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Gwinnett County cooperative ministries announce food plan during spring break

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Gwinnett’s Cooperative Food Ministries are stepping in to fill a food insecurity void left when Gwinnett County Public Schools pauses its meal deliveries during spring break.

In collaboration with GwinnettCares.org partners, several local co-ops are preparing to provide extra support to families with children next week.

Gwinnett Cares spokesperson Paige Havens said families seeking assistance can to go to the co-op serving their corresponding zip code once per week during operating hours.

People are required to present an ID and a piece of current mail with current address and zip code on it. Families will receive a week’s worth of food, distributed in drive-through fashion to comply with social distancing guidelines.

The program is only available to residents of Gwinnett County.

Scott Mawdesley, Community Outreach Director for 12Stone Church and Gwinnett Coalition for Health & Human Services Board Chair, has helped oversee the partnership of cooperative ministries, non-profits and local organizations that launched GwinnettCares.org.

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“This is an especially difficult time for many families in our community,” he said in a statement. “We are doing everything we can to ensure they have access to basic needs.

The effects of COVID-19 have hit hard and fast. We have an amazing group of community leaders and non-profit agencies that have formed a response team to help address critical needs as they unfold.”

The food pantries’ inventories have been re-stocked by a combination of large-scale donations and community donations. Randy Redner, President & CEO of the Community Foundation of Northeast Georgia, said the partnership amassed $350,000 in donations from corporate partners providing people relief in the form of grants for the The Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia’s COVID-19 Relief Fund. Those checks, he said, were delivered to cooperative ministries and shelter organizations Tuesday.

Mawdesley said other nonprofit partners will be providing supplemental food programs targeting certain geographic areas, families with transportation challenges and others with special needs. Partners include Salvation Army, Nothing But The Truth, JM Tull Gwinnett Family YMCA, Village of Hope, Street Wise, the

Atlanta Community Food Bank and a multitude of churches.

Mawdesley said a network of Gwinnett churches has also been able to blanket the county with individual food donations. 12Stone Church, Gwinnett Church, Perimeter Church and Victory Church are hosting eight collection sites around the county.

There probably hasn’t been a day across all our (12 Stone) campuses where someone hasn’t come by and dropped off food for a co-op,” he said.

Co-ops will continue to accept donations. Havens wrote in an announcement, people able and willing to give money or food or money to support the effort should visit GwinnettCares.org to donate to relief funds or find a convenient drop-off location.

Gwinnett County Public Schools supplied hundreds of thousands of free sack lunches at 68 school sites and bus stops in those school clusters since schools were closed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

GCPS will pause meal deliveries during the regular spring break from March 20 to April 3. The district announced student meals will once again be available for pick up or delivery at school bus stops on April 6. Plans for the week of April 13 will be communicated soon after spring break ends.

Primerica Foundation donates $175K to COVID-19 relief effort

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Financial services provider Primerica announced Thursday that The Primerica Foundation has donated $175,000 to the COVID-19 relief efforts through grants to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, American Red Cross, Community Foundation of Northeast Georgia and United Way of Greater Atlanta.

The primary focus of this funding will go to relief efforts in Gwinnett County and the greater Atlanta area, while the CDC donation will help it continue to lead the nation’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Primerica’s top priority is to protect the health and well-being of our clients, representatives, employees, and the communities where we

live and work,” said Kathryn Kieser, EVP, Chairman, and President of The Primerica Foundation. “Primerica is headquartered in Gwinnett County, and we are providing immediate support to nonprofit organizations to address frontline needs throughout the County, especially the needs of the most vulnerable among us.”

Primerica has implemented a work-from-home plan, and about 85% of its approximately 1,800 employees in Gwinnett County are working remotely. Primerica also expanded temporary sick leave coverage to provide an extra measure of support for employees who are unable to work due to COVID-19.

The company’s 130,000 life insurance licensed representatives are using video conferencing to provide the same level of service that its clients have come to expect.

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COLUMNIST|DICK YARBROUGH

Is Loeffler’s financial explanation a loser?

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n 1984 when former Vice President pointed senator and then on the day of Walter Mondale was running for a supposedly secret briefing, you begin president, he said something during to unload between $1.2 million and $3 the campaign he wished he had not said million of stock? (Cue the eye roll from and later tried to correct his mistake. I We the Unwashed.) don’t remember the details, but I do reSecond, I would have told her to tell member ABC’s Peter Jennings discussing whoever was managing her and her husthe matter with political pundit George band’s portfolios when she was appointed Will one evening. to the Senate to never, never, ever buy Jennings said he thought Monor sell any stock that would put dale had done a good job of exher in an embarrassing position plaining what he had meant. Wills as has just occurred. Blimey, she replied, “Peter, in politics when is reportedly worth an estimated you have to explain it, you have $500 million already and she has already lost the argument.” let someone risk her nascent poThat brings me to our newly litical career for $3 million? That minted Republican U.S. senator is pocket change to a gazillionfrom Georgia, Kelly Loeffler. She Yarbrough aire like her. is busy trying to explain how she Loeffler’s financial dealings came to unload millions of dollars in have created a great opportunity for stock so soon after attending a private, opponents running against her in the senators-only briefing on the spread upcoming primary currently set for of COVID-19 and just before the mar- May 19, assuming the coronavirus pankets tanked. demic doesn’t change that. I am thinkAccording to the political website Daily ing specifically of Rep. Doug Collins, Beast, the sale of between $1.2 million of Gainesville, who endured a shameand $3.1 million in stocks jointly owned ful smear campaign by a Washingtonby Loeffler and her husband, Jeffery based special interest group. Assuming Sprecher, CEO of Intercontinental Ex- the Inside-the-Beltway crowd was trying change and chairman of the New York to punish Collins for considering a run Stock Exchange, began the very day of against Loeffler, it failed. It was one of the briefing and continued until mid- the dumbest, ham-handed political atFebruary. The 15 stocks that Loeffler tacks I have ever witnessed. reported selling have since lost on avHow does a guy go from being Donald erage more than a third of their value. Trump’s most ardent and high-profile She initially reported many of the defender during the president’s recent transactions as sales of stock owned by impeachment trial to suddenly becomher husband. She has since amended ing a Nancy Pelosi-loving liberal who the filing to say that most of them were is soft on crime? If my mail is any injointly owned. dication, that ploy backfired badly, as Interestingly, between the time she it should have. Collins has come out of was appointed by Gov. Brian Kemp to this looking better than ever. replace retiring Sen. Johnny Isakson, Meanwhile, a lot of Republicans aren’t who stepped down for health reasons happy with Loeffler’s financial doings. and Jan. 23, the day before the brief- House Speaker David Ralston says the ing, Loeffler did not report a single stock Republican ticket in Georgia could be transaction from accounts owned by her “tainted” by her actions. The GOP’s or those held jointly with her husband. control of political power in the state OK, now to her explanation. Loeffler is tenuous these days and the newbie said, “This is a ridiculous and baseless senator’s actions haven’t helped. attack. I do not make investment deSen. Loeffler may be satisfied with her cisions for my portfolio. Investment explanation, but as George Will said those decisions are made by multiple third- many years ago: In politics, when you party advisors without my or my hus- have to explain it, you have already lost band’s knowledge or involvement. As the argument. This one may be a loser. confirmed in the periodic transaction On another matter: Former Columreport to Senate Ethics, I was informed bus Mayor Teresa Tomlinson’s staff reof these purchases and sales on Febru- minded me she is running against Sen. ary 16, 2020 — three weeks after they David Perdue, not Kelly Loeffler as I were made.” stated last week. So noted.

Far be it from me to offer advice to the senator but had she asked me, I would You can reach Dick Yarbrough at dick@ dickyarbrough.com; at P.O. Box 725373, have told her that in politics perception quickly becomes reality. You don’t buy Atlanta GA 31139; or on Facebook at www. facebook.com/dickyarb. or sell stock from the time you are ap-

LOCAL COLUMNIST|DARRELL HUCKABY

Plenty of blame to go around in a crisis

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don’t think I’ve seen the world, or my It reminds me of one of my favorite paslittle corner of it, in such widespread sages of scripture, from the book of Matthew. panic my entire life — not even during “We played the flute for you, and you did the Cuban Missile Crisis when we were not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not crawling under our school desks mourn. For John came neither eating every day in fear of the “Big One” nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a being launched from Havana, apdemon!’ The Son of Man came eating parently right toward the Osprey and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at Mill in Porterdale. this glutton and drunkard, a friend of To be sure, there are those among tax collectors and sinners!’” us who have not panicked at all. In In other words, you’re damned if fact, there are those among us who you do and damned if you don’t. act like nothing untoward is happenI don’t know when we became so ing across the land and right here Huckaby reliant on the government to tell us at home, and therein, perhaps, lies what to do and become our nurse some of the rub. We have had one segment maids from the cradle to the grave. We of the populace going about their business were all given a brain. We should use them — congregating in bars and nightclubs and in such instances. wherever two or more can gather. We have The governor has been trying to get peoother segments of the population holed up ple to stay home if they could for weeks, but in their homes, apparently hoarding enough some folks act like if he would just issue an ground beef and toilet paper to maintain a executive order that people do so, everyone clean bottom until Gabriel blows his horn would. The problem with making rules is for the Day of Judgement. that they have to be enforced. We don’t have I get both those scenarios — except for the the manpower to chase down every person TP hoarders. Noah wouldn’t have needed as who leaves their home to see why they are much TP on the ark as some of those fools out. And if you are out and aren’t supposed were hauling out of the Big Box stores when to be, what do we do? Lock you up? They this whole thing started. If everyone would are turning out prisoners in some places. just buy in normal quantities the normal Fine you? Folks don’t have money now.

American supply chain would work for evAnd do we treat areas like Atlanta and erybody. We ain’t Venezuela. Thank God. Albany, where the incidence of coronavirus But they didn’t, of course, so we get what is so high, just like we do the hinterlands, we get and don’t get what we don’t get. where there are few cases at all?

Which is not what has amazed me the Gov. Kemp has worked diligently since most this week. way before we knew we had a crisis. He What has amazed me the most is the re- has been prudent and thoughtful and proaction of so many people toward the gov- active and open and has made sure that ernment — on a national and local level. I Georgia is on the radar and will receive readily admit that I spend way too much the full benefits of every federal program time on social media. But it is about all the enacted. social I get, these days. I’m not about to turn But I understand. When things go bad on cable news and be scared to death, 24/7. with a ball team, everyone blames the There are the usual suspects out there — coach. When things aren’t going well at those people who would criticize Donald church, everyone blames the preacher.

Trump if he found a cure for cancer while And when the state is hit with an unprecfeeding 5,000 people at one of his rallies edented calamity and people are afraid and with two fish and five loaves of bread. I get insecure, they complain that the governor that. Nothing he can or will ever do will can’t part the waters of the storm to allow make those folks happy, unless he does re- them to walk on dry land. ally bad things because they will be happy Now, going back to the previous scripwith his failures. ture I cited. Matthew wrote one more line.

But there are also a lot of otherwise sane “But wisdom is vindicated by her actions.” and reasonable people who are screaming It is, and it will be. Stay safe. Stay home from the rooftops for Georgia Gov. Brain — without being told. Wash your hands.

Kemp to “shut down the state,” while othSelah. ers are complaining, just as vocally, that they cannot go to work and make a living Darrell Huckaby is an author in Rockdale County. Email him at dhuck008@gmail.com. and feed their families.

COLUMNIST|MARC THIESSEN

Trump understands what his critics don’t: The current lockdown is unsustainable

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resident Trump enjoys 60% approval for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, but that has not stopped his critics from trying to stoke public outrage at his expense.

After the president expressed hope that the anti-malaria drug chloroquine was showing signs of success as a treatment for the coronavirus, news organizations tried to blame him for the death of an Arizona man who self-medicated with fish tank solvent that contained a different form of the substance. “Man dies after taking drug touted as coronavirus treatment by Trump,” CBS News declared. No, he didn’t. Trump never suggested anyone self-medicate with aquarium cleaner.

Now the latest source of outrage is the president’s announcement that wants to begin lifting the current economic lockdown by Easter. In a press briefing Tuesday, Trump said his “goal is to ease the guidelines and open things up to very large sections of our country” and that “I hope we can do this by Easter,” but added that “our decision will be based on hard facts and data.”

There is absolutely nothing wrong with this. Every life matters. That is why at the start of a pandemic, the right strategy is to

accept high economic risk in order economists warn that gross domestic to mitigate the risks to public health product could decline by about 30% of a new and unknown pathogen. in the second quarter as a result of Trump effectively ordered a recesthe lockdown. That can’t continue sion — asking businesses to close indefinitely. and workers to stay home — to slow The emergency relief bill buys us the spread of the virus so that pubsome more time, but at enormous lic health officials could learn how cost. We are borrowing $2 trillion it behaves, develop our testing ca- Thiessen from our children and grandchildren pability and increase the production so the government can effectively of protective gear, ventilators and hospital replace the lost revenue and paychecks of capacity for the hardest-hit areas, as well as millions of businesses and workers in the the development of therapeutics to treat it. United States. We can’t do that forever. And But over time, as we get a handle on the replacing lost income does not replace the outbreak, we need to start adjusting our de- dignity of work. cision-making to balance risk with the masNo one in the White House is suggesting sive toll the lockdown is taking on the Ameri- that we sacrifice the elderly or the vulnercan people. While journalists can telework, able. Asked by a reporter “how many deaths millions of Americans who can’t are losing are you willing to accept?” to restore growth, their careers and the businesses they spent Trump answered “none.” Rather, the goal is a lifetime building. A prolonged economic to get this country to the same place as South shutdown will lead to deaths as well, in the Korea, which has effectively contained the form of increased rates of depression, sub- virus without quarantining tens of millions stance abuse and suicide. of people. South Koreans did so by following The president understands that we need a a strategy of “Trace, Test and Treat” — using sustainable strategy to defeat the virus and mass testing to isolate the infected while althat the current lockdown is unsustainable. lowing healthy people to go about their lives.

A record 3.28 million Americans applied South Korea has been able to do this befor unemployment benefits last week, and cause it was able to test early. We have not

because we lost six crucial weeks in ramping up testing thanks to the incompetence of the Food and Drug Administration, which refused to allow private and academic advanced labs to develop coronavirus tests.

Only in March were FDA restrictions lifted and outside labs given the green light to begin testing.

It will take time to catch up, but once we reach that point where we can test anyone, we can start figuring out where we can ease up on the lockdowns. As Anthony S. Fauci said on Tuesday, “areas of the country that are not hot spots ... still have a window of significant degree of being able to contain” the virus. It may be that in these parts of the country where there aren’t many cases, we can begin to follow the South Korean approach soon, while the hardest-hit places such as New York may need to maintain a lockdown for many months.

Will that happen by Easter? Maybe, maybe not. As Fauci says, we need to be flexible and follow the evidence. But it has to happen eventually.

Marc Thiessen is a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and the former chief speechwriter for President George W. Bush.

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Source of PSA after surgery?

DEAR DR. ROACH: Some 20 years ago, as I was turning 50, a biopsy confirmed prostate cancer. I elected to deal with that through surgery, a radical perineal prostatectomy. For the following 10 years, follow-up blood tests came Roach back showing PSA at “less than 0.1,” which I interpreted to mean levels below the detectable limit. About 10 years ago the lab announced that they had improved their methods and would henceforth report PSA in blood as low as 0.01. Since then, my lab reports for PSA have been in the 0.02-0.04 range. Are there tissues that are not removed during a radical prostatectomy that could produce these low levels of PSA? Or are these some fugitive prostate cancer cells lurking somewhere?

— D.A.S. ANSWER: The term “prostate-specific antigen” isn’t exactly correct, because there are other cells in the body that produce PSA at very low levels. Urethral glands can, and so can salivary glands, normal breast tissue and some cancers besides prostate. The parallel structures to the prostate gland in women, Skene’s glands, may produce PSA, but not enough to register on a blood test.

When a PSA level that was previously undetectable after treatment such as surgery starts rising, it is almost always due to recurrence of cancer. However, this doesn’t seem to be the case for you. I suspect the very low levels you see now are either due to a very small amount of normal prostate tissue left after surgery or other tissues making PSA. Levels below 0.1 ng/mL are of uncertain significance, and the fact that they have stayed low for 10 or more years is good evidence that there has been no recurrence of cancer.

DEAR DR. ROACH: In 1976 I lost a lung to cancer.

I have enjoyed my life and never had a problem. Recently, I fell on the golf course, and landed on my chest on the good lung side. When I hit the ground, I heard a loud crack. I had an X-ray that day, and was so happy the X-ray showed no broken bones. It did show two or three “calcium spots” in the remaining lung.

Over the years I have had numerous X-rays, and they have all been clear. My doctor didn’t seem concerned. I remember having pneumonia as a kid, but that was 75 years ago. Can you explain where these deposits come from? Should I be concerned?

— S.C.A. ANSWER: Calcium in the lung, most commonly a calcified pulmonary nodule, has a long list of possible causes. Previous infection is one. Tuberculosis and fungal infections very commonly leave behind calcified nodules that can be seen on Xray. Benign tumors are other common causes of small areas of calcium. If the calcium spots are small (less than 5 mm), they are rarely anything to worry about.

Many people may not even need a follow-up chest Xray. However, in a person with a history of lung cancer, a follow-up chest X-ray or CT scan would be prudent.

Your risk of developing another cancer almost 35 years later is small but not zero.

DR. ROACH WRITES: Don’t expect any Q and A’s about COVID-19 in the column. The publishing delay means that almost anything I write will be obsolete by the time it publishes.

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TODAY IN HISTORY TODAY’S HISTORY: in 1867, the dominion of canada was established. in 1951, ethel and Julius rosenberg were convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage. in 1973, the last u.S. troops left South Vietnam, bringing an end to direct u.S. military involvement in the Vietnam war. in 1999, the dow Jones industrial average closed above 10,000 (10,006.78) for the first time.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: John tyler (1790-1862), 10th u.S. president; denton true “cy” young (18671955), baseball player; Sam walton (1918-1992), walmart founder; eric idle (1943- ), actor/comedian; walt Frazier (1945- ), basketball player; earl campbell (1955- ), football player;

Brendan gleeson (1955- ), actor; amy Sedaris (1961- ), author/actress; elle Macpherson (1964- ), supermodel/ actress; lucy lawless (1968- ), actress; robert gibbs (1971- ), political adviser; lara logan (1971- ), journalist; Jennifer capriati (1976- ), tennis player.

TODAY’S FACT: naSa’s Mariner 10 space probe was the first spacecraft to complete a flyby of Mercury. the first of its three encounters with the planet took place on this day in 1974.

TODAY’S SPORTS: in 1999, wayne gretzky (then of the new york rangers) scored his last professional goal, bringing his career total to an all-time nhl-record 894.

TODAY’S QUOTE: “gosh, all a kid has to do these days is spit straight and he gets $40,000 to sign.” — cy young

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COLUMNIST I AMY DICKINSON

Biblical lender should look to Shakespeare

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EAR AMY: I’m wondering how to balance friendship and faith with a business transaction that has gone bad.

I loaned several hundred thousand dollars to a longtime friend, as his business was struggling and he was going through a divorce.

We agreed on standard documentation and precise payment terms. He has paid only part of the loan back, and the nonpayment is creating financial issues for me.

We are both Christians, and I want to follow biblical mandates (as I see them) that require people to lend when asked. I also want to be a good friend. However, although my friend says that he feels bad about the situation, he does not seem to be prioritizing repayment or making wise financial decisions. For example, he and his business have incurred new expenses recently that I view as unnecessary.

Would you consider the friendship over and treat this as a purely financial transaction? Or would you continue to cut him some slack? I see no reason to harm my own financial situation due to a friend’s bad choices, but I don’t want to be unfair or cruel to someone.

— A Remorseful Lender DEAR REMORSEFUL: You frame your question by asking what I would do. But

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nothing in my own faith practice (or bank account) would enable this sort of extreme lending.

If I want to and can afford to, I give, versus

lend.

Not to put too fine a point on it, but bailing out your friend has resulted in financial hardship for you, and has also enabled him to persist in believing the fiction that he runs a successful business. As you point out, he is not running a successful business.

So — except for delaying the inevitable — how have you actually helped him?

Now you have fewer assets to put toward doing good works, taking care of family members, helping those in dire need, contributing to charity (and, of course, your own church community). Imagine how many hungry mouths your thousands could feed, how many schoolbooks it could buy, how many church missions it could fund...?

Instead, your kindness and generosity has resulted in lost assets, enabling your friend’s mistakes, and, likely, a lost friendship. This is not your fault (it is his); your own choice, however, is your responsibility.

Perhaps you should have

chosen to follow a Shakespearean (instead of a biblical) mandate: “Neither a borrower nor a lender be...

For loan oft loses both itself and friend.”

Your lawyer or the courts might be able to tease out more payments and/or a stake in your friend’s company.

You should explore the work, wit and wisdom of Dave Ramsey, whose financial advice is both practical and Christian-focused. You would benefit from reading his book, “The Legacy Journey: A Radical View of Biblical Wealth and Generosity,” (2014, Ramsey Press).

DEAR AMY: I couldn’t use my regular subscription opera ticket, so I gave the ticket to my opera companion to give to a mutual acquaintance at our church.

I’ve seen that acquaintance several times since then and she has my phone and email address for communication about church matters, and she has not said thank you. The ticket was fairly expensive. Should I say anything to her?

—K DEAR K: Your opera ticket may have been bestowed upon your church friend like so much manna from heaven — and she might not be fully aware of the source. If your opera companion gave her

the ticket, your role in this might have eluded the recipient.

People who purchase subscriptions to theater seasons know how valuable individual tickets are, but someone less familiar might simply think that this ticket was “extra.”

Ideally, you shouldn’t have to nudge this acknowledgment along, but you should email your acquaintance to say, “I’ve seen you a few times, but I keep forgetting to ask you — how was your evening at the opera?

I was so sorry to miss the production, but I am happy you could use my ticket.”

DEAR AMY: “Bothered” had a neighbor/tenant whose early morning microwave jolted her awake.

When it comes to noise, from housemates, roommates, spouses, or the newspaper delivery person playing loud music at 5 a.m.

— get thee to a drugstore and get a white noise machine. Pure bliss.

Even my galloping-herdof-elephants spouse went about his noisy routines and I never heard a peep.

— Blissed DEAR BLISSED: It wouldn’t have occurred to me that one kind of noise would cancel out another kind of noise, but many readers have recommended white noise machines.

use charm and common sense to get your way. gather facts and figures before you jump into unknown territory. establish what it is you want to achieve and draw on the experience and people you’ve worked with in the past to help you bring your plans to life.

ARIES (March 21-april 19) — Keep life practical and straightforward. Make adjustments that will help you move in a preferred direction. think big, but don’t live beyond your means. work alongside someone you love and respect.

TAURUS (april 20-May 20) — if you reconnect with a person or place that brings back fond memories, you’ll be encouraged to do what makes you happy. a secret that someone shares will help put your mind at ease.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — a situation that needs an adjustment will transform the way you think and feel about someone or something. don’t fight the inevitable.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — put in a couple of hours’ work if it will help you get ahead and ease your mind. once the job’s complete, you’ll feel like having fun with someone you love.

LEO (July 23-aug. 22) — participate in something and learn from the experience. choose an event or activity that will stimulate your mind. personal growth will lead to self-enlightenment and better relationships with others.

VIRGO (aug. 23-Sept.

22) — if you take control and get things done, you’ll make a lasting impression on someone special. a change of scenery will lead to a personal adjustment. love and romance should be priorities.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-oct. 23) -- Spend less time around people who bring you down and more time discovering what life has to offer. Start a hobby or do something entertaining or gratifying.

SCORPIO (oct. 24-nov.

22) — a lifestyle adjustment will lead to peace of mind and new beginnings. Surround yourself with people who encourage you to do and be your best. romance is in the stars.

SAGITTARIUS (nov. 23dec. 21) — ask questions that will help you decipher whether someone is being honest. anger will not solve anything, but finding out where you stand and knowing when to say no will.

CAPRICORN (dec. 22-Jan. 19) — rely on experience, insight and your ability to adapt and move on to get you through your day. refuse to include anyone who resists what you have to offer in your plans.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — consider what you can do and be prepared to do it alone if necessary. Set a goal and work on it until you are satisfied with the results you achieve.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — a problem with a neighbor or friend will develop if you are misinformed or dragged into a situation that makes you uncomfortable. Make personal improvement, love and romance your priorities.

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County Corps is one of the community organizations that exist year-round to help residents in need and who are seeing their abilities taxed more due to the impact the COVID-19 outbreak is having on the economy as businesses shut down and workers are laid off.

Fortunately for the Salvation Army, there is a stockpile of food gathered as part of the annual Can-A-Thon held in December to draw upon now. A shipment of some of that food, seven pallets filled with canned foods, dry foods and bottled water, arrived at the Salvation Army on Friday morning to restock the food pantry’s bare shelves.

That food was immediately sorted and packaged for residents who come to the Salvation Army for assistance from the pantry.

“The reality is, and I don’t want to say this is normal for us, but us meeting the need for people who are food insecure is nothing new for us,” Mockabee said. “It might be on a little bit bigger scale than what is normal, but this is just an added demand on what we’re already doing 365 days of the year.”

But, even the supply of food from the Can-A-Thon will eventually dry up. Usually,

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Salvation Army Gwinnett County Corps Capt. Grace Kim sorts through food delivered to the corps on Friday to replenish its food pantry. that stockpile is dispersed once a month and some locations, such as the Gwinnett County Corps, might hold a small food drive to hold them over.

Mockabee said the shipment that arrived Friday morning was one that arrived earlier than normal.

That’s because of the higher demand from the community for assistance from the corps’ food bank, he said.

“Usually, we could go four to five weeks,” Mockabee said. “We’ve done three drive thrus (since the pantry was previously restocked) so it’s hurting our food pantry for

certain.”

Mockabee said he was not sure, given the situation with the outbreak and its effect on the economy, how long the food pantry would be able to get by on Friday’s delivery.

Possibly two weeks, maybe three, he estimated. In a span of three drive throughs in the last two weeks, Mockabee estimated the Salvation Army Gwinnett County Corps handed out food to feed about 1,300 people.

And that doesn’t include the numbers from a drive throughs done on Thursday.

“In a normal year, if there

is such a thing as normal anymore, (the Salvation Army of Metro Atlanta) disperses that (Can-A-Thon food) to all of the metro Atlanta locations to kind of sustain pantries through the year, and that is what we’re pulling from.

“So you can imagine since we’re pulling from that food now, what will happen in August or September. This is going to put a dent in it.”

The Salvation Army Gwinnett County Corps does food pantry drive ups from noon to 2 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays at its offices, which are located at 3455 Sugarloaf Parkway in Lawrenceville.

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As public health officials emphasize the response to the coronavirus pandemic is reaching a critical stage in the U.S., the assessment center’s launch has been put on hold. Neither assessment center’s “waiting room” setup, nor the shelter’s congregatestyle bedrooms are considered safe situations based on the Centers for Disease Control, state or local health department guidelines.

“Putting in something brand new — in terms of a shelter operation — that’s never been run before in the middle of pandemic runs a big liability in terms of if something happens, are all the protocols and procedures in place to handle this special circumstance we’ve never seen before compared to traditional operations,” Homefirst Gwinnett Executive Director Matthew Elder said.

The task may have become more difficult, but the work is still being done.

Elder said the remote assessment launched on Monday. Anybody who is in need of shelter or is at-risk of losing their room at an extended stay hotel or motel can go to GwinnettCares.org and fill out a contact form. Within an hour of it being submitted, a representative from HomeFirst Gwinnett responds with an intake form to fill out. That form is used to make referrals throughout HomeFirst Gwinnett’s provider network on behalf of the family in need.

The process, Elder said, removes the burden of asking a family in crisis to solve their own emergency.

Homefirst Gwinnett is not alone in advocating for vulnerable populations during the pandemic. The situation is unprecedented, but so is the level of collaboration between local nonprofits, churches and cooperative ministries.

Addressing need

The HomeFirst Gwinnett Initiative was born out of partnerships between the United Way of Greater Atlanta, Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners and The Primerica Foundation in 2018. The idea was to form an organization that took a strategic and coordinated approach to address homelessness in Gwinnett County. Homefirst Gwinnett connects vulnerable populations to services and community partners.

Gwinnett County leaders have recognized for years that while parts of the county live in relative stability, other sec-

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Volunteers drop off bags for North Gwinnett Cooperative Ministry Director Kim Phillips, right. tions of Gwinnett are more desperate.

In 2019, United Way of Greater Atlanta in Gwinnett County evaluated the overall well being of children in Gwinnett County by reducing the average family’s financial stability and access to food with a “Childhood Well-Being Score.” Gwinnett’s score of 61.8 is higher than metroAtlanta’s 13-county average, but scores in some zip codes are as low as 23.7.

The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbates the issue. Gwinnett’s financially unstable are being asked to separate and find shelter, but some have no shelter to go to. Elder said, through communities like Rainbow Village in Duluth, HomeFirst Gwinnett is teaming with community partners to try to provide shelter with individual rooms and is emphasizing that people remain isolated as much as possible.

“We can assure them, no matter what is around them, that they have that social distancing and are keeping protocols in place to the greatest extent possible,” Elder said.

‘The message is one, two, three…’

While the assessment center plans are being put on hold, there is robust cooperation between regional organizations to address food insecurity and homeless during the crisis.

Randy Redner, President & CEO of the Community Foundation of Northeast Georgia, has helped build a network of nonprofits, businesses, cooperative ministries and churches that are rapidly responding to the evolving situation. About 10 days ago, when it became clear how severe the crisis would be, Redner said groups came together to address three primary needs: food, volunteers and funds.

The message, Redner said, is as simple as one, two, three.

He sought help from Paige Havens and the Gwinnett Coalition for Health and Human Services’ marketing vol-

unteers.

“The other work that had been going on around homelessness, early learning and food insecurity had created a marketing mastermind team,” Redner said. “We need to set up one simple place where everyone can go and right now just message one, two, three.”

When the crisis grew serious, so did the need for volunteers. Initially, COVID-19 seemed to be severe in mostly people over 65 years old. That made it unsafe for a significant chunk of co-op volunteers to participate.

The effort founded the website GwinnettCares.org to act as a “go-to webpage” for information about resources available to the Gwinnett community as well as ways to help out during the pandemic. Several dozen volunteers have already signed up to be dispatched to help coops as needed.

Volunteers have also mobilized across local congregations. Churches serve as drop-off locations to food donations and have been able to blanket most of the county where volunteers are needed. For those in Gwinnett without church connections but still have a desire to help, GwinettCares.org is meant to centralize their efforts.

“One of the things we realized is the most difficult thing to put all this together would be communication,” Scott Mawdesley, Board of Directors chair for the Gwinnett Coalition , said. “If we can funnel everyone to GwinnettCares it can hopefully be a one-stop-shop.”

Bridging the gap

Representatives from the Community Foundation of Northeast Georgia, 12Stone Church, local co-ops, the county government, Gwinnett schools and various nonprofit partners convene on a bi-weekly call to discuss the co-ops’ financial and inventory needs. Redner said more organizations are brought into the fold every week, looking for how their services can

make the biggest community impact.

In approximately 10 days, Redner was able to amass $350,000 in donations, to date, to support partners providing people relief. Those checks, he said, were delivered to cooperative ministries and shelter organizations in the form of grants on Tuesday.

The funds — compiled from large sums of donations from the Board of Directors at the Community Foundation, the Hudgens Family Foundation, the Primerica Foundation and out-of-pocket from local residents — are merely bridge money as the crisis continues to evolve, Redner said.

“We’re going to keep trying to find more for them as well,” Redner said.

Looking ahead

For the past roughly two weeks, The Gwinnett Coalition and its partners have been in touch with the county government and public health agencies preparing best they can for what’s ahead.

Though Gwinnett issued a stay-at-home mandate on Friday, Mawdesley said cooperative ministries are considered essential and will remain open.

From a funding perspective, Redner said he made clear to the Community Foundation’s board that the initial donation it made was similar to a down payment. There will likely be needs during the financial recovery period, whenever that may begin.

There may also be more imminent issues regarding food insecurity. Gwinnett County Public Schools’ meal deliveries have reached tens of thousands of students per day, but those services will pause when the district’s regular spring break begins on March 30.

Redner expects food pantries will be hit hard during the upcoming week, and he’ll hunt for more funds.

“We’ll have to add more as the whole thing evolves,” he said.

lated financial institutions; hardware stores; newspapers; television and radio stations; auto repair shops; auto supply stores; plumbers; electricians; exterminators; mailing and shipping businesses; laundromats; dry cleaners; educational institutions not closed by Gov. Brian Kemp; businesses that provide materials people use to work from home; delivery services; home-based senior, adult of child care; child care centers; airlines; taxis; lawfirms, real estate firms; accounting firms; private construction companies; public works construction firms; essential government functions, such as dispatchers, emergency management personnel and court and law enforcement employees; hotels; food cultivation businesses such as farms; businesses that provide social services; and businesses that provide services to the government.

And, yes, restaurants can also continue doing take-out.

Businesses that sell alcohol can also sell unopened containers of beer and wine for consumption offsite as well.

People who need to provide care for a family member or pet can also leave their home to do that.

Law enforcement and code enforcement officers will be used to enforce the order.

“The cities have worked to align their emergency decisions with the directives of Gov. Kemp, guidance from the public health department, and Gwinnett County’s local emergency orders,” Duluth Mayor Pro Tem Kelly Kelkenberg, who is also president of the Gwinnett Municipal Association, said. “Our residents need to understand the extreme danger and seriousness of the coronavirus, to

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“The numbers of positive results are on the rise because of test results returning from private labs,” Gwinnett, Newton and Rockdale Boards of Health spokesman Chad Wasdin said. “For now we expect to see the numbers continue to rise as these results continue to come in.”

Statewide, the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths continues to climb. As of 7 p.m. Saturday, there were 2,446 cases, 660 hospitalizations and 79 deaths reported statewide.

The last week has seen Gwinnett leaders take steps to stem the spread of the disease, including closing most areas of public parks, except walking trails where visitors are encouraged to practice social distancing.

Restaurants were ordered to close their dining rooms and outdoor dining areas as well.

Other businesses, such as tattoo parlors, bowling alleys, arcades, theaters and fitness centers were ordered

which no one has immunity.

We are acting in unison to stem its spread, to keep from overwhelming our medical facilities, and to save lives.”

The orders issued by the county and the cities do permit residents to walk, jog, ride a bike and even play golf, but they will be required to practice social distancing, including staying at least sixfeet apart from each other at all times.

Other than exercising, and going out to get essential goods and services, however, residents must stay at home.

At noon Friday, the Georgia Department of Public Health reported there have been 102 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in Gwinnett so far. That’s more than twice as many cases as there were 48 hours earlier, at noon on Wednesday.

The county has been gradually moving toward this over the last week. It closed playgrounds, pavilions and other social gathering spots in parks last weekend. Then the county and its cities jointly ordered restaurants to close their dining rooms and outdoor seating areas, and other businesses such as bowling alleys, theaters, arcades and tattoo parlors to close entirely.

“We continue to analyze the situation daily, always seeking information from the experts at the CDC and the Department of Public Health in order to make the best decision for the citizens of Lawrenceville,” Lawrenceville Mayor David Still said.

“Not only do we have local businesses and employees to consider, we have nearly 50,000 utility customers who rely on us to provide water, gas and electricity to their homes and businesses. This Stay at Home Order makes a strong statement to our citizens about the importance of temporarily adjusting their lifestyle to stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus.” to close.

It culminated in a stayat-home order issued Friday afternoon that required residents to stay at home except to do essential business or to engage in recreational activities while practicing social distancing.

Health officials are continuing to encourage Gwinnett residents to engage in several practices to reduce their chances of contracting COVID-19.

These steps include: ♦ Washing hands often with soap and water, or using a hand sanitizer which contains at least 60% alcohol if soap and water aren’t available; ♦ Practicing social distancing with a minimum of six feet between people ♦ Avoiding contact with people who are sick; ♦ Staying home if a person is sick, unless they are leaving home to get medical care; ♦ Using a tissue to cover coughs and sneezes, and then throwing the tissue away and washing hands; ♦ Following instructions on a cleaner’s label when cleaning high-touch surfaces; ♦ Not sharing personal household items.

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This map shows the COVID-19 cases across Georgia, as of 7 p.m. Saturday. Gwinnett saw a spike in cases over the last week and is now in the top five counties in the state.

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ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLE PETITION ADVERTISEMENT You are hereby notified, in accordance with O.C.G.A. Section 40-11-19.1, that petitions were filed in the Magistrate Court of GWINNETT County to foreclose liens against the vehicles listed below for all amounts owed. If a lien is foreclosed, the Court shall order the sale of the vehicle to satisfy the debt. The present location of the vehicleis: Statewide Wrecker Service, Inc. 2775 Simpson Circle, Norcross, GA 30071 Anyone with an ownership interest in a vehicle listed herein may file an answer to the petition on or before: 04/15/2020 Answer forms may be found in the Magistrate Court Clerk’s office.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE To satisfy the owner’s storage lien, PS Orange Co. Inc. will sell at public lien sale on April 15, 2020, the personal property in the below-listed units, which may include but are not limited to: household and personal items, office and other equipment. The public sale of these items will begin at 09:30 AM and continue until all units are sold.

PUBLIC STORAGE # 28149, 3055 Jones Mill Road, Norcross, GA 30071, (678) 497-0956 Time: 09:30 AM 12–Johnson, Jerod; 221– Mendoza, Cristian; 315– Thompson, Bakari; 316–Onamuti, Starkenia; 324–Ayers, Joseph P; 373–Broadnax, Ari; 380–Wargo, Stephen; 431–Nesmith, Candice; 436– Scott, George; 441–Peck, Michael; 494–Smith, Derrick; 503–STEPHENSON, CATHERINE; 78–Sexton, Daniel; 86–Gichuhi, Beatrice PUBLIC STORAGE # 28150, 6770 Dawson Blvd, Norcross, GA 30093, (678) 306-1651 Time: 10:00 AM B 1 0 8 – PAT T E R S O N , JARET; C109–Henderson, Tika; C202–Smith, Patrick; C206–Liriando, Wilson; C216–lissimore, elise; C246– Murry, Van; E138–Mariano, Rigoberto; F138–Lopez, David; G127–Jones, Jasmine; G176–heard, christen; H152–Jackson, Sonja; H156–Wright, Thomas; J145–Black Jr., Keenan; J158–Parker, Hussamiddin; J203–Jones, Lowana; K229– Martin, Tommy; K237–MEJIA, JOSE; K242–Williams JR, Jehoshaphat PUBLIC STORAGE # 08049, 5010 Jimmy Carter Blvd, Norcross, GA 30093, (678) 381-8927 Time: 10:30 AM 0207–Tinker, Gage; 0329– Mathieu, Kerline; 0434– flores, veronica; 0704–Howard, Keir; 0831–Hansen, Shannon; 0938–Fleming, Latrice; 1103–Whitlock, Nadia; 1118–robeson, steven; 1142–Townsend, Derell; 2056–TREE MASTER SERVICES Jaramillo, Julio; 2057–TREE MASTER SERVICES Jaramillo, Julio PUBLIC STORAGE #

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE To satisfy the owner’s storage lien, PS Orange Co. Inc. will sell at public lien sale on April 13, 2020, the personal property in the below-listed units, which may include but are not limited to: household and personal items, office and other equipment. The public sale of these items will begin at 09:30 AM and continue until all units are sold.

PUBLIC STORAGE # 27313, 1964 Rockbridge Road, Stone Mountain, GA 30087, (404) 480-5214 Time: 01:00 PM A004–Gordon, Ramon; A008–Lawson, Malcolm; B001–Mcnear, Selena; B013–Clarke, Shanique; C003–Simpson, Estrelle; C023–Goodman, Keelah; C051–Willis, Andre Arnold; D002–Fractious, Tracy; D009–Isby, Lee; D024– Green, Justin; D062–Doxie, Sylvia; E053–Gayle, Jonna; F057–Robinson, Cheryl; G018–Lawson, Malcolm; G022–Grandberry, Kenderick Public sale terms, rules, and regulations will be made available prior to the sale. All sales are subject to cancellation. We reserve the right to refuse any bid. Payment must be in cash or credit card-no checks. Buyers must secure the units with their own personal locks. To claim tax-exempt status, original RESALE certificates for each space purchased is required.

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COMMERCIAL PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE ACCOUNT MANAGERS (Lilburn, GA). Job Duties: Generates new revenue and grow book of business through consistent sales efforts; soliciting business by telephone, in person, in writing and email, Develops a master budget and networking of the local insurance market for all product lines, Uses personal computers systems (including hardware and software) to set up functions and process information, Identifies the educational needs of others and develops training programs. Requirements: Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Business, Technology, or Education, a Georgia Resident Agent - Property & Casualty Insurance License, a Certificate of Notary Public, a valid driver’s license, five years of experience in managing multiple business projects simultaneously, proven history of personal initiative, efficiency, attention to detail, proficient in personal computer systems installation and MS Office Excel, development training programs for others.

Any suitable combination of education, training or experience is acceptable. Full Time.

Send resume to American Services Group LLC, Attn. G. Minihane, 465 Beaver Ruin Rd NW, Lilburn GA 30047.

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PUBLIC NOTICE SPECIAL CALLED MEETING CITY OF LILBURN MAYOR AND COUNCIL VIA TELECONFERENCE March 27, 2020 1:00 p.m.

Notice is hereby given that a Special Called Meeting of the Mayor and Council will be held for the purpose of: 1.

Ratification of Lilburn Emergency Order No. 2020-01 2.

Adoption of Lilburn Emergency Order No. 2020-02 The Special Called Meeting will be held via teleconference. The public is invited to attend: Dial In: 770-638-2238, Access Code: 0119579.

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MCCULLOUGH TOWING AUCTION LIST 785 BROGDON RD. SUWANEE, GA 30024 770-263-8483 SATURDAY, APRIL 25TH, 2020@ 1:00PM 2003 Acura RSX JH4DC548X3C021218 2001 Acura 3.2TL 19UUA566X1A005887 2000 BMW 740i WBAGG834XYDN80446 2006 BMW 330i WBAVB335X6KR73549 2004 BMW X3 WBXPA73464WC36339 2001 BMW 740i WBAGG83461DN88467 2006 Buick Rendezvous 3G5DB03LX6S661318 2007 Buick LaCrosse 2G4WC582X71227419 2005 Cadillac CTS 1G6DP567150134203 2006 Cadillac STS 1G6DW677560134956 2005 Chevrolet Tahoe 1GNEC13T25J240779 1996 Chevrolet Caprice 1G1BL52P7TR190945 2009 Chevrolet Impala 2G1WT57K291142527 2002 Chevrolet Blazer 1GNCS18W72K154726 2004 Chevrolet Monte Carlo 2G1WW12E349149207 2002 Chevrolet Suburban 1GNEC16ZX2J279566 2005 Chrysler Town and Country 1C4GP45R55B341740 2007 Chrysler 300 2C3KA43R07H697493 2008 Chrysler 300 2C3KA43R88H189225 2001 Dodge Ram 1500 Van 2B7JB21Y31K525763 2014 Dodge Avenger 1C3CDZAB7EN116056 2010 Dodge Grand Caravan 2D4RN3D14AR489882 2003 Ford Explorer 1FMZU75W73ZB30063 2006 Ford Mustang 1ZVHT80N865260868 2006 Ford Explorer 1FMEU75816UB42243 2003 Ford Explorer Sport Trac 1FMZU67E03UA72924 2000 Ford Expedition 1FMRU1565YLA53524 2017 Ford Escape 1FMCU0G92HUB48897 2007 GMC Sierra 1500 2GTEC13J971522485 2000 GMC Yukon 1GKEK13T0YJ206117 2010 GMC Terrain 2CTFLCEW2A6266164 2000 Honda VTR1000 JH2SC3608YM200466 2007 Honda Accord 1HGCM56137A011644 2000 Honda Accord 1HGCG2246YA022841 2002 Honda Odyssey 5FNRL18622B013396 2004 Honda Accord 1HGCM82634A013778 2001 Honda Civic 1HGES16531L024495 2002 Honda CR-V JHLRD68432C004599 2006 Honda Civic 2HGFG128X6H546079 2004 Honda Civic 2HGES16514H536435 2006 Honda Civic 2HGFG12866H556513 2003 Honda Accord 3HGCM56313G708338 2010 Honda CR-V 5J6RE3H54AL028839 2005 Honda Civic 2HGES26725H619056 2004 Honda Civic 1HGEM21114L079214 2005 Hyundai Accent KMHCG45C95U660245 2003 Hyundai Tiburon KMHHN65FX3U062616 2014 Hyundai Accent KMHCT5AE9EU197337 2005 Infiniti G35x JNKCV51F95M300147 2002 Infiniti QX4 JNRDR09X92W212726 2003 Jeep Liberty 1J4GL48K53W625430 2005 Jeep Liberty 1J4GK48K35W598198 2006 Kia Optima KNAGE124765032197 2000 Lexus GS300 JT8BD68S9Y0091687 2001 Lexus GS300 JT8BD69S010123186 2008 Lincoln MKZ 3LNHM28T38R607602 2008 Mitsubishi Eclipse 4A3AK24F78E006916 2006 Nissan Maxima 1N4BA41E16C830930 2004 Nissan Quest 5N1BV28U14N341425 2009 Nissan Altima 1N4AL21E59N492032 2001 Nissan Maxima JN1CA31D51T802253 2014 Nissan Sentra 3N1AB7AP3EY282296 2007 Nissan Altima 1N4AL

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Request for Qualifications RFQ NO: PWUP 20-02 RENOVATION DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION SERVICES FOR NORCROSS POLICE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING 6025 Buford Hwy, Norcross, GA 30071 Proposals for NORCROSS POLICE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING will be received by the City of Norcross at the Department of Community Development, 65 Lawrenceville St., Norcross, GA 30071 Thursday, April 30, 2020 by 11:00 AM. Any proposals received after the designated closing time will be returned unopened.

This project involves renovation design & construction administration services for Norcross Police Administration building. Complete bid information is located at: https://www.norcrossga.net/ bids.aspx?bidID=111 An original and one (1) paper copy a total of two (2) plus 1 copy of the proposal on CD in PDF or other electronic format of the proposal shall be submitted in sealed envelopes/packages addressed to Erica Madsen, City Engineer, City of Norcross, Community Development Department 65 Lawrenceville Street, 2nd Floor, Norcross, GA 30071 Proposers desiring information for use in preparing proposals may obtain a set of such documents from Community Development Department 65 Lawrenceville Street, 2nd Floor, Norcross, GA 30071 Telephone (678) 421-2027 or copies of the RFP NO: PWUP 20-02 requirements may also be obtained by sending an email request to Erica Madsen at Erica.madsen@norcrossga. net.

The City reserves the right to accept or reject any and all proposals and to waive any technicalities or irregularities therein. The City further reserves the right to award the contract to the proposer whose proposal best complies with the RFP NO: PWUP 20-02 requirements.

Proposers may not withdraw their proposal for a period of ninety (90) days from the date set for the opening thereof.

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Durden and Pierce lead awards for Tipoff Club From staff reports The Atlanta Tipoff Club recognized the best in high school basketball Thursday with the release of its season-ending awards.

The top honors went to Woodward Academy senior Walker Kessler as Mr. Georgia Basketball, and Westlake junior Raven Johnson as Miss Georgia Basketball.

Lovejoy senior Genesis Bryant was selected as the Atlanta Metro High School Girls Player of the Year. The Atlanta Metro High School Boys Player of the Year was St. Francis’ Dwon Odom.

Grayson’s Geoffrey Pierce (boys) and BuGeoffrey ford’s Gene Pierce Durden (girls) were voted as the winners of the Cremins High School Coach of the Year for the best from Class AAAAAAA to AAAAA. In the AAAA-A division, the Pinholster High School Coach of the Year trophies went to Drew Catlett of St. Francis and Nichole Dixon of Holy Innocents’.

The club also selected allmetro teams. Those honorees are as follows: All-Metro Boys Team First Team Matthew Cleveland, Pace Academy Sharife Cooper, McEachern Sam Hines, Wheeler Deivon Smith, Grayson Jabari Smith Jr., Sandy Creek Second Team Sterling “Scoota” Henderson, Kell Caleb Murphy, Grayson J.T. Thor, Norcross Bruce Thornton, Jr., Milton A.J. White, Chattahoochee Third Team Eugene Brown III, Southwest DeKalb Cam Bryant, Dutchtown Sion James, Lanier Brandon Stroud, East Coweta Chris Youngblood, East Coweta Honorable Mention Caleb Byrd, Newton; P.J. Carter Jr., Hughes; Eric Gaines, Lithonia; Colin Granger, Lambert; Jusaun Holt, St. Francis; Jermontae Hill, Tucker; Dillon Hunter, Westlake; Zawdie Jackson, Shiloh; Toneari Lane, Grayson; Zocko Littleton, South Cobb; Jamaine Mann, Dutchtown; Ryan Mutombo, Lovett; Cameron Sheffield, Chattahoochee; Josh Taylor, Norcross; Emon Washington, South Cobb All-Metro Girls Team First Team Avyonce Carter, Wesleyan Sania Feagin, Forest Park Jillian Hollingshed, Holy Innocents’ Kayla McPherson, Madison County Tate Walters, Buford Second Team De’Mauri Flournoy, Carrollton Lydia Freeman, Westlake Ta’Niya Latson, Westlake Savannah Samuel, St. Francis Sacha Washington, Collins Hill Third Team Amira Abdur-Rahim, St. Francis Anaya Boyd, Lovejoy Jada Farrell, Holy Innocents’ Malia Fisher, Hebron Sydne Watts, Cherokee Honorable Mention Kaleigh Addie, GAC; Jameah Alston, Campbell; Azonya Austin, North Cobb; Nicole Azar, Hebron; Sydney Bowles, Woodward; Denim DeShields, McEachern; Kara Dunn, Mount Paran; Crystal Henderson, Kell; Demeara Hinds, Lithia Springs; Paige Lyons, Wesleyan; Caroline Martin, North Forsyth; Daija Powell, Sandy Creek; Lazaria Spearman, Dacula; Bridget Utberg, Woodstock; Ashuntee Weems, Douglass

PARALYMPIANS IN WAITING McClain Hermes adapting smoothly to postponed 2020 games

Adaptation is nothing new for McClain Hermes.

From a young age, she wasn’t slowed down when her eyesight faded into legal blindness. When she continued swimming despite her condition, a homemade device with a tennis ball at the end allowed someone to tap her on the head, notifying her when the wall was nearing. Another new experience happened for the 2019-20 school year, when she moved to Baltimore as a freshman on the Loyola University swimming team. She learned to navigate a new place and unique challenges with the help of her service dog, Blake.

So when it became official Tuesday that the Paralympics in Tokyo were moving from this summer to 2021, Hermes took the news in stride. The decision, in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, was the best decision, she said.

The Paralympics will be rescheduled, as will the U.S. Trials to pick the team, but Hermes still has her sights on a repeat of 2016, when she made the U.S. Paralympic Team as a 15-year-old, then the youngest competitor in the games.

“My plans aren’t changing,” said Hermes, a longtime Dacula resi-

dent and a graduate of Gwinnett Online Campus. “I still want to win a medal (at the Paralympics). I still want to compete in Tokyo and represent my country in Tokyo.

My plans just look a little different now. … It was best that it was postponed. It was what I asked for. It gives everybody a chance to train fairly. My best friend in Australia, her pool just closed for the next six months. It wouldn’t be in the true Olympic spirit if everyone doesn’t get an equal chance to prepare.”

The 19-year-old’s training, like many Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls, was disrupted in recent weeks as COVID-19 took its toll on the country. Her college pool closed March 10, but she was initially allowed to stay for training.

Officials reversed course on that decision, and she headed back to Georgia via a 10-hour car ride with her mother, Carmen.

She joined a YMCA near her parents’ new home on Lake Lanier, but it closed after her first training swim. As the pool options continued to dwindle because of the coronavirus, she did what has become natural — she adapted.

Hermes purchased a wetsuit from a family friend and began training swims in Lake Lanier. She swims with a paddle board in tow as her sister Maddie sits on top of the

board and steers, making sure the blind swimmer avoids obstacles.

“I think that’s what I’ll be doing the next couple of weeks,” Hermes said.

When she isn’t swimming, Hermes is adjusting to college classes online.

It is new for many of her classmates, but not for her — she has four years of Gwinnett Online Campus experience.

“It’s similar to how I did high school, but not as organized as Gwinnett Online Campus,” she said.

Hermes hopes to get back to Loyola by May, so she can train with her college teammates at the on-campus pool. She planned on summer classes at Loyola before returning home in July.

“I’m not 100 percent sure how everything’s going to go,” she said.

The time home with family has been nice, but Hermes also is eager to rejoin her friends and teammates at Loyola, which has been a great fit for her academically and in swimming.

“I love it,” Hermes said. “I love my teammates. I love my coaches.

I love the atmosphere there. I’m training with a couple of other Para-athletes, so it’s fun to have that camaraderie. They understand me and what I’m going through. But I also don’t feel different than anybody else.”

Storm’s Moody working through Tokyo delay

By Jack Leo Staff Correspondent

It has been more than two weeks since the NBA suspended its regular season due to the coronavirus outbreak. Since then, other major sporting leagues like the MLB and MLS have also postponed their games until further notice.

Last Tuesday, the International Olympic Committee followed suit when it postponed the 2020 Tokyo Games until 2021. Providence Christian senior and 2020 Team USA Paralympian Bailey Moody is one of many athletes across the nation affected by this decision.

“Although I am incredibly disappointed by the postponement, I do completely understand this decision,” Moody said.

“Not only does the health of the world need to be the No. 1 priority, but athletes need the time to adequately train and prepare.”

Moody, the youngest player on the U.S. Women’s Wheelchair

Brookwood senior JoJo Oldknow has accepted an offer to play two sports at the college level.

Oldknow made a commitment to Emmanuel College baseball and wrestling programs Thursday. A right-handed pitcher for the Broncos’ baseball team, he also was third at state wrestling as a senior at 195 pounds.

Peachtree Ridge senior Saliah Ponteau committed to the Georgia College women’s basketball program Friday night.

The 5-foot-8 Ponteau was an honorable mention All-Region 6-AAAAAAA selection as a senior for the Lions’ state playoff team.

Gwinnett Online Campus grad McClain Hermes, a blind swimmer, made the 2016 U.S. Paralympics Team and is a U.S. Paralympics National Team member. will.hammock@gwinnettdailypost.com

Oldknow chooses two sports in college

Ponteau chooses Georgia college

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Providence Christian senior Bailey Moody celebrates after a U.S. wheelchair basketball tournament.

Basketball team selected last month, was more than excited about her selection and her trip to Tokyo this summer.

Like so many athletes around the world, she will now have to delay her dream, keep training, and wait for the op-

portunity to play again.

“There are no specific details on how my team’s plans will adapt and change, but we will adjust accordingly and continue to work hard and prepare for when the Paralympics does happen,” Moody said.

“My coaches are telling us to keep training hard no matter what happens and that’s what I’m trying to do.”

Other limitations like self-quarantining and the closure of her gym have also influenced Moody’s training.

“The gym I go to closed, as did all other gyms and indoor options,” she said. “This has created an interesting training environment for me as I am now lifting in a ‘home gym’ in my basement.

Training cannot stop for COVID-19.”

No official plan has been put in place yet for her team. Despite any confusion or anxiety about what the future may hold, Moody sees the extra time as an opportunity of growth for her and her team. “(We will) continue to work hard and prepare for when the Paralympics does happen,” Moody said. “With my team being on the younger side, the postponement simply allows for more time to prepare and develop skill.”

hammonds to test nBA draft stock Norcross grad Rayshaun Hammonds, a junior at Georgia, plans to test his stock in the NBA Draft.

Hammonds made the announcement Friday via Twitter.

The 6-foot-9 forward can take advantage of a relatively new NCAA rule that allows underclassmen to travel around for workouts and interviews with NBA teams without giving up college eligibility.

“First I would like to thank God for blessing me with this opportunity,” Hammonds posted. “I would also like to thank the University of Georgia for these past three years of my career. It has been fun being a Bulldawg.

To my coaching staff, teammates, family and friends, thank you for supporting me along the way. That being said, I will be entering the 2020 NBA Draft while maintaining eligibility.”

Hammonds averaged 12.9 points and a teamhigh 7.4 rebounds this season.

“The most important thing is to help get quality and thorough information from the NBA underclassmen committee to see where Rayshaun stands, of which we’ve already requested through the paperwork,” Georgia head coach Tom Crean said in a release. “Also, we’ll help get it from the individual NBA teams during a time that is so unique and unknown as far as how this entire draft process will work out for everyone.

“The most important things for Rayshaun are to be focused on school through the end of the semester and to stay in very good shape.”

Markiewicz shines at Augusta Parkview grad Ben Markiewicz was off to a nice start to his sophomore baseball season at Augusta University when play was halted by the coronavirus.

The infielder, a bright spot for a team that was 4-16, had a team-best .364 batting average — his next closest teammate hit .303 — with 12 RBIs and six doubles.

— From staff reports

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ev. Cleavant Der- the only thing I cared about ricks was an old man and He had taken it away when I met him. Or from me.” so I thought. His frail health As Cleavant Derricks prayed made him seem much old and swept, he noticed that a than his 60-something years. chewing gum wrapper had I was 14 when I sat on stuck to the broom. the floor of my sister’s “In my anger, I lifted living room in Nashthe broom and shook ville and listened, enit furiously to get rid tranced, as Rev. Derof the wrapper.” Still, ricks and Daddy talked it clung to the brisabout Jesus, the Bible tles. A few more times and church songs they throughout the course loved. There they sat, of cleaning, he tried Rich turned to face each othto shake it off but it er, their knees touchrefused to let go. ing. Daddy’s arm rested on When he finished sweepthe sofa back while Rev. Der- ing, he was plenty aggravated ricks’ hand rested on Dad- as he grabbed up the broom dy’s arm. and, annoyed, jerked off the They represented the black paper. and white of God’s warriors “It wasn’t a gum wrapper,” — not just in skin tone but the preacher said quietly. in how they interpreted the “It was a five-dollar bill.” scriptures and how they stood Stunned, he held it until he firm on the word of God. It realized his prayers were was right or it was wrong. It answered and his schooling was God or it was not. They would continue. “I looked up saw no gray areas. to the Lord and, weeping, I Daddy’s green eyes glis- said, ‘Just a little talk with tened with tears and his lip Jesus will make it right.’” trembled slightly when Rev. Cleavant Derricks would Derricks told him the story later answer the Lord’s call that inspired the writing of to preach. It took him to a litone of Daddy’s favorite hymns, tle African-American church one we sang regularly in our where the congregation was tiny, white clapboard coun- so poor that they could not try church. afford songbooks. Rev. DerHe had always loved mu- ricks wrote a letter to the sic, he explained. From as a Stamps-Baxter Company small child, he had sung and and sent three songs he had made up songs while he did written. He asked, “Would chores around their home out- you take these in exchange side Chattanooga. When he for songbooks for my congrew into a teenager, America gregation?” was approaching the Great For the cost of a dozen or Depression yet his parents so songbooks, Stamps-Baxter were able to scrap together captured the rights to what five dollars a month to send would become three of the him to a nearby Conserva- most valuable copyrights in tory of Music. One day, his gospel music history: “Just mother had come to him in A Little Talk With Jesus,” great sorrow.

“When God Dips His Pen “Son, I’m sorry but we Of Love In My Heart” and just ain’t got five dollars this “We’ll Soon Be Done With month. You’ll have to miss Troubles and Trials” — anschool until we can get the other of Daddy’s favorites. money together.”

“I didn’t write ‘em for monAs I watched Rev. Der- ey,” the preacher said humricks, he shook his head re- bly. “I wrote ‘em for my Lord morsefully and looked down and Savior.” at the floor momentarily. “I Today, we can be comforted was so angry. So mad at God. by Rev. Derricks’ continuing I couldn’t understand how truth: Just a little talk with He’d let me down like that.” Jesus will make it right.

The young man carried his pain to the movie theater Ronda Rich is the best-selling author of the new book “Let where he worked, sweeping Me Tell You Something.” the floors. “As I pushed that broom, I cried out to God Visit www.rondarich.com to sign up for her free weekly for help but I also told Him newsletter. how upset I was. Music was

COLUMNIST|TIM DALY

Answering questions about spring planting, seeding fescue and ants vs. termites

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ardening columnist Tim Daly moist. In regards to plants that are answers the following questions not cold tolerant, even though you see from readers: these summer plants for sale, now it Question: I have several trees is too early to plant them. Wait and shrubs that I would like to until after April 15, which is the plant. However, to my underaverage last day of freezing temstanding, fall and winter are peratures in our, to put them the best times to install them. out. By doing so before then inIs it now too late to get out of creases the risk of a late-season these trees and shrubs? Also, I frost harming the plants. have seen several plants for sale Q: By my house, I have noin stores, such as tomatoes, pepticed some flying insects that Daly pers, and petunias that I have are swarming. I am concerned been told are not tolerant of about the possibility of them freezing temperatures? Are we past being termites. Also, I know that flythe risk of frosts? – Karen, Suwanee. ing ants can engage in similar swarmAnswer: Karen, yes, planting trees ing behavior. How can I distinguish and shrubs in the fall and the win- between the two? What should I do if ter are the ideal times to do so. Even they are termites? though the above-ground parts of the – Anne, Loganville. plants have little or no growth, the A. Anne, here is how to tell them roots, which are somewhat insulated apart: flying ants have constricted from the cold, will grow at a slow rate. waists, the front pair of wings longer So the plants will be better established than the rear, and elbowed antenby the following summer and can tol- nae. Termites have a straight waist, erate the heat and dry weather better. both pairs of wings the same size, However, you still can plant in the and straight antennae. If you deterspring. You will need to make sure to mine they are termites, the insects apply water to the plants during the may or may not be infesting your summer dry spells to keep the soil home. Have a licensed pest control

professional do a thorough inspection to determine if a problem does exist and offer ways to mitigate the infestation.

Q: I have a tall fescue lawn. According to my references, the best time to overseed it is September and early October. I was unable to do so last year.

Could I overseed the lawn during the spring? – Ken, Buford.

A. Ken, yes, the fall is the best time of the year to overseed tall fescue lawns is early fall. By doing so, the grass will have a chance to germinate and become established during the winter and spring so it can tolerate the harsh conditions of summer.

Tall fescue is a cool-season grass and is stressed by the heat.

Yes, you can get overseed the lawn in the spring; however, the grass will be more susceptible to the hot weather and will need to have increased supplemental irrigation during the summer.

Timothy Daly is an Agricultural and Natural Resource Extension Agent with UGA Extension Gwinnett. He can be contacted at 678-377-4011 or tdaly@ uga.edu.

COLUMNIST|LISA MCLEOD

When I was quarantined in 1978

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he first time I was quarantined, I was 15 old and my six-year-old brother had died.

My brother became very ill overnight; when my mother checked on him in the predawn hours, she realized something was seriously wrong. My parents raced him to the hospital.

They didn’t make it.

It was only five minutes away, but my brother died in his mother’s arms in the back seat as my dad tore through the streets with the sun coming up in Arlington, Va. The cause of death was meningococcal meningitis. It’s rare, it’s fast, it’s often deadly and it’s highly contagious.

When my parents returned from the hospital to tell me, and my two younger siblings that our brother had died, they put us all in the car, to take us back to the hospital for testing.

When we came home, we were quarantined for days.

Can you imagine the horror who stood back looking at me for my parents? They’ve just with pity, and the people who lost one of their chilbravely stepped into dren, and now they’re awkwardness and quarantined with the sorrow, and made others. No support, me feel less alone. no help, just sitting at A few years ago, a home, shell-shocked, minister friend and staring at each other.

I were talking about It was one of the worst the classic proverb: periods of my entire life.

I felt sorry for myMcLeod Why am I sharing this self because I had no dramatic story with you? shoes until a met a Because even though it hap- man with no feet. She said, pened over 30 years ago, one “I’ve always hated that damn of the things I still remember story!” Not exactly what you’d vividly were the people who expect to hear from a minisreached out – the friend who ter. She went on, “The reason left a letter in my mailbox, I hate that saying is because the ex-boyfriend who came it’s always used to minimize over, parked his car across someone’s problem or sufferthe street, got out and stood ing. If you have no shoes and there on the sidewalk crying you meet someone with no with me, while I sat on our feet, you may have perspecfront steps. tive on your problem, but you None of us contracted it. still have a real problem.”

Two weeks later, when I went I’ve been quarantined in back to school, I quickly re- a horrific situation; I know alized, there were two kinds this could be a lot worse. of people – the people who You probably know that too. were afraid to talk to me, If you’re safe and comfort-

able, you don’t have a tragic “no feet” problem; you may have a no shoes problem, or even just an uncomfortable shoes problem. Wherever you are though, it’s real, and it’s OK to allow yourself to feel however you feel.

This applies to everyone else as well. People are worried, they’re worried about their jobs, their health, their parents, they’re trying to work while they homeschool their kids; it’s a lot.

The best thing you can do is check in – with your team, your kids, your customers, and check in with yourself. Before you jump to the next task at hand, ask, How are you really doing? Then lean into the answer. We may be isolated, but we shouldn’t have to feel alone.

Lisa McLeod is the author of the best-sellers “Selling with Noble Purpose” and “Leading with Noble Purpose.”

COLUMNIST|ROB JENKINS

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The absolute worst argument of all time

y entire adult life, I have far more people than it helped. been a professional rhetUnfortunately, even many conorician, making arservatives fall for it, because guments in this column and they’re generally good-heartelsewhere. That often entails ed, well-meaning people. Yet analyzing, evaluating and rein almost every case, it is a sponding to other people’s bad argument, even a ridicarguments. ulous argument, for several In all that time, the worst reasons. argument I have ever heard, First, it is completely irraby far, is this one: “If it only tional, based solely on emoJenkins saves one life….” tion. It says nothing about It’s a line big-government types the actual merits of the idea. It love to trot out whenever they want merely attempts to tug at people’s good-hearted, well-meaning people heartstrings — no one wants to see to accept some sketchy, illogical, op- anybody die, right? — while makpressive idea because, you know, it ing those who would oppose the might save one person’s life. An ex- idea on moral or logical grounds ample is socialized medicine, which seem cruel. would make health care worse for Basically, it’s a form of ad homi-

nem attack — a way to make your opponent look bad without actually addressing what they’re saying (probably because you can’t argue the point logically).

Along with that, the “if it only saves one life” argument is also self-righteous and condescending. It’s not only a way of making your opponent look (and hopefully feel) bad, it’s a way of making yourself look better — as if you, and only you, really care about people.

Anyone who disagrees with your (cockamamie) idea obviously just wants people to die.

But mostly it’s a bad argument because it’s disingenuous, at the very least, if not downright hypocritical.

Those who want to ban “assault rifles” because doing so “might save one life” wouldn’t dream of banning alcohol, even though alcohol kills far more people than AR-15s. So do knives. So do falls, for that matter.

Here’s an idea: Let’s just ban ladders. No? Why not? After all, if it just saves one life, it’s worth it, right? What are you, heartless?

How about securing our borders to prevent violent criminals and people carrying deadly diseases from entering this country unimpeded? How about staunching the flow of narcotics — including heroin, 80 percent of which comes across our southern border and which kills 15,000 Americans each year?

No, the “if it only saves one life” crowd remains firmly opposed to any such measures. That’s because they’re not really interested in saving lives. What they really want is to deprive us of our liberties — liberties they don’t believe we ought to have — under the guise of being caring and humane.

Keep that in mind whenever you hear politicians, in response to a crisis, propose draconian measures in order to “save lives.” For every life “saved,” it’s likely many more will be lost or ruined.

Rob Jenkins is a college professor.

The views expressed here are his own. You can email Rob at rob. jenkins@outlook.com.

Duluth eighth-grader’s artwork wins DNR T-shirt Art Contest

By Taylor Denman

taylor.denman@gwinnettdailypost.com

An art student from Duluth won the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ T-shirt Art Contest winners in Georgia’s 15th annual Youth Birding Competition.

Alston Li, an eighth-grader at SKA Academy of Art and Design in Duluth, won the competition with a drawing of a peregrine falcon to top the contest’s recordbreaking group of 375 entries.

Li received a grand prize of a $100 Amazon gift card and his artwork will be featured on the

2020 Youth Birding Competition T-shirts.

Li’s art entry also led the art contest’s Middle School division, and there were three other entry winners at the primary, elementary and high school levels.

The DNR said in a press release to contests helps encourage wildlife conservation, awareness and appreciation of animals and their habitats are essential through art. “(The contest) is about learning to slow down, observe and connect with nature,” art contest coordinator Linda May. “Birds

are a great focus since they’re beautiful, fun to watch and easy to find.”

The T-shirt Art Contest is part of the Youth Birding Competition, an annual event in which teams of children and teens try to find as many bird species as possible throughout Georgia in 24 hours.

The Youth Birding Competition was tentatively postponed from April 24-25 to Aug. 29-30 out of precaution to prevent the spread special photo: georgia dnr of the new coronavirus. Organizers have moved the registration Alston Li, an eighth-grader at SKA Academy of Art and Design in deadline to July 31 and will re- Duluth, won the competition with a drawing of a peregrine falcon assess event plans this summer. to top the contest’s record-breaking group of 375 entries.