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Family begs for help solving homicide

BY JOSHUA SHARPE

grad who was about to enter LAWRENCEVILLE — the Marine Jaime Rodriguez musCorps. tered his nerve to speak Gwinnett to reporters about his son County Thursday morning. Almost police still Jimmy a month ago, someone haven’t Rodriguez fired a fatal bullet into been able the chest of Jimmy, an to identify the shooter.

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introduce himself, first addressing Spanish media at the news conference, hosted by the police department.

“Padre de Jimmy…”

But then he stopped and looked down, fighting tears. He placed his hand on the table, splaying the

Jaime Rodriguez, right, is comforted by his son’s uncle Jonier Cardona during a news conference about Rodriguez’s son, Jimmy, who was gunned down outside Norcross on July 2. The family is begging for witnesses to come forward in the unsolved case. (Staff Photo: Joshua Sharpe)

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‘God’s calling’ Couple devotes life to service; leads Gwinnett Salvation Army

Cops: Man steals from Comfort Inn FROM STAFF REPORTS

BY ERIKA WELLS

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Being an officer in The Salvation Army is not for the weak.

Lts. Jeremy and Kristina Mockabee, who recently were named the leaders of the Gwinnett County Corps of The Salvation Army, must balance their time for family, church and the community.

But the married couple’s faces light up when they speak about their commitment. They serve at-risk youth, the homeless, seniors, veterans and the less fortunate, according to the mission of the faith-based nonprofit founded in 1865.

“This is a unique ministry,” Jeremy Mockabee said. “You have to have a passion to help people and not be afraid to get your hands dirty. You have to be ready to hop in the canteen (supply truck) and hug and shake hands with people who haven’t seen shelter in weeks or years.”

The Mockabees were promoted from The Salvation Army’s Greenville, S.C., region. Kristina Mockabee said her family grew close to the people they worked with there, “but we’ll have them in our hearts for years to come.”

They lead The Salvation Army Lawrenceville Corps church on Sugarloaf Parkway — the same place of worship they attended when they previously lived in Atlanta. The Mockabees replace Capts. Andy and Abby Miller.

Jeremy Mockabee was a pilot for Delta while Kristina Mockabee worked in North Druid Hills before they started serving full time for The Army. He said Gwinnett has grown and continues to do Lts. Jeremy and Kristina Mockabee stand next to the station for the backpack giveaway at The Salvation Army in Lawrenceville on Tuesday. (Photo: Cole McCauley) so, but so does the homeless population is hectic in November and December — 15 percent of the more than 850,000 as Home Sweet Home, which reaches out to newly homeless families or those with the Red Kettle donation tradition, residents are homeless.

They plan to create partnerships in the at risk of becoming homeless. community and expand programs such See COUPLE, Page 8A Jeremy Mockbee said their schedule

Gwinnett County police are searching for a man accused of stealing from a Norcrossarea hotel after the manager hired him to work for $20 and a pizza.

The man, who was captured on security video released Thursday, went to the Comfort Inn on Peachtree Industrial Boulevard on July 16 and told the manager he was a homeless Ohio native, police said. The manager hired him to do some work around the hotel.

The man, described as black, in his early 20s and wearing a green Rosary necklace, also mentioned to the manager that he’d been arrested for burglary in Georgia.

The same night he was hired, the man went to the counter in the lobby and asked to speak to the manager on the phone. He demanded more money.

“The manager told him no, and the suspect hung up on him,” Cpl. Michele Pihera said in a news release. “After the

See THEFT, Page 8A

GCPS in middle of transition to new data system

BY KEITH FARNER keith.farner@gwinnettdailypost.com

The massive amounts of student data collected and stored by Gwinnett County Public Schools is in the middle of a transition to a new system. And district leaders are well aware of the colossal size of the situation.

The move began in the spring of 2015 with online registration to improve security of the information held by the district, said Steve Flynt, associate superintendent of School Improvement and Operations. This summer, the next phase moved elementary school information into the Synergy Student Information System and gradebook. Middle and high school information is scheduled for next summer.

Among the highlights for middle and high school features are pathway completer tracking for the high schools with

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Items that tout themselves as being safe to flush down a toilet drain caused sewage to spill in the Norcross area this week, Gwinnett County Department of Water Resources officials announced on Thursday.

The spill occurred on Wednesday at a manhole located at 3200 Lake Colony Drive, department spokesman Karen Shields said in a statement. The department was contacted about the spill at 11:36 a.m., and crews got it stopped around 1:38 p.m. Shields said about 2,758 gallons of sewage spilled into a tributary of Crooked Creek because of the incident.

“The cause was determined to be rags and other ‘flushables,’” she added.

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Gwinnett County firefighters responded to a report of a gas leak after a utility crew hit a highpressure gas line near downtown Lawrenceville on Thursday, according to a news release.

Fire officials noticed a “strong odor of gas” and a leak when they arrived

outside Luckie Street at Jackson Street at 9:44 a.m., Capt. Tommy Rutledge, a spokesman, said in the release.

The utility crew had hit a 4-inch gas line while boring close to the road, according to the release.

Crews from Lawrenceville Gas arrived to stop the leak. Firefighters checked gas readings in the area, which was

closed to the public.

“The gas company had to dig in two separate locations to clamp the two-way feed on the line,” Rutledge said.

Rutledge said Jackson Street was temporarily closed between East Crogan Street and Scenic Highway as Lawrenceville Police diverted traffic. Additional streets that led to Jackson Street also were blocked.

Motorists were asked to use alternate routes until the situation was under control, according to the release.

Rutledge said the leak was stopped at 11:37 a.m., and the roadway re-opened just before noon.

Residents at two nearby homes were told to stay inside. No injuries A gas leak was reported outside Luckie Street at Jackson Street near downtown were reported.

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Douglas County Chief Superior Court Judge Robert J. James sentenced Malone to 10 years with two years to serve in prison for the incident. Douglas County Senior Assistant District Attorney Thomas Kegley represented the state in the case. Malone is currently in the Douglas County jail.

Road rage killing According to a news release from the district attorney’s office, on that morning around 4:45 a.m., Malone was driving alone northbound on Highway 5 in Douglasville; Joshua Booth and Mike Mathley, who was riding as a passenger, were traveling in that same direction in another vehicle; and Kyle Norman, who was driving in a separate truck with Benjamin Smith riding as a passenger, were also riding in that direction.

At some point, Malone cut off the vehicle driven

by Booth as they were nearing the Bankhead Highway intersection, according to the DA’s office.

As the vehicles were entering the turning lane to travel eastbound on Bankhead Highway, Booth reportedly stopped his vehicle, blocking the path of Malone.

Booth and Mathley then exited their truck and approached Malone’s vehicle and a verbal altercation ensued between Malone and Booth, the release from the DA’s office said.

As the altercation began, Norman had already turned his vehicle onto Bankhead Highway, but he immediately turned around and drove back to the location where the altercation was occurring. The release from the DA’s office stated that when Norman arrived on scene, his car and Booth’s car were blocking the roadway, preventing Malone from being able to drive forward and leave the scene. Norman and Smith reportedly got out and approached Malone’s vehicle.

Smith immediately joined the confrontation by throwing a beer can that struck Malone’s vehicle, according to the DA’s office.

The release from the DA’s office stated that Malone attempted to stop the confrontation by pointing out that he had a knife in his possession and would use it. However, Smith reportedly brushed off the threat. At some point, Malone attempted to leave the scene, but Booth got behind his car and Malone was then surrounded by the group and was unable to drive off, according to the DA’s office.

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‘Hypoglycemic’ self-diagnosis normally is inaccurate ‘DEAR DR. ROACH: Please explain the difference between hypoglycemia and diabetes. A few years ago, I had major surgery.

After surgery, I felt lightheaded and weak; when I relayed this to a nurse, she came in with a large glass of orange juice, saying my sugar was down. I explained to the nurse that as a hypoglycemic I could not have orange juice, that she was to give me protein to bring down my insulin level and not try to bring up my sugar level. I suggested she talk to my doctor.

Hypoglycemic people will have no problems as long as they don’t break the food and drink rules and follow a hypoglycemic diet. It is a great way to lose weight healthily.

— Anon.

ANSWER: “Hypoglycemia” means “low blood sugar.” It is most frequently seen in people with diabetes who take too much insulin or too much of a medicine that causes the body to make insulin. This is more likely when someone isn’t eating his or her normal amount, or with ingestion of alcohol, which prevents the body from making sugar.

In people without diabetes, the most worrisome cause of hypoglycemia are tumors, which can secrete insulin or insulin-like hormones. The high insulin levels bring down blood sugar, sometimes to a very dangerous level, since the brain is absolutely dependent on sugar as an energy source. Persistent very low sugar levels can cause irreversible brain damage and death, which is why the nurse wanted to give you orange juice (a fast way of getting sugar into the blood). It’s absolutely the right immediate treatment in any case of severe hypoglycemia in someone who can still safely swallow. (Those who cannot swallow will need intravenous sugar.)

Symptoms of hypoglycemia relate to the low sugar itself, and also to the body’s response. As blood sugar goes down, most people have symptoms of sweating, anxiety, hunger, tremor and palpitations. These are warning signs that remind us to go and get food.

However, if blood sugar gets below about 50 mg/dL (2.8 mmol/L), then people can become confused and sleepy. This is dangerous because they often are no longer able to get food (again, why the nurse wanted to give you orange juice).

A search for the cause of hypoglycemia should be undertaken in people with accurately measured severe low blood sugar (less than 40 mg/dL or 2.2 mmol/L) with symptoms that are relieved by raising blood sugar.

However, the vast majority of people with symptoms of hypoglycemia do not have this worrisome type of hypoglycemia. I suspect that what you have is now called “postprandial syndrome,” where blood sugar can “crash” after ingesting a large quantity of sugar, and can cause tremor, dry mouth and other symptoms. These symptoms can be avoided by eschewing excess sugar and by eating meals that include protein, fat and fiber.

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This RV can hold only one set of grandkids DEAR AMY: I have two sons, and my sister-inlaw has three children: two girls and a boy.

Neither of my boys is interested in sports, but one niece and my nephew are involved in several sports. As a result, their grandparents go to many games and spend a great deal of time with that side of the family.

Recently, the grandparents bought a new RV and invited my nieces/nephew to go camping with them.

My children had no such offer.

When my husband confronted his mother on this matter, she said he was just being jealous. But she still hasn’t invited our children camping, nor have their grandparents had any contact with them in a month.

My husband feels that we are left out a lot.

My in-laws’ response is typically that it’s just that they go to the games. Is that a valid reason to spend more time with part of the family over the other part of the family?

Wouldn’t taking the nonathletes camping be a great way to get that quality time, since they pursue less popular activities?

— Feeling Hurt DEAR FEELING: On the one hand, sports are very time consuming and can interfere with relationships. On the other, they give grandparents (and others) a fairly easy way to connect with the children in their lives by attending

You can acknowledge this favoritism to your boys, but you should not dwell on it.

DEAR AMY: I have been with my boyfriend, “Tom,” for more than four years. Tom and I have different faiths. We are very secure in our interfaith relationship.

Amy Dickinson My brother “Gary” has made it abundantly clear games. that he does not support Assuming that your chil- us. He cornered Tom at dren are as accessible to a family event to express these grandparents as the his utter disdain for him other set of grandchildren, and our relationship. This your in-laws are, in fact, encounter was extremely being patently unfair when upsetting. Gary apologized excluding your children. to me (but never to Tom), If these grandparents and with Tom’s support feel they simply don’t I’ve managed to keep Gary know your sons well in my life. We are not as enough, camping with close as we once were. them would be a great way Tom and I want to get to get to know them. married, but Gary has Your husband has point- been a roadblock for me. ed out this imbalance, and Although Gary is in my his parents have thrown it life, I do not want him to in his face. attend our wedding. I am You two should do your very nervous about how best to promote a relation- he would treat Tom and ship between your children his family. Tom and I want and these grandparents by to have a small ceremony inviting the older couple where our families will be to spend time with your present. I just know Gary family. will be crushed to learn Also — I hope these that he’s not invited. cousins are close. One How can I tell my unfortunate consequence brother that I love him but of obvious favoritism is do not want him to be a that it interferes with other part of this life event? relationships.

If I could, I would Many reader responses prevent Gary from ever aton this topic point out that tending any family events children are very aware of where Tom and his family favoritism, and the effects will be present. can permanently damage — Ready to relationships, as well as Move Forward create bitter memories.

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definitely want to exclude your brother, you will have to be brave enough to tell him. Describe your decision as a consequence of his behavior.

However, you could be frank, give him a chance to behave differently and leave the final choice up to him.

Tell him, “Tom and I are getting married. We would like to include you, but you have made it clear that you don’t support our union. If you can’t be supportive and respectful toward us and his family, then you should definitely stay home.”

DEAR AMY: I was appalled by your response to “Confused by a Cheapskate,” whose boyfriend never shared expenses. You suggested she slide the restaurant check toward him quietly to see what he would do. That is passiveaggressive.

— Upset DEAR UPSET: I was working on the theory that “Confused” might be leaping in to pick up the check to avoid forcing the issue.

Waiting would reveal her boyfriend’s choice.

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Take charge and make a difference. A crusading approach will help you achieve your objectives.

Your fight for what’s right will lead to greater satisfaction, happiness and feelings of selfworth. Strive for perfection, peace and a clear passage to your next adventure.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Sign up for a retreat or an event that is geared toward personal and spiritual growth. Invest in yourself and your future. Good connections will be made. Romance is in the stars.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) — Observation will lead to questions.

Personal objectives and motives should be considered before you put your plans in motion.

Weigh the pros and cons carefully, and adjust your plans as needed.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — What you put out, you will get back twofold. Your genuine desire to help others will be noticed by someone with clout. If you engage in what you do best, good things will happen.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24Nov. 22) — Someone’s charisma and sparkle will mesmerize you.

Don’t give in to false advertising. Be careful when negotiating or making a commitment to someone or something.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Think about the options that are given to you. It’s important to have a good understanding of the consequences of your actions before you move forward. Practice moderation.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Be open to suggestions, but careful when making a commitment. Lastminute changes can be expected that will throw a wrench into your plans.

Proceed with caution.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 19) — You will be in a high cycle regarding love, so don’t hold back your feelings when you should be expressing them. Children will enhance your life and give you honest and sincere opinions.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — You’ll have to fight to keep partnership matters in perspective. Gather information and don’t offer an opinion until you have enough evidence to support your point of view.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Discovering new information will spin you in a new and awesome direction. Live, learn and take part in events that will offer growth and greater understanding of the possibilities available.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Money matters will become a concern if you are spending more than you are making. Rethink your financial plan before you let a certain someone cost you. You cannot buy love.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Your spontaneity will lead to an interesting turn of events. Helping others is honorable, but don’t do so at the expense of your health, personal relationships or profession.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Explore new territory. It’s time to let your imagination take you on a magic carpet ride. Try something new, meet interesting people and embrace new beginnings.

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world&nation world U.S. concerned over settlement activity in Israel WASHINGTON — The United States is deeply concerned about Israel’s reported plans to build an additional 323 units in settlements in East Jerusalem on top of 770 units previously announced in the settlement of Gilo, the U.S. State Department said.

Such action by Israel “continues this pattern of provocative and counterproductive action,” State Department spokesman John Kirby said in a statement on Wednesday.

Kirby called the settlement activity “corrosive to the cause of peace.”

In addition to the plans for East Jerusalem and Gilo, Kirby cited plans for other units, including 531 in Ma’ale Adumim, 19 in Har Homa, 120 in Ramot, and 30 in Pisgat Ze’ev. He also noted a plan to legalize an outpost near Ramallah, and tenders for 42 units in Kiryat Arba.

Trump: Russia hack remark ‘sarcastic’

people Jonas in talks to join Johnson in ‘Jumanji’ reboot

By Doina Chiacu Reuters

WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Thursday tried to quell the furor over his call for Russia to find Hillary Clinton’s deleted emails, saying he was being sarcastic.

In Moscow, meanwhile, a Kremlin spokesman pointedly told Washington to solve its own email problems.

Trump on Wednesday invited Russia to dig up tens of thousands of “missing” emails from Clinton’s time at the U.S. State Department, prompting Democrats to accuse him of urging foreigners to spy on Americans.

Later, he dismissed concerns raised by Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook that his comments raised national security concerns.

“You have to be kidding. His client, his person, deleted 33,000 emails illegally. You look at that.

And when I’m being sarcastic with something …,” Trump said in a Fox News interview broadcast on Thursday.

Asked if he was indeed being sarcastic, Trump snapped, “Of course I’m being sarcastic. They don’t even know, frankly, if it’s Russia. They have no idea if it’s Russia, if it’s China, if it’s somebody else. Who

LOS ANGELES — Nick Jonas is in talks to join Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart and Jack Black in Sony’s new re-imagining of “Jumanji.” Jake Kasdan is on board to direct the adaptation of the classic children’s book.

The film will hit theaters next summer.

Matt Tolmach and William Teitler are producing, while Ted Field, Mike Weber, Johnson, Dany Garcia and Van Allsburg are executive producing.

Principal photography is U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump arrives at a campaign event at expected to start this August in Honolulu.

Trump Doral golf course in Miami on Wednesday. (Reuters/Carlo Allegri) The reboot’s script has knows who it is? comments off as tongue-in- find the 30,000 emails that been written by Scott Rosenberg and Jeff Pinkner, “But you have 33,000 cheek and not serious. are missing,” Trump, the based on a draft by the origi(Clinton) emails deleted, But the exhortation for a Republican presidential nal writers, Chris McKenna and the real problem is U.S. adversary to use cyber nominee, told reporters. and Erik Sommers. what was said on those intrusions against an AmerHe later said on Twitter The 1995 “Jumanji” emails from the Demoican political candidate that if anyone had Clincratic National Commitdrew criticism from intelton’s emails, “perhaps they movie starred Robin Wiltee,” he said, referring to ligence experts and other should share them with the liams. The story centers on a 12-year-old boy who hacked emails released last public figures, including FBI!” becomes trapped in a weekend by WikiLeaks. some Republicans.

The Republican presiboard game in 1969 and is The DNC emails showed Trump made the remark dential nominee was released 26 years later. party leaders favoring at a news conference in referring to a private email Nusra Front says Clinton over her rival in Miami that allowed him to system Clinton kept in her it is breaking ties the campaign for the nomi- steal some of the limelight home in Chappaqua, N.Y., Netflix renews with al-Qaida nation, U.S. Senator Bernie from the Democratic Nawhile secretary of state Arnett’s ‘Flaked’ Sanders of Vermont. The tional Convention in Phila- from 2009 to 2013. She BEIRUT — The leader for Season 2 committee is supposed to delphia, where Clinton on handed over thousands of of the Syrian Islamist rebel be neutral.

Thursday was to accept emails in 2015 to U.S. ofLOS ANGELES — Netgroup Nusra Front said on Trump’s explanaher party’s presidential ficials probing that system, flix has renewed Will Arnett Thursday it was cutting its tion echoed those of his nomination for the Nov. 8 but did not release about comedy “Flaked” for Season ties with al-Qaida to deny campaign advisers and election.

30,000 deleted emails she foreign powers includother supporters, who im“Russia, if you’re listen- said were personal and not 2, the streaming service ing the United States and announced via the show’s mediately tried to pass his ing, I hope you’re able to work-related.

Russia a pretext to attack Facebook page Thursday.

Syrians.

The show debuted its Listed as a terrorist eight-episode freshman seamunications online, each organization by the United son March 11. Season 2 will punishable by up to five consist of six episodes, set States, the Nusra Front was years in prison.

Clinton gives excluded from a truce neAuthorities said Sullivan to premiere in 2017, Variety gotiated in February. Russia speech of her life has confirmed. posted his threats on the and the United States are “Flaked” is a dry human internet forum Metalthrone. comedy about a slice of life PHILADELPHIA — discussing closer coordinanet three times between tion to fight the militia. centered on Chip, a celDemocrat Hillary Clinton May 29 and July 5.

The group’s leader, ebrated longtime resident of made her case for the White The indictment alleged Abu Mohamad al-Golani, the insular world of Venice, House on Thursday night, that Sullivan wrote that he made the announcement taking the stage at her had “a few ‘Houses of Satan’ Calif., who falls for the object of his best friend’s in a video that was the first nominating convention to in my town,” and that “if fascination. Soon the public pronouncement to try to dispel doubts about these Jews truly believe in tangled web of half-truths show his face. her character and restore her their god Satan, I will upset “We have stopped operat- battered image. that underpins his all-imtheir world.

I will slaughter U.S. President Barack Obama and Democratic presidening under the name of Nusra portant image and sobriety In the biggest speech of tial nominee Hillary Clinton appear on stage together them and burn their SynaFront and formed a new begins to unravel. Arnett her more than 25-year career after Obama addressed the third night of the 2016 Demo- gogue to the ground.” cratic National Convention in Philadelphia on Wednesbody. … This new formain public service, Clinton It also alleged that Sullivan plays Chip, a man doing his tion has no ties with any honest best to stay one step was to sound the themes that day. (Reuters/Jim Young) wrote another forum parforeign party,” he said, givwill propel her campaign ticipant, whom he identified ahead of his own lies. ing the group’s new name as against Republican Donald The show is executive track for their biggest daily In a statement posted on as Jewish, about his plan to “Jabhat Fatah al Sham.” produced by Arnett and decline in five-and-a-half Trump in the Nov. 8 election. its website Wednesday, the meet at a Carvel ice cream Mark Chappell, along with years, slumping nearly 10 FDA said blood centers It was Clinton’s turn in store in Westport, where he Ben Silverman, Peter Principercent to $12.50, after should stop collecting blood the spotlight after days of would “shoot or run over Five U.S. military pato and Mitchell Hurwitz. in the two counties until they Chief Financial Officer Bob you.” electrifying speeches by members injured such party heavyweights as can implement testing for The cast also includes David Shanks told reporters the Sullivan, Ruth Kearney, the Zika virus in each unit of U.S. economic recovery is President Barack Obama, in Afghanistan Viral challenge Lina Esco and George Basil. blood collected, or until they “maturing,” and forecast that Vice President Joe Biden credited with ALS WASHINGTON — Five and first lady Michelle can put in place technology sales would be weaker in U.S. special operation 2017 than in 2016.

Obama, who praised Clinton that can kill pathogens in breakthrough ‘Babylon 5’ star forces were wounded while and cautioned that Trump “The growth is over,” collected blood.

The Ice Bucket Challenge Doyle dies at 60 partnering with Afghan spe- would be dangerous and Shanks told Reuters in an The FDA also recomcial forces in an operation LOS ANGELES — mends that nearby counties interview. The decline from that went viral two years divisive. to clear areas controlled ago, raising hundreds of mil- Jerry Doyle, best known the 2015 peak is normal, implement the same mea“Tonight in her speech, as the star of the ’90s sci-fi

by Islamic State in eastern Hillary is going to stitch to- sures to maintain the safety he said, as pent-up demand lions of dollars, has helped series “Babylon 5,” has Afghanistan, the top U.S. identify a new gene behind built during the last recesgether each of these themes of the U.S. blood supply. died, according to his offimilitary commander in Af- and talk about how this the neurodegenerative disThe steps follow Florida’s sion is satisfied. ghanistan said on Thursday. election is really a moment cial Twitter account. Doyle ease ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s announcement Wednesday Army General John was 60. disease, researchers say. of reckoning for the voters,” that it has identified two Connecticut man Nicholson said the incident Clinton campaign manager more Zika cases that were “The family of Jerry The challenge involved charged with took place in the last few Doyle is sad to announce people pouring ice-cold Robby Mook told reporters not related to travel to an days in Nangarhar provJerry’s passing,” the tweet area where the virus is being threatening Jews water over their heads, early Thursday. ince, but did not specify reads. “The cause of death is posting video on social transmitted. unknown at this time.”

A Connecticut man exactly when it happened. media and donating funds FDA takes steps Doyle starred in the 1993 already in custody after Two of the injured service for research on the conLackluster U.S., to protect blood TV movie “Babylon 5: large quantities of firearms members have returned dition, whose sufferers The Gathering” as security to duty, while three othsupply from Zika China sales drag and ammunition were seized include British physicist ers were evacuated but are officer Michael Garibaldi from his home was indicted Stephen Hawking. on Ford profits CHICAGO — The U.S. “in good spirits” and are on charges he made onCelebrities including Tay- before becoming a staple DETROIT — Ford Motor line threats to kill or injure Food and Drug Adminexpected to make a full in the spin-off TV series. lor Swift, Ellen DeGeneres Co reported weaker-thanistration has ordered all recovery, he said.

“Babylon 5” kicked off in people, including Jews, the and former U.S. President “None of these are expected profit in the second U.S. Department of Justice blood collection centers in George W. Bush were among ’94 and ran a total of five life-threatening injuries,” quarter and declared that the said Thursday.

Florida’s Miami-Dade and millions of people who took seasons before wrapping in Nicholson said in a briefing Broward counties to stop U.S. auto industry’s long Kendall Sullivan, 50, of part in 2014, attracting more ’98. A year later, he starred with reporters on Thursday. collecting blood as state recovery was at an end, in another made-for-TV Stamford, was charged on than 400 million views on Their injuries were sussending its stock and those health department officials movie as the same characWednesday by a federal social media. tained from small arms fire continue to investigate four of other auto companies grand jury in Bridgeport, The challenge raised $220 ter, “Babylon 5: A Call to and shrapnel, he added. possible cases of local trans- tumbling on Thursday.

Arms.”

Conn., with three counts of million worldwide.

— From wire reports mission of the Zika virus.

— From wire reports Ford shares were on making threatening com— From wire reports

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Oxford museum exhibits roast under restored glass roof

By Estelle Shirbon Reuters

LONDON — Exhibits including dinosaur skeletons and rare taxidermy specimens are being destroyed because of scorching temperatures in an Oxford museum after it restored its 19thcentury glass roof, letting in more sunlight.

Home of the world’s most complete dodo remains, the Oxford University Museum of

that had become degraded.

“The removal of the film together with the removal of Natural History now plans to dirt and grime has resulted in a apply a solar reflective film to significant increase in UV levels,” the glass roof to reduce tempera- the museum said in a planning tures, which have peaked at 111.2 application to Oxford City Coundegrees Fahrenheit. cil, which has to approve the plan The museum, founded in 1860, to solve the problem. cleaned and repaired its grand It said the intense heat was Victorian glass roof in 2012-2013 affecting visitors to the museum, at a cost of $2.6 million, a process and posed a significant safety risk that included the removal of an particularly to young children and old anti-ultraviolet protective film elderly people.

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“The extreme light and UV levels are also causing rapid and irreversible damage to specimens, in short they are being destroyed,” it said, adding that scientifically important whale skeletons were among the exhibits at risk.

The solution proposed is only a first step. The new anti-UV film will reduce UV radiation by 99.9 percent, Oxford University said, but will do little to lower the temperature, which is also a factor in the damage to exhibits.

To bring the mercury down, the university is working on plans for a new air-conditioning system.

The museum’s collections are listed by the British government as being of national and international importance.

Its biggest attraction, known as the Oxford dodo, are the mummified head and foot of one of the flightless birds, which lived on the Island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean until they became extinct by 1680.

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Dems adopt Reagan-like optimism Democrats have done a remarkable thing this week in Philadelphia: They framed this election as an epic struggle not just to continue the policies of President Obama but to renew the sunlit, optimistic Americanism of Ronald Reagan.

In his valedictory speech Wednesday night, Obama quoted Reagan’s description of the country as a “shining city on a hill” and contrasted it with Donald Trump’s nightmare vision of “a divided crime scene.” Obama also used famous words from another Republican president, Theodore Roosevelt, to praise Hillary Clinton as someone “who is actually in the arena, … who strives valiantly, who errs, … but who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement.”

When Clinton came onstage and the president embraced her in a bear hug, he was passing along not just his own legacy as a twoterm Democratic president, Eugene but that of the consequential Robinson Republican presidents who preceded him as well.

It was an audacious thing to do in a venue where no one, except possibly some of the security guards, shared Reagan’s conservative philosophy. But it was smart politics, and it also reflected objective reality: Trump is an alien, aberrational, dangerous force in American politics and must never be allowed to wield the awesome powers of the presidency.

The back-to-back conventions in Cleveland and Philadelphia could not have been more different. The Republican gathering looked thrown-together and lacking in both star power and historical resonance, largely because so many GOP luminaries refused to have anything to do with crowning the usurper Trump; the entire Bush family stayed away, including the last two Republican presidents, as did the party’s two most recent nominees, John McCain and Mitt Romney.

The assembled Republicans did come away unified in their determination to defeat Clinton.

But the pessimism and anger in Cleveland were extreme, putting the GOP on record as asserting that the United States is in grave crisis, teetering on the edge of some fathomless abyss.

By any objective measure, this is absurd. But many Americans are anxious about jobs and the slow-growing economy, and about terrorism, immigration and demographic change. Trump won the nomination by exacerbating these fears and presenting an all-purpose solution: himself.

An all-star lineup of speakers systematically sought to reveal Trump as an ignorant windbag full of incoherent bluster. Leon Panetta, who was CIA director when U.S. operatives killed Osama bin Laden, said Trump is manifestly unqualified to be commander in chief. Vice President Joe Biden said that “no major party nominee has ever known less or been less prepared.” Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, an independent who is one of the wealthiest men in the country, blasted Trump as a poor businessman — “The richest thing about Donald Trump is his hypocrisy” — and implored voters to choose “a sane, competent person” in Clinton.

Vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine focused mostly on introducing himself to the nation. But he did unveil a passable Trump imitation, and he showed off the fluent Spanish he will surely use to woo Hispanic audiences.

It fell to Obama to make the larger philosophical critique not just of Trump but of Trumpism.

This was no ordinary election, he said. “This is a more fundamental choice about who we are as a people. … What we heard in Cleveland last week wasn’t particularly Republican — and it sure wasn’t conservative.” Instead, Obama said, Trump presented “a deeply pessimistic vision of a country where we turn against each other and turn away from the rest of the world. There were no serious solutions to pressing problems, just the fanning of resentment and blame and anger and hate.”

Obama said that Trump is “just offering slogans, and he’s offering fear,” but would lose the election because he underestimates Americans.

“We are not a fragile people, we’re not a frightful people,” Obama said. “Our power doesn’t come from some self-declared savior promising that he alone can restore order as long as we do things his way. We don’t look to be ruled.”

The president promised that “anyone who threatens our values, whether fascists or communists or jihadists or homegrown demagogues, will always fail in the end.” It was a Reaganesque defense of American ideals — clearly designed to appeal not just to Democrats but to independents and moderate Republicans as well.

The progressive wing of the party might not be thrilled with all the uncritical flag-waving.

But the Gipper would not recognize — or be welcomed in — Trump’s GOP. It is smart to invite his admirers to cross the aisle.

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

Paris will always be special PARIS — Lately, France has been beset by troubles, some of them owing to antipathy for liberal borders, and, in some neighborhoods, a festering underclass. Unfortunately, you can find that circumstance in a lot of European places (and the world for that matter). Much of what is taking place across the globe has to do with politics of which I hold limited knowledge, but I happen to maintain the view that we’d better fix the violence or this world is going to shrink to a provincial state that will set us back to Chinese checkers and Watkins liniment — which, come to think of it, might not be a bad thing.

Travel apprehension is a new disease which will likely spread to the four corners of the earth. In the meantime, Paris is its old, engaging and inviting self — one of the most exciting cities in the world.

Your frustrations subside in Paris, which is always in a hurry but not so paranoid about reaching destinations.

The question often surfaces in conversation — which is your favorite European city?

You can’t beat Paris, you can’t beat Rome, and you can’t beat London. Each quickly sets in motion welcomed emotional arousal. You are swayed by the stunning history of Rome, the food, the wine and sundown scenes of Paris. Look left and you will survive in London where you know the language and become charmed out of your boots with the accent and

speaks to your soul; busy but never too crowded with an invigorating spirit and classic demeanor. Sirens, sophistication, chords from an accordion in the distance and a cigarette puffing female senior citizen tethered to a foxy dog straining to nip a pedestrian’s heel. The Loran endless sidewalk cafes, never Smith more than two doors away with a salivating wine list which has tradition. never been accused of a bad There are other cities, off the entry. beaten path, that you quickly The everyman of Paris has fall in love with — Brussels, an enlightening experience at a bit; Prague, a lot; a gem of a mealtime — a two-hour lunch city few give priority is Maas- or dinner accented by levtricht, The Netherlands. Its ity and conversational spice. wide promenade and sundown French meals are fulfilling social scenes offer relaxation without being filling. Makes and happiness that is unsuryou castigate the all-you-canpassed. Amsterdam has history, eat-for-the-lowest-price places. night life and water. Venice is Quickly fill your belly and lowwithout any downsides. er your intellectual capacity.

The best of Europe, perhaps, People dining out in would be the small communi- Paris are always in a relaxed ties which are under the radar. mood enveloped by charm Brugge, Belgium; Positano, and sophistication, love and Italy; St. Andrews, Scotland; laughter; there’s peace among Normandy, France and the a backdrop of art, monuments fjords of Norway—the ones and symbols that have made which require encores.

Paris the preferred destinaThis reconnects us with tion of millions. A walk down Paris, which is perhaps my any avenue brings pause for favorite of all cities. It would reflection. The Eiffel Tower be difficult not to vote London lit up after sundown becomes No. 1 because of the language. a visual piece of art. To dine Fish and chips are filling and among those lights, which are tasty. The Brits are seldom the camera focal point of the discourteous. The energy in countless tourists at dusk, gives London is over the top. you the greatest updraft in Paris, which lies romantiemotions. cally along the Seine, is a jewel Thanks to John and Kay of an environment. Always Parker, we’ve been there festive and ameliorating. Paris and done that, witnessed by

Suzanne and Andy Platt, Athenians all—an experience which has you thinking about returning as you take the elevator down to the streets and into the Paris night. The illuminating French dining experience: small, creative potions, Moet from Epernay, Meursault from the Cote de Beaune and a Saint-Emillion from Bordeaux.

Let’s not fret about the world’s shortcomings for an evening.

While I will never look down my nose at the Varsity or the Mayflower on Broad Street in Athens, I am grateful for the other end of the spectrum—a night out at the Jules Verne in the Eiffel Tower, a remarkable and classic monument to 19th century engineering and construction. It is fun to be an unabashed tourist.

A few days in Paris doing nothing. Bring on the hosannas. Walking the streets and feeling French. Pacing your meals as the French traverse in your field of vision — beauty, architecture and pulchritude abound—makes you appreciate the French to the fullest.

Makes one recall that scene during World War II when Hitler wanted Paris burned and a general rebuffed his orders, thankfully. Paris never burned, and I’m hoping the cowardly terrorists fail wherever they set foot.

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

Trump must focus on election, not payback Those of you who regularly read my column know that Donald Trump was not my first choice for the GOP nominee. He was not my second choice either. Rather than belaboring the point, I’m just going to say that while I am not “Never Trump,” I am most assuredly “Never Hillary.”

That’s why I’m going to be voting for Donald Trump in November.

But he doesn’t make it easy. Many political experts are wishing Trump were a constitutional conservative.

Others are wishing Trump were more open to free trade, while another group wishes he would give some clarity as to his final position on taxes and the economy.

Personally, I think granting those wishes would make Trump a more acceptable candidate to members of the GOP base and a portion of the independent electorate. But rather than focus on policy, I just wish the Almighty would see fit to grant Trump a longer

and Ted Cruz.

Kasich sat in his tent on Achilles Avenue during the GOP convention that took place in his own state! He refused to either endorse Trump — in violation of the fealty pledge he was eager to foist on Trump earlier in the Michael campaign — and he refused Reagan to darken the door at the convention. attention span.

Cruz’s offense was makA myriad of ills besetting ing a primetime speech at the his campaign would be cured convention where he refused if Trump could just focus on to endorse Trump. the topic of the day, to say Of the two, Trump has nothing of seeing the big pic- more reason to be unhappy ture as it applies to November. with Kasich and less with Instead, Trump is forever Cruz. Kasich just appears stepping on his own campaign to be a sore loser, and his message as he goes charging petulant refusal to get on the down one rabbit trail after Trump train does nothing to another. These detours into help him in the future. the bush do nothing to help Cruz said he refused to enhim win and many only serve dorse Trump — which should to make it harder to prevail in not have come as a surprise November. to the Trump campaign, if The latest is a revenge plot they didn’t know exactly reported by the Washington what Cruz was going to say Examiner that seeks voter before he said it, they have no vengeance on John Kasich business running for president

— because Trump insulted his wife and accused his father of being part of the JFK assassination plot.

So Trump is now offended.

I say join the club.

But when The Donald is offended he evidently can’t focus on anything else. Now Trump says he’s going to personally fund a Super PAC designed solely to make sure Kasich and Cruz lose their next election. He claims he’s ready to write a check for $20 million to get revenge.

All this does is make Trump look very small and very petty. Who wants to vote for a sore winner?

Worse, it distracts Trump and the media from focusing on his plans to defeat Hillary.

Please, Donald, forget about Cruz and Kasich and concentrate on the campaign against Hillary. Leave the getting even to the interns.

Email Michael Reagan at Reagan@caglecartoons. com. Follow him on Twitter @ reaganworld.

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In this file photo, South Gwinnett student Sadrac Desert speaks to a crowd in May 2015 at the end-of-the-year celebration dinner for the Community-Based Mentoring Program at the Gwinnett County Public Schools district cafeteria in Suwanee. (File Photo)

The GCPS Mentoring Program seeking more than 50 volunteers

By Keith Farner

emphasis on character development and cultivating leadership qualities, while it also introduces students As it begins its eighth to entrepreneurship where year, Gwinnett County they can write and create Public Schools’ mentortheir own business plans. ing program is looking for Last year, the program about 50 more volunteers. took field trips to Clark The program, which Atlanta University, Georfocuses on helping young gia Gwinnett College, black male students, serves held a mentor appreciation more than 500 students in night and a career summit. more than 60 schools. It The fall golf tournament already has about 200 men to benefit the program who volunteer as mentors. annually raises more than This year’s theme for the $10,000. program is “Unleash the Last school year the Greatness.” program had more than The mentoring program 450 students. will continue to place an The most recent statis-

tics from the program said 95 percent of students were promoted to the next grade level, 82 percent passed core academic subjects and 57 percent had fewer than four discipline incidents.

There are more than 150 mentors and 85 percent have a college degree.

They have more than 4,200 volunteer hours.

This fall, the program will give students information about college and careers along with a workshop.

For more information about the CommunityBased Mentoring Program, call 770-682-8086.

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Visit gwinnettdailypost.com fingers wide and stiff as if Washington said invesfor a video of the he was bracing for a hard tigators have been speaknews release fall. ing with the friend and He’s fallen enough since reward. passengers from Jimmy the boy died on July 2.

Crime Stoppers also Rodriguez’s car. But a firm Not only was Jimmy upped its typical $2,000 description hasn’t come killed, he was reportedly reward amount to $3,000 out of the robbers, who killed while trying to help for information leading to fled the scene. a friend who was being an arrest and indictment in For the sake of closure, robbed by two men off the case, Cpl. Deon Wash- the family longs for arrests Graves Road. Not only ington of Gwinnett police in the case. For the sake of was he his father’s son, said. Crime Stoppers takes safety, they want the killer he was his son Jimmy anonymous tips. off the streets.

Rodriguez, a Norcross na“Detectives have been “Today it’s Jimmy,” tive born to a family from following several leads Gregory said, “tomorrow Columbia, a handsome in the investigation, but it’s another young guy.” young man who loved the unfortunately none of And maybe another familitary and dreamed of those leads have led (to the ther who can hardly speak. serving in the Marines, identity of the suspects),” Jimmy Rodriguez’s then becoming a doctor.

Washington told reporters. father waited a few minA young man who not Police believe the two utes and tried once more only died while sticking men, described only as Thursday. up for a friend but a young Hispanic and in their early “Tambien…,” he said. man who would help 20s, were arguing with He stopped again. strangers. Once he gave Jimmy Rodriguez’s friend “I don’t think he can do his jacket to a homeless around 12:30 a.m. near it,” Gregory said. man in Columbia. He gave the intersection of Graves Anyone with informahis shoes to a barefoot Road and East National tion can contact 770-513homeless man on Pleasant Circle outside Norcross.

5300. To remain anonyHill Road, said Jaime’s They demanded the mous, tipsters can contact cousin, Al Gregory, who friend’s cellphone, accord- Crime Stoppers at 404spoke on the father’s ing to a report.

577-TIPS (8477) or visit behalf when the father The 18-year-old was www.crimestoppersatlanta. couldn’t. passing by and turned org. Crime Stoppers offers “The family (is) comaround to help. a reward of up to $2,000 pletely destroyed,” GregoOne of the men pulled a for information leading to ry said. gun and started shooting at an arrest and indictment in To aid the investigation, the approaching car, strik- the case.

Gregory said his cousin ing the teen in the chest, Staff Writer Erika Wells wants to pledge a $5,000 causing him to accelerate contributed reporting.

•From Page 1A academies, graduation requirements and athletics eligibility.

“We’re very good at tracking graduation requirements, this will give us one more tool to help us do some of that automatically, and give us a second check of what our counselors and local school clerks do,” said Flynt, who added that it’s expected to lower the amount of time to track athletics eligibility.

Based on state law, the district stores historical data for usually no more than seven years, but each type of record has a different retention schedule, said Jorge Gomez, the district’s executive director of administration and policy.

Flynt said the district occasionally provides information to former students who are in their 30s and 40s.

Chief Information Officer Frank Elmore told the Gwinnett School Board

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last week that the district has entered the realm of storing and maintaining a petabyte of data, which is one million gigabytes. He said it wasn’t too many years ago that a terabyte, which is 1,000 gigabytes, was consider a lot.

“It’s a difficult concept to kind of wrap your head around,” Elmore said. “So we are constantly having to massage our data storage capabilities. Mr. (J. Alvin) Wilbanks and I have been in conversations with where we go with our next level of data storage.”

Transcripts and diplomas are just some of the pieces of data the district must keep for a wide constituency who may request it years after they’ve left, which makes the school district situation unique.

“We have some data that we will have to maintain essentially forever to be able to support those students in their data requirements,” Elmore said. “But a commercial company

of our size and scope and scale would not have that burden to have to maintain some of that data essentially forever that we have to maintain.”

Flynt said the new system has job-coded access, and use of any other data will require special attention for access. One change from the previous system, SASI, was Synergy will reside at the district and not individual schools, and be updated in real time.

“That capability for online registration is going to be very helpful not only for our parents, but also for the people who input this information at the local school,” Flynt said.

Since the elementary system went live on July 5, there have been nearly 5,000 online registration requests by parents. Also available through the system are videos, open house sessions, quick reference guides and teacher resources.

City of Lawrenceville continues its Summer Concert Series with R&B

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The city of Lawrenceville continues its Summer Concert Series with R&B Inc., a soulful, rhythm and blues band, performing Friday night.

The nine-piece band will provide easy-listening music on the Lawrenceville Lawn at South Clayton Street and Luckie Street beginning at 8 p.m.

“Led by vocalist Jeff Lockett, the band has been entertaining audiences for over five decades and takes pride in delivering feelgood music to the community,” Marci Gross, a city spokeswoman said, in a news release.

Gross said concertgoers can arrive early and bring blankets or chairs and pack a picnic dinner.

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Daniel Casperson Daniel Casperson age 56, passed away Saturday, July 23, 2016. The Memorial Service to Honor and Celebrate the Life of Daniel Casperson will be held on Saturday, July 30, 2016 at 11:00 AM, Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church, Lilburn, GA. The family will receive friends on Saturday from 10:00 AM until the time of service at the church. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.wagesfuneralhome. com. Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, LLC, “A Family Company, Snellville Chapel 770-979-3200 has been entrusted with the arrangements.

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•From Page 1A which accounts for the majority of the organization’s funding.

The Mockabees were commissioned by The Salvation Army three years ago.

During training, Jeremy Mockabee earned his bachelor’s degree and Kristina Mockabee, an associate degree, in practical ministries. Kristina Mockabee is pursuing a bachelor’s degree from Trevecca University in Nashville, Tenn.

Both of their families have been involved with The Army for the past five generations but she and her husband did not expect to become officers.

“But we had to follow God’s calling,” Kristina Mockabee said.

The Mockabee family may be stationed in one place a few years before they are sent somewhere else.

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they are used to frequently moving because of Jeremy Mockabee’s parents’ service, and Kristina Mockabee’s parents were in the U.S. Air Force.

The parents of three said they carefully explain their purpose for traveling and serving in the ministry.

They encourage their daughters, Morgan Skye, 8, and Aubrey Winter, 6, to get involved, she said, but the girls also participate in

activities outside the ministry. Morgan enjoys horseback riding, and Aubrey loves ice skating.

The couple also have an 8-month-old son, Maverick Dane.

The Lawrenceville Corps offers resources for families in need as well as special programs such as children’s music classes.

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The remains have been cremated and there are no services planned at this time.

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Geraldine Hollis Rogers, age 81, of Suwanee, GA passed away on Saturday, July 23, 2016. She is survived by her husband of sixty-one years, Joe B. Rogers, Suwanee, GA; children, Lee H. and Jackie Rogers, Richmond Hill, GA, Beth and Ricky Stewart, Suwanee, GA and Michele and Rocky Wonsey, Hoschton, GA; six grandchildren; four great grandchildren; sister and brother-in-law, Alice and Cecil Harrison, Fayetteville, GA; brothers and sister-in-law, Bobby Hollis, Dallas, GA WINDER and Lance and Margaret Scott Thornton Hollis, Smyrna, GA; and several nieces, nephews Scott Thornton, age 50, and cousins. Mrs. Rogers of Winder, Georgia died was born May 9, 1935.

July 27, 2016.

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Beer and wine will be on sale at the concert from McCray’s Tavern.

No outside alcohol will be allowed.

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Georgia hospital industry fires back at feds’ quality ratings

BY ANDY MILLER Georgia Health News

A federal health care agency Wednesday released its first overall star ratings for the quality of hospitals, and just two Georgia facilities earned the top five-star designation: Gordon Hospital in Calhoun and Northside Medical Center in Columbus.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services rated 3,617 hospitals on a scale of one to five stars. Almost half received three stars, the average score, reported Kaiser Health News, while only 102 earned five stars.

In Georgia, five hospitals received the lowest score of one star: Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, the Peachtree Corners residents and Gwinnett County Police officers sat at tables and Medical College of Georgia discussed an assortment of topics at last year’s Coffee With a Cop event at the Corner Hospitals and Clinics in Augusta, Phoebe Putney MeBakery Cafe. (File Photo) morial Hospital in Albany, Piedmont Henry Hospital in Stockbridge and WellStar Atlanta Medical Center.

The hospital industry nationally has fought against the release of the ratings,

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The American Hospital Association said on Wednesday said the ratings “are not HEALTH BRIEFS ready for prime time.”

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For information, visit are thankful to Kroger for a one-size-fits-all approach, Their goal is to raise $46 www.pmc.org. helping spread this meswhich unfairly penalizes million for adult and pediatsage.” teaching hospitals and those ric care and cancer research Kroger, Diabetes The goal is to raise hospitals that serve a disproat the Dana-Farber Cancer $150,000, according to the portionate share of uninsured Institute in Boston. The Pan- Association team release. patients,’’ Rogers said.

Mass Challenge is the largest up for fundraiser “Diabetes is an increasCMS said it used 64 qualsingle athletic fundraising ingly prevalent issue in our ity of care measures already Kroger’s Atlanta Division community,” says Glynn event in the country, accordreported on its Hospital and the American Diabetes ing to the release.

Jenkins, public relations Compare website and sumRiders from more than 40 Association will collaborate director for Kroger’s Atlanta marized them into a single states and seven countries to raise awareness, prevent Division. “With 3.6 milrating. will choose from 12 routes and cure diabetes, through a lion Georgians living with That rating includes qualwith various lengths through regional fundraiser, accorddiabetes and pre-diabetes, ity measures for routine care, 46 towns, Ana Senior, a ing to a news release.

Kroger is committed to such as care while being spokeswoman for the event, Shoppers at Kroger stores raising awareness and funds treated for heart attacks and said in the release. in Georgia, South Carolina to help prevent and cure this pneumonia, to quality mea“During (the Pan-Mass and eastern Alabama are disease.” sures that focus on hospitalChallenge) weekend, encouraged to buy $1 Stop For information, visit acquired infections, such as individual cyclists unite Diabetes icons at checkout www.diabetes.org. and catheter-associated urinary to become one extended and pharmacies from July 31 www.kroger.com. tract infections.

Gwinnett Police will to hold its Coffee With a Cop event Aug. 19

CMS used data from both Medicare patients and those covered by private insurance.

Medicare also publishes star ratings for nursing homes, physicians, and home health agencies, but none of those has generated as much dissent as the hospital measures.

“The new CMS star ratings program is confusing for patients and families trying to choose the best hospital to meet their health care needs,’’ Rick Pollack, CEO of the American Hospital Association, said in a statement. “Health care consumers making critical decisions about their care cannot be expected to rely on a rating system that raises far more questions than answers. And it adds yet another to a long list of conflicting rating and ranking systems.

“In addition, we are especially troubled that the current ratings scheme unfairly penalizes teaching hospitals and those serving higher numbers of the poor.”

Rogers of the Georgia Hospital Association said that “when selecting a health care provider, we encourage patients to use all available tools at their disposal, such as talking with family and friends and consulting with doctors, nurses and other practitioners.

The four-star rated hospitals in Georgia include several urban/suburban hospitals, but also a few in rural parts of the state. The former category includes Coliseum Northside in Macon; Emory University Hospital in Atlanta; Gwinnett Medical Center in Lawrenceville; Redmond Regional in Rome; and St. Mary’s Hospital in Athens.

The rural four-stars include Elbert Memorial in Elberton, Evans Memorial in Claxton and Chatuge Regional in Hiawassee.

Chris Kane, a consultant with DHG Healthcare, said that “it was surprising that less than 3 percent of hospitals (nationally) received five stars.”

“Not surprisingly the industry resents a process that converts a complex patient care process into a 5-star rating system,’’ Kane said. “Health care leadership bristles at the thought of a Zagats-like evaluation approach. Human nature is to question the methodology or the data when one has concerns about your institution’s score.”

He said safety-net hospi-

tals and academic medical centers may have some merit in their arguments that they are treated unfairly in the ratings. Still, Kane added that the Hospital Compare process “may be imperfect but it is an appropriate initiative to combine the key variables: quality, cost and customer service.’’

Kaiser Health News reported that Medicare awarded five stars to relatively obscure hospitals and a notable number of hospitals that specialized in just a few types of surgery, such as knee replacements.

There were more five-star hospitals in Lincoln, Neb., and La Jolla, Calif., than in New York City or Boston.

Memorial Hermann Hospital System in Houston and Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., were two of the only nationally known hospitals getting five stars, reported Jordan Rau of KHN. CMS said the star rating will be updated quarterly, and will incorporate new measures as they are publicly reported on the website.

Grady said Wednesday that it agreed with industry statements about a bias against safety-net and teaching hospitals.

“Grady is committed to providing safe, high-quality health care for all people, including the most vulnerable,’’ Dr. Robert Jansen, chief medical officer and chief quality officer for Grady Health System, said in a statement.

The CMS star rating, he said, “does not reflect the great strides Grady has made to give our patients the best care possible and the rating introduces confusion for patients rather than clarity.”

“The ratings do not account for the many socioeconomic factors that pose obstacles to sustained patient health,” Jansen said. “This is particularly true for the nation’s teaching hospitals, like Grady, that care for sicker patients in a diverse and complex environment. CMS even acknowledges this bias in its own materials.”

Grady is working with other organizations to address concerns with what safety-net providers see as the fundamental unfairness of these ratings, Jansen said.

“Meanwhile, we remain dedicated to our mission of fulfilling the region’s unmet medical needs and improving the quality of care Grady offers.”

Too much light at night, too little in the morning tied to increased obesity risk

BY KATHRYN DOYLE

daytime high and nighttime low light intensity,” said lead author Dr. Kenji Older people exposed to Obayashi of Nara Medihigh lighting in the evecal University School of ning and low light in the Medicine. morning are more likely This is the first evidence to gain weight, and the in humans that disturbopposite light exposures ing circadian rhythms (the may encourage weight loss, internal body clock) with Japanese researchers say. a different pattern of light Over two years, lightexposure relates to obesity ing exposure was tied to risk, Obayashi told Reuters abdominal weight gain Health by email. regardless of other factors “In addition, our results like calorie intake, exercise added more details on the and what time people went previous knowledge of the to sleep or woke up, the association between shift study found. work and the obesity risk,” “Our results are reahe said. sonable because human The researchers objecbeings have evolved under tively measured ambient the lighting condition of light exposure with wrist

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light meters over a twoday period for 1,110 study participants with an average age of 72. They also measured waist circumference, height and body weight and administered questionnaires on smoking, drinking and socioeconomic status.

These measurements were repeated an average of 21 months later.

At the beginning of the study, 138 people had abdominal obesity, which the researchers defined as a waist-to-height ratio of 0.6 or higher. The other 972 people did not have abdominal obesity.

The study team measured light exposure in lux, a unit based on human perception

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Based on light exposure measurements throughout the day and night and compared to participants without abdominal obesity, researchers found that those with big waists at the beginning of the study period tended to be exposed to lower light intensity from rising time to early evening and higher light intensity after that.

At follow-up, people who were exposed to light levels of 3 lux or more in the late evening and during the night were much more

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Conversely, people who spent a longer time exposed to 500 lux or more in the morning were more likely to have reduced their waist size at follow-up.

An increase in body mass index, a measure of weight relative to height, over time was also associated with evening or nighttime exposure to higher light intensity, according to the results in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.

“Artificial light exposure during the solar night is associated with an increased risk of obesity,” said Dr. Charles Czeisler, chief of the division of sleep and circadian disorders at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, who was not part of the study.

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ing the first and last hour of sleep has been tied to weight gain, while more light during the solar day has been tied to weight loss, he told Reuters Health.

The new study only collected light data on two days, which may not have been representative for all people, and it is possible that people who have lights on at night have them on because they are eating, but the results are still exciting, he said.

Inappropriate light exposure may alter human melatonin secretion pattern, a hormone associated with energy expenditure, Obayashi said.

“From the viewpoint of circadian misalignment, light sources with short wave length (blue light) have more effect on human biological rhythms,” he said. “So using these light sources (blue light) in evening/nighttime would promote obesity more.”

Younger people are more sensitive to ambient light than the elderly, he noted, so it may have even more of an effect for them.

Trying to get more sunlight in daytime and less artificial light from TVs, smartphones and bedroom lights at night may be best for obesity prevention, he said.

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At the same time, accessory items such as jewelry, handbags and watches are not exempt from taxes.

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The Mall of Georgia will be open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday, and from noon to 7 p.m. on Sunday. Its Back-to-School fashion event will last from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday in the Von Maur Court near Sephora. It will include a fashion show, a DJ, prize giveaways and a photo booth.

Sugarloaf Mills, which will be open its regular hours on both days, will hold its Back-toSchool Bash from 1 to 4 p.m. on Saturday in the food court with six fall fashion segments hosted by local lifestyle bloggers, a braid bar, a candy station, a lip lounge and a DJ. Meanwhile, Gwinnett Place Mall in Duluth is planning to host “Gwinnett Place Mall Academy” from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday with programs on learning to play chess, advice on buying a car, make-up applications, exercise, hip hop dancing, children and finances.

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Yes, it’s that time for Georgia’s annual back to school tax-free holiday weekend.

Gov. Nathan Nathan Deal Deal reminded residents on Thursday that they can shop for select items on Saturday and Sunday without having to pay taxes on the items. The tax exemption applies to clothing, shoes, computer equipment and school supplies.

“The back-to-school tax-free holiday allows Georgia’s families and students to save money on crucial school items, clothing and technology during a time of year when household expenses add up quickly,” said Deal.

“I commend the General Assembly for working with me to reduce taxpayer burdens in order to make our state a better place to work and raise a family, and it is my hope that parents and students will use this weekend to prepare for a successful school year.”

Deal’s Office of Planning and Budget expects Georgia shoppers will save as much as $74.5 million during this year’s holiday, which will last from midnight this evening until midnight on Sunday evening.

Some local shopping destinations are planning to tax advantage of the likely bump in shoppers.

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Falcons improve during Day 1 of camp

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Gwinnett Braves’ Rio Ruiz hits against Indianapolis during Thursday’s game at Coolray Field in Lawrenceville. (Photo: Enka Lawson)

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LAWRENCEVILLE — The Gwinnett Braves can’t say they didn’t have their chances in Thursday’s game against Indianapolis.

However, they couldn’t cash in any of them against Frank Duncan and the Indians bullpen, as their seven-game winning streak came to an end with a 4-0 loss before 1,944 fans at Coolray Field.

Rob Whalen (0-1) pitched a solid six innings, giving up just four hits and one run and striking out

eight.

But the G-Braves (4857) left 10 baserunners stranded and went just 1-for-10 with runners in scoring position, and saw their lead in the International League’s South Division trimmed to just a half-game over idle Durham.

“We had some chances, and we couldn’t come through offensively,” GBraves manager John Moses said. “Whalen pitched a good game. He made one mistake and gave up one run, but I thought he pitched outstanding.”

Whalen and Duncan

(7-5) battled each other throughout the first five innings, with the Gwinnett right-hander cruising through the first five, only facing trouble in the fifth, when he struck out Gift Ngoepe and Duncan to leave two runners stranded in scoring position.

But the G-Braves weren’t able to break through against Duncan despite putting baserunners on in each of the first five frames, including stranding two each in the fourth and fifth.

Finally, Indianapolis (54-52) was able to break through in the top of the

sixth after Pedro Florimon led off by grounding a single off the glove of a diving Sean Kazmar Jr. up the middle.

One out later, Jose Osuna split the gap with a drive to left-center, allowing Florimon to easily speed around to score and put the Indians up 1-0.

It looked like the GBraves might answer in the bottom of the seventh after Daniel Castro and pinch-hitter Omar Infante hit back-to-back singles to put the tying and go-ahead runs on with nobody out.

But Emilio Bonifacio, one of the team’s best

bunters, wasn’t able to get a sacrifice down and struck out after fouling off a two-strike attempt, and Dovydas Neverauskas retired Reid Brignac and Mel Rojas Jr. to keep Gwinnett off the scoreboard.

Indianapolis was then able to come up with key add-on runs in both the eighth and ninth innings.

Josh Bell’s two-out, RBI single off Bradley Rony in the eighth pushed the Indians’ advantage to 2-0, while Willy Garcia and Gift Ngoepe blasted See G-BRAVES, Page 4B

Getting to Know ... Mel Rojas Jr. It’s safe to say professional baseball is a family tradition for Mel Rojas Jr. His father Mel Rojas Sr. pitched for parts of 10 seasons for five different major league teams, while his granduncles Felipe, Matty and Jesus Alou and cousin Moises Alou also enjoyed notable major league careers. The 26-year-old outfielder is now trying to follow in his footsteps with the Gwinnett Braves after being traded to the Atlanta organization by Pittsburgh in May. And he’s taken major steps in that direction, hitting .321 with seven home runs and 22 RBIs in 31 games since being promoted from Double-A Mississippi last month. Staff writer David Friedlander

something you’ve wanted to pursue since you were a little kid, no?

MR: Oh, yeah, definitely. When I was younger, I liked to play basketball, too. It got to (a) point where my mom asked me, ‘What do you want to do — play basketball or baseball? You’ve got to decide.’ So, I obviously decided to play baseball because it was a family tradition, and that’s really what I wanted to do.

just really liked playing basketball.

FLOWERY BRANCH — Atlanta Falcons head coach Dan Quinn kicked off the first day of training camp the way he always does: With tons of energy.

The Falcons, after a long and grueling offseason, are now just 45 days away from the regular season.

Quinn and his coaching staff mixed in a little bit of everything, including 11-on-11 drills for running and passMORE ing plays, INSIDE as well as Falcons new individual receiver Sanu position impressive drills. in first day at Havcamp, 4B ing a fast, physical defense is something Quinn has preached since Day 1 of his arrival and he got a good look at what his team is capable of as practice went along.

“Defensively, I felt the speed came more as the practice went along,” Quinn said. “Let’s make sure we start off that way heading into tomorrow, but it’s good work for the first day. Guys were on point in terms of the details and that’s what I was really looking for.”

On the offensive side of the ball, things started off a little bit on the slow side, but Quinn felt that they was clicking on all cylinders by the end of the session.

Running back Devonta Freeman dazzled the crowd with a 40-yard touchdown reception from Matt Ryan and the running plays that were dialed up were running smooth as well.

“The first half of practice we were kind of feeling it out a little bit and as it got into the second half the speed really picked up,”

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DF: Obviously you followed your dad’s career a lot, but how much did follow the Alou branch of the family? Though now that I think about it, the older generation probably played before your time, didn’t they?

MR: Yeah, I didn’t get a chance to follow (granduncles Felipe, Matty and Jesus) because that was a The hot hitting of Mel Rojas Jr. (right) has sparked the long time ago (when they Gwinnett Braves’ winning ways in late July. (Photo: Karl DF: Looking at your played). But I did follow L. Moore/Gwinnett Braves) bio, I guess basketball Moises. He played at the makes sense, since it same time my dad played. spoke with the younger other topics. shows you were actually DF: That’s right, they Rojas earlier this week born in Indianapolis. Did played as teammates for about the family influences DF: Given your you spend any time in several years in Montreal in his pursuit of a baseball lengthy family history, Indiana while you were with the Expos. career, his hot streak since I have to think a pro growing up? coming to Gwinnett and baseball career was MR: No, I didn’t. I See ROJAS, Page 4B

The Atlanta Falcons, with head coach Dan Quinn, opened training camp Thursday in Flowery Branch. (Photo: Dale Zanine-USA Today Sports)

Archer grad added to Ghana’s Olympic track team

By Will Hammock

She achieved her Olympic

arms and I got the chance to tion of African Athletes Senior build relationAfrican Championships, earning ships with all of one of five relay spots for Ghana, them. There is though only four can compete in so much love on the race. She is one of three U.S. the team and I college runners on the relay and feel honored to Akua Obeng-Akrofi be a part of it.” one of 11 track and field Olympians on Ghana’s team.

Obeng-Akrofi “This is my first year running was an NCAA East Regional with the Ghana team, so going qualifier in the 400-meter run in I didn’t know a majority of as a sophomore, notching the the team,” Obeng-Akrofi said. second-fastest time in Colum“They welcomed me with open bia history in the event at 53.14

will.hammock@gwinnettdailypost.com qualifying time at the Confedera-

Gwinnett’s Olympic contingent has grown again with the addition of Archer grad Akua Obeng-Akrofi to Ghana’s track and field team.

Obeng-Akrofi, a rising junior at Columbia, was added to the 400-meter relay for the upcoming Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Obeng-Akrofi, the Daily Post’s runner of the year in 2014, and her parents were born in Ghana.

seconds. She also is a part of school-record 400 and 800 relays at the Ivy League school, where she majors in psychology.

“Track is a sport that is mostly mental and I think that being surrounded by and competing against the top professional athletes will definitely give me the experience I need to strengthen my mental approach,” ObengAkrofi said. “When I run in meets for Columbia, I can think, ‘I’ve done this before on an even larger scale’ and just run

my race.”

Obeng-Akrofi joins another Gwinnett product, Grayson’s Aliyah Abrams, as an international competitor at the Olympics.

Abrams, who runs for South Carolina, will run for Guyana in Rio. North Gwinnett grad Kibwe Johnson is on the U.S. team in the hammer throw.

Gwinnett also has Collins Hill’s Maya Moore (basketball) and Brookwood’s Amanda Weir (swimming) on U.S. Olympic rosters.

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Saying goodbye to Swamp Fox CHESTER, S.C. — Friends and family and a handful of former Atlanta Falcon players showed up here earlier this week in searing heat reminiscent of two-a-day preseason practices to say goodbye to the Swamp Fox. It was a modest service in a modest setting for the most modest of men, one who grew up on a mill hill, but enjoyed the ultimate experience of winning a professional championship in one of America’s oldest cities and then stuck around the NFL to become one of the league’s most respected football coaches.

Marion Campbell was tough, tough-minded and resolute when it came to playing football, but he was the most sentimental character there ever was when it came to family. He came along in the era when it was an eye-for-an-eye and tooth-for-a-tooth. He could dish it out, and he could take it, but was personable, fun-loving and charitable away from football.

First he played the game, a defensive end with All-Pro recognition.

Then he taught football with a reputation that made him one of the leading defensive coaches in the league. He was a guru with a resume and portfolio which ranked him with the best. However, he was not as celebrated as others. His modest bent kept him from posturing for a headline. It was not about him. It was not about his accomplishments. Most of all it was

Loran Smith about his players.

With the Eagles in 195960, the NFL champions featured Campbell and linebacker Chuck Bednarik on defense and quarterback Norm Van Brocklin on offense. However, Marion’s wife, June, to whom he was loyally devoted, only knew about any honors by reading the papers. When his family arm twisted him over the years to write a book, the idea never gained traction.

He had no interest in “telling it like it is.” After all, players with shortcomings had families, too, and it would not be right, from his perspective, to take editorial liberties with their lives and resumes.

I first got to know the Swamp Fox — who like his father was named for Francis Marion, the Revolutionary War general who demoralized the British and remains a hero to many South Carolinians — when he came to Athens for a celebration following the Eagles defeat of the Green Bay Packers, 17-13, for the NFL title in 1960.

He grinned his whole way through the dinner.

He gave credit to his

coach, Wallace Butts for “making a football player out of me.”

And, of course, thanked Dan Magill for giving him one of the greatest nicknames in the history of the NFL. When the Swamp Fox became the defensive coordinator for the Minnesota Vikings in 1962, I made a long journey in a Volkswagen to Bemidji, Minn., to spend time with him and Fran Tarkenton, the green-but-growing Viking quarterback. From that point on, I followed the Swamp Fox’s career closely, calling on him at every stop. He always had time for his old friends and was adept at good-naturedly needling them.

He helped develop the Purple People Eaters at Minnesota (Alan Page, Carl Eller, Jim Marshall and Gary Larsen) and later the Fearsome Foursome with the Los Angeles Rams (Lamar Lundy, Rosey Grier, Deacon Jones and Merlin Olsen).

His hallmark was respect. NFL coaches had admiration for his ability to design cogent defenses.

“He was simply the best,” said Dick Vermeil, one of his closest friends and Eagles head coach.

Players respected him for his fairness and selflessness.

“It was not difficult for me to make the effort to come here for his service,” former Falcon Dewey McLain said. “If he was your friend, you couldn’t

College semifinal schedule to shift from NYE The Sports Xchange Executive director Bill Hancock and the College Football Playoff are giving back New Year’s Eve. After a save-the-date for

2016, when the semifinals will be played on New Year’s Eve for the second consecutive year, Hancock announced the new plan effective after the 2017 regular season is to play those

games only on Saturdays and holidays, including New Year’s Day. When Dec. 31 falls on a Saturday, as it does in 2016, the games will still be played on that date per

the new rule.

Ratings bombed in 2015 on New Year’s Eve and ESPN was able to recoup advertising investment dollars because of the poor performance with fans.

Hancock previously held firm to the idea of making Dec. 31 the permanent date for CFP semifinal games and as recently as April said there was no plan to move the games.

have a better friend.”

When Marion finished high school in the late forties, there were only 11 grades. His high school coach talked him into playing one more year.

“That made me mature,” the Swamp Fox said.

By that time, colleges everywhere had him in their recruiting sights. At Georgia when he first met assistant coach J. B. Whitworth, the Bulldog coach put the starting lineup for the next season on a chalk board and listed Campbell at right tackle. That was a clinching maneuver.

“Every other coach at every other school told me how pretty their campus and the coeds were, but Whitworth told me I would be starting,” Campbell said.

That would give the Bulldogs the advantage needed to being to campus an exceptional lineman whose after-campus success would bring great acclaim to the University of Georgia.

If a good name is better to be chosen than great riches, few leave this earth with a better reputation than the Swamp Fox who moved from a mill hill in Chester to NFL excellence and was laid to rest where he grew up. His football credentials were extraordinary. As a person he was altruistic, caring and giving. That’s why so many men loved and respected the Swamp Fox. The cagey general for whom he was named would be proud.

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Hendrick: It’s tough to stay on top

By Don Coble

Staff Correspondent

As a dominant car owner for much of the past two decades, Rick Hendrick knows it’s just as difficult to stay on top than to get there.

He also knows it’s a lesson Joe Gibbs will learn.

The success of Gibbs’ fourcar teams has come at the expense of the rest of the Sprint Cup Series — particularly Hendrick Motorsports. In the past five races, Gibbs cars have combined for 12 topnine finishes, while Hendrick, who also fields four cars, has had just two top-nines.

“It seems like when it rains, it pours,” Hendrick said. “I’ve been doing this long enough that you can’t stay on top forever,” Hendrick said. “You have to work hard to get back.

And I think we’ve made a lot of improvements.”

Jimmie Johnson’s thirdplace finish last Sunday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was the first top-nine finish in a month for Hendrick. At the same time, Gibbs has two wins, including Kyle Busch at Indianapolis, and four secondplace finishes.

“For me, we’ve got a great race team,” Matt Kenseth said.

“We’ve got great race cars and great people. I’ve got great teammates. I’ve got great teammates that drive those things every week and there’s great crew chiefs over there, and they’ve been able to get those things where they need to be each and every week, which obviously makes our job a lot easier.”

Gibbs drivers Kenseth, Busch, Denny Hamlin and Carl Edwards combined to lead 176 of 301 laps July 17 at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Those four then combined to lead 149 of 170

Globetrotting horses take flight for Rio

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Jimmie Johnson (48) leads Martin Truex Jr. (78) during the New Hampshire 301 on July 17 in Loudon, N.H. (Photo: Jerome Miron-USA Today Sports)

laps at Indianapolis.

“Once you get those guys up front, they’re hard to get out of there,” Kenseth said.

“They’re going to be out there leading races and you’re going to have to be just right to beat them.”

The Hendrick cars haven’t led a lap since June 12 at the Michigan International Speedway — a dry spell of 1,017 laps.

“We all want to dominate,” Jimmie Johnson said. “And we’re working real hard on all fronts — from our engine shop, chassis shop, aero, teams, pit stops, and all of it.

But we’re all highly inspired to get back on top of the mountain, as is where we feel we should be at Hendrick Motorsports.”

Johnson has six of Hendrick’s 11 championships.

Jeff Gordon, who drove to four championships before retiring last year, believes the

organization created the blueprint — and motivation — for everyone else’s success.

“If I may just add that to me, when Hendrick Motorsports is dominating this series, that highly motivates your competition; and they go to work,” Gordon said. “And sometimes you get torn down while you’re getting your butt kicked. But, you start to find a way to get yourself better than you were before and hopefully get yourself in position.

The resources and the type of people that Hendrick Motorsports has is sort of what’s happening to us right now.”

Gordon said Gibbs’ domination, which includes nine wins in 20 races, now serves as incentive for the rest of the sport.

“We’re being highly motivated by other organizations and teams that are out there and are getting great results,” he said. “But, we’re too good

of an organization not to find a way to only make ourselves better and stronger and our cars faster to get back to that place.”

“We’re determined to work in every area from the engine to the chassis and aero and everything,” Hendrick said.

“And the teams are excited.

It’s kind of our ‘refuse to lose’ belief.”

Success for any team starts at the top and trickles throughout the organization.

“You know, at this level of motorsports and the competition level across the field, you can’t hit on one thing and beat people,” Busch’s crew chief, Adam Stevens, said. “You have to hit on everything.

There’s 550 employees at JGR to make sure we are working on everything that makes a race car go fast.”

But as Rick Hendrick knows, enjoy the ride while it lasts.

Fan interest waning at Brickyard

By Don Coble

Staff Correspondent

There were crowds of 200,000 fans when NASCAR first started coming to the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway 23 years ago.

Last Sunday’s race didn’t even break the 50,000 barrier.

Lackluster action – race winner Kyle Busch led 149 of 170 laps – has removed a lot of the shine for the sport’s fans. While race teams still have reverence for the iconic facility, fans clearly have lost interest.

Apparently, so has television.

One of the biggest races of the season was shuffled down the dial to NBCSN, one of the smaller sports networks available only on cable. (NBCSN is available in approximately 60 million homes, while ESPN is available in 94.4 million).

With 5.21 million viewers, NBCSN reported last Sunday’s race was the most-watched nonOlympics sporting event in its history. Compared to network races on FOX and NBC, however, Indianapolis would have been the 10th most-watched race this year.

NBC decided the celebrity golf tournament, the American Century Championship, was more important than one of the top-four races on the NASCAR schedule.

The empty grandstands at Indianapolis were hard to ignore. Some drivers, however, preferred not to talk about the elephant in the room.

Matt Kenseth and Jimmie Johnson, who finished second and third, respectively, were asked about one of the smallest crowds of the season. Neither talked specifically of the obvious downturn.

“I don’t think my mic is working,” Johnson said.

“You’re the six‑time champion,” Kenseth said. “You’ve got to answer that one.”

He didn’t.

Kenseth suggested a heat wave may have kept fans from attending.

“I mean it was hard to tell. It was like 120 degrees out there today,” Kenseth said. “I heard that there was a state of emergency they declared before the race that told everybody to stay indoors. I’m sure that doesn’t

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Kyle Busch (18) drives into turn one during Sunday’s Combat Wounded Coalition 400 at the Brickyard at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. (Photo: Brian Spurlock-USA Today Sports)

help, either. It was pretty brutally hot today, but I don’t know, I’m the wrong guy to ask. I’m not a promoter or track owner or any of that stuff.”

Logano ‘slide jobs’ a $4,004 donation Joey Logano didn’t drive in the Aspen Dental Dirt Derby last Wednesday at the Eldora Speedway, but he found a way to turn the race into a fund-raising event for the Tony Stewart Foundation.

The only dirt-track race for the Camping World Truck Series features a unique way of passing. Trucks swing low in the corners, then slide up the track in front of another truck. The maneuver is called a “slide job.”

Logano offered to donate $22 — the same number as his Sprint Cup Series car — every time FS1 announcers said “slide job” during the telecast.

The term was said 182 times, which led to a $4,004 donation.

race car.

“So to me that’s a second and three quarters difference that means absolutely nothing, so I do not do sim,” he said.

Taking advantage of Junior’s absence As Dale Earnhardt Jr. continues to miss races while recovering from his third concussion, a handful of drivers now find themselves in position to move up in the standings — and into contention to qualify for the Chase for the Championship.

Race winners and the highestranking drivers in the standings will make up the 16-driver playoff field. Earnhardt was ranked among the top 16 before he missed the last two races during his recovery, and he’s now dropped to 17th.

He will miss Sunday’s Pennsylvania 400 at the Pocono Raceway — and perhaps even more races — which means he will fall even deeper in the rankings.

Kyle Busch: Simulators Chase Elliott, Austin Dillon, don’t compare Ryan Newman, Jamie McMurMany drivers have high-tech ray, Kyle Larson and Kasey simulators to get used to difKahne currently are in the top ferent race tracks. Kyle Busch, 16 without a victory. All now however, is more apt to pile are in position to take advantage dirty clothes on one than use it of Earnhardt’s absence. as a teaching tool.

“From a Chase standpoint, “I don’t think the simulator to answer your question, yeah, does anything,” he said. “Over it’s probably one of the toughest the last five years I’ve probably things to do to be in the posispent six hours on that thing. It tion that both he and I are in,” doesn’t do much for me.”

Newman said. “If I was in the Busch said he was a second position it would be very tough slower to Joey Logano on a for me I would think, but I don’t simulator before the road-course have the past that he has to race at Sonoma, Calif. But when know the right move. they got to the track, Busch was “That doesn’t change my nearly a second quicker in the perspective or my goal.”

THIS WEEK SPRINT CUP SERIES What: Pennsylvania 400 (21st of 36 races) Where: Pocono Raceway at Long Pond, Pa. When: Sunday, 1:30 p.m.

Track: 2.5-mile triangle Broadcast: Television — NBCSN, 1 p.m.; Radio — Motor Racing Network, Sirius Satellite Radio channel 90, 12:30 p.m.

Race format: 160 laps Last year’s winner: Matt Kenseth Track schedule: Today — practice, 11 a.m.; pole qualifying, 4:15 p.m.; Saturday — practices, 11 a.m.

Up next: The Cheez-It 355 is Aug. 7 and Watkins Glen International.

XFINITY SERIES What: U.S. Cellular 250 250 (19th of 36 races) Where: Iowa Speedway When: Saturday, 8 p.m.

Broadcast: Television — NBCSN, 7:30 p.m.; Radio — Motor Racing Network, Sirius Satellite Radio channel 90, 7:30 p.m.

Race format: 250 laps Last year’s winner: Ryan Blaney Track schedule: Today — practices, 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.; Saturday — pole qualifying, 4:15 p.m.

Up next: The Zippo 200 at the Glen is Aug. 6 at Watkins Glen International.

CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES What: Pocono Mountains 150 (11th of 23 races) Where: Pocono Raceway When: Saturday, 1 p.m.

Broadcast: Television — FS1, 12:30 p.m.; Radio — Motor Racing Network, Sirius Satellite Radio channel 90, 12:30 p.m.

Race format: 60 laps Last year’s winner: Kyle Busch Track schedule: Today — practices, 12:30 p.m. and 3 p.m.; Saturday — pole qualifying, 9:05 a.m.

Up next: The UNOH 200 is Aug. 17 at the Bristol Motor Speedway.

LONDON — Pegasus, the winged white stallion of Ancient Greek mythology, may have been the equine world’s first frequent flyer but today’s Olympic horses are the real globetrotters racking up the air miles.

The biggest and heaviest competitors in the Games are heading for Rio on charter flights from Europe and North America that can take 40 horses at a time. Most have done such journeys many times before.

“These horses are so used to it,” New Zealand’s British-based double individual eventing gold medallist Mark Todd, preparing for his seventh Olympics at the age of 60, told Reuters. “They do it so often.

“Apart from the takeoff and landing, when they are in the air they get a smoother ride than driving down the road where there’s all the twists and turns and accelerating and slowing down.

“For them it’s probably an easier trip.”

Vets and grooms travel with them, keeping feed and water levels topped up, and each horse has a “baggage allowance” of 300 kilos of kit.

The first eventing charter leaves London’s Stansted airport on Friday for an 11 hour and 40 minute flight to the first Olympics in South America. Others depart over the weekend from Liege in Belgium and Miami.

Dressage and showjumping horses have separate flights. “(On the flight) they are in a box that contains them so it’s not like they can move around,” New Zealand equestrian’s high performance director Sarah Dalziell-Clout told Reuters. “They are stationary and there’s a bar in front and a bar behind.”

Shipping agents Peden Bloodstock have flown horses to the Olympics since Montreal in 1976. For the 2008 Beijing Games, that meant flying 287 horses into Hong Kong on 57 aircraft from around the world.

On arrival in Brazil the horses, who sleep standing up, will travel under police escort along a “bio-contained” route to the Olympic venue at Diadoro.

High octane 7s brings rugby back to Games

By Nick Mulvenney Reuters

SYDNEY — The United States has famously been Olympic rugby champions since winning gold in the 15-man game in 1924, but one of a string of southern hemisphere sides looks set to strike that anomaly from the record books when Sevens makes its debut in Rio. While Sevens might have the look of a high octane, souped-up version of the 15-man game purpose-built for the era of the attention deficient, its origins go back to 1883 and it has a history and culture all of its own.

At the heart of that history is the pace, power and skill of the Fijians, 16-time winners of the iconic Hong Kong Sevens and World Series champions for the last two years.

They head to Brazil as bookmakers’ favorites to win the first men’s rugby title in 92 years and secure for the Pacific island nation a maiden Olympic medal.

As in the 15-man game which they dominate, New Zealand also has a glorious sevens tradition and the All Blacks are likely to be there or thereabouts when the medals are decided.

Sonny Bill Williams, twice a World Cup winner with New Zealand in the longer format, is one of the few highprofile test players who have managed to make the transition to the lung-busting exertions of the 14-minute game.

South Africa, with speedster Seabelo Senatla on the wing, and Australia are also strong contenders, while Britain could get among the medals if it manages to bring together a squad of players who usually play for England, Wales and Scotland.

In a format where any team can beat another on a given day, the United States successfully defending the rugby title is not out of the question and in Carlin “fastest man in rugby” Isles and Perry Baker, it has the pace to trouble any side.

It will be a women’s team who will claim the first Olympic sevens rugby gold, however, as their Aug. 6-8 competition precedes that of the men (Aug. 9-11).

Australia is the reigning World Series champion with New Zealand, whose squad features Sonny Bill’s sister Niall. The Americans will also be medal contenders.

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Jets’ Marshall Sanu makes good first impression bets his Porsche The Sports Xchange Wide receiver Brandon Marshall, who implored the New York Jets to get a deal done with quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick, lost 20 pounds to get his weight down to 225 when training camp opened Thursday.

He also issued a challenge to Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown. Via his Instagram account, Marshall bet his Porsche that he will exceed Brown’s total receiving yards this season.

If that happens, Marshall would get Brown’s Rolls Royce and if Brown wins, he gets the Porsche.

Brown was second in the league with 1,834 receiving yards last season while Marshall totaled 1,502. On the first play of one-on-one drills, Marshall caught a one-handed touchdown pass from Geno Smith.

Lacy’s weight a tired subject The prevailing topic of Pro-Bowl running back Eddie Lacy’s physique in the spring continued to carry a lot of weight at the start of the Green Bay Packers’ training camp.

Just as in the offseason, Lacy refused to say how much weight he’s dropped after abiding by head coach Mike McCarthy’s ultimatum at the end of last season to get in shape.

“Do I look like I lost a few pounds over the summer?” Lacy said to a big group of reporters after the first practice day in camp Tuesday.

Lacy said he resumed his vigorous workouts with P90X founder Tony Horton in California in the weeks leading up to camp. Fitness guru Horton took Lacy under his wing early in the offseason in the aftermath of the young back’s disappointing third NFL season in 2015 that prompted public criticism from McCarthy for playing overweight.

The Packers list Lacy at 234 pounds, his same listed weight from last season.

What his actual weight is, nobody’s saying.

“I’m tired of talking about it,” said Lacy, who is entering the final year of his rookie contract.

“I’m pretty sure you all are tired of asking about it. I’m tired of hearing about it everywhere I go.

I’m done with that.”

FALCONS NOTES

By Colin Hubbard

pick out of Georgia, appeared to be in good spirits headed off the humid practice field.

The Bears traded up to select the pass-rushing outside linebacker in April. He was placed on a high-calorie diet and nutrition regimen to address his lanky 6-foot-6 frame.

Vikings extend Zimmer’s contract In February, only one month removed from leading the Vikings to their first playoff game since 2011, head coach Mike Zimmer prefaced responses to questions about the long-term future of the team with the phrase “If I’m still here…”

The Vikings erased any speculation about Zimmer’s future as Minnesota tied the franchise to the current coach with a longterm contract extension.

Terms were not disclosed by the team but Zimmer, who led the Vikings to an 11-5 record and NFC North championship last season, won’t be a free agent while the core of the team develops together.

Boldin signs with Detroit Veteran wide receiver Anquan Boldin officially signed with Detroit, reuniting the 35-yearold with Lions coach Jim Caldwell, who was Boldin’s offensive coordinator with the Baltimore Ravens.

Terms were not disclosed, but Boldin reportedly signed a one-year deal. The team also signed linebacker Dominique Tovell while releasing wide receiver Damian Copeland and linebacker Jerry Franklin.

Entering his 14th NFL season, Boldin adds depth to a Lions receiving corps working to fill the void left by the retirement of Calvin Johnson.

Golden Tate and free agent signee Marvin Jones are slated to be the starters, with Boldin and former New York Jet Jeremy Kerley adding veteran depth.

Cousins treats each day as if it could be his last Washington Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins understands the bar has been raised for him now.

No longer a long-shot option after Robert Griffin III faltered during training camp last season, Cousins has the contract ($19.953 million) and the profile (NFC East title, playoff Ravens’ Wallace fails berth, franchise passing conditioning test yards record) that brings Wide receiver Mike high expectations.

Wallace failed his first “I mean, I had a fourconditioning test and year deal as a rookie but it will not practice with the didn’t feel like a four-year Baltimore Ravens until he deal, it felt like a one-day passes it. deal every single day I Wallace hit five of was here,” Cousins said. the six benchmarks in “So I don’t think things the test of stamina and have changed a whole lot conditioning, according in that regard. I have got to the Baltimore Sun, and to go out there and prove the Ravens are not overly myself each and every concerned. game of every season.”

Wallace signed a twoFor now, Cousins is year, $11.5 million conwilling to put contract tract after being released talks aside. Playing on by the Minnesota Vikings. the franchise tag - the first Because of injuries to quarterback to do so since No. 1 target Steve Smith Drew Brees in 2005 - his and 2015 first-round pick future with the organizaBreshad Perriman, the tion is uncertain. That will Ravens were thin at wide be decided by his play this receiver last season. Perri- season and by talks with man didn’t play at all as a the Redskins after the rookie and Smith ruptured year is over. He wanted his Achilles in what was a long-term commitment supposed to be his final from the team this sumseason in the NFL. mer. It didn’t happen and Cousins admits, while the Floyd sick in Bears’ money means Washington first workout sees him as its short-term Chicago Bears firstanswer at quarterback, round pick Leonard there is no guarantee Floyd left his first trainbeyond this season. The ing camp practice on a coaching staff doesn’t cart, but coach John Fox think that will be a probclaimed afterward that he lem for a player who a was merely sick, and not year ago didn’t think he’d injured in any way. ever have a chance to be Floyd, the ninth overall the Redskins’ starter.

display during practice.

Campbell went stridefor-stride with running back Tevin Coleman for 35 yards down the sideline and broke up a pass right on the goal line.

“Speed at linebacker is for sure an important part of how we want to play,” Quinn said. “They have got to be able to close and play man-to-man so that speed is going to be in full effect.”

Staff Correspondent

FLOWERY BRANCH — Everyone on the offensive side of the ball for Atlanta Falcons gave it their all on Day 1 of training camp, but none were more impressive than wide receiver Mohamed Sanu.

Sanu signed a five-year deal in the offseason worth $32.5 million after spending four seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals with the hopes of resurrecting his career in Atlanta.

The 6-foot-2, 210-pound receiver caught just 152 passes in 57 career games with the Bengals, but is already fitting in nicely with the Falcons.

Sanu caught every pass thrown his way Thursday, including a slick onehanded, knee-high grab on the sidelines and was lined up on both the outside and inside throughout the day.

Despite the impressive performance, Sanu still feels like he has a chip on his shoulder heading into this season.

“That’s just part of the game,” Sanu said. “I wouldn’t be a fool to tell you that I wouldn’t have a chip on my shoulder. I’m a man, I’ve got pride, so I’ve got a lot to prove for myself and for people who are doubting me and saying that I can’t do something.”

Sanu also realizes that it’s going to take a team effort to win football games

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Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Mohamed Sanu (12) runs with the ball during a drill during training camp Thursday in Flowery Branch. (Photo: Dale Zanine-USA Today Sports)

this year and he’s willing to do whatever it takes to accomplish that.

“I’m going to embrace my role and take the most that I can from it,” Sanu said. “And when I know it’s my time, I’m going to make sure that I take advantage of it and when it’s Julio’s time, I’m going to do my job to make sure he gets open or vice versa. When my number is

Rookie linebackers given first-team reps Everyone around the Falcons’ organization knows how important Deion Jones and DeVondre Campbell will be for the defense moving forward.

Both bring a lot of speed which is something that the Falcons have lacked in the past and that was on full

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star receiver Julio Jones came up hobbled midway Quinn said. “That’s what we through practice. Jones want to make sure each time was held out for the rewe are out on this grass that mainder of team drills, but we’re going to emphasize is expected to be ready to where we just go for it.” go for today’s practice.

Every player on the “He had a little tweak Falcons’ roster entered into so we just decided to hold camp fully healthy, but him out,” Quinn said. “He

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called, be dominant.”

could have gone back in today; he was asking to but I decided not to. He will be back tomorrow.”

Other than the minor injury to Jones, everything went according to plan, especially when it came to rookie production.

Safety Keanu Neal and

solo home runs off Rob Wooten in the ninth to balloon the lead to 4-0.

“Give them credit,” Moses said of the Indians.

“They hit good pitches and drove in runs when they had to.”

That was more than enough for Kelvin Marte,

linebackers Deion Jones and DeVondre Campbell each saw first-team reps and tight end Austin Hooper did as well. With a lot of the long-term veterans no longer with the team, Quinn will rely on some very young players to contribute from the jump.

Rojas

to pick up French while MR: I’m just swinging living in Montreal? at better pitches and putMR: Yeah, so it was MR: (Laughs) Nah. I ting a good swing on my easier for me to watch him took some French in school, pitches. play. but I don’t know much.

DF: When you start DF: When you got getting up in the higher DF: So you got drafted traded to the Atlanta levels of baseball, to high (by the Pittsburgh Pirates organization in May, did school and college (at in 2010) and have spent the knowledge that the big Wabash Valley College in the better part of the last club is in a rebuilding situIllinois) and into minor five and a half years in ation give you hope that league ball, was it tough the minors. While you’ve there was an increased to try and establish a had some ups and downs, opportunity for you? separate identity for it seems like you’re MR: When I got traded yourself, even though playing some of the best to Atlanta, I figured at you wanted to be able to baseball of your career some point I was going to learn from your relatives, since you got promoted come to Triple-A. That’s if necessary? here to Gwinnett. What the first thing they told me, MR: When I was do you think has been the we’re going to send you to younger in the Dominican difference?

Double-A (to start with), (Republic), all my friends MR: That talent has al- but we’re eventually going would be like, ‘Oh, you’re ways been there. It was just to try to move you up to going to sign. You’re going a matter of time with all Triple-A as soon as we to go pro and make it to the the work I’ve put in. I feel find as spot for you. That’s big leagues just because of like in 2014, I had a pretty what happened. I took your dad and your famgood (hitting a combined. advantage of that chance ily tradition.’ I wanted to 288 with 10 homers and they gave me here and I’m prove myself. I wanted to 66 RBIs in Double-A and playing well. create my own legacy. I Triple-A). Then in 2015, I don’t know, I just wanted wasn’t playing much, and DF: There’s definitely to prove to everybody I that’s when my confidence been a lot of attention could play, and it’s not just went down. I had a hand paid to many of the the (Rojas) name. injury. I couldn’t hit for young prospects in the power. But I’m healthy Braves’ minor-league DF: Since you mennow, and everything is system this year, though tioned about growing up falling into place. All that much of that has been in the Dominican Repub- hard work I put in is finally directed at the pitchlic, Spanish is obviously showing up. ers. Does being a posiyour first languages. But tion player, and thus you also spent quite a bit DF: Certainly the maybe getting a little less of time not only in the power’s back, especially scrutiny from media and U.S. but also in Montreal since you’ve hit seven other outside sources, when your dad was play- homers and 12 overall help lessen some potening there. So, while you extra-base hits in just 31 tial distractions for you? obviously speak English games since coming to MR: You’ve got to just fluently, did you also have Gwinnett. focus on your game (no

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Interchangeable parts While it’s still extremely early, there was a glimpse of what the Falcons’ front seven could look like come Week 1.

Quinn rolled out Sean Weatherspoon, Paul Worrilow and Vic Beasley as the three starting linebackers and sent out Derrick Shelby and Brooks Reed to play defensive end, while Grady Jarrett and Tyson Jackson rounded out the interior.

Philip Wheeler, Jones and Campbell first appeared on defense with the second team, but were all subbed in with the first team defense as well.

Veteran defensive tackle Jonathan Babineaux subbed in with the first team, too while Ra’Shede Hageman, Adrian Clayborn, Courtney Upshaw and Tyler Starr each saw reps, respectively.

This will be something that Quinn and the Falcons play around with for the coming weeks before finalizing everyone’s role.

matter what). A lot of people tell me, ‘You’re probably going to be in the big leagues soon because the team in the major is not doing well.’ But I feel those are just distractions.

You’ve got to focus on your game. If you don’t do your job here, you’re not going to move up. So, I just try to take it one day at a time, one pitch at a time, one minute at a time.

Whatever happens from there, it just happens.

DF: It’s been about a month since you got called up here to Gwinnett. Have you gotten settled in yet?

MR: I don’t really go out very much. I probably walk to the mall, get food and come back. (Laughs) DF: What are you looking forward to most these last few months of the season? I guess since you guys are in a pennant race right now (leading the International League’s South Division), that pretty much tops the list?

MR: Oh yeah. We’ve just got to keep playing hard. I’ve got to give whatever I have left to help the team win, not just for myself … but to help the team. It’s always fun making the playoffs, no matter what level.

G-Braves who came on for Neverauskas in the eighth and pitched the final two scoreless innings to lock down his second save of the season and make a winner out of Duncan, who pitched around four hits and four walks in his five shutout innings.

Rojas saw his six-game hitting streak come to an

end, while Rio Ruiz had two hits for the G-Braves, who attempt to start a new winning streak when they hit the road for three games in Toledo this weekend before coming back home for an important four-game series with division-rival Charlotte next week.

“The whole key was

winning the series (with Indianapolis), and that’s what we did,” Moses said.

“Hopefully, we’ll go on the road and win a series in Toledo. July’s been kind of a funny month. We’ve only been home about 10 days out of the whole month, but … we’ll be home quite bit (18 games) in August, so that’s what happens.”

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Franco hits 19th homer as Phillies power past Braves ing 19th homer deep into the seats in left, giving him five homers and 15 RBIs ATLANTA — Third in his last 20 road games. baseman Maikel Franco First baseman Tommy set the pace by blasting Joseph and right fielder a three-run homer in the Aaron Altherr also homfirst inning, one of three ered, leaving the Phillies smashed by the Philadelone homer shy of matching phia Phillies in Friday’s their season high.

7-5 win over the Atlanta The win broke Atlanta’s Braves on Thursday at two-game winning streak.

Turner Field.

Philadelphia improved to Franco hit his team-lead- 3-4 on its current 10-game

By Stan Awtrey The Sports Xchange

road trip and their fifth straight win against the Braves.

Philadelphia right-hander Aaron Nola (6-9) won for the first time since June 5. He pitched five innings and gave up three runs on eight hits and three walks, with five strikeouts.

After David Hernandez struggled, allowing a run in two-thirds of an inning, the Philadelphia bullpen was

solid. Edubray Ramos (1 1/3 innings) and Hector Neris (one inning) did not allow a run in their setup stints.

Closer Jeanmar Gomez made it interesting by allowing the first two batters to reach in the ninth inning.

He induced Erick Aybar to ground into a double play, but Gordon Beckham drove in a run with a single to right. Gomez struck out Jace Peterson to end the game

and earn his 27th save.

Atlanta starter Matt Wisler (4-11) lost his third consecutive start. He pitched five innings and allowed seven runs, six earned, on seven hit — three of them home runs — with two walks and three strikeouts.

The Atlanta bullpen did their part. Matt Marksberry (one inning), Jose Ramirez (one inning), Hunter Cer-

venka (1 1/3 innings) and Joel De La Cruz (two-thirds) turned in scoreless work.

Altherr, playing his first game of the season for the Phillies, was 3-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs. The Phillies scored five times in the first inning against Wisler. Franco hit a long three-run homer to left — his 19th — and Joseph followed with a solo shot to center field, his 14th.

Walker jumps to top at Baltusrol Lee sizzles with

By Gethin Coolbaugh The Sports Xchange

SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Jimmy Walker aimed to reclaim some of his 2014 magic entering this weekend’s PGA Championship.

After opening with a 5-under-par 65 Thursday, the 37-year-old American is well on his way.

“There were shades of (2014) for sure,” said Walker, who sank six birdies opposite a bogey on No. 6 to stake a oneshot lead after the opening round of the 98th PGA Championship on the Lower Course at Baltusrol Golf Club.

The five-time PGA Tour winner collected three of those “W’s” during a milestone 2014 campaign, but the world’s No. 48 ranked player hasn’t won since claiming last year’s Valero Texas Open.

This season, Walker hasn’t placed higher than a tie for fourth at January’s Farmers Insurance Open.

He ranks 50th in the 2016 FedExCup standings (752 points) and 57th on the money list ($1,471,771).

“Just a lot of even par to a couple under golf, and it’s equated to a bunch of 20th-place finishes this year,” Walker said.

A win at Baltusrol could check off two goals for Walker: winning his first major championship — his highest major finish was tied for seventh at the 2014 PGA Championship —

Jimmy Walker reacts to the crowd after making a putt on 17th hole during the first round of the PGA Championship on Thursday at Baltusrol in Springfield, N.J. (Photo: Eric Sucar-USA Today Sports)

and qualifying for the 41st Ryder Cup in late September.

“I definitely wanted to play Ryder Cup this year,” Walker said. “So solid play at the end of the year could get you the nod.”

Emiliano Grillo of Argentina, Ross Fisher of England and Martin Kaymer of Germany were tied for second after shooting 66s.

Kaymer’s charge was the highlight of the afternoon wave after the former World No. 1 dropped five birdies around a lone setback — his bogey on No. 2.

“I just didn’t miss many fairways and therefore, you can create some birdie chances,” Kaymer said.

British Open winner Henrik Stenson, Harris English, James Hahn and Andy Sullivan made up a four-way tie for fifth with

67s.

Top-ranked Jason Day of Australia, the defending PGA champion, equaled last year’s opening round score with a 68. Day went on to beat Jordan Spieth by three shots for his first major championship at Whistling Straits in Mose, Wis. “I feel pretty good about where my head is at and looking forward to the next three days,” Day said.

Day and seventh-ranked Rickie Fowler headlined a large tie for ninth. Fowler’s 68 was his second sub-par, first-round score in seven career PGA Championships.

Third-ranked Spieth, meanwhile, posted a 70 with two birdies and a double bogey.

“I struck the ball beautifully today,” Spieth said.

“One bad tee shot that caused the double bogey,

and the rest of it was on the greens.”

Masters winner Danny Willett shot a 71 and U.S. Open champion and second-ranked Dustin Johnson carded an unsightly 77 with two double bogeys, four bogeys and a birdie.

Willett is in a large tie for 55th, while Johnson is tied for 143rd after his disastrous day.

Johnson also logged a pair of double bogeys during round two of the British Open, where he finished tied for ninth.

Fourth-ranked Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland stumbled to a four-bogey 74 and is tied for 121st. It marked the first time McIlroy went without a birdie since his 77 in round three at the 2016 Masters.

The two-time PGA Championship winner has made the cut in each of his previous seven starts at the event and in 26 of 31 majors overall.

“I have to play a good round to get into the weekend (Friday),” McIlroy said. “I think that’s the first objective, and then go from there.”

Sixth-ranked Bubba Watson is also tied for 55th after notching a 71, outweighing his three birdies with four bogeys.

Phil Mickelson, who won the PGA Championship at Baltusrol in 2005, also came in at 71 after starting with four bogeys on 11 holes, but recovered with three birdies over his last seven.

62 at Brit Open

By Tony Jimenez

Thailand’s Ariya Jutanugarn was in second place on Thursday after WOBURN, England — collecting seven birdies in South Korean Lee Mi-rim a 65, one ahead of Shanhas developed a penchant shan Feng of China. for low scoring and she World No. 1 Lydia Ko, continued the trend with a bidding to land her third sizzling 10-under-par 62 major victory after winin the opening round of ning the ANA Inspiration the Ricoh Women’s Brit- in California in March ish Open on Thursday. and last year’s Evian The 25-year-old came Championship in France, charging out of the blocks struggled to a 74. in the fourth and penulti“My short game wasn’t mate women’s major of that great to cover up the season, birdying three for the missed shots and of the first four holes. when I did hit it close the Lee then produced a putts didn’t go in,” said spectacular sequence of the 19-year-old South five straight birdies from Korean-born New Zeathe seventh before putting lander. the seal on a dynamic “When that’s the case display by picking up you’re not going to shoot further strokes at the 14th a low score. Hopefully I’ll and 17th. have a low one tomorrow Asked if it was the and get back into it.” finest round of her career, Charley Hull, playing she told reporters: “I on her home course at would say it’s one of the Woburn, featured in the best. same three-ball as Ko “All the holes I played and a birdie-birdie finish really well ... on the fair- helped her fire a 69. way, on the green, similar “The first tee shot was distance of putts, it was probably the most nervous all-round good,” Lee said I’ve ever been on a golf after tying the Women’s course and I never usually British Open record 62 get nervous so that was carded by Finn Minea quite weird,” Hull said. “I Blomqvist at Sunningdale felt like I had big expectain 2004. tions from people.

The twice LPGA Tour “It’s a pretty easy openwinner also fired a 62 at ing shot and I didn’t want an event in Taiwan two to screw up because I’d years ago and broke the look silly … but after I tournament record with made a birdie I was pretty an 11-under 61 atqualify- happy, a bit more coming school in 2013. fortable.”

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SPORTS AT A GLANCE Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB L10 Washington............. 59. 42.. .584..... —...4-6 Miami...................... 55. 46.. .545.......4...6-4 New York................. 53. 48.. .525.......6...4-6 Philadelphia............ 46. 57.. .447.....14...3-7 Atlanta.................... 35. 66.. .347.....24...4-6 Central Division

W L Pct GB L10 Chicago.................. 60. 40.. .600..... —...5-5 St. Louis.................. 54. 47.. .535....6.5... 7-3 Pittsburgh................ 52. 48.. .520.......8...6-4 Milwaukee............... 44. 56.. .440.....16...5-5 Cincinnati................ 40. 61.. .396..20.5... 7-3 West Division

W L Pct GB L10 San Francisco......... 59. 42.. .584..... —...2-8 Los Angeles............ 57. 45.. .559....2.5...5-5 Colorado................. 50. 52.. .490....9.5... 7-3 San Diego............... 44. 58.. .431..15.5...3-7 Arizona................... 42. 60.. .412...17.5...3-7

Tuesday’s Games St. Louis 3, N.Y. Mets 2 Miami 5, Philadelphia 0 N.Y. Mets 3, St. Louis 1 Milwaukee 9, Arizona 4 San Francisco 9, Cincinnati 7 Wednesday’s Games Miami 11, Philadelphia 1 Cincinnati 2, San Francisco 1 St. Louis 5, N.Y. Mets 4 Arizona 8, Milwaukee 1 Thursday’s Games Colorado 2, N.Y. Mets 1 Milwaukee 6, Arizona 4 Philadelphia (Nola 5-9) at Atlanta (Wisler 4-10), late St. Louis (Wacha 5-7) at Miami (Fernandez 12-4), late Washington (Roark 9-6) at San Francisco (Cueto 13-2), late Today’s Games Colorado (Chatwood 9-6) at N.Y. Mets (Matz 8-6), 7:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Leake 7-8) at Miami (Urena 1-2), 7:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Velasquez 8-2) at Atlanta (Jenkins 0-2), 7:35 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Brault 0-0) at Milwaukee

(Guerra 6-2), 8:10 p.m.

Arizona (Godley 3-1) at L.A. Dodgers (Maeda 9-7), 10:10 p.m.

Washington (Scherzer 10-6) at San Francisco (Samardzija 9-6), 10:15 p.m.

Cincinnati (Finnegan 5-8) at San Diego (Jackson 1-0), 10:40 p.m.

INTERLEAGUE AT NATIONAL LEAGUE Tuesday’s Games Seattle 7, Pittsburgh 4 L.A. Dodgers 3, Tampa Bay 2 Wednesday’s Games Tampa Bay 3, L.A. Dodgers 1 Pittsburgh 10, Seattle 1 Chicago Cubs 8, Chicago White Sox 1 Thursday’s Games Chicago White Sox (Sale 14-3) at Chicago Cubs (Lackey 7-7), late Today’s Games Seattle (Iwakuma 11-6) at Chicago Cubs (Lester 10-4), 2:20 p.m.

AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division

W L Pct GB L10 Baltimore................ 58. 42.. .580..... —...5-5 Toronto.................... 57. 45.. .559.......2...6-4 Boston.................... 55. 44.. .556....2.5...4-6 New York................. 52. 49.. .515....6.5... 7-3 Tampa Bay.............. 39. 61.. .390.....19...5-5 Central Division

W L Pct GB L10 Cleveland................ 57. 42.. .576..... —...4-6 Detroit..................... 54. 48.. .529....4.5...6-4 Chicago.................. 50. 51.. .495.......8...5-5 Kansas City............ 49. 51.. .490....8.5...3-7 Minnesota............... 37. 63.. .370..20.5...4-6 West Division

W L Pct GB L10 Texas...................... 58. 44.. .569..... —...4-6 Houston.................. 55. 46.. .545....2.5...6-4 Seattle.................... 51. 49.. .510.......6...6-4 Oakland.................. 47. 55.. .461..... 11... 7-3 Los Angeles............ 45. 56.. .446..12.5...6-4

Tuesday’s Games Detroit 9, Boston 8 Oakland 6, Texas 3 N.Y. Yankees 6, Houston 3

Golf PGA Championship Thursday Springfield, NJ Purse: $10,000,000 b - Baltusrol GC — Lower Course (par 70, 7428 yards) First Round

Jimmy Walker..............................33-32 —.65 Ross Fisher.................................32-34 —.66 Emiliano Grillo............................. 31-35 —.66 Martin Kaymer.............................33-33 —.66 Harris English..............................34-33 —.67 James Hahn................................33-34 —.67 Henrik Stenson............................34-33 —.67 Andy Sullivan............................... 31-36 —.67 K.J. Choi......................................35-33 —.68 Jason Day....................................33-35 —.68 Rickie Fowler...............................35-33 —.68 Scott Hend...................................33-35 —.68 Russell Henley.............................34-34 —.68 Brooks Koepka............................34-34 —.68 David Lingmerth..........................34-34 —.68 Louis Oosthuizen.........................34-34 —.68 John Senden...............................35-33 —.68 Robert Streb................................33-35 —.68 Vaughn Taylor..............................34-34 —.68 Jhonattan Vegas..........................34-34 —.68 Rich Beem...................................35-34 —.69 Gregory Bourdy...........................34-35 —.69

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L.A. Angels 13, Kansas City 0 Wednesday’s Games Detroit 4, Boston 3 Oakland 6, Texas 4 Houston 4, N.Y. Yankees 1 Kansas City 7, L.A. Angels 5 Thursday’s Games Baltimore (Jimenez 5-9) at Minnesota (Gibson 3-6), late Kansas City (Ventura 6-8) at Texas (Hamels 11-2), late Boston (Price 9-7) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 8-8), late Today’s Games Baltimore (Gausman 2-7) at Toronto (Estrada 5-4), 7:07 p.m.

Oakland (Graveman 7-6) at Cleveland (Bauer 7-4), 7:10 p.m.

Houston (McHugh 7-6) at Detroit (Boyd 1-2), 7:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Nova 7-5) at Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 4-5), 7:10 p.m.

Kansas City (Volquez 8-8) at Texas (Griffin 3-1), 8:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Quintana 8-8) at Minnesota (Nolasco 4-8), 8:10 p.m.

Boston (Porcello 13-2) at L.A. Angels (Lincecum 2-4), 10:05 p.m.

INTERLEAGUE AT AMERICAN LEAGUE Tuesday’s Games Colorado 6, Baltimore 3 Toronto 7, San Diego 6, 12 innings Chicago White Sox 3, Chicago Cubs 0 Cleveland 7, Washington 6 Atlanta 2, Minnesota 0 Wednesday’s Games Washington 4, Cleveland 1 San Diego 8, Toronto 4 Colorado 3, Baltimore 1 Atlanta 9, Minnesota 7

Transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Outrighted

Paul Casey..................................36-33 —.69 Jon Curran...................................36-33 —.69 Jamie Donaldson.........................33-36 —.69 Bradley Dredge............................33-36 —.69 Victor Dubuisson..........................33-36 —.69 Colt Knost....................................33-36 —.69 Danny Lee...................................35-34 —.69 Hideki Matsuyama.......................34-35 —.69 Webb Simpson............................34-35 —.69 Steve Stricker..............................33-36 —.69 Justin Thomas.............................34-35 —.69 Lee Westwood.............................34-35 —.69 Chris Wood..................................34-35 —.69 Kiradech Aphibarnrat...................35-35 —.70 Aaron Baddeley...........................35-35 —.70 Branden Grace............................34-36 —.70 Bill Haas......................................34-36 —.70 Yuta Ikeda....................................35-35 —.70 Andrew Johnston.........................35-35 —.70 Soren Kjeldsen............................34-36 —.70 Russell Knox................................33-37 —.70 Jason Kokrak...............................33-37 —.70 William McGirt.............................36-34 —.70 Alexander Noren..........................35-35 —.70 Thorbjorn Olesen.........................35-35 —.70 Patrick Reed................................ 37-33 —.70 Kyle Reifers..................................36-34 —.70 Justin Rose..................................35-35 —.70 Adam Scott..................................34-36 —.70 Jordan Spieth..............................36-34 —.70 Brian Stuard.................................36-34 —.70 Daniel Summerhays....................36-34 —.70 Daniel Berger...............................35-36 —.71

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LF Henry Urrutia to Bowie (EL).

BOSTON RED SOX—Sent RHP Sean O’Sullivan on a rehab assignment to Pawtucket (IL).

CHICAGO WHITE SOX—Activated LHP Chris Sale from the restricted list. Optioned RHP Anthony Ranaudo to Charlotte (IL).

DETROIT TIGERS—Sent LHP Daniel Norris on a rehab assignment to Erie (EL).

KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Placed RHP Luke Hochevar on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 25. Recalled RHP Brooks Pounders from Omaha (PCL). Sent LHP Mike Minor on a rehab assignment to Omaha (PCL).

LOS ANGELES ANGELS—Sent LF Shane Robinson on a rehab assignment to Inland Empire (CAL).

TEXAS RANGERS—Activated LHP Dario Alvarez. Optioned RHP Nick Martinez to Round Rock (PCL).

National League ATLANTA BRAVES—Recalled LHP Matt Marksberry from Gwinnett (IL).

Selected the contract of RHP Jose A. Ramirez from Gwinnett (IL).

CINCINNATI REDS—Activated RHP Homer Bailey from the 60-day DL. Optioned RF Kyle Waldrop to Louisville (IL). Transferred RHP Caleb Cotham from the 15-day DL to the 60-day DL. LOS ANGELES DODGERS—Sent LHP Brett Anderson on a rehab assignment to Rancho Cucamonga (CAL). Sent LF Enrique Hernandez on a rehab assignment to Tulsa (TL).

MIAMI MARLINS—Activated 2B Dee Gordon from the restricted list. Designated 3B Don Kelly for assignment.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Activated CF Aaron Altherr from the 60-day DL. Placed CF Peter Bourjos on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 27.

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS—Activated 2B Joe Panik from the 15-day DL. Designated 2B Grant Green for assignment. Placed LHP Josh Osich

Jason Bohn..................................36-35 —.71 Jason Dufner...............................35-36 —.71 Marcus Fraser..............................33-38 —.71 Sergio Garcia...............................34-37 —.71 Padraig Harrington.......................35-36 —.71 Tyrrell Hatton................................34-37 —.71 Freddie Jacobson........................35-36 —.71 Zach Johnson..............................36-35 —.71 Si Woo Kim..................................34-37 —.71 Kevin Kisner.................................35-36 —.71 Patton Kizzire............................... 37-34 —.71 Rob Labritz..................................34-37 —.71 Marc Leishman............................36-35 —.71 Jamie Lovemark..........................38-33 —.71 Phil Mickelson..............................32-39 —.71 Francesco Molinari......................34-37 —.71 Ryan Moore.................................34-37 —.71 Kevin Na......................................33-38 —.71 Ryan Palmer................................35-36 —.71 Thomas Pieters........................... 37-34 —.71 Young-han Song..........................32-39 —.71 Brendan Steele............................34-37 —.71 Hideto Tanihara............................36-35 —.71 Bubba Watson.............................36-35 —.71 Danny Willett................................35-36 —.71 Byeong-Hun An........................... 37-35 —.72 Rich Berberian Jr.........................35-37 —.72 Michael Block.............................. 37-35 —.72 Kristoffer Broberg.........................36-36 —.72 Rafael Cabrera Bello................... 37-35 —.72 Roberto Castro............................ 37-35 —.72 Greg Chalmers............................34-38 —.72 Kevin Chappell.............................35-37 —.72

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on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 24. Recalled LHP Matt Reynolds from Sacramento (PCL).

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association BROOKLYN NETS—Signed C Egidijus Mockevicius to a one-year contract.

CHICAGO BULLS—Signed PG Spencer Dinwiddie.

CLEVELAND CAVALIERS—Resigned SF Richard Jefferson to a two-year, $5 million contract.

DALLAS MAVERICKS—Signed SG Keith Hornsby and PF Jameel Warney.

PHOENIX SUNS—Named Marlon Garnett assistant coach and player development coordinator.

WASHINGTON WIZARDS—Resigned SF Marcus Thornton to a one-year, $1.32 million contract.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL OREGON—Announced G Kendall Small has left the program and will transfer to another school.

FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS—Cut LB Quayshawn Nealy.

ATLANTA FALCONS—Signed DE Efe Obada. Waived WR Daje Johnson.

BALTIMORE RAVENS—Placed DB Jerraud Powers on the non-football injury list. Placed LB Cavellis Luckett and DB Jumal Rolle on IR. Placed WR Dobson Collins and WR Mike Wallace on the non-football injury list.

Placed RB Lorenzo Taliaferro on the physically unable to perform list.

CAROLINA PANTHERS—Placed WR Tobais Palmer on the physically unable to perform list.

CHICAGO BEARS—Placed LB Pernell McPhee, G Amini Silatolu, and WR Marquess Wilson on the physically unable to perform list.

CINCINNATI BENGALS—Placed LB Vontaze Burfict on the non-football

George Coetzee..........................34-38 —.72 Nicolas Colsaerts........................ 37-35 —.72 Luke Donald................................36-36 —.72 Matthew Fitzpatrick......................36-36 —.72 Ryan Helminen............................ 37-35 —.72 Billy Horschel...............................36-36 —.72 Billy Hurley III...............................34-38 —.72 Thongchai Jaidee........................36-36 —.72 Rikard Karlberg............................ 37-35 —.72 Johan Kok....................................36-36 —.72 Shane Lowry...............................35-37 —.72 Joost Luiten.................................36-36 —.72 Scott Piercy..................................38-34 —.72 Ben Polland.................................36-36 —.72 Cameron Tringale.........................35-37 —.72 Omar Uresti.................................34-38 —.72 Harold Varner III...........................35-37 —.72 Yong-Eun Yang............................36-36 —.72 Zac Blair......................................36-37 —.73 Keegan Bradley........................... 37-36 —.73 Matt Dobyns.................................33-40 —.73 Ernie Els......................................36-37 —.73 Smylie Kaufman..........................34-39 —.73 Anirban Lahiri..............................36-37 —.73 Peter Malnati................................36-37 —.73 David Muttitt.................................35-38 —.73 Rod Perry....................................35-38 —.73 Charl Schwartzel.........................38-35 —.73 Brandt Snedeker..........................36-37 —.73 Jeung-hun Wang.........................36-37 —.73 Gary Woodland............................ 37-36 —.73 Darren Clarke..............................38-36 —.74 John Daly.....................................35-39 —.74

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injury list. Signed DB Jimmy Wilson.

CLEVELAND BROWNS—Placed DL Desmond Bryant on the nonfootball injury list. Signed TE David Reeves.

DENVER BRONCOS—Cut RB Cyrus Gray. Placed DB Aqib Talib on the non-football injury list. Placed LB Demarcus Ware on the non-football illness list. Signed TE John Phillips.

Waived TE Manasseh Garner.

DETROIT LIONS—Signed WR Anquan Boldin to a one-year, $2.75 million contract. Signed LB Dominique Tovell. Waived WR Damian Copeland and LB Jerry Franklin.

GREEN BAY PACKERS—Signed WR Harvey Binford.

LOS ANGELES RAMS—Placed T Rob Havenstein on the physically unable to perform list.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS—Cut WR Vincent Brown.

NEW YORK GIANTS—Placed DT Melvin Lewis on the non-football illness list. Placed DT Jay Bromley, NT Damon Harrison, and LB J.T. Thomas on the physically unable to perform list.

NEW YORK JETS—Cut RB Zac Stacy. Placed G James Carpenter, T Breno Giacomini, DB Kendall James, RB Khiry Robinson, WR Devin Smith, and DE Muhammad Wilkerson on the physically unable to perform list. Waived P Tom Hackett.

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES—Cut LB Travis Long.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS—Announced DT Kaleb Ramsey has retired.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS—Cut DB Joel Ross.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS—Placed LB Junior Galette on the non-football injury list. Placed TE Derek Carrier, WR Reggie Diggs, WR Josh Doctson, G Shawn Lauvao, and LB Perry Riley Jr. on the physically unable to perform list.

Jim Furyk..................................... 37-37 —.74 Brian Gaffney............................... 37-37 —.74 Matt Jones...................................36-38 —.74 Chris Kirk.....................................34-40 —.74 Matt Kuchar.................................39-35 —.74 Mitch Lowe.................................. 37-37 —.74 Graeme McDowell....................... 37-37 —.74 Rory McIlroy................................35-39 —.74 Bryce Molder............................... 37-37 —.74 Vijay Singh...................................36-38 —.74 David Toms..................................39-35 —.74 Jonas Blixt...................................38-37 —.75 Mark Brown................................. 37-38 —.75 Fabian Gomez............................. 37-38 —.75 Charley Hoffman..........................34-41 —.75 J.B. Holmes..................................38-37 —.75 Kevin Streelman..........................35-40 —.75 Bernd Wiesberger........................40-35 —.75 Rocco Mediate.............................39-37 —.76 Joseph Summerhays...................38-38 —.76 Wyatt Worthington II....................39-37 —.76 Tony Finau...................................39-38 —.77 Jim Herman.................................38-39 —.77 Dustin Johnson............................38-39 —.77 K.T. Kim.......................................39-38 —.77 Soomin Lee.................................39-38 —.77 Troy Merritt...................................40-37 —.77 Shaun Micheel.............................38-39 —.77 Tommy Sharp..............................40-37 —.77 Josh Speight................................38-39 —.77 James Morrison...........................36-42 —.78 Rick Schuller................................38-40 —.78 Brad Ott....................................... 41-38 —.79

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ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CITY OF PEACHTREE CORNERS PUBLIC NOTICE APH 2016-06-036 City of PLACE: Peachtree Corners City Hall 147 Technology Pkwy Suite 200 DATE & TIME: August 16th, 2016 7:00 P.M. Alcoholic PURPOSE: Beverage License Application Consumption on Premise Beer, Wine & Distilled Spirits APPLICANT: Ba Bellies LLC 6025 Peachtree Pkwy Ste 9 Peachtree Corners, GA 30092 904-432694, 7/22 29 CITY OF PEACHTREE CORNERS PUBLIC NOTICE APH 2016-06-035 City of PLACE: Peachtree Corners City Hall 147 Technology Pkwy Suite 200 DATE & TIME: August 16th, 2016 7:00 P.M. Alcoholic PURPOSE: Beverage License Application Consumption on Premise Beer APPLICANT: Chojang, LLC DBA Bull Gogi 5450 Peachtree Pkwy, Suite E Peachtree Corners, GA 30092 904-432709, 7/22 29

PUBLIC HEARINGS NOTICE OF GENERAL ELECTION Notice is hereby given that a General Election for the City of Norcross will be held on November 8, 2016, for the office(s) of Councilmember, currently held by David McLeroy, Andrew Hixson and Josh Bare. Qualifying for said election will be held on the following dates, locations listed below: Date: Monday, August 15, 2016 through Friday, August 19, 2016 Time: at 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. in the clerk’s office at Norcross City Hall, Place: Norcross City Hall, 65 Lawrenceville Street, 2nd Floor, Norcross, Georgia.

Individuals intending to qualify shall remit the sum of $243.00 for Council Member.

The last day to register and be eligible to vote in this election will be October 11, 2016. For additional information, contact the City Clerk’s office at 678-421-2035. Information on voter registration may be obtained through the Chief Registrar of Gwinnett County, Georgia.

This 1st day of August, 2016 Monique D. Lang Election Superintendent City of Norcross, Georgia 928-434171, 7/29 GWINNETT COUNTY BOARD OF VOTER REGISTRATION AND ELECTIONS PUBLIC NOTICE A special called meeting of the Gwinnett County Board of Registrations and Elections is scheduled on Monday, August 1, 2016 at 10:00 am for the purpose of certifying the election results for the July 26, 2016 General Election and Nonpartisan Runoff Election. The meeting will be held in the Voter Registration and Elections Office Conference Room located at 455 Grayson Highway, Suite 200, Lawrenceville, Georgia 30046.

Dated this 28th day of July 2016.

-s- Lynn Ledford Elections Director 928-434168, 7/29 NOTICE OF ABANDONED VEHICLE Royal Auto World Inc., 7197 Buford Hwy., ATL., GA 30340 2015 TOYOTA COROLLA, VIN: 2T1BURHE1FC368056 Vehicle will be sold at a later date if not claimed.

928-432244, 7/22,29 NOTICE Atlanta Institute of Music and Media is applying for reaffirmation of accreditation with the Commission of the Council on Occupational Education on September 6, 2016. Any persons wishing to make comments should write to: Executive Director, Commission of the Council on Occupational Education, 7840 Roswell Road, Bldg.

300, Suite 325, Atlanta, GA 30350, or submit comments via the Council website www. council.org.

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PUBLIC SALES/ AUCTIONS NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: The following self-storage Cube contents containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart #6291-345 Sawmill Dr, Suwanee GA 30024 to satisfy a lien on August 10th, 2016 at approx. 10:00 AM at www.storagetreasures.com.

Name of Customer; Unit #; General Description of Property Stephanie Miller 1021 Household Items 929-432345, 7/22,29 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell, to satisfy lien of the owner, at public sale by competitive bidding via www.storagebattles.com on Wednesday, August 10th at 12:00PM for the Extra Space Storage facility located at: 3942 Stone Mountain Hwy. Snellville, GA 30039 770-979-8936

The personal goods stored therein by the following may include, but are not limited to general household, furniture, boxes, clothes, and appliances.

122 – Jonna Gayle – 839.40 – boxes, totes, bags, table, chair 130 – LaSaundra Wil$

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liams–$289.00 – Table, Chest, Totes 151 – Damaris Mc Donald–$621.00 – Bed room furniture, Living Room furniture, Dining Room Furniture 232 – Shelisa Minnifield–$349.60 – Bed, Table, Living Roo0m Furniture, Boxes 245 – Kinte Cobb–$282.10 – Table, Bed, End Tables, Boxes, Bags 346 – Sashaun Robinson–$461.00 – Pictures, Bedroom Furniture, Table, Chairs 392 – Kenny Ortiz–$392.00 – Bed Room Furniture, Boxes, Mattress 485 – Marie Bombasse–$283.00 – Bed, Boxes, Bags, Table, Totes 492 – Joseph Wil– Dresser, lis–$162.05 Clothes, Boxes, Totes 517 – Adrian Semper–$341.00 – Sofa, Table, Boxes, Totes 528 – Andre Gadson–$402.60 – Bed Room Furniture, Table, Chair, Boxes 685 – Shayla Chestnut–$491.90 – Bag, Totes, Boxes, Mattress, Bed Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the time of sale. All goods are sold as is and must be removed at the time of purchase. Extra Space Storage reserves the right to refuse any bid. Sale is subject to adjournment.

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highest bidder. A 10% buyer’s premium will be charged as well as a $50 cleaning deposit per unit. All sales are final. Seller reserves the right to withdraw the property at any time before the sale or to refuse any bids. The property to be sold is described as “general household items” unless otherwise noted. #112 – Christopher P RuFurniture, elle–Household Clothes.

Robinson– #130–Justin Household Items. #135–Kamarah S Angus/ Kamarah Sharon A Angus – Furniture,household Items, Hobby, crafts. #217 – Rhonda Rolax – Household Items, Clothes, Furniture, etc. #469–Natalie Payton – Household Items.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: The following self-storage Cube contents containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by #6929, 5985 CubeSmart South Norcross Tucker Road, Norcross, GA 30093, to satisfy a lien on 08/10/2016 at approx. 10:00AM at www. storagetreasures.com.

Name Unit # Chaz D. Fortune A016 Joe Green A052 Sothern States Equipment B002 Southern States Equipment B002 Naim U. Syed B002 Roberto Hernandez B066 Tracy Stone B089 Traci R. Stone B089 Traci Stone B089 Justin Munro B101 Justin R.Munro B101 Faviola Emidio Najera C021 Mary E. Mande C094 Liliana Arteaga D011 Pascual Juarez D069 Vanessa Nicole Stewart E045 929-431952, 7/22,29 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that Extra Space Storage will sell at public auction, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at location indicated: 4400 Lawrenceville Hwy Lilburn, GA 30047 770-638-2252 August 11th, 2016 at 5:30 PM 226 Gregory Lillard HOusehold Goods, Furniture, Boxes 103 Derek Hoffman Furnitune Clothes 473 Tiffiny Taylor Household Items, clothes 108 Christopher Williams Household Goods 540 Jorge Franco Queen bed, dresser, 2 twins, boxes, 2 sofas 187 Clifton Shavers Tools 475 Cassandra Wood $229.00 Household items 406 Tonia Brown 1 dresser, king bed, 2 full size beds, sectional, dining room table, deep freezer The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

929-434132, 7/27,8/3 NOTICE OF ABANDONED VEHICLE 2001 FORD TRUCK VIN: 1FTWX32F31EC38213 The above automobile was initially removed and presently stored at 4757 Buford Hwy, Norcross, Ga 30071, in possession of Tran’s Auto Repair. Attempt to locate the owner(s) of this vehicle’s have been unsuccessful. The vehicle is deemed abandoned under O.C.G.A.40-11-2 and will be disposed of if not redeemed. This notice is given pursuant to Georgia law.

929-434137, 7/29,8/5 GEORGIA SINGLE FACILITY NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Notice is hereby given that Champion Self Storage at 2415 Loganville Hwy. Grayson, GA. 30017 will sell the contents of the storage units listed below at a public auction to satisfy a lien placed on the contents (pursuant to the Self Storage Facility Act of the Georgia Code). The sale will take place at the website StorageStuff.Bid on August 19th at 09:00 am. 2016. The sale will be conducted under the guidance of Cheli Rosa (AU003807) on behalf of the facility’s management. Units may be available for viewing prior to the sale on StorageStuff.Bid. Contents will be sold for cash only to the h

MCCULLOUGH TOWING AUCTION LIST 770-263-8483 785 BROGDON RD. SUWANEE, GA 30024 SATURDAY, AUGUST 6TH 2016@ 1:00PM 1999 Acura 3.2TL 19UUA564XXA005573 1991 BMW 535i WBAHD2316MBF70666 2004 BMW X3 WBXPA73404WC44033 1999 Chevrolet Camaro 2G1FP22K2X2111442 1999 Chevrolet Tahoe 1GNEC13R7XJ562602 2000 Chevrolet Impala 2G1WH55K9Y9104992 2005 Chrysler Sebring 1C3EL55R55N538466 2003 Ford Taurus 1FAFP55U13A123440 1999 Ford Crown Victoria 2FAFP71W8XX186924 2001 Ford Expedition 1FMRU17L31LB78109 1995 Ford Ranger 1FTCR14U7SPB09894 1991 Honda Accord 1HGCB7560MA040433 1998 Honda Accord 1HGCG1653WA072753 1998 Honda Accord 1HGCG3254WA004222 2003 Infiniti G35 JNKCV51E93M005375 2002 Mazda Protégé JM1BJ225620544483 2003 Mitsubishi Eclipse 4A3AC44G33E036215 2008 Nissan Sentra 3N1AB61E78L660582 2003 Nissan Maxima JN1DA31D53T505328 2002 Nissan Altima 1N4AL11D42C178603 2003 Saturn VUE 5GZCZ33DX3S897421 1999 Toyota Corolla 1NXBR12E7XZ290636 2000 Toyota Camry 4T1BG22K8YU663119 Toyota Tacoma 1999 4TANL42N6XZ523568 Volkswagen 2003 3VWNew Beetle FE21C93M414456 929-434139, 7/29,8/5 NOTICE THESE VEHICLES WILL BE SOLD FOR PUBLIC OUTCRY FOR CASH AT STATEWIDE WRECKER SERVICE LOCATED AT 2775 SIMPSON CIRCLE, NORCROSS, GEORGIA AT 10:00 A.M. ON AUGUST 06, 2016. THE FOLLOWING VEHICLES ARE DECLARED ABANDONED AND FORECLOSED VEHICLES PURSUANT TO OCGA 40-11-5.

ESTOS VEHICULOS SERAN VENDIDOS AL PUBLICO POR DINERO EN EFECTIVO EN STATEWIDE WRECKER SERVICE LOCALIZADO EN 2775 SIMPSON CIRCLE, NORCROSS, GEORGIA A LAS 10:00 A.M. EN 06 AUGUSTO 2016 . LOS SIGUIENTES VEHICULOS AN SIDO ABANDODECLARADOS NADOS Y CERRADOS DE ACUERDO A OCGA 40-11-5 NUEVA LOCALIZACION www.

770-381-1140 swsatlanta.com 1994 Honda Civic 1HGEJ2123RL023896 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt 1G1AL52F157537591

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1FMPU15555LA75713 2006 Pontiac Torrent 2CKDL63F266059510 2003 GMC Envoy XL 1GKES16P236197317 2003 Pontiac Grand Am 1G2NW52E33C219763 2000 Buick Regal 2G4WB55K5Y1168613 2003 Ford F-150 1FTRF17203NB88299 1995 Lexus LS 400 JT8UF22E3S0022984 1996 Honda Accord 1HGCD5632TA167654 2001 Jeep Cherokee 1J4FF48S81L618831 1996 Nissan Maxima JN1CA21DXTT182979 2001 Nissan Pathfinder JN8DR07XX1W507159 1993 Chevrolet K1500 2GCEK19K4P1175229 2010 Hyundai Elantra KMHDU4AD5AU135768 929-434144, 7/29,8/5

ZONINGS CITY OF SUGAR HILL PUBLIC NOTICE ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT Notice is hereby given to the public that the City of Sugar Hill, Georgia will consider text amendments to the 2000 Zoning Ordinance of the City of Sugar Hill, Georgia (“Zoning Ordinance”). The text amendments will make changes to Article 6, General Provisions and Article 9, Lot and Building Dimensional Standards. A copy of the proposed amendments is available for review in the office of the Planning & Development Department located at 5039 West Broad Street, Sugar Hill, Georgia.

The City Council has the authority to amend the Zoning Ordinance as the City Council deems appropriate, constitutional, and in the best interest of the citizens of Sugar Hill. The public is invited and encouraged to attend the public hearings. Public hearings on the proposed Zoning Ordinance amendment have been scheduled for the Planning Commission on Monday, August 15, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. in the Sugar Hill City Hall, located at 5039 West Broad Street. The Mayor and City Council may/ will discuss details of the proposed Zoning Ordinance Amendment on Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. in the Sugar Hill City Hall, located at 5039 West Broad Street. A Public hearing on the proposed Zoning Ordinance Amendment has been scheduled with the Mayor and City Council for Monday, September 12, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. in the Sugar Hill City Hall 5039 West Broad Street, Sugar Hill, Georgia. The amendments may be viewed by any interested party at the Department of Planning and Development from Monday through Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

All citizens are advised that the adoption of the proposed text amendments could affect: the use of any property located within the City; the buffers or setbacks required on a particular property; accessory uses; accessory structures; permitted uses; special uses; procedures contained in the Zoning Ordinance; table of contents; addenda; and other conditions, requirements or allowed items/uses contained in the Articles of the Zoning Ordinance listed above.

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2004 GMC Envoy XL 1GKET16P746193102 Mercedes-Benz 1991 350SDL WDBCB35E1MA598627 1995 Chevrolet Monte Carlo 2G1WX12XXS9296703 2001 Ford E-350 Super Duty 1FBSS31L21HA00683 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee 1J4GZ78S2TC174572 1999 Nissan Maxima JN1CA21A7XT100296 1999 Nissan Maxima JN1CA21D3XM408358 2000 Ford Expedition 1FMRU15L2YLC47319 2000 Chevrolet Monte Carlo 2G1WW12E0Y9337415 2006 Mercury Mariner 4M2YU56146KJ05569 1999 Lexus ES 300 JT8BF28G3X0201291 2003 Cadillac CTS 1G6DM57N130106274 2002 Mitsubishi Diamante 6MMAP87P72T016723 2002 BMW 530i WBADT63452CH91976 1995 Lexus SC 400 JT8UZ30C2S0040519 1998 GMC Yukon 1GKEK13R3WJ711845 2001 BMW 325i WBAAN374X1ND46948 1997 Pontiac Grand Prix 1G2WJ52M3VF295415 2000 BMW528i WBADP634XYBV63889 2009 Pontiac G5 1G2AS18H397126294 2007 Mazda Mazda6 1YVHP80C875M10818 2002 Honda Accord 1HGCG22552A016481 1981 Chevrolet C10 1GCDC14D1BB137645 2001 Lexus GS 300 JT8BD69S110145763 2005 Ford Expedition

DRIVER needed for Medical Gas Company. CDL class B required. Lifting required, must be dependable. Call Susan at 770-338-8995 MEDICAL

SALES TRAINEE Solid Company with Excellent Pay and Benefits in Conyers Area has Opening for Motivated Individual.

Advancement Opportunities in Fast Growing Commercial Modular Buildings Industry.

Send Resume to: Fax: 770-483-6037 Email: ed.dugan@ frey-moss.com or Apply in person at Frey-Moss Structures, Inc. 1801 Rockdale Industrial Blvd Conyers, GA 30012

POOLS/SPAS

VEHICLES

LITTLE GIANT #6605

FORD FOCUS SE, 2015 Race Red, Stk#P8351 $13,180 800-PREOWNED

VASCULAR CODER The Vascular & Vein Specialists at The Longstreet Clinic, P.C. is seeking a Certified Medical Coder/Biller (CPC) to join their busy office.

Must have at least 2-3 years experience as a surgical coder.

ICD-10 experience is required. Vascular surgery experience is a plus. Apply at www. longstreetclinic.com

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1035 MOUNTAIN CREEK CH RD $339,900 – EHO 4 Bedroom/3-1/2 Bath Cape Cod On 4.03 Acres With Stocked Pond, Fenced & Cross Fenced, Full Finished Basement & Detached Garage/Workshop.

USDA Eligible Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealtyprofessionals.com

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

Starting @ $900/mo.

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

POOL COVER PUMP BARROW-AUBURN 1-2-3 BEDROOMS IN MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY. Rent Starting at $100/ week. Large Lots.

770-513-3151

ROOMMATE WANTED /ROOM FOR RENT

MONROE, GA 30656

3760 STOCK ROAD $429,000 EHO 4 Bedroom 4-1/2 Bath Ranch On Full Basement with Detached Garage/ Workshop with Electricity On 2 Acres.

Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealtyprofessionals.com WINDER, GA 30680 231 OCEANLINER DR

LAWRENCEVILLE 2 mi. to Mall of GA. Rooms for rent in 5BR/3BA home.

Priv. bath, furn., hi-speed int., alarm.

Util. incl. No Smoking/drug/pets. $425 - $550/mo.

404-667-3880

INGROUND POOL cover, ultra loop loc, 18ftx34 ft long for 16x32 pool, plus 8 water bags, $1,000, 770 364-1915 PETS/LIVESTOCK

DOGS

LAWRENCEVILLE ROOM FOR RENT $525/mo. Sugarloaf Mills area. Near Gwnt Transit.

Quiet n’hood. 678-825678-353-9483 2656;

BLUE PIT BULLDOG PUPPIES Excellent bloodline.

7 wks. old. 1st shots.

3 Males/4 Females.

770-377-6263

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

FORD FOCUS TITANIUM HATCHBACK, 2013 Sterling Gray, Stk#GN500375C $13,977 866-697-9241 Gwinnett Place

KITTENS - FREE To Good Homes Only!

Sweet, 2 Females.

Already spayed & 1st shots. 770-466-8444

FORD MUSTANG V6, 2011 Kona Blue, Stk#G5301451A $15,823 800-PREOWNED

HONDA ACCORD CROSSOVER, 2010 Silver, Stk#8665 $11,800 877-698-5030

VEHICLES HOUSES FOR SALE HONDA ACCORD CROSSTOUR, 2010 Silver, Stk#8665 $11,800 877-698-5030

CONYERS, GA 30094

USDA Eligible $165,000

1770 HICKORY ST. EHO $90,000 HUD Case # 105-547448 FHA Insured w/Escrow All Brick Ranch, 3 Bedrooms/2 Baths Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealtyprofessionals.com

5 Bedroom Split Foyer .24 Acre Fenced Lot +/- 2891 Square Feet Equal Housing Opportunity Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealtyprofessionals.com FARMS, LOTS & ACREAGE FOR SALE

Newton, Covington

For Sale or Rent Commercial Property (1324 Sq.Ft.,1.39AC) 10977 Old Atlanta Highway, Covington, GA. 30014. Highest Zoning. Remodeled Building Off I-20 (Best Visibility).

Call 770-241-9685.

No soliciting.

FORD FUSION SE, 2014 Ingot Silver, Stk#GFC36756A $17,000 800-PREOWNED

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Summer vacation isn’t quite over, but if you are going to make plans you need to make them quick. The following are the 10 post popular tourist attractions in the United States, according to travelandleisure.com: 1. Times Square, New York City 2. Central Park, New York City 3. Union Station, Washington, D.C. 4. Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas 5. Grand Central Terminal, New York City 6. Magic Kingdom at Disney World, Fla. 7. Disneyland, Anaheim, Ca. 8. (tie) Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco (tie) Fanueil Hall Marketplace, Boston (tie) Golden Gate Park, San Francisco (tie) Balboa Park, San Diego

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Friday, Aug. 5 • Brown Bag Concert Series — A performance by the Scott Douglas Steel Drums will highlight the 11 a.m. event at the Gwinnett Historic Courthouse that’s hosted by the Gwinnett County Parks. This family-friendly series of performances is free and open to all ages.

• Atlanta Falcons’ “Friday Night Lights” — Grayson High School will host the annual Atlanta Falcons scrimmage that is free, open to the public. The event includes a fan fest with interactive inflatable games, an autograph session and a fireworks show. It begins at 6 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 5 • shemoves Atlanta 5K in Suwanee — The fifth annual women’s 5K will be hosted at Suwanee Town Center and run along the Suwanee Greenway. All registered participants will receive ladies’ fit tech tops, and each finisher will be greeted with a dark pink Gerber daisy as a representation of friendship and a symbol of gratitude. Overall and age group awards will be presented as well.

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• Button Down Dash — The Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce’s fifth annual event is set to begin at 6:30 a.m. Proceeds from this year’s race will benefit Gwinnett Coalition for Health and Human Services. All participants are invited to take part in the finish line festivities, including a DJ, vendor booths with food and other concessions, along with an awards ceremony. The Button Down Dash is now a qualifier for the Peachtree Road Race.

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‘In The Heights’ turns Aurora into bit of Big Apple

By Jon Gallo

Staff Correspondent

Diany Rodriguez said if ever there is a time to see “In The Heights,” a Tony Award and Grammy Award-winning musical about love, money, family and fulfilling expectations, it’s now.

“It’s 100 percent relevant to what’s happening in today’s climate,” said Rodriguez, who plays Nina Rosario, the female lead.

“There’s a whole campaign movement to put minorities and Latinos into this ‘other’ category and this show gives us the chance to show that minorities are real humans and they can be on a larger stage.”

“In The Heights” has turned the Aurora Theatre in Lawrenceville into Washington Heights, a neighborhood in New York City known for its large population of Latino-Americans, including many from the Dominican Republic.

“In The Heights,” which was written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, chronicles three summer days in which residents are forced to answer life-altering questions.

How will Nina tell her parents she dropped out of Stanford University? Will Usnavi (Diego KlockPerez), a bodega store owner who falls into some unexpected money, close his shop and convince the woman of his dreams to live in the Dominican Republic? Will Vanessa (Julissa Sabrino) leave Washington Heights to live in a more affluent part of the city? Will Benny (Garrett Turner) convince Nina they are more than just friends?

“Nina is what I call a ‘human fun sponge,’ Rodriguez said. “She’s the most assimilated character in terms of living in the United States. But having to drop out of school is a major roadblock for her because she wants to make her family proud.

‘In The Heights’ is about going through struggles. In life, people struggle with wanting to do what makes them happy and at the same time not wanting to let their families down; it’s the same way in ‘In The Heights.’”

The story, in which the characters speak in English, plays out over two acts and about 2 1/2 hours that are filled with an eclectic score of more than 20 songs of hip-hop, salsa, merengue and soul music to complement a a story that tran-

From left, Kari Twyman, Robert Mason II, Pytron Parker, Joseph Pendergrast, Tina Fears and Candice McLellan perform the rich melodies of “In the Heights” on the Aurora Theatre stage during opening night. (Special Photos: Chris Bartelski)

Above left, siblings Nina Rosario (Diany Rodriguez), Kevin Rosario (Anthony Rodriguez) and Camila Rosario (Maria Rodriguez-Sager) argue over Nina’s relations with Benny, above right, in Aurora Theatre’s production of “In The Heights.”

worked for in the past, but who you are working with What: “In The Heights” now is what’s important.

Where: Aurora Theatre, Lawrenceville It’s about a community of When: Through Aug. 28 people coming together to Show times: 8 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 2:30 p.m. become one.” and 8 p.m. Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday.

The significance of “In Tickets: $30-$65; two discount matinees will be offered The Heights” playing at on Aug. 10 and 17, with tickets between $20-$30. Tickets the Aurora Theatre can’t can be purchased by calling the Aurora Theatre at 678226-6222 or by visiting auroratheatre.com be understated. The show, which is based off a book written by Quiara Alegria scends racial lines. has been in the shadows,” Hudes, was an enormous “Everyone is different, Klock-Perez said. “Our success on Broadway, when but our nation was founded show is about people it opened in March 2008. It by immigrants and our investing in where they are was performed more than show sheds light on the now to make their lives bet- 1,200 times before closing Spanish community, which ter. It’s not about whom you in January 2011, making it

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among the longest-running shows in Broadway history.

In 2008, “In The Heights” won four Tony Awards — Best Musical, Best Original Score, Best Choreography and Best Orchestrations — and was nominated for nine others. It also won the Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2009.

“In The Heights” has only soared higher since leaving Broadway, as it has toured throughout the

world, including stops in Australia, Brazil, Canada, England, Japan, Panama, Peru, the Philippines and South Korea.

“A big part of what’s made ‘In The Heights’ so successful is that everyone can relate to it,” KlockPerez said. “A big theme of the show is the concept of contentment and achieving it. Everyone has dreams and aspirations and is trying to be happy and finding a way to be happy because a big purpose in life is to be happy.”

Barbershop chorus aids SE Gwinnett Food Co-Op Members of the Stone Mountain Barbershop Chorus will be singing for a lot of suppers on Saturday, Aug. 13 at Grayson United Methodist Church. A melody-filled concert starts at 3:30 p.m., and ticket sales will go to help the Southeast Gwinnett Food Cooperative Ministry.

Tickets are only $10 at the door or 10 pantry items per person. Doors will open for the audience at 3 p.m.

Grayson United Methodist Church is located at 555 Grayson Parkway in Grayson.

The challenge is on to make this effort the most productive yet.

Laura Drake, director of the food co-op, said, “A similar benefit conducted in January of 2015 resulted in the food cooperative receiving a record of both cash and pantry item donations.”

The SMC is eager to surpass this previous effort using the power of music,

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Holley Calmes enticing audience members with love for barbershop harmony and giving hearts to attend this special concert.

The concert will be a real crowd pleaser.

“The list of songs we will perform is quite varied and includes melodies made famous by some very notable and talented singers,” SMC spokesman Mike Walsh said.

Tunes include the Beach Boys’ “I Get Around,” Roger Miller’s “Little Green Apples,” and “76 Trombones” from “The Music Man.”

The Stone Mountain Barbershop Chorus will perform a special concert to benefit the Southeast Gwinnett Food Co-op on Saturday, Aug. 13th at 3 p.m. in Grayson. (Special Photo)

“Daddy Sang Bass” is a surefire winner, as are “This Land is Your Land,” “It’s You” from “The Music Man,” and “Home on the Range.” “Route 66” is on the probable list, along with many more well-loved and familiar songs.

The quartet “Up Front” will also be a part of the concert. The event is a back to school campaign to

replenish the pantry at the Southeast Gwinnett Food Co-Op. “During the summer months, the shelves at the Southeast Gwinnett Food Cooperative Ministry are strained,” Co-Op Director Laura Drake said. “With children home on summer vacations, parents are in need of additional pantry supplies to make ends

meet. The Co-Op is committed to helping parents by allowing them to receive extra food during the summer months.”

Concert attendees can help by bringing fundamental items. The Co-Op is particularly in need of dry beans, canned fruit, canned chili, soup (particularly tomato, beef or vegetable), grits and canned vegetables

— except green beans. Evidently, green beans are a favorite item among donors and the Co-Op seems to have a good supply of them on hand.

Other good ideas for items to bring are peanut butter, oatmeal, cereal, rice, pasta and baking mix.

Personal items such as shampoo, soap, toothpaste and tooth brushes are also welcome.

SMC spokesman Mike Walsh said, “This is a wonderful way to enjoy an afternoon of the best in acapella harmony in the barbershop style while at the same time supporting the work of a popular local charitable organization.”

For more information about the SC, visit the website at stonemountainchorus.org.

Holley Calmes is a freelance writer and public relations consultant specializing in the arts. Email her at hcalmes@mindspring. com.

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At a time of the year when most people are fixated on berries and peaches, corn and tomatoes, it’s also the season to get excited about onions — not just any old allium but a heritage sweet onion harvested by hand in Walla Walla, Wash.

Walla Walla Sweets are the unheralded heirloom stars of summertime.

Juicy, mild and sweet, they are at their best in all of the great (and easy) meals of the season: grilled with sausages, caramelized for burgers, sliced raw for salads and more.

Fresh and delicate in terms of both flavor and handling, Walla Walla Sweets are in season right now — and with a very limited supply from a handful of family growers, they won’t last long.

Older than Vidalias Long before Walla Walla became renowned as an American Viticultural Area, this valley in southeastern Washington was the agricultural hub for a surprisingly sweet onion brought to the region from Corsica by a French soldier named Pete Pieri.

According to all accounts, Pieri immigrated to Walla Walla with the seed in the late 19th century and began cultivating it commercially in 1900.

Grower Michael Locati’s great-grandfather Joe worked for Pieri for four years before going out on his own in 1909.

He joined other Italian immigrant families, mainly from Milan and Calabria, who settled in this valley to become small-scale produce farmers, cultivating a seasonal onion now known

dation in agriculture and labor pressures are all factors, as is the fact that many of those “old Italian families” are no longer in farming.

Another major threat is the competition from hybrid sweet onions — some mechanically harvested and higher in pyruvic acid — grown from Arizona to Texas. These are available year-round at much lower prices than Walla Walla Sweets.

In 1995, after discovering that other Washingtongrown onions were being sold as counterfeit Walla Walla Sweets, the growers obtained a federal marketing order to protect this Caramelized onions make any burger better. (Photo: Lynne Curry) specialty onion, in the same way that heritage as the Walla Walla Sweet. sulfur,” Locati said. The and weighing up to two foods from Italy must be Four generations later, sulfur content in the soil pounds, these globular certified as locally grown Michael — along with his is a catalyst to the proonions are delicate, with and packaged. father and uncle — grows duction of pyruvic acid, thin skins and a high water For farmers like Locati these heirlooms on 60 he explained. “So these content that make them and McClure, it’s hard to acres of Locati Farms and naturally low sulfur soils prone to bruising. earn a living with a seaco-owns a packing and allow for these onions to So workers harvest them sonal, fresh market onion. shipping arm called Walla be really sweet.” entirely by hand. CareBut they say the process Walla River Packing Co. Walla Walla Sweets are fully packed into boxes, of hand selection and hand Despite these modernizaplanted in early fall. They the onions are then cured harvesting is worth it for tions, this is the same spe- overwinter in snow-covjust until the necks dry out the allium’s singular qualicialty onion, hand-selected ered fields, then sprout and and the outer layer of turns ties. There’s no sharp bite, by the family for over a additional onion starts are amber. Still, they have a and it has a complex flavor century. transplanted in the spring. short shelf life — a couple all its own marked by a That’s a fair bit longer By mid-June, harvest of weeks at most, accord- startling sweetness. than that other famous has begun and continues ing to McClure.

While you don’t have sweet onion, Vidalia, a through late August.

Endangered onions? to try Michael Locati’s hybrid cultivated in Geor“Onions are ready when For a community once method of tasting them gia since the 1930s. The the leaves start laying famous for this varietal, raw in the field, this is a Walla Walla “still has that down,” said Dan McClure, it’s a big blow that acretrue “slicer” for using raw heirloom genome,” Locati who began growing organ- age has dropped within in salads and salsas or on said. ic Walla Walla Sweets in the past five or so years burgers and sandwiches.

Onion botany 2007 with his wife Sarah. from 1,000 acres to about You can grill, roast, sauté, It’s natural to think The couple currently raises 500, according to Kathryn or caramelize Walla Walla that sugar content is what over 800 tons on 27 acres Fry-Trommald, executive Sweets, too — just don’t makes Walla Walla Sweets at Walla Walla Organics director of the Walla Walla wait. exceptional. Not so. Their and plans to scale up pro- Sweet Onion Marketing Ways to cook and use mildness has to do with duction, although the labor Committee. sweet onions the fact that they contain is even more arduous than Compared to Vidalia’s Grill: Use a grill basket about half the amount of many other crops.

15,000 acres, this onion to cook large sliced or pyruvic acid that gives Why’s that? market is small potatoes. chopped onions on a hot yellow storage onions their “No mechanical process Urban sprawl (“there’s a grill until nicely charred. bite and makes you cry. yet exists that won’t dam- Wal-mart now where there Toss and continue grill“This geographical age them,” McClure said. were onion fields,” said ing until softened and area is very low in natural Nearly as large as softballs Fry-Trommald), consolitranslucent. Alternatively,

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Roast: Place trimmed and peeled whole onions into a greased roasting pan. Rub well with olive oil and season with salt, pepper and fresh thyme.

Roast at 425 F until brown and fork tender, about 1 hour, and serve with roast pork or beef.

Sauté: Slice peeled onions thinly. Heat a sauté pan over high heat with 1 tablespoon olive oil. Add the onions and season with a pinch of salt. Cook, stirring, until they soften and begin to brown. Add 1 bunch fresh, washed spinach or chard, another pinch of salt and ground pepper. Cover and let steam until the greens are wilted. Remove the cover, stir well and serve as a side dish with grilled meats or fish.

Caramelize: Slice peeled onions thinly. Heat a sauté pan over mediumhigh heat with 1 tablespoon olive oil. Add the onions and cook, stirring, until they soften. Add a large pinch of salt, reduce the heat to low and continue cooking, stirring and scraping the bottom of the pan every 15 minutes until the onions turn very soft, like jam, and the color of brown sugar, about 1 hour.

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‘Bad Moms’ a funny, ribald commentary Bad Moms (R) ★★★★

BY MICHAEL CLARK Movie Critic

Culling together the better elements of “The Hangover,” “Bridesmaids” and any ultra-rare, high-grade mainstream chick flick, “Bad Moms” addresses the often insurmountable pressures associated with modern motherhood in a highly profane, ribald, yet intelligent and entertaining manner.

In an age where female heads of households are expected to do the work that three people couldn’t accomplish in a 36-hour day, it will strike a chord of familiarity and knowing recognition that every stay-at-home, part-time or full-time working mother will immediately relate to and heartily embrace.

Addressing the concerns of one demographic — albeit the largest in the country, if not the world — is great but “Bad Moms” goes much further by including peripheral issues of children, (both good and bad) men, political posturing, one-upmanship and the untapped drawing power of cheap wine and Martha Stewart Jell-O shots.

Amy (Mila Kunis, expectedly hot, sexy and approachable) is frazzled and is being pulled at from all directions. She works at a Chicago-based designer coffee company, is overworked and under-paid. Her overachieving daughter, lazy son and sloth of a husband expect Amy to do every-

Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis and Kathryn Hahn star in “Bad Moms.”

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thing, are angered when she doesn’t do it all perfectly every day and are sluggishly unmoved when she does.

The movie opens on a perfect storm of a day when everything goes wrong and Amy finally snaps. The kids, the porn-addicted husband, the chintzy boss and the PTA president from Hell Gwendolyn (a perfectly vicious, shrill and shallow Christina Applegate) all contribute to what becomes Amy’s instant and for-theforeseeable-future time-out.

The first thing any normal person would do in this situation would be to drink, and with her newfound friends Kiki (Kristin Bell) and Carla (Kathryn Hahn), Amy goes to a bar and starts knocking down straight Scotch.

Both conceived purposefully broad, Kiki and Carla are opposite extremes and provide perfect contrast not only to each other but to Amy as well. A stayat-home mother of four (or maybe five), Kiki is as timid as a church mouse and is deathly afraid of even

entertaining the idea of contradicting her autocratic, iron-fist husband. The divorced mom of one, Carla is … um, well you see Carla is perpetually horny, dresses as if still in high school and swears like a drunken sailor.

Now chilling, Amy kicks back, often sleeps in, starts flirting with the resident hot widower (Jay Hernandez), tells the kids to fix their own damn meals, permanently jettisons the husband while still performing a reasonable number of mom-related duties. Amy also gets roped into a nasty confrontation with Gwendolyn, who runs the PTA like an intimidating, highly crooked union boss.

“Bad Moms” is the sophomore directorial effort of Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, the co-writers of the first two “Hangover” installments, and is a marked improvement over their debut (“21 and Over”), which really wasn’t all that hard to do. It’s not easy to make a movie with a mostly female cast and have them

talk and behave like naughty men while still allowing the characters to retain their dignity and femininity.

It’s worth pointing out that unlike most “R” rated comedies, “Bad Moms” earns its rating with extrasalty dialogue (and some brief, practically fleeting full frontal female nudity) and is totally devoid of any bodily function/gross-out/bathroom humor that often surfaced in “Bridesmaids” — something that proved to be a huge turnoff to a significant portion of the target demographic.

The only time the film even flirts with sentimentality is during the end credit sequence when the six principal female actors (including Jada Pinkett Smith and Annie Mumolo as Gwendolyn’s doormat, Greek chorus sidekicks) share the screen and reminisce with their real-life moms. It starts off all warm and fuzzy and touching and such but eventually gets racy and almost reaches the level of hard-R dialogue contained

in the film.

“Bad Moms” won’t be an Oscar contender by a long shot but neither is it just a throwaway comedy that you watch in the dead of summer and soon forget.

It’s simply a VERY funny movie with a message or two tacked on for good measure that will obviously speak volumes to mothers.

It might also give some men cause to reconsider the immense difficulty that comes with being a wife, a mom, a woman, a lover, a partner, a friend and a breadwinner all at once while often dancing backwards in high heels.

Right now “Bad Moms” is a “girl’s night out” type of affair but in no time will become a “girl’s night in” thing. It wouldn’t be going out on a limb to predict that once “Bad Moms” is released on home video, it will lead to frequent if not regular theme parties that will almost certainly involve vast amounts of Scotch, bargain basement wine and spiked Jell-O. (STX Entertainment)

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New biopic a primer on Zappa

BY MICHAEL CLARK Movie Critic

Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words (R): An iconoclast, visionary, guitar virtuoso, composer, band leader, social revolutionary and fly in the ointment for both the right and the left, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member Frank Zappa eschewed any and all forms of convention. An artist of the highest order who could be rightfully lumped into multiple categories (rock, pop, jazz, doowop, soul, rhythm Charles Ash and blues, as Frank classical, Zappa experimental, avant-garde, musique concrete, spoken word), Zappa broke every possible musical wall.

“Eat That Question” (which, oddly enough is an instrumental song) is a documentary film that, for longtime Zappa fans, offers nothing new. Every bit of it has been seen in some form or fashion before, but never assembled together as it is here. There are interviews, concert clips and even a Steve Allen-hosted “Tonight Show” appearance with a suit-wearing, clean-shaved Zappa performing a piece featuring two bicycles. For the uninitiated it should serve as a decent primer.

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‘Hillary’s America’ explores history of Clinton, Democratic Party Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party ★★★★ (PG-13)

Both D’Souza’s supporters and enemies have labeled him the conservative Michael Moore, which is technically accurate as both make politically charged, often divisive documentaries. But that’s where any comparison ends. Moore is a

BY MICHAEL CLARK bellicose limelight hog who Movie Critic often twists the facts to fit his This new film from coskewed narrative (“Fahrwriter/co-directors Dinesh enheit 9/11” in particular) D’Souza and Bruce School- whereas D’Souza cherry ey has already infuriated picks them. Leaving points virtually every Democrat out for the sake of running and the mostly left-leaning time may not be altogether entertainment media; 27 fair, but at least it’s honest of the 28 reviews currently and far better than trying to on rottentomatoes.com are rewrite history. strongly negative. These left“Hillary’s America” ist critics hate its mere exis- opens with D’Souza being tence, but very few of them found guilty and sentenced are challenging its historical to jail for a crime (if you accuracy. The truth hurts and can call it that) that is rarely they are in excruciating pain. prosecuted: he gave a friend

Mikaela Krantz portrays a young Hillary Clinton in the documentary “Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party.” (Special Photo: D’Souza Media)

money to donate to a political candidate. The fact that this happened shortly after D’Souza made the scathing 2012 movie “2016: Obama’s America” led some to believe this was a highly suspect bit of selective enforcement and sour-grapes hierarchy payback.

The first act shows D’Souza serving his time and conversing with other inmates who are there for far

more serious, mostly violent crimes. One such individual is there after pulling off a simple yet highly effective confidence scam involving fake life insurance policies.

It is during this segment that the filmmakers begin to draw parallels between urban street crimes and “legal” U.S. political practices.

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The latter half of the movie’s title is represented in bullet-point detail in the second act and will impress, enlighten and/or confound even those who consider themselves historically astute. The birth of the Democratic Party began with the election of Andrew Jackson as the seventh president of the United States. A merciless slave owner, Jackson was staunchly opposed to abolition of any kind and did his level best to prohibit opinion and anti-slavery tracts from the North getting to the South. Jackson’s loose wheeling and dealing with legislation ultimately achieved nothing beyond stalling and staving off the inevitable.

The remainder of the second half explores the history of the party as it related to three key points in the nation’s history: the founding of the Ku Klux Klan, the Chicago-based organized crime reign of the 1920s and the all-important Voting Rights Act of 1964. There’s not enough room in this column to go into further detail of this segment of the movie, and even if there were it would likely spoil the bevy of factoid twists and jaw-dropping surprises the filmmakers dollop out along the way.

Showing up as bridge as it were between the middle and final acts is Saul Alinsky, a Chicago-born activist, author of the “landmark” book “Rules for Radicals” and the acknowledged founder of the far-left-leaning “community organizing” movement. As depicted in the film, a young Alinsky devised a not-sooriginal method of carrying out what in modern terms is commonly referred to as

“skipping the bill,” or more simply walking out on a restaurant check. He figured out a way to eat for next to nothing by effectively stealing food from a local chain of cafeterias, citing his “right to eat.” Huh? WTF? While researching her senior thesis on him at Wellesley College in 1968, Hillary Rodham interviewed Alinsky while keeping him at arm’s length. Although not mentioned in the film, Alinsky offered Rodham a job in 1971, which she declined, likely because she was at Yale studying law at the time. It was at Yale where Rodham met fellow student Bill Clinton, and they soon began dating.

If there is anything to find fault with in this particular segment, it would be the slight conjecture of Rodham’s initial, implied motives for dating Clinton, although this premise certainly holds a lot of water when applying it to her vehement reactions and intractable defenses of him during multiple accusations of sexual misconduct long before, shortly up to and during his presidency.

The narrative wouldn’t be complete without some kind of inclusion of the current American president, and the filmmakers do so in a somewhat rushed, semiforced manner. It’s not a deal-killer by any stretch, but they could have taken this precious time to focus on Hillary Clinton’s tumultuous tenure as Secretary of State and the scandal-riddled leadup to her presidential coronation — er, nomination.

Although some may disagree, the Indian-born D’Souza is an American original if not patriot.

Unafraid of being one of the rare conservatives operating within the creative arena, he’s actually served time for his art. How many of his progressive contemporaries can make that same claim?

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‘Star Trek Beyond’ film fans

STANDOUT PERFORMANCE

PASS/FAIL

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OVERALL IMPRESSION

Pass: The graphics and CGI are outstanding, and all of the familiar characters are here. The story moves along very well and is well scripted, consistent and well in keeping with when the franchise began. It is also written very well with the help of Simon Pegg, who also plays Scotty in the movie.

Fail: Some of the scenes in between the action scenes are a little sluggish and tend to drag on a bit. The romantic subplots involving some of the characters come off a bit artificial.

Even though Capt. Kirk (Chris Pine) is the central character, the entire crew of the Enterprise make equal contributions and each of them stands out in their role. The addition of Jaylah (Sophia Boutella) to the gang is great and shows a lot of promise for the inevitable future episodes.

Entertaining even if you’re not a Trekkie, but for the fans of the franchise, this has all of the excitement and interaction we have come to be familiar with. As the third installment with the new cast, this one really hits the mark.

This movie is best seen on the big screen for which it was intended. IMAX 3-D would be even better in order to appreciate the scope of the action scenes in outer space and in various other places. It would be much more difficult to appreciate on the small screen.

Good action and a well told story consistent with the philosophies of the original series, being progressive and pro-integration, with a meaningful moral at the end. Add in the nice musical touches of “Fight the Power” by Public Enemy and “Sabotage” by the Beastie Boys that are very well placed in the action, as well as the usual synergy and bantering of the Enterprise crew, and this is a very entertaining movie for any and all. Very nice respects to the memory of Anton Yelchin (Chekov) and Leonard Nimoy (Spock) at the end.

Pass: Good story line; eye-popping special effects; fast-paced action for much of the film; good character development involving many of the secondary roles.

Fail: At times, the action overshadows and obscures the plot; a villain who is rarely seen and one-dimensional for much of the first two-thirds of the movie.

Ensemble acting really is what makes “Star Trek Beyond” work so well. Yes, Christopher Pine does a fine job as Capt. James Kirk, but he’s rarely the center of attention here. Simon Pegg (who co-wrote the story and plays Scotty), Karl Urban (Dr. McCoy) and Zachary Quinto (Spock) all have much meatier roles this time around. A nice addition was Sofia Boutella as Jaylah, an alien who allies herself with the Enterprise crew when they’re marooned on an uncharted planet. The ubiquitous Idris Elba (who’s been in nearly every major film released in 2016, from “Zootopia” and “Jungle Book” to “Finding Dory”) plays the bad-guy Krall, but only gets to show his acting chops during the last 30 minutes of the flick.

Trekkies will live long and prosper with this 13th installment of the “Star Trek” film series. It delivers the goods with lots of zest, action and humor, and has producer J.J. Abrams’ fingerprints all over it.

This is one for both the silver screen and your home theater.

Bring along the popcorn and snacks for this one.

“Star Trek Beyond” is of the same high caliber as the 2009 “Star Trek” franchise reboot that was also shepherded by J.J. Abrams, and is superior to 2013’s “Star Trek Into Darkness” on several levels.

Director Justin Lin has infused “Beyond” with a skillful blend of danger and menace with nearly-equal amounts of the playfulness and wit that were hallmarks of the more watchable early “Star Trek” flicks like “Wrath of Khan.” However, you don’t have to be a die-hard Trekkie to get a blast out of “Beyond.”

Pass: Visually, this film was stunning. The special effects and CGI throughout the film, especially the battle sequences, were amazing and really helped to intensify those scenes.

The scale of space, the star base and the battles were so immense. The design of the Yorktown star base was reminiscent of things we’ve seen in the film “Inception,” but was still awesome.

I didn’t see anything really new or original, but what I did see was really well done.

Fail: This film, being the third in the series so far, lacked the witty banter and comic relief that were so prevalent in the first two films. It was still there, but much more muted somehow. I also felt the acting performances were just OK, not really stellar. The cast didn’t seem to gel together as well either.

I’m not sure if it was the writing or the directing, but this one seems sub-par compared to its predecessors.

The one performance that did stand out for me was that of Sonia Boutella, who played the role of Jaylah, a woman who helps Kirk and his crew battle the forces of Krall and who desperately wants to leave the planet she has been stranded on. Her acting was great. She made you really feel her sense of loss and desperation. She was also a formidable opponent in her fight scene with one of Krall’s commanders. I don’t know anything about Sonia’s background but I can tell you she definitely has years of martial arts training.

Anyone who enjoys sci-fi, fantasy and action movies should definitely enjoy this one. It has some very intense fight scenes and space battles, and at times would have you on the edge of your seat. There are certainly some throwbacks to the previous films you’ll notice if you’ve seen them too, but even if you haven’t, you’d still find this movie to be a good one.

Although I didn’t love this movie like I thought I would, I still think that it’s a great one to see in the theater for the special effects alone. It won’t disappoint in that regard.

“Star Trek: Beyond” was a good movie — not spectacular, but good. Overall I think I’m more biased by my disappointment that I didn’t enjoy it as much as the other two. I own the others and thought for sure that I would walk out of the theater excited to get the third, but I’m not sure I’ll even get it. It had everything you’d want in a movie: action, suspense, comedy (not as much as I would have liked), strong acting by everyone, decent plot, amazing effects. But for me, something was missing that couldn’t push it from good to great. If you figure out what’s missing, please let me know.

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the Civil War to win the Best Picture Oscar.

A: “Dances with Wolves” 5. What movie directed

by Warren Beatty included an intermission?

A: “Reds”

Test your film knowledge with Now, for this week’s questions: Michael Clark So, you think you’re good at movie trivia?

Every week, we give readers the opportunity to flex their movie muscles by answering five trivia questions from our movie critic, Michael Clark.

Congratulations to last week’s winner, Joe Cook of Loganville.

Here are last week’s questions again and the answers: 1. Name two movies where Joseph GordonLevitt played non-fictional characters.

A: “Lincoln” (Robert Todd Lincoln), “The Wind Rises” (Jiro Horikoshi), “The Walk” (Philippe Petit) and the upcoming “Snowden” (Edward Snowden) 2. Name the first film directed by a female to make over $100 million at the U.S. box office.

A: “Big” (Penny Marshall) 3. What is the preferred murder weapon of the Javier Bardem character in “No Country for Old Men?” A: Captive bolt pistol 4. Name the last movie set at the same time as

1. Who played the corpse in “The Big Chill?”

2. What actor had to turn down the role of Indiana Jones because of a TV commitment?

3. What type of precious stone is on the necklace in “Titanic?”

4. Name someone to receive four Oscar nominations for the same film.

5. Name the first animated Disney movie to be rated “PG.” The first person (located within the U.S.) to respond with all of the correct answers receives a prize of an item or items (movie T-shirts, hats, posters, etc.). The winner also gets their name published in the next Weekend section.

Please email your answers, along with your name to clarkwriter@mindspring. com. Include “Gwinnett Daily Post Trivia Contest” in the subject line. In the event no one answers all of the questions correctly, the person with the most correct answers submitted by 6 p.m. the Monday after the contest is posted will be the winner. Only one winner per household is eligible for each 30-day period.

NOW SHOWING Recently reviewed films by movie critic Michael Clark now playing in metro area theaters.

Captain Fantastic (R) — 3 stars Viggo Mortensen is perfectly cast as Ben, raising his

six brilliant kids in the Northwest wilderness. Eschewing convention and drawn to communism, he nonetheless has a Libertarian mindset and after a tragic event he’s forced to interact with the real world.

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Invasion of the Body Snatchers Collector’s Edition Blu-ray (PG) Movie: ★★★★ Disc: ★★★★ The second and arguably of the best of the three adaptations of the Jack Finney novel, this version from 1978 hasn’t aged a day and if anything is even more ominous and resonant. Four friends (Donald Sutherland, Jeff Goldblum, Veronica Cartwright, Brooke Adams) and an outlier (Leonard Nimoy) begin to notice the sudden mysterious lack of personality in others and surmise they’re being replaced by alien clones. Director Philip Kaufman and screenwriter W.D.

Richter uncoil the narrative at a perfect pace and strike the perfect balance of plot and character development.

Technical specs: aspect ratio: Widescreen (1080p/1.85:1), audio: English (Dolby Digital DTS-HD MA 5.1, 2.0), subtitles: English.

Special features include: • New and old cast and filmmaker interviews • Commentaries • 4 Featurettes

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COMING SOON TO OWN “The Blacklist: The Complete Third Season” (Aug. 2): Now that she’s a fugitive from justice, Red (James Spader) does what he can to protect Liz (Megan Boone), even from her former comrades. (Not rated)

teacher (Melissa Joan Hart) runs into professional trouble over a student’s (Hayley Orrantia) religion-based query. (PG) “The Huntsman: Winter’s War” (Aug. 23): Battling sisters (Charlize Theron, Emily Blunt) pose big challenges for the Huntsman (Chris Hemsworth) and his true love (Jessica Chastain). (PG-13)

“Keanu” (Aug. 2): Cousins (Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele) try to retrieve an abducted cat that’s at the crux of a gang war. (R)

“Roots” (Aug. 23): The remake of the landmark miniseries about author Alex Haley’s family background features Forest Whitaker and Laurence Fishburne. (Not rated)

“Halt And Catch Fire: The Complete Second Season” (Aug. 9): The personal-computer revolution continues to advance in the AMC series; Lee Pace stars. (Not rated) “A Hologram For The King” (Aug. 9): Tom Hanks plays a businessman struggling to adjust to overseas customs while trying to close a deal. (R)

Lights Out (PG-13) — 3 stars Teresa Palmer and Maria Bello star in this 86-minute, streamlined, bare-bones horror thriller which, while never straying far from typical genre convention, still manages to

“God’s Not Dead 2” (Aug. 16): A

remain fresh, original and unnervingly scary.

Hunt for the Wilderpeople (PG-13) — 2 1/2 stars This “quirky” New Zealandbased dramedy is a barely serviceable mismatched buddy affair where an

“Limitless: Season One” (Aug 30): This is the only season of the nowcanceled CBS series based on the movie that starred Bradley Cooper, a producer and recurring guest star here; Jake McDorman stars. (Not rated)

orphaned teen hoodlum and his crotchety adopted dad (Sam Neill) become fugitives on the run for reasons that make little sense.

The Infiltrator (R) — 2 1/2 stars Bryan Cranston stars as

Robert Mazur, a real-life DEA agent posing as an international money launderer looking to bring down drug-dealer Pablo Escobar. The film is not bad but too often feels like a by-the-numbers, detached true crime procedural.

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BOURNE INFERIOR Latest movie weakest of the Matt Damon franchise

Matt Damon returns to his most iconic role in “Jason Bourne.” Paul Greengrass, the director of The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum, once again joins Damon for the next chapter of Universal Pictures’ Bourne franchise, which finds the CIA’s most lethal former operative drawn out of the shadows. (Universal Studios)

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the ability to stay one step ahead of his enemies and his gift for driving assorted motor vehicles during chase scenes.

Part of the appeal of the first three films was the unique manner in which Greengrass choreographed and shot the chase scenes and, perhaps in an effort to avoid redundancy, he only includes two motorized variations of them here.

The first — involving Bourne and Parsons on a motorcycle in Athens while being pursued by Asset — is pure, adrenaline-fueled, edge-of-your-seat stuff.

The second — taking place during the flabby and overlong third act — involves Bourne and Asset going the wrong way down the Las Vegas strip in a SWAT tank thingy and a muscle car that, even by exaggerated action flick standards, is impossible to swallow.

Greengrass fares much better when including a half-dozen on-foot chase sequences that show far more imagination, employ

some truly innovative camera angles and crafty visual sleight-of-hand.

Another tip of the hat to Greengrass and co-writer Christopher Rouse comes with their inclusion of a subplot that calls into question the desire of cyber privacy as it relates to national security. Considering the screenplay was likely written well over two years ago, it deftly foreshadowed the showdown between Apple and the U.S. government over the cellphones belonging to the San Bernardino Islamic terrorists.

“Jason Bourne” isn’t a bust, but neither does it measure up to the first three. The final scene fails to provide any type of closure and all but guarantees yet another installment. If Universal, Greengrass and Damon were smart, they could do that with Damon reprising Bourne in a supporting capacity and coming up with something new with Vikander as the lead.

That could be interesting.

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BY MICHAEL CLARK in multiple years of imprisMovie Critic onment and torture.

It’s been nine years since Marking her fourth apMatt Damon and Paul pearance in the franchise is Greengrass teamed up for Julia Stiles as Nicky Para “Bourne” movie and this, sons, a Bourne confidant their fourth collaboration, who now is any enemy of is easily the weakest of the the CIA and risks a great bunch. This should come deal on multiple levels as no surprise to anyone. when trying to reconnect No franchise series with with him. the same lead performer The problems begin and director has ever been early on with Greengrass’ done four times before, and global hop-scotching and at least they can take pride Bourne going back to in the knowledge that the square one. In hiding in first three were all superior Greece and making a living productions. as a bare-knuckle street This is not to say “Jason fighter (?!), Bourne is being Bourne” doesn’t have its haunted by the same flashfair share of narrative and back scene (repeated no visual peaks. The additions less than five times) involvof Tommy Lee Jones as ing the death of his father CIA director Robert Dewey (Gregg Henry). Effectively and Alicia Vikander as CIA a man without a country, cyber specialist Heather Bourne is still in possesLee inject some much sion of his considerable needed new juice, and for hand-to-hand combat skills,

Jason Bourne (PG-13) ★★★★

‘Cafe Society’ just another Allen film Café Society (PG-13) ★★★★

BY MICHAEL CLARK

Movie Critic

For regular readers of this column, please forgive the following, as it might sound too familiar.

With close to 50 feature films released over about the same amount of years, Woody Allen is the Energizer Bunny of the film industry. This is neither a compliment nor an insult, merely an observation.

While Allen’s core audience goes bonkers any time he puts out a new movie, many others loathe him and the remainder of us like him a tad less than half of the time.

“Café Society” is a period piece set in Hollywood during the Great Depression with Allen taking aim at the industry he’s been wrangling with his entire professional career. Jesse Eisenberg — the latest in a string of Allen surrogates — stars as Bobby, a wide-eyed Brooklyn guy who has no intention of following in his father’s retail footsteps. He decides to go west with the hopes his Uncle Phil (Steve Carell) — a big deal studio executive — can find something for him to do in the movie business.

After dodging Bobby for weeks, the nonplussed Phil finally gives him a job as an errand boy, which keeps Bobby in close company with Vonnie (Kristen Stewart), Phil’s Midwestern sec-

Bobby (Jesse Eisenberg) and Vonnie (Kristen Stewart) get close in Café Society. (Photo: Sabrina Lantos)

retary. Instantly smitten with Vonnie, Bobby make his feelings clear and in turn she politely declines, stating she already has a boyfriend. Undeterred, Bobby hangs in there and, eventually, kind-of sort-of wins her heart.

Not long after a notvery-surprising twist in the second act, Bobby returns to New York and starts working for his older brother Ben (Corey Stoll), a tough-as-nails gangster who operates a high-end speakeasy catering to other criminals, the idle rich and bent politicians. During this stretch Bobby meets fresh divorcee Veronica (Blake Lively), a beautiful and agreeable but crushingly boring girl who is more than happy to jump right into a serious romance with him.

Gorgeously shot and impeccably framed, “Café Society” is nonetheless a minor entry in Allen’s canon of titles. Not great enough to make a strong impression, it’s also far from his worst and it will do nothing pro or con to change anyone’s mind about him.

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