A4 ♦ Wednesday, March 4, 2020 ♦ gWinnettdailypost.coM COLUMNIST I KEITH ROACH
WEATHER WATCH
Is nuclear stress test necessary?
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EAR DR. ROACH: I am a 69-year-old male who underwent bypass graft surgery in late 2014. I have been free of symptoms since. I exercise daily by walking and/or cycling, maintain a healthy diet and have never smoked. I’m 5 feet, 7 inches tall and weigh 152 pounds. I’ve been on oncedaily statin and metoproRoach lol since the bypass. BP and cholesterol numbers have stayed normal, and I have no other health issues. My cardiologist has scheduled me next month for a carotid ultrasound, echocardiogram and a nuclear cardiac treadmill stress test in what he describes as a routine five-year followup to my bypass procedure. I’m concerned mainly about the nuclear stress test. I read an article by the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology that stated such a test is rarely necessary in the absence of symptoms. Plus, it exposes one to radiation and may lead to false positives and further unneeded testing, which is said to be more likely to occur in a symptom-free patient. I was not aware of this fuller context when this test was scheduled. Would it be prudent for me now to question my doc about whether this test is really needed? — K.B. ANSWER: I agree with you completely. Stress tests did used to be recommended after bypass grafting, but no longer are, for the reasons you identified. In people with no symptoms, surgery or other treatment to open up blood vessels with balloons and stents is not beneficial. Although the potential for harm is small, there is always a risk of a false positive test requiring invasive followup testing. Coronary angiography (also called cardiac catheterization), which can damage blood vessels, is one example. The dye used in the test can occasionally damage the kidney. Questioning your doctor about a test he has ordered is uncomfortable for some people, but medical care ideally includes shared decision making. Although many people defer entirely to their doctors, people will get better care if they share their concerns and desires with their doctors as logically as you have here. DEAR DR. ROACH: Sadly, my older brother had a stroke a few years ago after a tumor on his pituitary gland burst and blood went into his brain. He is paralyzed on his entire right side. He is in a care facility, and there are a few more people there who are even more incapacitated than he is. I wonder how these people, who are in their 90s and pretty much totally immobile, are able to live as long as they do without having ANY physical activity. I would think their hearts, lungs, muscles, etc., would just give out due to lack of usage or stimulus. How is it that they can continue to hang on despite having no exercise for their frail bodies? — N.H. ANSWER: I am very sorry about your brother. Visiting such care facilities can be painful, but it is so appreciated. The human body requires regular exercise and a healthy and diverse diet to work optimally. However, we can survive for very long periods of time with no exercise and with even a poor diet, as history has shown. Our hearts and lungs are made with immense functional capacity, and are able to withstand loss due to damage or disuse for decades. Excellent nursing care is needed for people with paralysis, and if he is doing well with no skin problems, thank the nurses.
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TODAY’S HISTORY: in 1789, the first session of the United states congress was held in new york city as the new constitution took effect. in 1791, Vermont was admitted as the 14th U.s. state. in 1913, the U.s. department of labor was formed. in 1933, Franklin d. roosevelt outlined his “new deal” during his inauguration as the 32nd U.s. president. in 1957, the s&p 500 was introduced, replacing the s&p 90. in 1974, the first issue of people magazine was published, featuring “the great gatsby” star Mia Farrow on the cover. TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), composer; casimir pulaski (17451779), military leader; Knute rockne (18881931), football coach; John garfield (1913-
1952), actor; James ellroy (1948-), author; rick perry (1950- ), politician; catherine o’hara (1954- ), actress; Mykelti Williamson (1957- ), actor; patricia heaton (1958- ), actress; ray Mancini (1961- ), boxer; landon donovan (1982- ), soccer player. TODAY’S FACT: Between 1945 and 1990, the United states produced more than 70,000 nuclear weapons. about 3,800 nuclear warheads remain in the U.s. stockpile, with another 2,385 retired and awaiting dismantlement. TODAY’S SPORTS: in 1995, heavyweight champion george Foreman refused to fight no. 1 contender tony tucker and was stripped of his title by the World Boxing association. TODAY’S QUOTE: “the overarching joy and lasting appeal of noir is that it makes doom fun.” -- James ellroy
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COLUMNIST I AMY DICKINSON
DNA proves he’s a dad, but where is the mom?
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EAR AMY: A few years ago, I submitted my DNA on an ancestry site. Last year, I received an email from a newly discovered son, “Joe.” Joe was adopted at birth and had received minimal information about his mother, although she left information that the father (me) was unaware of the pregnancy. (I was in college at the time. I am currently in my 70s.) Joe’s DNA test confirmed my paternal relationship. I welcomed the information and have established a long-distance relationship (as have my wife and other children). I now am fairly certain that I know the identity of Joe’s birth mother. I wanted to get her permission before I disclosed her name to Joe, but have discovered that she died several years ago. Through internet searches I have discovered the names of her other children, all born after Joe. I think I can now tell Joe everything I know, so he can perhaps learn more about his birth mother (and receive possibly valuable medical history) through her other children. He could suggest that they submit their DNA to confirm the relationship. Your thoughts? — DNA Papa DEAR PAPA: You are genuinely motivated to help
your son, but — rather than if Joe was facing a serious speculate about the identity inherited illness, but that of his birth mother, exposing doesn’t seem to be the case, a group of strangers to here. the shock of this (poDEAR AMY: A tentially incorrect) incouple of weeks beformation, you should fore Christmas, my advise him to first go oldest son called with to the county where the news that his famhe was born and fill ily planned to come out a petition with the home after Christmas. court to have access I was elated as the to his own adoption Dickinson last time my three sons records (his adoptive have been together for parents may want to help this holiday was over 10 years him with this). ago, and never since all the People who register to grandkids have been born. have their DNA tested and The only issue was a very entered into a databank do big condition: They needed so with some awareness that to have a “quiet” area of the they might be in store for house for his mother-in-law, some surprises. who lives with them. In my (limited) circle, I She is bipolar and needs know several men (like you) her sleep. who have discovered — or We live in a small tri-levbeen discovered — by off- el home and I was not sure spring. And, like you, all how this would work! seem to have welcomed this The MIL could not go to news. her son’s or her husband’s People placing children family to stay, either (a very for adoption also have the strange situation). legal right to their own priWe weren’t sure what to vacy. They have tackled a do, so we offered to give them very painful dilemma, which the house — they could diis worlds away from yours. vide up the three bedrooms “Joe” should go through as they saw fit, and we would legal channels. He should stay in a hotel. also be patient — because, Well, they didn’t come. It given the ubiquity of these was very sad for me. DNA databases, there is a Do you think we were out likelihood that he will receive of line? more “pings” and notifica— Sad Mom and Nana tions that he has additional DEAR SAD: You offerDNA matches. ing your entire home to this I might advise you toward group was not out of line — more proactive disclosure it was very generous. You
should assume that your son simply couldn’t face the prospect of putting you out of your house during the visit. I hope you can approach this with compassion toward this family. Yes, you are sad that they couldn’t visit. But they have a lot on their plate, and it sounds as if they are doing their best. DEAR AMY: As a sixtime Grammy, I appreciated your response to the “Loving Grandma,” who asked about disciplining grandchildren in her home. Yes, we need to reinforce parent’s rules and play as a team for the kids. As a retired teacher and principal, I question the specific punishment laid down. A child defaced a book. Treats were withheld. Eating has nothing to do with being irresponsible with objects. An appropriate punishment would be for the child to do extra chores and work with the parents to replace the defaced book. — Grammy GoGo DEAR GRAMMY: Absolutely. Thank you for the insight. You can contact Amy Dickinson via email: ASKAMY@amydickinson. com. Readers may send postal mail to Ask Amy, P.O. Box 194, Freeville, NY 13068. You can also follow her on Twitter @askingamy or “like” her on Facebook.
concentrate on what you want to accomplish this year. hard work will bring big dividends. stick to the basics and pay close attention to detail. honing your skills will help you advance. spending more time at home with loved ones will bring you closer together. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — express your thoughts and feelings. get busy taking care of odd jobs that will please the people you want to impress or whom you care about most. personal improvements will boost your ego. ARIES (March 21-april 19) — stay focused on the present and where it leads. Keep negativity at a distance and get along with everyone. if you are patient, you will get the last laugh. TAURUS (april 20-May 20) — if something worries you, take care of it, and if it’s not fixable, distance yourself from it. don’t waste time complaining — do what needs to be done. Be honest and move forward. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — look for life’s little pleasures and do something to ease stress and bring you comfort and joy. if you travel to a place you’ve never been before, it will prove enlightening. CANCER (June 21-July 22) — positive thoughts will open doors to better alternatives. a personal change will help you realize what you have to offer. don’t let your health suffer due to bad habits. LEO (July 23-aug. 22) — refuse to let a small yet annoying situation get the better of you. take time to assess whatever situation you face rationally and proceed to make a positive move. VIRGO (aug. 23-sept. 22) — stand behind your word and use the power of persuasion to get others on board your train. a partnership will end up having more to offer than you imagined. LIBRA (sept. 23-oct. 23) — expect the unexpected and make adjustments as you progress. adaptability will be a prerequisite of success. don’t let your emotions interfere with your decisions or productivity. SCORPIO (oct. 24-nov. 22) — take care of all the things you’ve been putting off. don’t hesitate to ask for favors or call in debts. if you look closely, you will discover something you didn’t know. SAGITTARIUS (nov. 23dec. 21) — Keep your life simple. don’t let troublesome situations or people get to you. spend time taking care of business instead of blaming others for whatever doesn’t go your way. CAPRICORN (dec. 22Jan. 19) — concentrate on the job assigned to you. a partnership will form if you are open to it. an opportunity, new direction and an open mind will change your life. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Make adjustments to the way you do things. Work harder and handle your cash more efficiently. now’s the time to make big decisions. romance is featured.
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WHO chief warns ‘we are in uncharted territory’ as virus cases pass 90,000 The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said that public health officials are operating in “uncharted territory” as they combat the spread of the novel coronavirus, which has infected more than 90,000 people across 73 countries and territories as of Monday evening. The virus has spread to every continent except Antarctica since it was first identified in December last year in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. Medical workers are now battling deadly outbreak clusters in South Korea, Iran and Italy, while other countries are working furiously to avoid a similar fate by readying public health authorities, alerting their citizens and enacting travel restrictions to affected areas. To date, there have been 172 deaths reported outside mainland China, raising the global death toll to 3,115. Several nations that have seen cases are putting in place measures to limit the virus’ spread: closing schools, encouraging remote work and canceling or scaling back public events, just to name a few.
At least 22 dead, damage extensive after Tenn. tornado By Jason Hanna, Chuck Johnston and Hollie Silverman CNN
At least 22 people have died across central Tennessee as a result of severe storms and at least one tornado that raked Nashville and the region late Monday and early Tuesday, officials said. The storms left numerous homes and other buildings in ruins across several counties, and left tens of thousands of people without power and hundreds at least temporarily looking for another place to live. In Nashville, 48 buildings collapsed, others were damaged and about 150 people have been taken to hospitals because of the storm, Mayor John Cooper said. In Nashville’s Germantown area alone, parts of apartment and other multistory buildings were ripped open, with bricks, roofing material and glass strewn about, images from CNN affiliate WTVF show. “As tragic as this is — and our hearts are broken — we are certain that we’ll surChinese student round these folks and we’ll assaulted in ‘racist’ do what is necessary” to recover, Gov. Bill Lee said. coronavirus attack Rescue workers have been going through collapsed buildA 23-year-old Chinese man ings in Nashville and elsestudying in London has spowhere Tuesday afternoon. ken out about racism linked to the coronavirus after suffering facial injuries in a “racially NATION aggravated assault.” Jonathan Mok wrote about Surprise U.S. rate cut his ordeal in a public post on could be start of G7 Facebook Monday, detailaction over virus ing how he was attacked by a group of people on Oxford An interest rate cut by Street, a busy shopping area the U.S. Federal Reserve in the center of the British on Tuesday could be folcapital, at about 4.15 p.m. ET lowed by similar action in on Feb. 24. other leading economies “The guy who tried to kick me then said, ‘I don’t want around the world to limit your coronavirus in my coun- the damage from the corotry’, before swinging another navirus outbreak. The Fed’s first emergency sucker punch at me, which resulted in my face exploding action since the global finanwith blood (from my nose),” cial crisis was announced wrote Mok. London’s Metro- just hours after finance politan Police confirmed in a officials from the seven statement that they are investi- largest advanced econogating the “racially aggravated mies said they were ready to act to soften the blow to assault” against Mok. businesses and households. Investors had expected Foxconn expects the Fed to cut its benchmark iPhone production to interest rate by half a percentage point, but not until return to normal later this month. The U.S. Foxconn, the main assem- central bank said the surbler of Apple products such as prise move was a response the iPhone and iPad, expects to the “evolving risks to to resume normal production economic activity” posed by the end of the month af- by the continued spread ter the coronavirus outbreak of the virus outside China. forced it to close factories in Earlier, G7 finance ofChina in late January. ficials participated in a But company chairman Liu conference call led by U.S. Young-Way said during an Treasury Secretary Steven earnings call with investors Mnuchin and Federal Rethat there are still “plenty” of serve Chairman Jerome uncertainties and the company Powell. The G7 issued a could not yet quantify the im- joint statement that compact of the lengthy shutdown mitted them to using “all on full year earnings. appropriate policy tools to For now, Liu said there achieve strong, sustainable will be “significant, negative growth” but stopped short year-on-year impact for all of outlining specific steps. our core business segments” for the three months ending Man sentenced for in March. Asked if the first cyberstalking families quarter would be profitable, Liu said: “I cannot tell you at of Parkland victims the moment.” A man who cyberstalked The coronavirus has killed more than 3,100 people so far, and sent threatening mesincluding 173 deaths outside sages to families of Parkland shooting victims has of mainland China. — From wire reports been sentenced to more
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Aerial footage shows home damage in Tennessee’s Mt. Juliet area on Tuesday. “We’ve got to go through that and make sure that nobody was left behind,” Cooper said. The Cookeville area in Putnam County, some 80 miles east of Nashville, was especially hard hit. These deaths have been reported, according to the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency: ♦ 16 in Putnam County ♦ Three in Wilson County ♦ Two in Davidson County, which includes Nashville ♦ One in Benton County Tornadoes were reported several times along a 145mile stretch, including in the small city of Camden just after 11 p.m. CT; in Nash-
ville after midnight; and in the Cookeville area in Putnam County shortly before 2 a.m., the National Weather Service said. In Nashville’s Germantown area, scraps of wood and metal lined the street as people stood outside in their pajamas with their pets surveying the damage. Robin Fugett and her husband ran to the basement of their East Nashville home early Tuesday when they heard swirling wind. Seconds later, her home was momentarily lifted off its foundation, she told CNN. Her home is standing, with roof and siding dam-
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U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin attends a hearing of the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 12. Finance officials from the world’s seven largest advanced economies held a conference call to discuss their response to the coronavirus outbreak after the number of cases topped 90,000. than five years behind bars. Brandon Michael Fleury, 22, of Santa Ana, California, was sentenced Monday to 66 months in federal prison, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida announced. Fleury was convicted of cyberstalking and sending a kidnapping threat to relatives of those killed in the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Fleury used 13 Instagram accounts to target victims’ families between December 2018 and January 2019, according to a news release from the Department of Justice. He taunted the recipients about the deaths of their loved ones under aliases including the Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz and serial killer Ted Bundy, according to the news release. Prosecutors say many messages he sent were from accounts that used profile pictures of Cruz, and one had the username “the.douglas. shooter.”
Court rules state can convict immigrant apart from federal law The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday against an unauthorized immigrant in Kansas, holding that a state could convict him of identity theft without interfering with federal immigration law. The 5-4 ruling, with the five court conservatives in the majority, will encourage states that want to play a more active role in the area of immigration enforcement to use identity laws and similar statutes to target undocumented workers. The decision is a win for the Trump administration, which supported Kansas in the case, and it comes as President Donald Trump has made immigration enforcement a cornerstone of his agenda. In general, when it comes to immigration, federal law supersedes state law in order to avoid a patchwork of
age. Houses a block away were flattened, she said. “I’ve never felt anything like that before. I am ... very lucky that I was able to come to work today,” said Fugett, a convenience store employee. Country music artist Taylor Hicks, a Nashville resident and Season 5 winner of “American Idol” in 2006, told HLN that a tornado damaged homes near his Germantown neighborhood. “There’s homes leveled. There’s churches that have been hit by this. There’s been a lot of people that’s been affected in downtown Nashville. It’s been a rough night,” Hicks said. different regulations across the country. In the challenge at hand, Ramiro Garcia, an undocumented immigrant, used the Social Security number of someone else in order to get a job in a restaurant. After it was discovered that he had worked illegally, he was convicted under a state identity theft law. But lawyers for Garcia challenged the conviction, arguing that he could not be convicted under state law because it is preempted by the federal Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 that establishes a framework for the regulation of the employment of undocumented immigrants. Under the law, an employee must submit documents establishing work authorization and an employer must attest to their employee’s status.
Trading app down 17 hours during market’s biggest point gain Robinhood, the free stocktrading app, crashed on the worst day possible. Stocks rallied Monday with the Dow logging its biggest point gain in history. The S&P 500 gained $1.1 trillion Monday. But an all-day system-wide outage left Robinhood customers seething. An “issue with a part of our infrastructure” caused the 17-hour disruption on Monday, the company said in a statement. Robinhood said overnight that the issue was fixed, but the service went down again Tuesday morning shortly after trading began. Around noon Tuesday, Robinhood said the earlier outage had been resolved. — From wire reports
PEOPLE
Carlton from ‘Love Is Blind’ still hoping for love Carlton Morton isn’t exactly the most popular member of the ”Love Is Blind” cast at the moment. That’s because of a controversial, explosive fallout he and fellow cast member Diamond Jack had on the show. The new Netflix dating series has taken viewers by storm with its unique premise. Couples “date” for 10 days by sitting in individual pods that allow them to speak with but not see each other. If there is a proposal, they meet face to face afterward for the first time. Such was the case with Morton and Jack, who seemed on their way to the altar until he shared with her that he identifies as sexually fluid and has dated both men and women. Jack was not happy about him not sharing the news up front. What followed was an argument in which she removed her engagement ring, he then tossed it and used the “b-word.”
Eva Amurri won’t have estranged husband in room during birth Eva Amurri will have her third baby with only female energy and her other two children in the room with her. The lifestyle blogger and daughter of Susan Sarandon shared on her blog that she has chosen to not have her estranged husband Kyle Martino in the room during the upcoming birth. “Our intimacy level has totally changed now that we aren’t a couple, obviously, and in order to really let go and allow labor to progress (especially with a home birth) it’s so important to feel completely at ease in your body and support,” Amurri wrote. She added that she will also have midwives, a doula, and some female friends in the room with her. “I’ve realized that having a strong female energy present at my birth this time is going to bring that for me. I’ve elected to have my female midwives, my awesome doula (also a woman), and some incredible girlfriends — who are all Mamas as well.”
Parker, Broderick reuniting on Broadway After almost 23 years of marriage, Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick are getting to spend even more time together. They are set to star together in a revival of “Plaza Suite” on Broadway. The Neil Simon play revolves around three different couples in three-one act plays set in the same suite of the Plaza Hotel. Parker and Broderick last appeared on Broadway together in the 1996 revival of “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,” a year before they married. Parker, 54, told the Wall Street Journal Magazine that she and her 57-year-old husband have frequently been asked about working together. — From wire reports
NASA assures large asteroid flying by Earth next month won’t hit us By Ashley Strickland CNN
On April 29, an asteroid estimated to be between 1.1 and 2.5 miles wide will fly by Earth. But it’s not expected to collide with our planet, thankfully. If it did, the asteroid is “large enough to cause global effects,” according to NASA, back when the asteroid was first discovered. The asteroid is called 52768 (1998 OR2) and it was first spotted in 1998. It will pass within 3,908,791 miles of Earth, moving at 19,461 miles per hour. The flyby is expected to occur on Wednesday, April 29, at 4:56 a.m. ET, according
MUST READ to NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies. They track Near-Earth Objects that could collide with Earth. The asteroid was classified as a potentially hazardous object because it passes near Earth’s orbit, but it’s not currently on NASA’s list of potential future Earth impact events. Those are gathered and monitored by NASA’s Sentry System, “a highly automated collision monitoring system that continually scans the most current asteroid catalog for possibilities of future impact with Earth over the next 100 years.” It’s the largest asteroid expected to zip
by Earth within the next two months, but it’s not the largest ever. That honor belongs to the asteroid 3122 Florence (1981 ET3), which flew by and luckily missed colliding with Earth on September 1, 2017. It will make another pass again on Sept. 2, 2057. That asteroid is estimated to be between two and a half and five and a half miles wide. In addition to tracking Near-Earth Objects that could pose a threat, NASA and other agencies currently have missions underway to study near-Earth asteroids and potenJpl-caltech/nasa tially mitigate the danger of a collision. The On April 29, an asteroid estimated to be beobservatory is located on the Cerro Pachón tween 1.1 and 2.5 miles wide will fly by Earth. ridge in north-central Chile.
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Gov. Brian Kemp listens to a Coronavirus video briefing from Vice President Mike Pence Monday morning. Later in the day, Kemp received confirmation of Georgia’s first two COVID-19 cases, involving two people in the same Fulton County household. in contact with the two individuals who are confirmed to have COVID-19. The individuals who have the confirmed cases are “doing well” and showing “minimal symptoms” in home isolation, according to the state’s public health commissioner. “I wanted to say everything about this situation demonstrates how well the system is working,” Toomey said. “This individual traveled to Italy, recognized there was a potential risk for their household members, contacted the physician ahead of time so that they would not put any other patients at risk in the practice and were instructed by the physician, an astute clinician who thought about Coronavirus when told about the travel history (and) had them come in through an alternate entrance so that people waiting in the waiting room would not be exposed to any infectious disease, whether it be influenza or coronavirus. “This clinician appropriately tested for coronavirus after contacting our epidemiologists. We got this specimen on Saturday, sent it to the CDC for testing, because they are the ones doing these tests currently, and they turned it around in record time and we got this result back late (Monday) evening.” Toomey did not specify exactly when the person who traveled to Italy flew back to Georgia, citing confidenti-
ality issues, but she said the person began showing symptoms “days” after returning to the U.S. When asked about contacting other passengers who were on the plane with the passenger who has developed COVID-19, the public health commissioner said, “This individual wasn’t symptomatic on the plane and so we don’t believe he was infectious. I think the infection, when it occurred was in Milan and everybody who is in that part of Italy at this time should be aware they are at risk for exposure to coronavirus.” Kemp said he has briefed his coronavirus task force, as well as Vice President Mike Pence, about the cases. Pence has been tasked by President Donald Trump with leading the nation’s coronavirus response. Some steps the governor urged Georgians to take to prevent the spread of disease including washing hands, avoiding contact with sick people and staying home if you feel sick. “DPH is working to identify any contacts who may have been exposed while the individuals were infectious,” Kemp’s office announced after the press conference. “People who are identified as having been exposed will be contacted directly by a DPH epidemiologist and monitored for fever and respiratory symptoms.”
Rep. Hank Johnson announces military academy nominations
tion in Stone Mountain. “Please understand that you are the futaylor.denman@gwinnettdailypost.com ture leaders of the free world,” Johnson Congressman Hank Johnson, D-Ga., an- said. “You will accomplish great feats and nounced his 2020 U.S. Service Academy achieve many of your ambitions. Our nation nominations in February, and the list in- is dependent upon you to do great deeds cludes four Gwinnett students. of service. I want to say congratulaBrookwood High School’s Natations for taking the first step upon lie Chavez, South Gwinnett High’s the journey to fulfill your dreams. Allyja French and Nathaniel Poteat For without you and the service of and Mountain View High School’s others I would not be here to serve Amirah Rogers are part of a list of you today.” 20 students nominated by Johnson. Every year, members of Congress Chavez was nominated for appointnominate students to attend the ment to the Air Force Academy, French nation’s military academies. Those Hank and Poteat were nominated to West Johnson nominees who are accepted into the Point and the Naval Academy, reacademies are awarded four-year spectively, and Rogers was nominated to scholarships that include tuition, books, the U.S. Merchant Marines Academy. The room and board, medical and dental care. official appointments will be announced in The average award per appointment is worth May or June. $425,000. ROTC students receive six-figure Johnson held a reception at the Art Sta- scholarship funds as well. By Taylor Denman
Meadowcreek, Gwinnett Co. Library host Black History Month Quiz Bowl By Taylor Denman taylor.denman@ gwinnettdailypost.com
Meadowcreek High School and the Gwinnett County Public Library partnered to host a Black History Month Quiz Bowl on Feb. 23. Teams of students tested their knowledge on black history topics including science, art and history. Students com-
peted against other teams for a cash prize of $300. The event was open to middle school and high school students. A total of 15 teams participated this year. The team “North Gwinnett QB” included team members Maya Chande, Albert Doan, Kaya Holmes and Anand Krishnan placed first. Their team won $300, provided by the
library. AALR Norcross placed second and Lilburn Middle School Gear Up Girls placed third. Both teams won trophies and signed copies of “Dear Martin” by Nic Stone. “This was the second annual Black History Month Quiz Bowl event and we definitely hope to continue it in the future,” GCPL youth services specialist Sarah Martin said.
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The coronavirus known as COVID-19 has arrived in Georgia, Gov. Brian Kemp announced Monday night. The governor held a late night press conference to announce the state’s first cases of the virus, two people in the same household in Fulton County. The COVID-19 virus has created a panic with outbreaks in China and Italy among other parts of the world. One of the Georgians who is confirmed as having the virus had recently visited Milan, Italy, according to Kemp. Milan has been a hot spot for the coronavirus in recent weeks. “Earlier this evening, we received confirmation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that we have two confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Georgia,” Kemp said. “These cases involved two individuals who reside in the same household, one who recently returned from Italy. Both individuals are isolated at home with other relatives to keep the virus from spreading.” The Georgia cases are the latest in a string of new coronavirus cases that have popped up across the U.S. in recent days. The state is home to the world’s busiest airport — Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport — with thousands of passengers passing through the airport, heading to or from destinations around the world, on a daily basis. Atlanta, however, is also home to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which has been involved in public health efforts concerning the COVID-19 virus. “I wanna take a moment to emphasis that Georgians should remain calm,” Kemp said. “We have been ready for today. We’ve been preparing as you know for several weeks now and so far every development has come forward just as we expected it would.” Georgia Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Kathleen Toomey said epidemiologists are trying to find people who may have been
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COLUMNIST|TOM PURCELL
The 2020 presidential race: no laughing matter A
t least Michael Bloomberg gave it Ronald Reagan loved to poke fun at sociala try. ism and communism. Having done poorly in a prior deHe told a story about a Russian wanting bate, he joked during the Charleston, S.C., to buy a car. The man goes to the official debate that he was surprised the other agency, puts down his money and is told candidates showed up – because he “did his car will be delivered in exactly 10 years. such a good job beating them last week.” “Morning or afternoon?” the purchasHis poorly timed attempt at huer asks. mor was ridiculed on social media. “Ten years from now, what differSo what has happened to humor ence does it make?” replies the clerk. among our presidential candidates? “Well,” says the car-buyer, “the Partisanship makes way too many plumber’s coming in the morning.” of us way too serious way too much Which brings us back to current of the time. But the American sense affairs. A Politico writer argues that of humor has a deep history and President Trump has a self-depremost presidents have used it well. cating sense of humor, quoting him Purcell Barack Obama’s deadpan huas saying: “I do my best work off mor brought the house down durscript. … I also do my worst work ing several White House Correspondents’ off script.” Dinners. But where do 2020’s Democratic presiIn 2009, he said: “There was a point in dential candidates stand in terms of humor? my life when I started palling around with Bloomberg lacks timing. a pretty ugly crowd, I’ve got to be honest. Joe Biden is said to be charming and witThese guys were serious deadbeats; they ty in person, but that isn’t coming across were lowlifes; they were unrepentant no- on the campaign trail. good punks. That’s right: I’ve been a memElizabeth Warren? Self-deprecating huber of the United States Senate.” mor isn’t her strong suit. George W. Bush showed a great sense Bernie Sanders? Does Bernie ever smile? of humor opening the 2005 event: “I look Amy Klobuchar seems comfortable in her forward to these dinners where I’m sup- own skin. In a recent town hall, she showed posed to be funny … intentionally.” an easy sense of humor, which is refreshBill Clinton always had a charming twin- ing – but she just ended her campaign. kle in his eye, as though we were all in on Anyone seeking the presidency should the joke. At the 2000 dinner, amid inves- remember that Americans want a sense of tigations targeting him and his wife, he humor in their presidents. Self-deprecating said: “Over the last few months I’ve lost 10 humor is a sign of confidence and strength pounds. Where did they go? Why haven’t I – and, in Jimmy Carter’s case, grace. produced them to the independent counsel? When he left the White House after only How did some of them manage to wind up one term, he said this: on Tim Russert [news show]?” “My esteem, in this country, has gone up George H.W. Bush wasn’t noted for his substantially. It is very nice now when peowit, but tried his best. He told the 1989 ple wave at me, they use all their fingers.” Gridiron Club dinner: “People say I’m indecisive, but I don’t know about that.” Tom Purcell is a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review humor columnist. Send comments to Tom at In Bush’s defense, he did follow one of Tom@TomPurcell.com. our wittiest presidents since Abe Lincoln.
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COLUMNIST|DAVID CARROLL
I love you, but I hate your politics
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his column usually offers a safe space A decade later, Bill Clinton presided over from politics, but occasionally I have a relatively strong economy. His personal to wade into the deep water. After behavior resulted in some well-deserved all, everyone is talking about the corona- scorn, and some spirited debates on whethvirus, the stock market, and the presiden- er he should be impeached and removed tial election. from office. (He was, and he wasn’t.) But So, despite popular demand, I again, I can’t recall many arguments will field three questions on these that resulted in loss of friendships. hot topics. Look at us now. Longtime rela1. How bad is this coronavitionships have been redefined over rus? Somewhere between Donald politics. “Hey, let’s get some guys Trump and Nancy Pelosi. He says, together to go to the game. I’ll call “We’ve got it under control.” She Johnny and Ron, and you get in says the need for more action is touch with Sam and Kevin.” Long “urgent.” I’d say the correct answer pause. “I don’t know about Kevin,” Carroll is somewhere in the middle. You your friend says. “He’s a lefty. I’m remember the middle, right? It’s not sure I want to ride in the same where most Americans don’t go these days. car with him.” 2. How about this stock market? “What? You guys worked together for We’ve had better days, for sure. I’ve made 20 years. He mowed your mom’s grass some good moves over the years, and a few for free until the day she died. He would other moves that deserve the “losing horn jump in and save you if you were drownsound” on The Price Is Right. If I’ve learned ing.” The friend replies, “Yeah, but have anything, it’s this: When the headlines are you seen his political posts on Facebook? screaming doom and gloom, I look the I don’t associate with people who lean other way. History will tell you that it is a that way.” marathon, not a sprint. Wait it out. This is This is not an unusual conversation. It is some of that bad medicine we are forced to one of many in which people choose their swallow. But eventually we get better, and friends (and enemies) based on who they often we’re stronger than before. prefer for president of the United States 3. This presidential election is un- of America. Are we still united? bearable. Can you make it stop? I would In California, a woman has divorced if I could. From the president’s loud rallies, her husband of 22 years because he has to the Democrats’ loud debates, to the an- decided to support President Trump. “I noying commercials, it’s an assault on our feel betrayed,” she said. She did not elabeyes and ears. I opened a box of Cheerios orate on whether he was a good father, a the other day, and Mike Bloomberg jumped good provider, or a good companion. It out, talking about how he cleaned up New is sad to see anyone seek a divorce, but York City. That may have been a dream, one would hope it is over something more but I can’t be sure. serious than their political preferences. I often write about the past, and some Back in the 1950s, did anyone break up a say I get too nostalgic. Guilty as charged. marriage because their spouse liked Ike? There are some things about 20th century Jeanne Safer has just written a book tiAmerica I miss very much. tled, “I Love You, But I Hate Your Politics.” We’ve had some presidents who were It is described as “a guide to maintaining wildly popular for a while, and others who respect and intimacy in our increasingly were embroiled in scandals. Ronald Rea- divided nation.” gan is an example of both. During his first If this disease is infecting your housetwo years in office, he brought optimism hold, turn off the TV, get off Facebook, and to a nation recovering from a hostage cri- start a garden together. Life is too short to sis and a sluggish economy. He also sur- let politicians disrupt your relationships. vived an assassination attempt, and his The presidential election is eight months wit served him well during his recovery. away, so it’s too early to predict a winner. His approval ratings were high. Near the Sadly, no matter who wins, half the nation end of his presidency, the Iran Contra af- will be dead-set against him or her, from fair (“arms for hostages”) angered many Day 1. Where’s Ike when we need him? Americans. Still, during both his peaks and valleys, we as individuals were not defined David Carroll, a Chattanooga news anchor, is the author of “Volunteer by our opinion of him. In that pre-social Bama Dawg,” available on his website, media, pre-cable shoutfest era, we were free to quietly go about our business, and ChattanoogaRadioTV.com. You may contact him at radiotv2020@yahoo.com, or 900 not judge one another on whether we were Whitehall Road, Chattanooga, TN 37405. “pro” or “anti” Reagan. the gwinnett daily post encourages letters to the editor on topics of general interest, but reserves the right to edit them for content and length. letters should be no longer than 400 words and must include the writer’s name, address and daytime phone number for verification purposes.
LOCAL COLUMNIST|ELLIOTT BRACK
In the 2020 elections, where have all the Republicans gone?
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ave you noticed? The Gwinnett Republican Party has so far about vanished in the run-up to this political season. The once-strong and dominant party is having difficulty finding candidates to run for local political offices, that is, compared to the Gwinnett Democratic Party. If anything, the Democrats are awash with candidates. Actually, for some smart Republican who might aim for local offices, it’s a pretty good time to run. They probably won’t draw any opposition in the party primary, and can take on the Democrat for that post in the November election. That gives the Republican plenty of time to campaign, and possibly “upset” the Democrat. But so far, few Republicans have announced that they will run. It appears many Democrats are chomping at the bit to run for office, and get elected this season. They feel this way because of the strong showing that Democrats scored in the two most recent General Elections
in Gwinnett. You may remember that HillBack in the old days when virtually the ary Clinton won Gwinnett in 2016 (52% of entire state was Democratically controlled, the vote), and Stacey Abrams took a whop- any race was usually decided in the Demoping 67% in Gwinnett in her race cratic primary. The General Election for governor. Meanwhile, in 2018 might field Republican candidates, several local Democrats beat their but even most of those candidates Republican opposition, so all this is realized their chance was slim to why Gwinnett Democrats are so exnone. That’s the way it had always cited about their chances in 2020. been in Georgia. Will the 2020 local results be simiBut beginning in the 1970s and lar to the historic take-over in 1984 1980s, many of the people movthat the Republicans surprised most ing to Georgia from other parts of Brack everyone (including themselves) the country were not automatically when they swept every contended Democrats. And slowly, particularly office? (The GOP won 17 of 17 offices that in the fast-growing parts of the state, espeyear, and ever since, Gwinnett has been seen cially Cobb and Gwinnett counties, many of as a heavily Republican county.) those newcomers had grown up in either Several Democrats feel their time is com- the Republican tradition, or at least in aring in 2020. Most of the candidates we have eas where there were real contests between heard about running have been Democrats. the two parties. Those running as Republican who have the Few realized until 1984 this movement of best chance are those currently serving in more conservative voters, and it came with some office, although any GOP candidate a big boom! Surprised candidates in both may be running scared this year. parties saw the Republican majority in Gwin-
nett. And in the years that followed, other parts of Georgia came into the Republican fold, thanks in no small part to the election of Ronald Reagan as president. That made it easier for what was once called the “wool hat boys” from rural Georgia to question the Georgia Democrats as never before. And by 2002, Georgians were surprised again when that Democratic of all bastions, the Georgia General Assembly, somehow got away from the Democrats. Since then, Georgia has pretty much been a majority “red” state. Though the Democrats have always put up opposition, that party has seen few rich and robust chances in winning many seats in recent days. But in Gwinnett, Democrats may run strong this year. By qualifying time March 6, Republicans may find slim pickings in Gwinnett. Elliott Brack is editor and publisher of GwinnettForum. He can be reached at elliott@ brack.net.
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TESTS From A1 Its sponsor, Senate Education Committee Chairman P.K. Martin, said too much testing is the top concern he hears from students and educators in Georgia. “This places too much pressure on our students [and] on our teachers,” Martin, R-Lawrenceville, said from P.K. Martin the Senate floor. Besides fewer tests, the legislation would require the remaining tests to be given within 25 days of the school year’s end instead of at any time, so that teachers could focus more on teaching class subjects rather than preparing for exams. Additionally, the changes would allow school districts to discontinue a practice of comparing Georgia’s testing standards with other states and let them abstain from “formative assessments” meant to see how much students learned in a school year.
Representatives from several teachers’ groups voiced support for the bill last month at a Senate committee hearing, including the Professional Association of Georgia Educators and the Georgia Association of Educators (GAE). State School Superintendent Richard Woods also supports fewer exams and has given assurances the Georgia Department of Education will make sure less testing does not hurt student performance. The bill’s passage in the Senate advances a key plank of Gov. Brian Kemp’s agenda in this year’s legislative session. He has made rolling back some standardized tests in Georgia a key component of changes he wants to see for the state’s public schools. The bill’s move to the House also follows Senate passage of a measure that would cap participation in the state’s popular dual enrollment college credit program. That measure, House Bill 444, proposes limiting enrollment to 30 hours per eligible student to prop up the program’s struggling finances. The dual-enrollment bill, sponsored by Rep. Bert Reeves, R-Marietta, passed out of the Senate in late January by a 34-18 vote.
VIRUS From A1 “At this time, we have not identified any confirmed cases of COVID-19 in our three-county health district, and we continue to follow guidance from CDC and the Georgia Department of Public Health.” It’s not unfounded that Gwinnett residents may have concerns about coronavirus making its way to their county. After all, metro Atlanta is home to the world’s busiest airport, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, and Interstate 85 is a major east coast route that runs through Gwinnett. But local health officials said they are sharing information about the virus with local community partners as part of a beachhead to be ready if the virus shows up in Gwinnett, Rockdale or Newton counties. “Gwinnett, Newton and Rockdale County Health Departments has been working to prepare our community to respond to disease outbreaks, like COVID-19,” Wasdin said. “We’re in close contact with the school systems, hospitals, community medical providers, first re-
sponders, and other local partners to ensure they have the most up-todate information about COVID-19.” At the same time, health officials are encouraging residents monitor their own health for symptoms that something may be wrong. One of the people in the Fulton County household who is confirmed to have COVID-19 had recently been to Milan, Italy, a coronavirus hotpot, and contacted their physician after they began to show symptoms. “We encourage individuals to call their medical provider, before visiting, for instructions if they have traveled to an area of the world with ongoing COVID-19 transmission or if they have been in contact with an individual with COVID-19, and develop a fever, shortness of breath and a cough,” Wasdin said. Any medical provider who suspects a patient has COVID-19 is asked to call 1-866-782-4584. Meanwhile, Gwinnett residents can find updates on coronavirus at the Gwinnett, Newton and Rockdale Health Department’s COVID-19 website, www.gnrhealth.com/covid-19-info, or visit www.cdc.gov/ coronavirus/ or dph.georgia.gov/ coronavirus-disease-2019-covid19-outbreak.
TIPS TO AVOID SPREADING GERMS AND VIRUSES here are some steps gwinnett, newton and rockdale health departments spokesman chad Wasdin said health officials are encouraging residents to take to avoid spreading germs and viruses: ♦ Frequently washing hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. ♦ Using a hand sanitizer that is at least 60% alcohol ♦ do not touch your mouth, eyes or nose with unwashed hands ♦ staying home, except to seek medical attention, if you feel sick ♦ call your medical provider and ask what the best way is to be seen by them while minimizing the chances of exposing other people ♦ covering your mouth when you cough ♦ Use a tissue when you sneeze ♦ don’t share personal items with other people.
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Ruth Ashburn (Loftice) Ruth Loftice Ashburn, age 83, of Bethlehem, GA passed away on Saturday, February 29, 2020. She is survived by her children, Ted and Lynn Ashburn, Dacula, GA, Barbara and Dan Fitzgerald, Bethlehem, GA; and Sandra and Tony Miceli, Clarkesville, MD; grandchildren, Chloe and Isaiah Hunt, Meredith Ashburn, Allison Ashburn, Brooke Felt, Heather Felt, and Trey Felt; great grandchildren, Tommy Hunt and Aiden Hunt; brothers, Ken and Connie Loftice, Canton, GA and Jerry and Debbie Loftice, Commerce, GA; and several nieces, nephews and cousins. Mrs. Ashburn was born on July 9, 1936 in Rose Hill, VA. She was retired from BellSouth as an administrative assistant after over 20 years of service. She was a member of the Hebron Baptist Church in Dacula, GA. Funeral service will be held on Saturday, March 7, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. in the Chapel of Flanigan Funeral Home with Elder Ken Loftice officiating. A private family interment will be held later. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Saturday, March 7th from 10:00 a.m. until time of service at 11:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Samaritan’s Purse in memory of Ruth L. Ashburn.
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Carolyn Rose Bailey Carolyn R. Bailey, age 76 of Lawrenceville, died 28, February 2020. She is survived be her two children; son, David Philip Haskins Jr. and daughter, April Green; sister and brother-in-law, Peggy and Doug Roddy; grandson, Bailey Green; many nieces and nephews. Carolyn was a member of Gwinnett Community Church and she also enjoyed reading, church activities as well as spending time with her family. A memorial service was held on Tuesday, March 3, 2020 at 1:00 PM in the Chapel of Eternal Hills Funeral Home, 3594 Stone Mountain Highway, Snellville, GA 30078. The family ask that donations may be made in honor of Carolyn to The American Cancer Society at www.donate3@cancer. org
& sister-in-law, Robert & Abernethy, Jr. of Wendy Timothy John HolAltamonte Springs, FL; land grandchildren, Courtney Timothy John Holland Cone, Layla Cone, Jaof Cleveland, Georgia, son Cone, all of Monroe; born April 8, 1954, went nieces & nephews, David to be with the Lord March & Beth Abernethy, Steve 1, 2020. Tim is lovingly & Dr. Amy Abernethy remembered as a devoted and Karen Schneider and husband, father, brother, several great-nieces and friend, and pastor. Making great-nephews. Arrangeknown his call to vocation- ments by Tim Stewart al ministry in 1989, he atFuneral Home, 209 South tended Southwestern Bap- Hammond Drive, Monroe, tist Theological Seminary. GA 30655. 770-267-2594. In 1991 he and his wife Please leave online condowere commissioned by the lences at www.stewartfh. Home Mission Board of com the Southern Baptist ConBuford vention to start a church. He was the founding pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Cumming and served the Lord and His people there for twenty-two years. He is preceded in death by parents E.J. and Grace Handsel Grady MorReed Holland of Buford, gan brother Larry Reed Holland of Jacksonville, FL, Mr. Handsel Grady Morson Joshua Pierce Holland gan, Sr., age 98, of Buof Cumming, parents-inford, GA, passed away on law Pierce and Kate Heard February 29, 2020. He is Corn of Cumming, and survived by three children, sister-in-law Joyce Corn daughter, Ann Morgan Roberts of Dahlonega. He Kaser, of Los Angeles, is survived by his wife CA; son, Handsel Morgan, of 43 years Alice Corn Jr., of Buford, GA; and Holland, son Caleb John son and daughter-in-law, (Kimberly Bollinger) Tim and Darcy MorHolland, sister Sonya gan, of Buford, GA; by (Bo) Cropper of Buford, four grandchildren, Lois sister-in-law Mina Dreyer Morgan Grimsley (Ryan), Holland of Jacksonville, Taylor Morgan (Jessica), FL, brothers-in-law Dennis Leah Morgan, and Samuel Pierce (Guy Ann Murray) Morgan (Hannah); and by Corn, John Mark (Laura five great-grandchildren. Whaley) Corn, Jerry He was predeceased by his George Roberts, and many wife of sixty-two years, loving nieces and nephews. Joy King Morgan, and The family will receive his parents, Henry Grady visitors Friday, March 6th, Morgan and Eva Benson 2020, from 11:00 a.m. until Morgan. the hour of service. The He was born in Buford, service will be held Friday Georgia, on September at 2:00 p.m. in the chapel 20, 1921, and graduated of Ingram Funeral Home, from Buford High School, 210 Ingram Avenue, where he played football, Cumming, GA, with Rev. basketball, baseball, track, Bucky Erwin officiating. In and other sports. He was lieu of flowers, the family a member of Buford First requests that remembrance United Methodist Church gifts be directed to your since 1931, serving in local church. a number of positions, Ingram Funeral Home including Church Board, & Crematory, 210 Ingram District Trustee, delegate Ave, Cumming, GA 30040 to Annual Conference, is in charge of arrangeChancel Choir, and ments. perhaps most notably, he taught the Fellowship SunLawrenceville, GA day School Class for more Virginia “Ginger” than 40 years. Mammas (Abernethy) He earned an AB degree MAMMAS - Virginia from Piedmont College, a “Ginger” Abernethy Masters Degree from UniMammas, age 79 of Lawversity of Georgia, where renceville, passed away he was Phi Beta Kappa, on Friday, February 28, and earned his law degree 2020. A Memorial Service while teaching at Buford will be held at 2:00 PM High School by going to on Saturday, March 7, night school at John Mar2020 in the Lawrenceville shall Law School, and was admitted to the Georgia Stateroom of Tim Stewart Funeral Home. The family Bar in 1950. He served 37 months will receive friends from in the U.S. Army during 12:00 PM until 2:00 PM World War II, being debefore the service. Virginia is preceded in death ployed in the Allied invaby her parents, Robert sion of North Africa, Italy, Lloyd & Jennie Belle France, and Germany, and (Carpenter) Abernethy, is an Honorary Lifetime Sr. and she is survived Member of the American by her daughter & sonLegion. in-law, Joanna & V. Scott He served three terms in the Georgia House of Cone of Monroe; brother R Cleveland
Representatives, serving from 1959-1965, one of Gwinnett County’s two representatives at the time. Perhaps his most significant accomplishment in the legislature was co-sponsoring legislation to create the Gwinnett Judicial Circuit out of the Piedmont Judicial Circuit, so Gwinnett County had its own court system and was no longer combined with Jackson, Barrow, and Banks Counties. He was the first executive director of the Buford Housing Authority, supervising the original construction of the public housing projects in Buford, Sugar Hill, Duluth, and Flowery Branch. He served as Judge of the City Court of Buford (later the State Court of Gwinnett County) from 1965 to 1970. By 1970, the population of Gwinnet County had increased to 50,000, and the County was thereby entitled to establish its own separate Juvenile Court. Beginning in 1971, he served as Gwinnett County’s first Juvenile Court Judge, presiding for 20 plus years and retiring in 1991. He received the Public Service Award in 1994 from the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce. He was appointed Buford City Historian in 1987 and began collecting information for a history of Buford, Historic Buford, published in 1993, and later republished. He also wrote The Buford First United Methodist Church: a History, published in 1996, followed in 2008 by The Measure You Give, a collection of his Sunday School lessons. He was also instrumental in establishing the Buford City Museum. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, March 4, 2020, at 11:00 A.M. in the sanctuary of Buford First United Methodist Church, with Rev. Jim Buckman officiating. Interment will follow at Broadlawn Memorial Gardens in Buford, Ga. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Tuesday from 4:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. While the family welcomes flowers, Mr. Morgan requested donations to the Buford First United Methodist Church Building Fund.
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Larry P. Peevy Larry P. Peevy, 88, of Elberton, GA, passed away on Saturday, February 29, 2020. Larry was born in Lawrenceville, GA in 1931, the son of Richard and Carrie (Hutchins) Peevy. He married his childhood sweetheart, Frances Elizabeth (Frankie) Moon, on December 24, 1948 and this past Christmas Eve celebrated 71 years of marriage! In addition to Frankie, Larry is survived by his children, Richard and Amy Peevy, of Lawrenceville, and Jennifer and Tim Norton, of Elberton. Larry, or Papa as he was called, was blessed with six grandchildren; Naomi, Elizabeth and Rachel Peevy, Hailey and Michael Emerson, Samantha and Keith Brannon, and Brad Norton, whom he affectionately called BooBoo, five great-grandchildren; Hannah, Logan, Mikaela, Emma, and Chloe; several nieces, nephews, cousins, and his best buddy, Jake, his dog. Larry was preceded in death by his beloved mother and father; his sister and brother-in-law, Dixie and Weyman Johnson; and several cousins and close friends. A Celebration of Life Service will be held Friday, March 6, 2020 at 2:00 PM at Tom M. Wages Snellville Chapel, with Pastor Scott Mize officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, Snellville, GA. The family will receive friends on Thursday, March 5, 2020 from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM and Friday, March 6, 2020 from 12:00 PM until 2:00 PM at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, please consider memorial donations to Bethel E Baptist Church, Elberton, GA, Emory Eye Center, www.eyecenter. emory.edu or The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, ww5.komen. org. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www. wagesfuneralhome.com. Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, LLC, A Family Company, 3705 Highway 78 West, Snellville, GA 30039 (770-9793200) has been entrusted with the arrangements.
age 85, of Buford, GA passed away on Sunday, March 1, 2020. He is survived by his wife of sixtysix years, Julia Garner Pirkle; his four children, Susan Pirkle Mikan and spouse, Alden Keith Pirkle, Charles Philip Pirkle and Julie Pirkle Van Tassel and spouse; seven grandchildren; and twelve great grandchildren. There are many, many more extended family members and dear friends that we include in this list. Rev. Pirkle was born August 25, 1934 in Norcross, GA. He was ordained as a minister at Mt. Tabor Baptist Church in Duluth, GA. Rev. Pirkle was pastor of five Southern Baptist Churches in his fifty-seven years as an ordained minister including Sharon Baptist Church, Suwanee, GA, Teamon Baptist Church, Griffin, GA, Sugar Hill Baptist Church, Sugar Hill, GA, and Airline Baptist Church, Gainesville, GA where he was Pastor Emeritus upon his first retirement. Afterwards, he was called by Friendship Baptist Church in Buford, GA where he was a member and his final retirement was December of 2018. His love for the Lord has brought over one thousand lost souls to Jesus and twelve men were ordained into the ministry as well as many ordained in other positions of ministry under Rev. Charles’ leadership. Funeral service will be held on Wednesday, March 4, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Flanigan Funeral Home. A private interment will be at Broadlawn Memorial Gardens in Buford, GA. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Tuesday, March 3rd from 2:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. and from 6:00 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. The family requested that anyone desiring to bring food to deliver it to Flanigan Funeral Home reception room. Flowers accepted or memorial donations may be made to Friendship Community Baptist Church, 3784 Friendship Circle, Buford, GA 30519 or to Airline Baptist Church, 3368 White Sulphur Road, Gainesville, GA 30501 in memory of Rev. Charles M. Pirkle.
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Experience highlights Gwinnett’s five state finalist teams
By David Friedlander
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Gwinnett County’s basketball teams still alive as the Georgia High School Association’s state tournament heads into championship week can be separated into two distinct groups. The county’s two remaining boys teams — Grayson and Lanier — are both newcomers as they enter their respective classification’s championship games, and are definitely entering uncharted territory. The three remaining girls teams — Collins Hill, Buford and Greater Atlanta Christian — have a much more extensive history in their classes’ title games, though with varying degrees in terms of recent success. Among the two boys newbies, Grayson (301) may have a consensus top-five national ranking, a No. 1 state ranking and have been to the final four three of the last four years. However, when the Rams tip off with fourth-ranked Wheeler in the Class AAAAAAA state title Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at the Macon Centreplex, it will still be their first shot
at the finals. Likewise, No. 3 Lanier (25-5) will be making its championship game debut when it squares off with fifth-ranked Chattahoochee for the AAAAAA title Saturday at 3 p.m. And like the school’s girls team did when it made its inaugural championship appearance by hoisting a trophy a year ago, the Lohghorns are hoping to not only make history, but also looking to define its program. “It’s tremendous,” said Branden Mayweather, who has guided to the Longhorns to the title game in just his third season as Lanier’s head coach. “I remember three years ago when I came here. Half the people didn’t understand why I would come to Lanier. But you look at some of the players who were here at the time like Sion James and Adrian Martin and you think to yourself, ‘This is an opportunity to build one of the storied proWill Fagan grams like in Gwinnett County. You look at (multiple state championship winners) like Lanier’s Iajah Phillips (5) and Sion James (1) celebrate their overtime victory over South Norcross and you think, ‘Hey, they had to Cobb after their GHSA AAAAAA Final Four playoff game Friday, Feb. 28, 2020 at Buford start with a first (championship) sometime.’” Arena in Buford. James and the Longhorns are one of five Gwinnett County boys and
girls teams that will be playing in their respective classifications’ championship in the
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‘POISE aNd dISCIPLINE’ Parkview’s multi-dimensional Mayo headed to Georgia Southern on riflery ride By Christine Troyke christine.troyke@gwinnettdailypost.com
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Parkview senior Anna Mayo has signed with Georgia Southern’s riflery program. She also is the reining America’s National Miss and has walked the runway at New York fashion week.
There is a wild disparity in the wardrobe for Anna Mayo’s interests — canvas jumpsuits to satin gowns. For the Parkview senior, balance is key. The dual-enrollment honor student signed with Georgia Southern’s rifle team, one of just two college programs in the state, in November. She’s also the reining America’s National Miss and has walked the runways at New York’s fashion week. She put competing in pageants aside this year so she could enjoy her senior year and prepare for the demands of being a Division I student-athlete. But she’s used to pressure. Riflery demands it. “Anna’s passion for shooting and for Georgia Southern have been the defining characteristics of her recruiting process,” Eagles head coach Sandra Worman said when Mayo signed her letter of intent. “I’m not a person who approves of hiding my regard, so Anna’s affinity for enthusiasm and positivity is much appreciated and aligns well with the team culture. “She’s got a lot of poise and discipline, and I admire her can-do attitude about the upcoming hard work of being a student-athlete.” Mayo got into both shooting and pageants by tagging along with her older sister, Amanda, who was Parkview’s last D-I rifle signee in 2016 with Tennessee-Martin. “I started going to practice with her and she was like, See MAYO, B4
Getting To Know ... Katie Mehlhorn
By Will Hammock
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Brookwood grad Katie Mehlhorn is in her first season as an assistant girls basketball coach at Parkview, where she works as a counselor. Mehlhorn played basketball at Brookwood and at Appalachian State University under her maiden name, Mallow. She lives in Decatur with her husband, J.D. Mehlhorn, the head strength and conditioning coach for Olympic sports at Georgia State University. In this edition of “Getting to Know…”, Mehlhorn talks with sports editor Will Hammock about her career, meeting her husband in a weight room, her current basketball skill level and more. WH: Since we talked for stories in high school, where have you been? What’s the journey been like? KM: Yeah, it’s been a journey. I left
Brookwood in 2011 and went to Appalachian State and played there for four years. I had two coaching staffs while I was there. I stayed with the second staff as a graduate assistant for two years. I was getting my master’s in counseling, so that was awesome. I really enjoyed Boone and North Carolina. I got married that summer of 2017 and then went to Connecticut for two years. My husband’s in college coaches. He worked at UConn in strength and conditioning for football. I worked at a high school in Connecticut and coached there for two basketball seasons. I was the head JV coach and varsity assistant. It was a small school, so a staff of two. I liked it. In 2019, the end of that year we came down to Atlanta. … We didn’t have any family up in Connecticut. He’s originally from Minnesota. He started looking everywhere and had multiple
interviews all over the country and I started emailing people down here. WH: You just wanted to come back? KM: Exactly. I thought I could have a good chance of getting a counseling job in Gwinnett County, just being familiar with people. In Connecticut, it was so hard. Emailing principals cold and not being from the state, there’s just no history. Being from Gwinnett County, it’s so nice to email principals where I recognize their names. There was a long process. I talked to (principal) Bo Ford at Brookwood and Mr. (David) Smith here, we have some family ties with him, my mom knows Mr. Smith’s wife. … We got down here and settled in May of last year. I started subbing at Parkview just to make some money. Through that, I built some relationships. I told Mr.
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Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury rematch is planned for mid-July Field Level Media
Former WBC heavyweight titleholder Deontay Wilder officially exercised his right to an immediate rematch with Tyson Fury. Promoters Bob Arum and Frank Warren confirmed Sunday that the third match between lineal champion Fury (30-0-1, 21 knockouts) and Wilder (42-1-1, 41 knockouts) is slated to take place July 18 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. That is the same venue dale Zanine that saw Fury stop Wilder Parkview’s Miles Garrett (7) pitches against Hillgrove during Game 1 of the Georgia Class in the seventh round on AAAAAAA state championship series last spring at SunTrust Park. Garrett and the Panthers Feb. 22 after the latter’s Joe camporeale/Usa today sports will join Buford and Mountain View in representing Gwinnett County in the Perfect Game co-trainer Mark Breland threw in the towel. Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury box during their WBC heavyHigh School Showdown tournament this weekend in Hoover, Ala. Wilder, 34, had 25 days weight title bout at MGM Grand Garden Arena. Fury won via from the conclusion of the seventh round TKO. second fight to formally notify Top Rank and Fury, 31, the ideal time. The hotel, fael. “But I understand that of his decision for a rematch. MGM Grand, also believes my corner and my team has my best interest at heart. “We realized that date was it to be an ideal time.” Wilder also defended Mark Breland is still a part of the favorite of both ESPN and Fox because it comes at his reasoning for retain- Team Wilder and our team looks forward to preparing learned a few things about staff, mainly because has a dead time in sports, which ing Breland. By David Friedlander “I’m a warrior. I feel the for the (trilogy fight).” is good for the fight,” Arum themselves so far this sea- less of a sample size to go david.friedlander@ same way I felt on fight night The first bout between told ESPN. “It’s after the basson, most notably with their by in evaluating his staff, gwinnettdailypost.com pitching staffs. and the rest of his team, for ketball playoffs, baseball is — if I have to go out, I want the two in December 2018 in the middle of the season to go out on my shield,” resulted in a controversial With the number of earThe Wolves have been that matter. ly-season showcase tour- paced by sensational sophoA later start to the season and there’s no football. It’s Wilder told ESPN’s Dan Ra- split-decision. naments growing over the mores Dylan Lesko and Riley than a lot of other teams, years, some of Gwinnett Stanford and a host of other plus a few rainouts here and County’s top high school strong arms to get off to a there has Johnson still tryIN BRIEF baseball teams have found strong start, while the Pan- ing to figure out exactly what new places to test themselves thers have been even more he has, though he says he Field Championships helped Virginia Tech Lanier’s Campbell to play against tough competition dominant on the mound. likes what he’s seen thus far. to the team title over the weekend. for Lincoln Memorial for the long haul. In addition to the Division And he echoes Brown senTate, a junior, won the women’s 400-meter Three local teams will travel I college-bound senior tan- timents in that he expects run in a personal-best 52.42 seconds, and across the state line to par- dem of right-handers Xan- to learn a lot more about From staff reports added a runner-up finish in the 200 with a ticipate in one of the higher- der Stephens (Georgia Tech) his Bears this weekend in Lanier senior Lizzie Campbell committed personal-best time of 23.38. She also ran on profile of such events, the and Miles Garrett (Vander- Alabama. the Hokies’ 1,600 relay championship team. Perfect Game High School bilt), Parkview has also had “We’re supposed to play Sunday to the Lincoln Memorial UniverBoth of her times broke indoor school reShowdown, this weekend a number of other hurlers three (games) with Dis- sity (Tenn.) women’s basketball program. cords — the old 200 mark was 23.60 (set Campbell was an All-Region 8-AAAAAA in Hoover, Ala. step up, including junior covery this week (prior to in 2017) and the old 400 mark was 53.06 Buford (6-0) will be back left-hander Mason Brown the tournament), weather selection this season for the Longhorns’ (set in 2010). state playoff team. The 6-foot-1 forward to defend last year’s tourna- and junior right-hander Jor- permitting,” Johnson said. “Taking Caitlan from a 60- and 100-mement title, while two-time dan Lowery, who combined “We deliberately scheduled helped Lanier to the school’s first state ter runner and moving her to the 200 and defending Class AAAAAAA to no-hit traditional Class a later start to our season championship as a junior. 400, as a coach you see things and say they Campbell also played volleyball for the champion Parkview (7-1) AAA power Blessed Trin- for a few reasons. First, it can do it, but for her to do it in one year, and perennial AAAAAAA ity in Saturday’s Georgia gives us a little extra time Longhorns. you can’t explain it,” Virginia Tech sprints playoff participant Moun- Peach Invitational cham- getting all our players in coach Tim Vaught said in a school release. Bears’ Palomba commits tain View (2-1) will join pionship game. from other (winter) sports. “Heading into the year, I had everyone write them among 11 other GeorAdd in the contributions We had a couple guys come to Saint Leo down their goals for the season. She wrote gia teams in the field of 36 of others like junior lefty over from basketball, and of that she wanted to break records, and that’s teams from throughout the Graham Yntema and junior course, (Super Six selection Mountain View junior Maria Palomba Southeast competing in 12 right-hander Ryan Spikes and Georgia signee) Gar- made a commitment to the Saint Leo Uni- what she did. I’m excited to see what she’s different pools to qualify to and Brown, and the Pan- rett (Spikes) was wrestling versity (Fla.) women’s lacrosse program. going to do at nationals.” the championship flight of thers’ staff has allowed just just a few weeks ago. Plus Palomba, a Daily Post Super Six selection, three different brackets one three total runs in the firs the weather was colder, … has earned all-county honors the past two Kinsey helps UNC Pembroke to title the weekend. eight games, production and we’ve lost two games. seasons as a midfielder/defender and is a Brookwood grad Micah Kinsey led the And the coaches of Gwin- that has gone beyond even “The only thing (the rain- two-time team MVP. She had 31 goals, 13 University of North Carolina Pembroke nett’s representatives all ex- Brown’s high expectations outs have) really done is assists, seven caused turnovers, 28 ground men’s basketball team to the Peach Belt pect their teams to benefit early on. he haven’t had as much an balls and 58 draw controls as a sophomore, from such competition, as “Going into the season, opportunity to stretch our when she was a team captain. She also is a Conference regular-season championship well as other intangibles, as we knew our pitching would pitching out. The’ve gone a member of the Bears’ swimming and div- with an 88-65 win over Georgia Southwestern on Sunday. the season progresses. allow some of our position good job getting out on the ing team and maintains a 4.0 GPA. Kinsey, a 6-foot-1 senior guard, had 13 “We try to play the hard- players to grow up a little,” mound, and … we did have points, nine assists, six rebounds and four est schedule we can (each Brown said. “They’re do- our guys throwing a lot of Lanier’s Rathbun to play for steals in the victory. year),” Parkview coach Chan ing that, and we’re playing live situations (in practice). Newberry Brown said. “Playing in this good defense behind them. And our hitters have only (tournament) is something The biggest thing is, they’re seen live (pitching) once Torn ACL for Josef Martinez Lanier senior A.J. Rathbun committed we’ve done several years now. making good pitches with or twice a week. So hopeAtlanta United announced Sunday that There are lots of good teams runners in scoring position. fully, we’ll be ready to go Sunday to the Newberry College (S.C.) football program. forward Josef Martinez suffered a torn anteto challenge us. And it’s good And while we knew we could (this weekend).” Rathbun is a prospect at running back. rior cruciate ligament in his right knee durfrom a team aspect. We can count on guys like Garrett and The Bears have gotten ing Saturday’s match against Nashville SC. do a lot of team bonding on Stephens, … we’ve also had some good work at the plate He also maintains a 3.6 GPA. Martinez will undergo surgery on a date the bus and in the hotel, and some surprises like Bryson thus far from infielders Max Tate’s record-breaking meet helps to be determined to begin the rehabilitawe can learn a lot about our- Stripling, and Ryan Spikes Gault and Connor Claymore, tion process, according to the club. selves as a team.” has been throwing well.” which should add to a solid Hokies to ACC crown All three of Gwinnett’s Mountain View coach Ja- lineup highlighted by the The star forward has scored 77 goals in teams, particularly Buford son Johnson is a little less likes of Spikes and outfielder Brookwood grad Caitlan Tate’s big per- a United uniform, leading the league in and Parkview, have already certain about his pitching Kenny Mallory. formance at the ACC Indoor Track and goals and earning MVP honors in 2018.
Perfect Game Showdown gives local baseball trio a challenge
GWINNETT LACROSSE LEAGUE the gwinnett lacrosse league’s players of the week (athletes were selected by his or her coach): Archer Bantam boys: maximus sommers lightning boys: ethan noel Junior girls: Katheryn dodson Brookwood lightning girls: liya haileyesus senior girls: Kaylee rosales lightning boys: eli Bozeman Junior boys: garrett and Vincent dolan Buford lightning girls: ella steinbrecher Junior girls: marion elise huff
senior girls: maddie Branche Bantam boys: Banks still lightning boys philmon: Blake schmid lightning boys cook: cody Branche lightning boys caspar: alex ascenzo Junior boys: colson Fuller senior boys: nick Kurowski Collins Hill senior boys: andrew levandosky George Walton Bantam boys: abram powell lightning boys red: tyler mendenhall lightning boys black: gabe Brookins Junior boys: emmet Kirkpatrick
Mountain View’s Connor Kuhn during a Gwinnett Lacrosse League game.
senior boys: marcus porter Mill Creek Bantam boys Bentley: Benton stovall Bantam boys schulman: Brooks ryan lightning boys rodriguez: landon holcombe lightning boys walsh: colt rhodes senior boys: Josh haines Mountain View lightning girls: camryn christman Junior girls: caelyn gierek senior girls: alicia Fontenot Bantam boys: isaac Fitz lightning boys: Jackson rogers Junior boys: Khian owen
senior boys: Jackson guerwitz Parkview Junior girls: gabby mccaskill senior girls: samantha Baumann Bantam boys: matthew loris lightning boys: max coates Junior boys: gavin abshire senior boys: aaron robinson Peachtree Ridge lightning girls: skylar ash Junior girls: delanie hunt senior girls: Jada scott Bantam boys: Zack wiedenmann senior boys: armahn anderson
Jeff Fairchild in action in a Gwinnett Lacrosse League game.
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Buford’s Tate Walters (3) looks to pass during the second round of the Class AAAAA state tournament against Wayne County last month. Walters and the Wolves are one of five Gwinnett County teams playing in their respective classifications’ finals during the Georgia High School Association’s state championship games this week at the Macon Centreplex.
FINALIST From B1 James was a mere freshman then, but will be counted on by Mayweather to join fellow seniors like Ryan Johnson and Goran Uzunov to help the Longhorns maintain their poise during Saturday’s game, something they’ve done a good job of thus far in the state tournament, having survived three straight overtime games, including last Saturday’s 6357 semifinal win over South Cobb at Buford City Arena. Meanwhile on the girls side, all three of Gwinnett’s teams will be looking to add to their championship game history. No;. 2 Collins Hill, for example, will be trying for it’s first state championship, and undefeated season, since Maya Moore’s senior campaign of 2006-07 when it takes on top-ranked Westlake in the AAAAAAA title game at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, paced by a star-studded lineup similar to that of Grayson’s boys. The Eagles (31-0) will also be looking to exorcise something of a demon against the two-time defending state
champion Lions, who have eliminated them from tournament the past two seasons, including last year’s 60-53 defeat in the title game. Fourth-ranked GAC (1912), meanwhile, will also be looking for its first state championship since that same 2006-07 season when it meets No. 3 Beach in the AAA championship game Thursday at 6 p.m. The Spartans have endured a rough regular season to get hot at just the right time, culminating in their 52-50 win over two-time defending state champion Johnson-Savannah in the semifinals last Saturday at Valdosta State University behind Kaleigh Addie, Jaci Bolden and Molly Pritchard. But the most storied legacy of any of Gwinnett’s teams heading into championship week belongs to Buford’s No. 1 state-ranked girls, which will be playing in the finals for the 10th time in the last 12 years and looking for fourth straight title when they take on No. 2 and undefeated Kell in the AAAAA finals Friday at 6 p.m. “Our culture is the biggest part of our program.,” head coach Gene Durden said after the Wolves’ (30-1) 52-30 win over Woodland-
MEHLHORN From B1 Smith when I started subbing if you had a counseling position become available I would be interested. He didn’t know his allotment for the next year. He did (need a counselor) and that’s how I landed here. And last summer I talked to (Parkview head girls coach) Cynthia Cooper about basketball. She knew who I was and she asked if I was wanting to be on staff and I told her definitely. She asked if I wanted to do JV or ninth grade and I told her I really like doing varsity, and she told me I could be the varsity assistant. It was awesome. It’s been really nice. In the day, I’m a ninthgrade counselor only so I half half the ninth grade. We have another ninth-grade counselor, too. There are a lot of students. I have over 450 that are technically on my case load. It’s really nice. This is what I studied, so it’s nice to actually get to do it. The second half of my day is completely opposite with basketball. It’s nice. WH: So did your husband find a job down here, too? KM: Yes. Throughout all this at Parkview, he was still interviewing and we thought we were about to go to Iowa for a little bit. We didn’t, which I’m happy about because my family is down here. But he’s at Georgia State. He is the director of strength and conditioning for Olympic sports. So he does everything but football. He has four strength coaches kind of underneath him that he works with and they have all the sports divided up. My husband gets to do women’s basketball, which is nice for me. He does women’s basketball, women’s volleyball and beach volleyball. Him and the men’s basketball strength coach and all the other sports are just divided out. He really enjoys it. WH: How did you two meet? KM: At App. WH: Good story? KM: Yeah, he’s from Minnesota originally. But he had a scholarship for grad school, a portion of his scholarship, for exercise science down at App State. I was there for four years and didn’t know him and then this guy comes into the weight room and I’d never seen him before. That’s how we met. My basketball strength coach introduced us. She was in charge of some of the interns, which at the time he was an intern. WH: He was impressed with your lifting, right? KM: Definitely (laughs). He was actually lifting. I was running up top. Our weight room is kind of multi-level. You can kind of see the lifting racks below from the top. I turned to my strength coach who was in her office and I was like, ‘Who is this guy?’ This is my campus. I’ve been here. That’s
Stockbridge in last Saurday’s semifinals at Fort Valley State University. “Our kids believe in what we do. If they keep grinding and doing it, it usually turns out good.” For the team’s lone seniors, Tate Walters and Katelyn Klein, it marks a chance to for them to claim a state trophy in all four years of their high school careers. While they don’t take such an opportunity for granted, it’s a position they’ve come to expect to be in. “Oh definitely. That’s Buford’s expectation,” said Walters, who finished with 23 points, seven rebounds, two assists and two steals in last Saturday’s semifinal win. “That’s Coach Durden, (the expectation) he set for us, and that’s where we’re at now. … Of course it always means a lot. It’s something every team dreams of, and I’ve been blessed to have been a part of it every year that I’ve been at Buford. “Everybody talks about defend(ing) the last championship. But we had our softball coach (and athletics director Tony Wolfe) come in and talk about not defending it, but chasing another because no one can take those (previous titles) from us.”
how we first officially met. We started playing staff pickup basketball together. All the staff and the men’s staff and some of the football interns would play. That’s how we met. He’s a year older than me, so we only spent a year together in Boone. Then we did long distance. His first job was the University of Minnesota. So he worked at the U of M as a strength coach. WH: Do you still play ball. KM: Yes, most definitely. WH: Where do you play? KM: I played in a league before our high school season in Atlanta. Atlanta Social Club. They do kickball, too. It was all women’s teams. I want to find a coed one because I would love to play. The others I play with my husband at a park. We kind of have this group of guys. It’s a full-court game at a park in Decatur. It’s really fun. This past summer we played every Saturday morning. Then in the winter, a couple of guys have a connection to a church gym in Decatur, so we play there. I grew up playing with my dad and my brothers, so it doesn’t bother me at all. I think it’s fun because the guys always play hard. WH: You still hold your own? KM: Yeah, pretty much. WH: You still show the girls what to do? KM: In practice, I definitely play. I’m sure some of the girls get tired of it. We do plenty of 3-point closeout drills and things like that. I enjoy that for sure. WH: You’re from Texas originally? KM: Yes, I am. WH: Does this area feel like home now? KM: Yeah, I think because I went to high school here it feels like home. All my extended family is in Texas still. It is really nice to be back here. There are just so many connections in Georgia. In Texas, all I have is really family. There’s no high school or connection there. WH: Your family is still here? KM: My parents are in Woodstock. I have an older sister and a younger brother. My older sister lives in Atlanta with her husband and my nephew. My younger brother just graduated from UGA. So we’re all sort of nearby. I haven’t been close to family since high school. Boone was only five and half hours away, but with basketball I just didn’t come home often. And then we took off to Connecticut afterwards. It’s nice when it’s someone’s birthday that I can actually attend, little stuff like that we missed out on for awhile. WH: Looking back to high school, who was the toughest player you played against? KM: I remember a lot of them. Sydney Wallace we played in the state tournament and she went to Georgia Tech. She was actually a friend of mine and she scored 40 on us in the state tournament I’m pretty sure. Lauren Coleman (of Parkview) was very good. I didn’t quite make the Maya Moore era. I watched it when I was in eighth grade. We always got up for the
‘Why don’t you shoot if you’re here anyway?’” Mayo said, who laughs easily at the early days. “I was terrible when I started. But I got more coaching. “The first time I went to summer camp — last place. The next summer, I was first place. I got better the more I practiced, obviously. When I started, it was not pretty.” Last year, Mayo was an allstate selection and won the area title. She and Amanda still compare scores regularly. “We always have the sibling rivalry,” Mayo said with a grin. Last week, Mayo qualified for state with a 295 (out of 300). Her sister still holds the school record, just a couple of points better. “The most difficult thing is the mental part,” Mayo said. “One time I was shooting and shot nine 10s. My last shot, I’m like, ‘Oh, gosh, I could shoot a 100.’ I shot an eight. I got in my head and stressed myself out. You have to train yourself to not do that. That’s the hardest part, the mental focus you have to have.” Routine is everything, including what’s running through her head as she competes. The format for high school matches is 10 shots each prone, standing and kneeling. The bigger regional and national competitions increase it to 20 shots in the three positions. In college, it’s 60 shots standing, then 20 each in the three positions with a small-bore rifle and it can take upward of five hours to finish. With just 28 programs nationally (22 are Division I), spots on a team and scholarships are at a premium. Unlike many major sports, coaches don’t scout high
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Parkview senior Anna Mayo has signed with Georgia Southern’s riflery program. She also is the reining America’s National Miss and has walked the runway at New York fashion week. school competitions. “It’s not a big sport, but it is growing tremendously,” said Mayo, who also has acting credits, including a role in Jennifer Anniston’s “Dumplin’,” which filmed in Tucker. “With rifle, if you’re not shooting the big matches, coaches won’t know who you are. So you have to shoot the 60-shot standing (matches) and you have to constantly send scores. We have to reach out to them.” Her sister made sure Mayo understood she needed to keep in contact with coaches — and to provide more than her most recent score. “When I started talking to Coach Worman down at Georgia Southern, I always put my SAT, GPA first and then I would talk about, ‘I just shot this match and this is how I was feeling,’” Mayo said. “Then I would put my score. “Because you can have a good day or a bad day, but if you say my routine was good, my focus was good,
Brookwood-Parkview game. Lauren was a good competitor. WH: So were you a fan of Texas teams growing up? KM: Yeah, I always liked the Lady Longhorns. I used to watch Texas basketball, UT. My UT. That’s something I learned when I moved to Georgia, when you say UT in Georgia you’re talking about Tennessee. When you say UT in Texas, you’re talking about Texas. I remember that change when we got here. When I was a girl, I still watched UConn and Tennessee. I loved watching those games. WH: Do you have a favorite player in basketball currently you enjoy watching? KM: It’s hard not to be a fan of Sabrina Ionescu of Oregon. She’s phenomenal. I told my husband the other day that I wish, if I could pick a player I wanted to be like. If I was still in high school and could model my game after someone, it would definitely be here. She’s phenomenal. WH: Is it weird being on this side of the Brookwood-Parkview rivalry? What was that game like? KM: The first time they were here, so it was a little better having them here. I remember when they walked in, it’s just different. I know some of the people on staff and we’re still good friends, so it was fun. It was really weird when they came here. Even my parents, they didn’t come to that first Brookwood-Parkview game, but they said it’s weird seeing you in orange. The first game was awesome. Obviously, we won so that was better. Someone was at the game, a Brookwood fan who knew me when I played, he said the game reminded him of the old Brookwood-Parkview rivalries. The game was packed that night. We had so many students there and our game went to overtime, so that helps. It was awesome to see that many people get excited about women’s basketball. Even though I’m at Parkview now, I still have great memories at Brookwood. But when you work with Parkview girls, the Parkview girls are my girls. You work with them every day. Yeah, the other girls are wearing the Brookwood jersey, but I just don’t know them so well. It’s easy to pull for the ones you work with day in and day out. WH: When you’re not coaching basketball or playing basketball, what do you do for fun? KM: Oh gosh, watch basketball (laughs). We hang out with my family a lot. I have a really close family and we love doing that. We go to a lot of other sports events since J.D. is involved in a lot of different sports at Georgia State. I’ve gone to a lot of volleyball games and their basketball games. Except when they play App, I have to root for App. We definitely enjoy going out with friends and hanging out. I think the reason why we get along so well is we understand college athletics and we understand the people it’s brought into our
but I need to work on breathing, they can see that you’re growing and see that you’re still working on stuff.” She looked at dual-enrollment as another opportunity to mitigate the demands of being a student and an athlete at Southern. Mayo has two classes each morning at Parkview and takes three courses at Georgia Gwinnett College. “I knew I was going to be shooting and I knew it was going to be very stressful,” Mayo said. “I’m moving away from home. I’m going to have a lot of classes, practices and everything that goes along with rifle is going to eat up my schedule so I wanted to get some of those core classes out of the way.” It makes getting to Parkview’s practices tougher, but the rifle community is supportive and Mayo is able to jump in with other area high school teams. “And I have weekly calls with a coach to help with my mental training,” Mayo said. “Balance is key.”
lives and how much it means to us. That’s a huge bond for us. It is sports when you come down it, but it’s really about the people we’ve met. That’s what makes it fun. WH: Given his career, you may have to travel. Would you like to stay in this area? KM: I would love to stay as long as we can. I know there’s the possibility that something comes along that would be hard to deny. But I think being near family has shown us the positives of that. There’s the positive of a different paycheck or a fun location, too. But it’s just nice to be an hour from my parents and 10 minutes from my sister. It’s pretty cool. But we’re definitely up for it. I support him. We do make those decisions together. He’s very supportive of me and what I want to do. If he thinks that a move could be beneficial to both of us and there could be opportunities for both of us, we would be willing to do it. WH: Did you always know you wanted to coach and do you want to be a head coach? KM: Yeah, I would like to be a head coach. I knew when I was a graduate assistant. I really liked being in that middle ground. I was a player with some of the players that were still there, but also I was in the offices working and in pre-practice meetings and in a lot of things. I heard a lot more than I did as a player. I loved kind of being the middle man and having that relationship with the girls. I knew I wanted to coach then. But I really like the high school level. WH: Did you want to be a counselor all along? What attracted you to that? KM: I wouldn’t say all along. I was studying psychology at App. At first, I think went in wanting to be a teacher. With being a basketball player, one of my academic advisors was saying it’s going to be really hard because you have to get your student teaching hours during that last year of senior year. And we traveled a ton. I wasn’t available consistently every week to go to a high school and do that. There were some teachers before me that did it, but they stayed a semester later or did it in summers. I kind of was trying to rethink some things, but I majored in psychology and after that I knew I wanted to get my master’s. I really wanted to be in a high school system, but I didn’t know if teaching was what I wanted. I had a really awesome academic advisor at App and she was just for women’s basketball. We bonded with her. She would have the team over for dinners. It was really cool. We just started talking about what I would want long term and the school counseling route has been really good. It’s a unique role at the school and I can build relationships with students and learn a little more about them. We talk about some intense things. In 10 years, I could see myself doing other things. I would never say that this is what I want to do for the rest of my life, but I really do enjoy it right now.
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