Leo Mateu (ninth, Bradach, Anna Roy and 100 free and 10th, 100 Abby Gardner. backstroke) and Grant Bradach was fourth in Sauer (eighth, 100 breast).

PREP ROUNDUP

Collins Hill defeats Mountain View From Staff Reports LAWRENCEVILLE — The Collins Hill boys basketball team picked up big Region 7-AAAAAA win on Wednesday night 54-52 at Mountain View.

The Eagles (18-3, 8-3 region) were led by 23 points from Teshaun Hightower and 14 points from Kenny Stanciel.

Nick Hayes scored 13 points to lead the Bears (13-9, 4-7). Spencer Rodgers and Uchenna Nwagbarra each added 11 points and Miles Long had nine.

BOYS HOOPS BOYS BASKETBALL

North Gwinnett 74, Kennesaw Mountain 62 SUWANEE — The North Gwinnett boys basketball team came up with 74-62 win over visiting Kennesaw Mountain in a non-region game on Wednesday night.

The Bulldogs (514) were led by Ethan Smith, who scored 22 points, had 10 rebounds and seven assists. K.J. Hancock and Colby Leifson added 12 points apiece.

first quarter.

But St. Hilaire hit 1 of 2 free throws and dished off an assist to Shayne Buckingham, while Tucker converted a pair of stickbacks over the final 3:14 of the opening frame to pull Dacula back to within 16-11.

That spurt seemed to get the Falcons kickstarted as they outscored Central 2715 in the second quarter and took as much as an eight-point lead before settling for a 38-31 advantage heading into halftime.

But the Black Knights weren’t about to let Dacula get away without a fight.

Hillery scored six points, part of his gamehigh 24 points, and added an assist during a 12-3 run that vaulted Central into a brief 45-44 lead following Jamal John’s driving layup down the lane with 3:11 left in the third quarter.

But Tucker connected on a jumper from the left wing and another stickback over the next 53 seconds to lead a 6-0 run that gave Dacula the lead back at 50-45.

Still, even after the

•From Page 1B Smith, who also missed several weeks to injury this season, have had a few weeks to get their conditioning up, though the loss of heavyweight Jacob Lill to a season-ending ankle injury at the state duals still leaves Archer with potential holes in the lineup looking ahead.

Saturday will be a chance for younger wrestlers like Gabriel Lee, Peter Myndresku and Chase Degrenier to provide the depth the Tigers will need against area challengers like Brookwood and Grayson, as well as gain more qualifiers for the sectionals.

“Taking (Lill) out of the lineup hurts,” Beuglas said following the state duals title match earlier this month. “Putting Quinn back in, that helps, but we really needed both of them.

Our big guns are still going to score us a lot of points, but some of the other ones are going to have to step up.”

Meanwhile, the Area 7-AAAAAA meet at Duluth will feature a little extra team pride on the line.

While Mountain View dethroned Collins Hill as area duals champion a year ago, and then backed up that performance with another area duals title and a third-place finish at the state duals this year, the Bears were unable to knock the Eagles off their perch atop the area traditional podium last January.

Whether or not they can topple the 16-time defending area champs this year will be a chief focus Saturday, as well the fate

Falcons took a 54-50 lead at the end of three quarters and pushed it to as much as 61-50 when Tucker and St. Hilaire led a 7-0 run to start the fourth quarter, Central wouldn’t go away.

With Dacula’s lead at 63-53 with about four and a half minutes to play, Adnan Antonio and Kevin Stamps began to utilize their size in the low post.

The 6-5 Antonio scored two quick baskets in the paint, and the 6-6 Stamps scored on three straight possessions to answer Dacula baskets and pull the Black Knights to within three, the last time at 71-68 following two Stamps free throws with 58.8 seconds left, which set up a frenetic finish.

Stamps pulled down his team-best 15th rebound of the night after Tucker missed the front end of a 1-and-1 with 24 seconds remaining.

After two missed shots in the paint on the other end, Hillery was fouled with 4.3 seconds remaining, needing to make the first free throw and then miss the second inten-

tionally to give Central a chance to tie the game.

But the junior missed the first shot, and Tucker grabbed the rebound when he missed the second on purpose before hitting two free throws on the other end with 2.9 seconds to finally put the game away.

“We struggled down the stretch, I felt like, to make … plays in key moments,” Central coach Branden Mayweather said. “That’s something that we’ve been doing a good job with (most of the season), but if you’re not doing that in this region, it’s going to be your downfall.

“We’re much harder on ourselves than anybody else. To us, we’re going to harp on the bad and come back and get better. But you look up and it’s a fivepoint game against someone you might play again (in the region tournament), and it’s where you want to be.”

DeMari Edwards was the only other Dacula player joining Tucker and St. Hilaire in double figures with 10 points, though Gary Bishop (five

points, five assists) and Buckingham (six points, five boards, four blocked shots) also had a solid game for the Falcons.

Hillery pulled down 10 rebounds to go with his points to post a doubledouble, as did Stamps, who finished with 16 points, 15 boards and three blocks. Antonio also added 14 points and six rebounds.

Dacula girls 56, Central 43 Faustine Aifuwa had another big night with 18 points, 23 rebounds and three blocked shots as the Falcons (10-9, 5-6) pulled away in the final minutes to beat the Black Knights (3-16, 0-11).

Kandy Brown chipped in 12 points, 10 rebounds and a block, while Kendall Bollmer added six points and three assists, and reserve Tatiana Hill added key minutes in the second half off the bench for Dacula after starting point guard Helena Lee was saddled with foul trouble.

Jasmin Fleetwood scored 16 points to lead Central.

Wrestling

Archer reacts after Gabe Lee defeats North Forsyth’s Andy Leggett in the Class AAAAAA 170-pound weight class during state finals at the Macon Centreplex. (Photo: Kyle Hess)

— such as earning extra points for pins, technical Friday falls and major decisions 5 p.m.

— has also been a point of Area 6-AA traditional tournament at Social Circle emphasis for his wrestlers Area 8-AAAA traditional tournament at Chestatee as they’ve made the transiSaturday tion from the duals over 9 a.m. the past few weeks.

Area 6-AA traditional tournament at Social Circle “We had a team meeting Area 8-AAAA traditional tournament at Chestatee Area 7-AAAAAA traditional tournament at Duluth (Tuesday) and talked a lot Area 8-AAAAAA traditional tournament at Grayson about it,” Burton said. “We know that North Hall will be tough in our area, and of several top individuals smaller classification it could be a (tight) race in their respective weight schools, Buford hopes when we get to state. The classes. to carry over momentum guys definitely have an Mountain View’s reign- from its runner-up finish understanding about bonus ing county champions in the Class AAAA state points and going deep into Chase Standridge, Alonso duals when it travels to the tournament. Placement Reyes and Austin Brown, Chestatee High School for points will be big. Those as well as defending state the Area 8-AAAA meet are the ones that we really placer Justin George, Col- Saturday. need to get.” lins Hill’s Tariq Malik, LIke the larger schools, In addition to the Codi Russell and Tavion the Wolves’ focus will not AAAAAA schools and Askew, plus others like only be on winning an area Buford, Lanier will be in defending state 120-pound team title, but also piling action hosting the Area champion Todd Small of up as many sectional quali- 8-AAAAA meet Saturday, North Gwinnett, will be fiers as possible. while Wesleyan and Greater among the top individuals However, coach Jason Atlanta Christian will travel to watch.

Burton said other dynamto Social Circle for the Area Among Gwinnett’s ics of the traditional meet 4-AA tournament.

AREA WRESTLING MEETS

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

W L Pct GB Toronto...............30..15.....667...... — Boston...............25..21.....543.....5.5 New York............22..25.....468........9 Brooklyn............. 12..34.....261...18.5 Philadelphia.........7..39.... .152...23.5 Southeast Division

W L Pct GB Atlanta...............27..19.....587...... — Miami.................25..21.....543........2 Charlotte............22..23.....489.....4.5 Washington........20..23.....465.....5.5 Orlando..............20..24.....455........6 Central Division

W L Pct GB Cleveland...........31..12.....721...... — Chicago.............25..19.....568.....6.5 Detroit................24..21.....533........8 Indiana...............23..22.... .511........9 Milwaukee..........20..27.....426......13 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division

W L Pct GB San Antonio.......38....7.....844...... — Memphis............26..20.....565...12.5 Dallas.................26..21.....553......13 Houston.............25..22.....532......14 New Orleans...... 16..28.....364... 21.5 Northwest Division

W L Pct GB Oklahoma City...34..13.....723...... — Portland.............21..26.....447......13 Utah................... 19..25.....432...13.5 Denver............... 17..28.....378......16 Minnesota.......... 14..32.....304...19.5 Pacific Division

W L Pct GB Golden State......41....4.... .911...... — L.A. Clippers......29..16.....644......12 Sacramento.......20..25.....444......21 Phoenix.............. 14..32.....304... 27.5 L.A. Lakers...........9..38.... .191......33 Tuesday’s Games L.A. Clippers 91, Indiana 89 Philadelphia 113, Phoenix 103 Miami 102, Brooklyn 98 Oklahoma City 128, New York 122, OT Toronto 106, Washington 89 Milwaukee 107, Orlando 100 Portland 112, Sacramento 97 Dallas 92, L.A. Lakers 90 Wednesday’s Games Phoenix 93, Cleveland 115 Denver 103, Boston 111 Philadelphia at Detroit, late L.A. Clippers at Atlanta, late Oklahoma City at Minnesota, late Houston at San Antonio, late Charlotte at Utah, late Dallas at Golden State, late Today’s Games Atlanta at Indiana, 7 p.m.

Denver at Washington, 7 p.m.

New York at Toronto, 8 p.m.

Milwaukee at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Sacramento at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

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

Friday’s Games Orlando at Boston, 7:30 p.m.

Cleveland at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Phoenix at New York, 7:30 p.m.

Houston at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.

Miami at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

Brooklyn at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Utah, 9 p.m.

Charlotte at Portland, 10 p.m.

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

Wednesday’s College Basketball Scores EAST Albany 75, Massachusetts Lowell 63 American U. 63, Navy 58 Binghamton 66, MD Baltimore Cty 57 Boston U 76, Army 67 Coppin St. 73, No.Carolina A&T 68 Delaware State 71, North Carolina Central 60 LIU Brooklyn 92, Sacred Heart 84 Lehigh 79, Colgate 70 Lipscomb 81, New Jersey Tech 72 Louisville 91, Virginia Tech 83 Loyola-Maryland 71, Holy Cross 54 Maine 105, Hartford 100, OT Radford 90, Longwood 81 Rhode Island 79, Fordham 63 Seton Hall 79, St. John’s 60 St. Joseph’s 78, Massachusetts 70 Vermont 66, New Hampshire 50 SOUTH Clemson 73, Pittsburgh 60 Coastal Carolina 68, N.C. Asheville 66, OT East Carolina 64, Temple 61 Georgia Tech 90, N.C. State 83 High Point 73, Campbell 63 Houston 81, Tulsa 66 Jacksonville 78, Florida Gulf Coast 69 Kennesaw St. 78, South Carolina Upstate 75 Liberty 69, Gardner-Webb 55 Mississippi 80, Auburn 63 South Florida 73, Tulane 60 Winthrop 97, Charleston Southern 72 MIDWEST Arkansas 74, Texas A&M 71 Butler 67, DePaul 53 Dayton 73, Saint Louis 37 Indiana St. 68, Missouri St. 59 Michigan 68, Rutgers 57

Morehead St. 75, Austin Peay 65 Murray St. 75, Eastern Kentucky 71 Stetson at Marquette, late Missouri at Kentucky, late Baylor at Oklahoma St., late Purdue at Minnesota, late Northern Iowa at Bradley, late Loyola-Chicago at Wichita St., late WEST San Jose St. at Colorado St., late Air Force at New Mexico, late Stanford at Colorado, late Cal St. Fullerton at UC Davis, late UC Irvine at CSU Northridge, late Boise St. at UNLV, late California at Utah, late Thursday, Jan. 28 EAST William & Mary (13-6) at Delaware (5-14), 7 p.m.

Towson (14-7) at Drexel (3-16), 7 p.m.

Elon University (12-9) at Hofstra (146), 7 p.m.

NC-Wilmington (14-5) at James Madison (16-5), 7 p.m.

Cincinnati (15-6) at Connecticut (145), 7 p.m.

Notre Dame (14-5) at Syracuse (13-8), 7 p.m.

Iowa (16-3) at Maryland (17-3), 7 p.m.

Middle Tennessee St. (14-5) at Marshall (10-10), 7 p.m.

Bryant (7-14) at Central Conn. St. (1-18), 7 p.m.

Robert Morris (6-15) at Mount St. Mary’s (9-12), 7 p.m.

St. Francis (PA) (9-10) at Fairleigh Dickinson (9-10), 7 p.m.

St. Francis (NY) (8-13) at Wagner (12-7), 7 p.m.

Niagara (5-16) at Marist (4-14), 7:30 p.m.

Monmouth-NJ (15-5) at Quinnipiac (5-12), 7:30 p.m.

Rider (7-13) at St. Peter’s (8-9), 8 p.m.

Richmond (10-8) at George Washington (15-4), 9 p.m.

SOUTH NC-Greensboro (7-13) at The Citadel (9-11), 6 p.m.

East Tennessee St. (13-7) at Wofford (8-12), 7 p.m.

Charlotte (6-13) at Florida International (11-9), 7 p.m.

Old Dominion (10-10) at Florida Atlantic (5-15), 7 p.m.

Western Carolina (8-12) at Furman (11-10), 7 p.m.

VMI (6-12) at Mercer (14-6), 7 p.m.

Northeastern (12-9) at Charleston (12-7), 7:30 p.m.

Texas-San Antonio (4-16) at Louisiana Tech (14-5), 7:30 p.m.

Texas-Arlington (14-4) at LouisianaMonroe (8-11), 8 p.m.

Texas-El Paso (11-9) at Southern Miss (5-12), 8 p.m.

Belmont (15-6) at Jacksonville St. (8-15), 8 p.m.

Texas State (9-7) at Louisiana-Lafayette (9-8), 8:15 p.m.

Appalachian St. (5-14) at Troy (6-14), 8:30 p.m.

Tennessee St. (14-5) at Tennessee Tech (14-7), 9 p.m.

MIDWEST UAB (17-3) at Western Kentucky (1010), 7:30 p.m.

IUPU - Ft. Wayne (16-6) at Oral Roberts (11-11), 8 p.m.

Nebraska Omaha (14-7) at South Dakota State (16-5), 8 p.m.

Youngstown St. (8-13) at Illinois-Chicago (2-17), 8 p.m.

Evansville (17-4) at Southern Illinois (18-3), 8 p.m.

Tenn-Martin (10-11) at Eastern Illinois (7-13), 8 p.m.

Cleveland St. (7-14) at Valparaiso (17-4), 8 p.m.

Georgia Southern (7-11) at ArkansasLittle Rock (17-2), 8:15 p.m.

Georgia St (12-5) at Arkansas St. (910), 8:30 p.m.

Ohio St. (13-8) at Illinois (10-10), 9 p.m.

Michigan St (17-4) at Northwestern (15-6), 9 p.m.

SE Missouri St. (4-16) at SIU - Edwardsville (4-16), 9 p.m.

WEST Oregon St. (12-6) at Arizona State (11-9), 8:30 p.m.

Santa Clara (7-14) at Gonzaga (15-5), 9 p.m.

Southern Utah (4-13) at Idaho State (8-10), 9 p.m.

Northern Arizona (3-15) at Weber St. (13-6), 9 p.m.

Seattle (8-11) at Utah Valley (9-11), 9 p.m.

South Dakota (10-11) at Denver (1010), 9 p.m.

Cal. State - Bakersfield (14-6) at Grand Canyon (18-2), 9 p.m.

Oregon (16-4) at Arizona (16-4), 9 p.m.

Portland St. (7-10) at Eastern Washington (9-10), 9:05 p.m.

San Francisco (10-9) at Portland (913), 10 p.m.

Sacramento State (8-9) at Idaho (128), 10 p.m.

UC Riverside (11-11) at Cal Poly SLO (8-10), 10 p.m.

Washington (13-6) at UCLA (12-8), 10 p.m.

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770-962-SELL

LICENSED

770-932-1751 Cell 770-313-5751

LANDSCAPING/ LAWN CARE

LANDSCAPING/ LAWN CARE

SERENITY LAWN CARE

Lawns Of Georgia Lawn Care

6785082337

• Any Lawn Work!

If it’s in your yard, we do it!

Landscape Design using any material Trimming & debris Clean Up • Pressure Washing

Call 706-525-1881 or 904-874-1809

POWER WASHING

PRESSURE WASHING HOUSES STARTING AT $89 • Roof Cleaning • Black streaks removed from roof • Mold & Mildew removed from homes • Drives-WalkwaysPatios-Decks cleaned/sealed • Gutters cleaned For a FREE Estimate

All Major Credit Cards Accepted 304600-1

FULL TIME MEDICAL

Software Engineers: (Norcross, GA openings. Travel not required, but candidates must be willing to relocate to unanticipated locations across the country per contract demand.) Design, Architect, Develop and deliver complex reporting solutions with Crystal Report. Fax resume referencing job code# SSL012016SE to HR Department at Softpath System, LLC at 404-315-1558

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

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NOW HIRING

Willow Wood Nursing

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

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

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

APPLY IN PERSON: 4595 Cantrell Rd. Flowery Branch Email Resumes to:

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

Experienced Food Service Director, Chefs, Servers, Dietary Aides RN’s, LPN’s, CNA’s Please Email Resume to agrace@rockdalehc. com or ycolbert@ rockdalehc.com Or apply within @ 1510 Renaissance Drive NE Conyers, GA 30012

OR CALL: 770-967-2070

HOUSES FOR SALE

LEAD SERVICE TECHNICIAN

COVINGTON, GA 30014

J & J HEATING AND AIR. NOW HIRING LEAD SERVICE TECHNICIAN. EXCELLENT PAY, COMPANY PAID INSURANCE, PAID VACATION, PAID SICK DAYS, MUST HAVE EXPERIENCE. CALL NOW 770-267-0742

FARMS, LOTS & ACREAGE FOR SALE

FARMS, LOTS & ACREAGE FOR SALE

LOGANVILLE, GA 30052

CONYERS, GA 30094

MONROE, GA 30656

BACK ON MARKET! PEMCO HUD HOME #105-734948 5369 Rabbit Farm Rd. 3BR/1.5BA, Full Unfinished Basement • $121,000 INSURED W/ ESCROW • EHO Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealtyprofessionals.com APTS/DUP/CONDOS/ T’HOMES FOR SALE

sjones@sterling-health. com

770-962-SELL

HOUSES FOR SALE

309541 1 309541-1

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

GWINNETT CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING DEADLINES

LINERS PUBLICATION DAY Wednesday Thursday Friday Sunday

Wednesday Thursday Friday Sunday

RECYCLE FOR A BETTER TOMORROW

32.53 ACRES BRING OFFERS! JIM DAWS ROAD Great 32.53 +/Acre Tract Zoned A-2 Perfect For Livestock, Farming, Hunting, Or Build Your Dream Home. Property has a 20 Foot Easement For Access. $211,445 • EHO Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealtyprofessionals.com

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

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LAKE/RIVER/COASTAL PROPERTY FOR SALE MONROE, GA 30656

OXFORD, GA 30054

Friday 3 pm Monday 3 pm Tuesday 3 pm Wednesday 3 pm

To place a Classified ad please call

770-962-7355

to speak with a Sales Rep. or you can place an ad online at www.gwinnettdailypost.com

REAL ESTATE FOR RENT

GARAGE SALES

CONYERS, 30094 Estate Sale Full House! Wed., Thurs., Fri. & Sat 1/27-1/30, 9am -6pm. 5286 Hickory Walk Terrace.

4800 SF house full of antiques, appliances, household, furn., freezer, washer/dryer, refrig. organ, Yamaha electric piano, rare vintage Pairpoint lamp, cup & saucer collection, bedroom furn., tools & yard stuff! Beautiful home for sale also. Details 770-294-7564.

ALL MUST GO! LOGANVILLE, 30052 We wanted to keep everyone safe with the ice and snow!

We will see you this weekend!

HARRIS 3 IN 1 ESTATE SALE Thurs., Fri., Sat. Jan. 28, 29, 30, 9am-5pm.

Located at 3805 Marham Park Circle. Contact William Atkinson, Treasure Chest Estate Sales Specialist.

Go to estatesales. net to see all pictures. Contact email: williamatkinson@ windstream.net Cell 770-846-8173.

CHRYSLER PT CRUISER TOURING, 2005. Convertible Turbo 2.4L, 72k mi. Extended svc. contract. VGC. $6800. 678-640-1640

DODGE RAM, 2004 2500 HD 4x4, 18k mi. single cab, vinyl int.

Long bed tow package, work truck. $11,000 OBO. 770-490-3265

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

Cost $48,000 new.

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

Call 770-882-4605 MERCEDES BENZ 500 SEL, 1985.

Runs & looks good.

Asking $2750.

Call 404-354-8363 or 404-416-5589

APPLIANCES

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

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

Dishwasher $100 & up. Different colors.

Del/1 yr warr.

Tim 404-205-2222

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

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

Only $6950.

770-882-4605

FIREWOOD

CLASSIC CARS/ ANTIQUES

FIREWOOD

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

678-227-4405 APTS/DUP/CONDOS/ T’HOMES FOR RENT

$85 full truck load delivered. Camping firewood avail.

Call 770-560-3604.

SEASONED OAK FIREWOOD- 4x8 rack $125. Delivered & Stacked. Lawrenceville/Buford area.

678-997-5675 FURNITURE/ HOUSEHOLD GOODS

FORD MODEL A, 1931 I am moving and will not have room for it. $16,000.00 Call Cliff Phone 706-817-6874

Across FARMS, LOTS & ACREAGE FOR SALE GWINNETT DUPLEXES

MONROE, GA 30655

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

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

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

Tuesday 3 pm Wednesday 3 pm Thursday 3 pm Friday 3 pm

DEADLINE

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

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

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

HOUSES FOR RENT

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DISPLAY ADS PUBLICATION DAY

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

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

LAKE/RIVER/COASTAL PROPERTY FOR SALE

PIT BULL PUPPIES: Full Blooded, No Papers. Lineage: Hall, Razors Edge and Kolbi-G. $250 OBO. 3 females, 4 males.

10 weeks old, 1st shots, de-wormed. Moving Soon - Must Have Homes!

Call or Text: 770-870-4107

VEHICLES

404.886.3587 Established 1989

2 Communities!

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

Starting @ $900/mo.

B.C. PROPERTIES 770-446-1550 770-995-8828 MOBILE HOMES & LOTS FOR RENT BARROW-AUBURN 1-2-3 BEDROOMS IN MOBILE Home COMMUNITY. RENT starting at $100/week.

Large Lots.

770-513-3151

LIVING ROOM SET: 3 piece living room set, tan, plush sofa, loveseat, and oversized chair. 5 years old. $325.00. Call: 770-483-2238

WANT TO BUY I BUY golf carts, lawnmowers, and Sears Garden Tractors, running or not. Call 770-786-1255 OR Text picture to 770-361-5276.

PETS/LIVESTOCK

DOGS

2000 Windridge Dr, GA, 30518 Windridge Buford, Affordable 1&2 Apartments Bedroom Apartments 1 Bedroom – $460-$680 based on gross income 2 Bedroom – $515-$735 based on gross income 'PS .PSF *OGPSNBUJPO $BMM t 5%% 7

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GWINNETT, LAWRENCEVILLE: HOUSEMATE $475 mo. Private entry X-Lrg Room & Closet, micro kit, lounge/dining area. 678-689-8821 COMMERCIAL RENTALS ALPHARETTA, GA FOR LEASE 1000 SQ. FT. OFFICE SPACE. Off Hwy 9. Grassland office park. Available Feb. 1st.

(678)624-0202

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

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ROOMMATE WANTED /ROOM FOR RENT

304590-1

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404-670-3087

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

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

Working lines.Hannes Vom Spadener Holz.

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

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

770-744-8273

GOLDENDOODLE PUPPIES. Avail Jan 23. 2 Blk males. F1-B. Gorgeous! $1000. Shots. Grayson.

Shirley 770 339-3573

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

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