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‘I’ve got it going on’

The two ROTC members who helped make history at Georgia Gwinnett College said Thursday that this is just the beginning.

The Lawrenceville school more than doubled its number of U.S. Army officers by commissioning four at once, including its first two female officers.

Ashleigh Simmons and Alicia Griffiths joined Andrew Lee, who comes from a military family, and Adam Robes in being honored during a ceremony on graduation day.

“It’s an amazing feeling to be the first females to commission from this program,” Enrolling in SimGGC and takmons ing that class said. turned out to be two “Alicia of the best decisions and I of my life.” con— Alicia Griffiths, officer commissioned at GGC tracted together, so I’m glad that we commissioned together, as well. This is just the first step, though. There is a group of great female cadets in the program who will follow in our footsteps.”

Added Griffiths: “I was very excited when Ashleigh and I became the first females to contract with the Army. I am confident in my abilities and the leadership skills I have gained through ROTC. I will make my impact on the world.”

The GGC U.S. Army Reserve Officer Training Corps program enrolls about 200 students, but only a small number make the commitment to serve in the Army.

Lee grew up in Niedernhausen,

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Above, Aimee Copeland speaks during the Georgia Gwinnett College 2016 spring commencement Thursday on the Lawrenceville campus. Top left, graduates file in to the ceremony Thursday morning. Top right, graduates celebrate during the ceremony.

(Staff Photos: Jason Braverman)

Copeland shares her personal story with grads

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accident from a homemade zip line, offered a message of compassion Thursday to the LAWRENCEVILLE — more than 470 graduates at With a wide smile and holdGeorgia Gwinnett College and ing a doll she received from crowd of several thousand. a nurse, Aimee Copeland She said compassion leads to assured the hundreds of gradu- healing, not just for the person ates that their outlook on life you’re feeling empathy for but will be the key to their success. for yourself. Helping others Copeland, a Snellville makes you realizes that any native who four years ago personal issues are usually survived a battle with fleshpetty, she said. eating bacteria and subsequent “You realize no matter who amputations following an you are, there’s always further keith.farner@gwinnettdailypost.com

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down,” she said. “If you’re alive right now, it could be worse.”

Copeland went on to finish a master’s degree she was pursuing when the accident happened, and then earned a second master’s degree.

“She refused to let her physical limitations put limitations

on her life, or on her future,” GGC President Stas Preczewski told the crowd when he introduced her.

The graduate speaker was Jordan Rudnicki, a Mill Creek grad and Dacula resident, who has landed a job as an intensive care nurse at Gwinnett Medical Center. She told Preczewski that she hoped to never see him there.

During college, Rudnicki

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Georgia Gwinnett College at its Thursday graduation ceremony commissioned four U.S. Army officers, two men and two women. (Special Photo)

Police capture man Big crowds expected at Gwinnett Relay suspected of hiding inside woman’s car

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Gwinnett County police say they’ve captured the man who fled after being caught hiding in a woman’s car outside TJ Maxx in Buford.

Anthony Flor, 25, was arrested Thursday after investigators traced the car in which the suspect was said to have fled from the scene Tuesday afternoon, said Cpl. Michele Pihera, spokeswoman for the police department. Officers met him at a home in Atlanta.

Thousands of people will descend upon the He’s been charged with Gwinnett County Fairentering a grounds in Lawrenceville motor vetoday for the largest Relay hicle with For Life event in the world. the intent Event co-chairman to commit Mike Jewell said about a theft or 10,000 people are exfelony. pected throughout the Quescourse of the night to visit tions linger. the fairgrounds at 2405 Anthony Flor “His Sugarloaf Parkway for Retrue intentions are still a lay For Life of Gwinnett. mystery,” Pihera said. “The Throughout the evening, detectives plan to follow up attendees will get to enjoy with the local merchants in games, entertainment in a the shopping center to see carnival-like atmosphere what other information they and pay tribute to people can uncover.” who have dealt with cancer.

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Scott Schoenthal, left, has his daughter and son with him as the carry the banner to lead the Survivors Walk during last year’s Relay For Life at the Gwinnett County Fairgrounds in Lawrenceville. (File Photo)

one to have a good time while remembering those who have battled cancer and raising money to help find a cure,” Jewell said.

The Relay crossed the halfway mark of its $2

What: Relay For Life of Gwinnett When: 6:30 p.m. today to 6:30 a.m. Saturday Where: Gwinnett County Fairgrounds, 2405 Sugarloaf Parkway, Lawrenceville Parking: Some at fairgrounds; additional parking, shuttle bus service at Sunrise Baptist Church, 3000 Sugarloaf Parkway, Lawrenceville; Gwinnett County Elections and Registration Office, 455 Grayson Highway, Lawrenceville

million goal on Wednesday morning. That includes about $88,953, followed money raised by 243 teams by Primerica’s team with and 5,336 participants. about $65,948.

North Gwinnett High Although Jewell is School’s team has raised See RELAY, Page 8A the largest amount with

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UGA student has brain injury from wreck

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Agnes Kim, the University of Georgia student critically injured in a an April wreck, is receiving treatment for a brain injury in Atlanta, according to a news release from the Shepherd Center.

Kim, 21, of Snellville was admitted Thursday afternoon to “a program Agnes Kim for patients who are semi-comatose or minimally conscious.” She had been listed in critical

condition in the days after the April 27 car crash in Oconee County, which killed four of her friends who were passengers in her Toyota Camry.

“Ms. Kim’s family is appreciative for the outpouring of support from the University of Georgia community and the public but have requested privacy at this time,” the statement said. The Shepherd Center said the program Kim is now in continually measures progress and patients’ attention to their environ-

ment, among other factors.”

Kim’s friends have created a YouCaring.com page where visitors can get updates, leave messages and make a donation to help cover medical expenses. The site is at http://bit. ly/1OhVI3f.

By Thursday afternoon, 703 donors had pitched in a total of more than $47,000.

The Shepherd Center gave no further update on Kim’s condition.

A spokesman for Athens Regional Medical Center, where Kim was hospi-

talized before the rehab center, said Wednesday her condition had been changed from critical to serious. The latter isn’t as dire as the former.

The Georgia State Patrol hasn’t released further details about the investigation since early this month, when troopers said they didn’t suspect speed or alcohol were factors.

More information won’t be released until the investigation is finished, GSP said.

An initial report suggested Kim might have

over-corrected for unknown reasons, causing her to cross the center line and strike the other car. It was about 9 p.m. when the wreck occurred on Ga. Highway 15.

The driver of the other car was also injured and was released from the hospital afterward.

The crash rocked the University of Georgia community and much of the state itself as loved ones and strangers mourned the students killed and spoke up to encourage Kim in her recovery.

Two attend meeting over BOE budget

BY KEITH FARNER

2016-17 school year. The salary scale for teachers is also moving up one year.

The next public meeting SUWANEE — The first is scheduled for 6 p.m. May public meeting about the 19 before the school board fiscal year 2017 Gwinnett is expected to adopt the County Public Schools budget. The school board budget lasted 14 minutes tentatively adopted the Thursday and had two budget on April 12. people attend, neither of “We’ve studied it for a whom spoke. long time; we’ve had public Gwinnett County Public meetings,” said board memSchools Chief Financial ber Louise Radloff. “I’m Officer Joe Heffron gave a satisfied with the budget.” brief overview of the $1.987 Heffron said while things billion budget, which is have improved since the proposed to include a 3 lowest points of the Great percent raise for employees, Recession fallout of 2009, including 1 percent that will there is more room to go to come in June in a lump sum recover from overall budget payout. The remaining will cuts. The school district come as a 2 percent cost-of- also has added about 20,000 living adjustment during the students since then.

Heffron said this budget also includes growth for new students who will enroll in two new schools in August. Opening of those new schools — Baldwin Elementary and Coleman Middle — means the district plans to hire 159 more teachers.

First-year teacher salary is up slightly over last year to $41,849. The daily rate for regular substitute teachers will rise from $85 to $87 and for long-term substitutes from $95 to $97.

For the third straight year, the Gwinnett County tax digest is increasing, this time by 5 percent for an additional $23.3 million. However, heath care costs for noncertificated employees for

the district have moved from $596 per employee to $746 in January. They’re projected to increase to $846 by next January. Benefit costs for non-certificated employees, typically cafeteria workers, bus drivers and central office personnel, costs $9 million annually for 6,200 employees.

The district will receive an additional $30.8 million from the state because of a decrease in austerity reductions. But the state money will also drop by $29.8 million because of a decrease in equalization grant funding of $19 million and a $10.8 million increase in the local five-mill share.

That means the district nets $1 million.

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“The main cause was determined to be rags and other flushables, with grease as a secondary cause,” Shields said.

The spill comes nearly two weeks after an act of vandalism at a manhole on Highland Avenue in Sugar Hill caused 4,655 gallons of sewage to spill directly into

Level Creek on April 30.

After crews stopped Thursday’s spill, they spread lime and raked the area in an attempt to reduce the spill’s effect on the area.

They also placed signs in the area to let residents know what happened and called the Georgia Environmental Protection Division to report the incident.

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Suspect in violent Snellville robberies possibly tied to early May carjacking

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Gwinnett County police say residents in the Snellville area can expect a drop in robberies, thanks to the apprehension of four teen suspects. But two suspects are apparently still unidentified.

The department on Thursday announced new charges for Jashon Samuel, 18, who was arrested along with the others in connection with two violent incidents on U.S. Highway 78 last Friday. He is now accused in a May 1 carjacking that rang similar to police.

In the Friday incidents, police found both victims — one at Cash America Pawn, one at Cubesmart Self Storage — bloodied

with their property stolen. The case was the same with the carjacking on Cherie Jashon Glen Trail, Samuel according to a news release.

“The dispatchers told the responding officers that a victim was sitting on a porch covered in blood,” said Cpl. Michele Pihera, spokeswoman for Gwinnett police.

The victim told officers he had met up with a guy he knew named Frankie around 11:30 p.m. They were planning to go to a party. The victim went to pick Frankie up at a house on Cherie Glen Trail.

In the car, Frankie reached for the car keys and

tried to pull them from the ignition.

Two unknown males ran to the car. The three then assaulted the victim and pulled him into the backseat, with a handgun pointed at him.

“Fortunately, the victim was able to push the suspects off him and flee from the car,” Pihera said. “He ran to a nearby residence to call for help.”

Police found the car about 30 minutes later at 3927 Tanglewood Road.

The lead detective in the case from last week noticed similarities and found out one of the suspects, Irving Saunders, 17, lives on Cherie Glen Trail. Samuel, described by police as an acquaintance of Saunders, reportedly matched the description of Frankie.

Shown a lineup, the

carjacking victim identified Samuel as such. But he did not pick any of the other suspects from the U.S. 78 robberies — Saunders, Timothy James McClendon, 17, and Thoushal Nakill Lucas, 19 — as the two accomplices for the carjacking.

“Those males have not yet been identified,” Pihera said.

Still, she said robberies should go down in the area with the arrests made so far.

Anyone with information can contact 770-513-5300.

To remain anonymous, tipsters can contact Crime Stoppers at 404-577-TIPS (8477) or visit www. crimestoppersatlanta.org.

Crime Stoppers offers a reward of up to $2,000 for information leading to an arrest and indictment in the case.

Arts in the Park festival coming Saturday

BY KATE CROXTON

All proceeds will benefit the Rosemary Benavides Williams Student Art The North Gwinnett Arts Scholarship for North Association is hosting their Gwinnett High School annual Arts in the Park college-bound students festival from 10 a.m. to 5 majoring or planning to p.m. Saturday. major in visual arts. Arts in The festival will take the Park is free and open to place at Suwanee’s Town the public.

Center Park and will be The event features about filled with the work of 60 10 professional street artjuried artists, on-site artist ists, some traveling from demos and several commuas far as Florida, who will nity art projects as well as An artist works on a piece on the sidewalk during a pre- create temporary 3-D chalk music and food trucks. drawings around Town vious Arts in the Park. (Special Photo) “This is such a wonderCenter Park. There is also ful opportunity for local said. “Arts in the Park is truly something for a chalk art competition artists to showcase their features lots of different everyone.” open to elementary, middle skills and abilities and activities for people who Community art activiand high school students share their art with the are creative as well as for ties include paint-a-wreck, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. community,” association people who didn’t know creating Pollock-esque art- Registration is available at President Vickie Johnson they were creative. There work and tie-dyeing shirts. suwaneeartsinthepark.com.

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A blaze caused an internal roof collapse at Bombay Shack Indian Eatery in Suwanee on Thursday. (Special Photo)

Indian restaurant damaged by blaze FROM STAFF REPORTS Fire damaged Bombay Shack Indian Eatery in Suwanee early Thursday.

A passerby spotted the blaze on Horizon Drive and called authorities before 4 a.m., according to the Gwinnett County fire department.

Crews found heavy smoke coming from the roof of the restaurant, which sits on a corner in a shopping center, and “intense” flames in the kitchen. An internal metal

ceiling over the dining area collapsed.

“Firefighters worked fast and were able to contain the flames to the restaurant,” said Capt. Tommy Rutledge, spokesman for the fire department. “The blaze caused heavy damage inside the restaurant and sent residual smoke throughout adjoining business suites.”

Investigators believe the fire started in the kitchen, but the cause is undetermined and under investigation.

Police seek woman in check fraud case FROM STAFF REPORTS

said Thursday. At about 10:50 a.m., the suspect, Gwinnett County police caught on security camare asking for the puberas, cashed a counterfeit lic’s help in identifying check valued at $3,450. a woman who cashed a Police released photos fake check for more than of the suspect and asked $3,000 in Buford. anyone who knows her to The crime happened contact authorities. at SunTrust Bank inside Anyone with informaPublix at 5885 Cumming tion can contact 770-513Highway on April 1, police 5300. To remain anonymous, tipsters can contact Crime Stoppers at 404577-TIPS (8477) or visit www.crimestoppersatlanta. org. Crime Stoppers offers a reward of up to $2,000 for information leading to an arrest and indictment in the case.

Police say this woman cashed a fake check at a Buford bank. (Special Photo)

Decree to be issued on use of restrooms REUTERS WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will issue a sweeping decree today telling every U.S. public school district to allow transgender students to use the bathrooms that match their gender identity.

The letter, signed by officials from the Education and Justice departments, does not have the force of law but contains an implicit threat that schools which do not abide by the Obama administration’s interpretation of the law could face lawsuits or a loss of federal aid.

“There is no room in our schools for discrimination of any kind, including discrimination against transgender students on the basis of their sex,” U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said in a statement.

“This guidance gives administrators, teachers, and parents the tools they need to protect transgender students from peer harassment and to identify and address unjust school policies,” she said.

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world Brazil’s Rousseff bows out defiantly after Senate vote BRASILIA — Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff bowed out defiantly on Thursday, suspended from office after the Senate voted to put her on trial for breaking budget laws in a historic decision brought on by a deep recession and a corruption scandal.

Rousseff, in office since 2011, will be replaced by Vice President Michel Temer, for the duration of a Senate trial that could take up to six months.

Rousseff, speaking shortly before she left Brasilia’s Planalto presidential palace, said was notified of her suspension on Thursday morning.

“I may have made mistakes but I did not commit any crime,” Rousseff said in an angry address, calling the impeachment “fraudulent” and “a coup.”

Hollande endures more labor strikes PARIS — French President Francois Hollande on Thursday faced a wave of labor strikes and festering street protests even as his government survived a vote of no-confidence over plans to deregulate the labor market without a parliamentary vote.

Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in cities across France on Thursday, including Nantes where protesters ransacked the main train station. In Paris, police used tear gas to disperse hooded and masked stone-throwers at the tailend of an afternoon street march.

The no-confidence motion tabled by opposition conservatives fell 42 votes short of the 288 required for a majority, handing the government a widely expected reprieve.

It came after the government this week said it would deny the National Assembly a vote on proposals to make it simpler to lay off staff in hard times and allow employers to apply in-house rules on pay and conditions, instead of national ones.

With the government emerging unscathed from the no-confidence vote, the bill now passes to the upper house of parliament.

Fighting erupts north of Aleppo BEIRUT — Syrian government forces battled rebels north of Aleppo on Thursday as a ceasefire expired in the city itself, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and rebel sources said.

The fighting was focused around the rebelheld Handarat area which is important because it is near the last route into opposition-held areas of Aleppo, Syria’s biggest city before the conflict and now divided between the government and rebels.

The Observatory said pro-government forces had launched an attack in the area, supported by air strikes targeting Handarat in addition to the only road into rebel-held areas of the city.

— From wire reports

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world&nation Obama invites 5 nations to dinner

By RoBeRta Rampton

Reuters

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is set to toast the five leaders of Nordic nations at a lavish state dinner at the White House on Friday, an unusual summit aimed in part at sending a message to a nation not on the guest list: Russia.

Obama will laud the humanitarian and environmental accomplishments of Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Iceland, but also wants to talk about how to deal with their increasingly aggressive neighbor Russia ahead of a NATO summit in July.

“We share the concern of countries in the region, particularly those who have a border with Russia, about the increasing presence of Russian military assets in the area,” said Charles Kupchan, Obama’s senior director for European affairs.

“We will be discussing ways to enhance the security of the region, writ large, and also what we can do through dialog and diplomacy to urge Russia to be more transparent and to be more restrained and careful in its military exercises,” Kupchan told reporters.

Obama last met Nordic leaders in Stockholm in 2013 on his way to a G20 summit in St. Petersburg after canceling a planned bilateral meeting with Russian

nation U.S. judge hands Republicans win on Obamacare WASHINGTON — A U.S. judge on Thursday handed a victory to congressional Republicans who challenged the implementation of a provision of President Barack Obama’s signature health care law involving reimbursements from the government to private health insurers.

U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer, based in Washington, ruled that the Obama administration cannot spend funds Congress did not appropriate in reimbursing insurance companies for reductions they are required to make under the law to customers’ out-ofpocket medical payments.

Collyer said the administration has spent “billions of dollars” on such reimbursements since January 2014.

White House spokesman Josh Earnest said the Republican-led House of Representatives, which brought the case, ultimately would lose.

U.S. plans wave of immigrant deportation raids WASHINGTON — U.S. immigration officials are planning a month-long series of raids in May and June to deport hundreds of Central American mothers and children found to have entered the country illegally, according to sources and an internal document seen by Reuters.

The operation would likely be the largest deportation sweep targeting

people Allen responds to rape joke, Farrow essay

LOS ANGELES — At a lunch for reporters Thursday afternoon, Woody Allen spoke out about a rape joke that was part of Wednesday night’s opening night ceremony at the Cannes Film Festival.

“I am completely in favor of comedians making any jokes they want,” Allen said.

“I am a nonjudgmental or (non)censorship person on jokes. I’m a comic myself, and I feel they should be free to make whatever jokes they want.”

At the 69th annual Cannes U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at a comedy show celebrating Military Apprecia- opening night premiere of tion Month as well as the fifth anniversary of Joining Forces and the 75th anniversary Allen’s comedy “Cafe Soof the USO at Joint Base Andrews in Clinton, Md., on May 5. (Reuters/Carlos Barria) ciety,” master of ceremonies Laurent Lafitte shocked the President Vladimir Putin be- East conflicts. tic night,” the White House audience when he said: “It’s very nice that you’ve been cause of tensions over Syria The leaders will discuss told reporters. shooting so many movies in and surveillance issues. a long-term approach for Guests will sit at long, Europe, even if you are not Since then, Russia andealing with refugees, Kup- rustic wooden tables being convicted for rape in nexed Ukraine’s Crimea chan said, as well as new bedecked with columns of the U.S.” region, prompting Nordic contributions to the U.S.ice, fiddlehead ferns, and Vanity Fair’s Julie Miller nations to step up their led fight against Islamic fragrant hand-rolled beesthen asked about the Ronan military cooperation and State militants in Syria and wax candles, and dine on the United States to boost Iraq. He declined comment braised Nebraska beef short Farrow guest column pubmilitary spending to help on specific commitments ribs and salt-cured Atlantic lished in The Hollywood Reporter Wednesday, about NATO do more to try to from the meeting. ahi tuna served in a large how the media didn’t take deter Russia.

Typically, the White ice cube. seriously the rape allegations During a recent visit to House rolls out the red carThe summit is expected Europe, Obama sought pet for one leader at a time. to be heavy on “feel-good” made by his sister Dylan Farrow against their father. Allen to reassure allies about Friday will be a bit trickier, messages about the outsaid he hadn’t read the piece. the U.S. commitment to juggling five guests of sized role Nordic nations “I said everything I had to the continent, but pushed honor and their entourages. play in international diplosay about that whole issue in nations to increase their The state dinner itself macy, said Julie Smith, a defense spending and stay will be in a large tent with a former Obama administra- The New York Times,” Allen said. “I have moved so far united amid the strain of transparent ceiling evoktion official now with the dealing with an influx of ing the northern lights and Center for a New American past it, I never think about it.” migrants fleeing Middle “shadowy spaces in the arc- Security. cy funds, which President Barack Obama requested in February, is one plan that could come up for a vote as early as next week. A second one, crafted by bipartisan senators, would provide $1.1 billion in emergency money. These two options would not require spending cuts elsewhere to cover the Zika costs, aides said.

A third alternative would take money from Obamacare to pay for Zika U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., right, hands the response funds, but it was pen to Representative Tom Price, R-Ga., after signing a bill repealing Obamacare at the U.S. Capitol in Washing- unclear how much in funding would be specified, ton on Jan. 7. (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst) according to aides. immigrant families by the Governor Charlie Baker has Senate backers of each administration of President not said whether he would amendment will try to attach Barack Obama this year sign it. their competing proposals after a similar drive over two The Obama administrato an unrelated spending bill days in January that focused tion and North Carolina are the Senate is set to debate. on Georgia, Texas, and battling in court over the North Carolina. legality of that state’s law, Subcommittee Those raids, which result- passed in March, which the ed in the detention of 121 White House contends vio- grills U.S. banks people, mostly women and regulator about lates the 1964 Civil Rights children, sparked an outcry Act. Backers of that law say data breaches from immigration advocates it will protect women and WASHINGTON — and criticism from some girls from predators.

Democrats, including the “When a state like North Members of Congress on Thursday grilled the main party’s presidential election Carolina takes the action U.S. banking regulator frontrunner Hillary Clinton. that it did, that really helps to make the argument here,” about a recent raft of data Mass. lawmakers said Peter Ubertaccio, direc- breaches, highlighting two incidents where workers tor of the Joseph Martin debate bill on Institute for Law & Society downloaded more than 10,000 sensitive and private transgender rights at Stonehill College. records onto portable storBOSTON — The Masage devices before leaving Senate leaders sachusetts’ Senate began the agency’s employ. to offer options debating a bill protecting After the Federal Deposit the rights of transgender for Zika funding Insurance Corp. uncovered people on Thursday, a move those two breaches, it conWASHINGTON — some see as a rebuke to a ducted a review and found Three competing plans for North Carolina law requirfive other instances when ing people to use bathrooms providing funds to address a employees improperly corresponding to the sex on potential Zika virus outstored and took personal break in the United States their birth certificates. information for tens of will be presented on the The bill, which would thousands of individuals, floor of the U.S. Senate, but according to Rep. Barry make Massachusetts the it was unclear which if any 18th U.S. state to prohibit Loudermilk, a Republican would prevail in the fracdiscrimination based on who chairs a House of tured chamber, according to Representatives subcomgender identity, has strong senior Democratic aides. support in the Democraticmittee on oversight and A Democratic proposal controlled legislature, technology. for $1.9 billion in emergenalthough Republican — From wire reports

Macneill to direct ‘Lizzie Borden’

LOS ANGELES — “The Boy” director Craig William Macneill will helm the psychological thriller “Lizzie Borden,” starring Kristen Stewart and Chloe Sevigny.

“The Boy,” Macneill’s feature film directorial debut, starred David Morse and Rainn Wilson. The horror thriller, which has grossed $64 million, had its world premiere at the last year’s South by Southwest festival.

Macneill is also directing all six episodes of “Channel Zero: Candle Cove” for Syfy.

Lupita Nyong’o in talks to star in ‘Black Panther’

LOS ANGELES — Lupita Nyong’o is in talks to play the love interest of Chadwick Boseman’s superhero in Marvel’s “The Black Panther,” sources confirmed to Variety.

“Creed” helmer Ryan Coogler is on board to direct the film. Kevin Feige is producing the movie, which stars Boseman as T’Challa, the prince of the African nation of Wakanda, who must take over the mantle after his father’s murder. Marvel unveiled the character in “Captain America: Civil War” before the standalone film hits theaters on Feb. 16, 2018.

Nyong’o’s exact character is unknown at this time.

Joe Robert Cole is copenning the script with Coogler.

The Oscar winner was most recently lent her voice to “Star Wars: the Force Awakens” as Maz Kanata and “The Jungle Book” as Mother Wolf Raksha.

— From wire reports

Are so-called ‘skinny bundles’ all hype or future of TV?

By Daniel Holloway Reuters

LOS ANGELES — Are skinny bundles a breakthrough or just a new way for television to do the same old business?

Last week, Hulu and YouTube were revealed to be in talks with NBCUniversal, Viacom, Fox and others on creating cable-channel packages to deliver via broadband.

Those packages, so-called “skinny

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reached out to noncable customers through owned-and-operated streaming platforms, third-party bundles,” are expected to cost $35- partnerships and hybrids of those $40 — well below the price for a two strategies. typical cable subscription. But they Data on how many customers are not likely to collapse the cable those efforts have reached remains ecosystem any time soon. scarce, but there does not yet apOver-the-top delivery of televipear to have been any sudden exosion is not new. Dish and Sony have dus from the cable-subscriber rolls. rolled out skinny bundles via Sling In a Paley Media Council interview Television and PlayStation Vue, re- last week, HBO CEO Richard spectively. Premium channels have Plepler said, “Less than 1 percent

of our subscriber base has left a (cable) subscription to go get HBO Now,” referring to the network’s standalone streaming service.

“Inertia has a big impact,” Derek Baine of S&P Global Market Intelligence said. “These skinny bundles will be appealing to the generation who goes off to college and probably doesn’t have their own cable subscription. They’re watching on iPads, and they’ve never experienced paying a cable

bill each month.”

As those customers mature, the creeping subscriber loss that cable has suffered in recent years will continue — leaving the door open for skinny bundles to gain ground. But while their delivery mechanisms are new and aimed at young consumers, Sling, PlayStation Vue and the like are built on a fundamental element of the cabletelevision business: the channel bundle.

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The GOP’s veil of unity WASHINGTON — Save us all the faux drama. We already know how this star-crossed courtship is going to end: House Speaker Paul Ryan will decide that Donald Trump isn’t such an ogre after all, and they’ll live unhappily ever after.

Ryan will be unhappy, at least. Trump has stolen his party, and there’s nothing Ryan can do in the short term to get it back.

“I heard a lot of good things from our presumptive nominee,” Ryan told reporters after his much-ballyhooed Thursday meeting Eugene with Trump. “I Robinson do believe we are now planting the seeds to get ourselves unified to bridge the gaps and differences.”

Translation: Ryan may still not be “there yet,” in terms of a formal endorsement, but we should have no doubt about where he’s headed.

Trump came to Washington for meetings with Ryan and other GOP establishment figures as a conqueror, not a supplicant. His populism, xenophobia, isolationism, bigotry and evident love of big government may be anathema to the Republican elite, but the party’s base clearly feels otherwise. Anyone choosing self-interest over principle — a habit I have observed among politicians — would think twice about opposing a man who received more primary votes than any previous GOP nominee.

Thus we witness a shameful parade of quislings. The most galling surrender may have been that of Sen. John McCain of Arizona, who says he will support the nominee even though Trump cruelly ridiculed him for being shot down and captured during the Vietnam War. McCain’s military service was a profile in courage; what he’s doing now is not. Leaving aside the personal insult, McCain has spent his career advocating a muscular foreign policy.

His has been one of the loudest and most persistent voices arguing that more U.S. troops be sent to Syria and Iraq. Trump, by contrast, has proclaimed an “America first” doctrine that focuses resources on solving problems at home.

Trump has even expressed deep skepticism about NATO, which has been the cornerstone of the West’s security architecture for more than half a century.

Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, McCain’s closest soul mate on national security issues, is one of the few leading Republicans who remain in the “never Trump” camp. He vowed this week that “no re-education camp” would change his mind.

What’s the difference between the two amigos? Graham doesn’t have to face South Carolina voters again until 2020. McCain is running for re-election this year — and watched as Trump scored a blowout victory in Arizona’s presidential primary in March.

Ryan is, or perhaps was, the last great hope of those Republicans who oppose Trump on ideological and historical grounds. The party of Lincoln has a storied past — the landmark civil rights laws of the 1960s, for example, never could have made it through Congress without GOP support. This heritage has been dishonored in recent years; among other transgressions, Republican governors and state legislatures across the country are trying to discourage minority voters with restrictive voteridentification laws. But there are those, such as Ryan, who profess to believe that the party can still be compassionate and inclusive.

Not with Trump in charge, however.

Trump’s appeal has been built on anger, grievance and nostalgia for a golden age that never was (at least for women and people of color).

To the extent he has any coherent political philosophy, it is one of exclusion. His one unwavering promise involves the building of a wall.

Everything else, it seems, is negotiable.

Having sewn up the nomination, Trump has entered the “three-card Monte” phase of his campaign in which he shuffles his positions so quickly that the gullible patsy loses track. His proposed ban on Muslim immigration? That was a mere “suggestion,” he said the other day. His view that wages are too high? He now wants to see the minimum wage raised, but by the states, not the federal government. His view on whether the rich should pay more in taxes? Yes, no and maybe.

Ryan acknowledged after his meeting with Trump that “differences” remain. But Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky has endorsed Trump, as has most of Ryan’s leadership team in the House. If Ryan were to announce at this point that he deems Trump unfit for the presidency and therefore cannot support him, he would become the leader of a movement with few followers.

The Republican Party will not be united this fall. In what promises to be a display of cravenness on an epic scale, it will pretend to be.

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

An impromptu college reunion JUNO BEACH, Fla. — People always remember their college days with the greatest of affection. Most everybody recalls something crazy they did, something unforgettable, something memorable and something that should be left in the vault of their memories never to be disclosed.

Over the years, a lot of kids have hung out at our house mainly because there usually was a party taking place, which meant there was free beer. College kids take to a cooler of beer like bees to honey. Bees can’t get enough of the nectar and college kids can always down another six pack.

First it was the kids of our friends who took up with us and now there are grandkids coming around. There is a big difference today. Kids don’t feel as comfortable with throwing down a few beers with a friend of their grandparents. And as you might expect, Granddad’s old friend has an affinity for this truism.

“When the sun goes down, so do I.” Furthermore, Granddad’s old buddy has had three hours of sleep before today’s generation hits the street for a night out on the town.

In the early 1980s, a woman by the name of Nan Nicklaus enrolled at Georgia and bonded with us. Our

including Nan’s husband-tobe, Bill O’Leary, a tight end on the Bulldog football team during the Herschel Walker era.

Recently, a call from Perry carried a sheepish request: “Any way you can get me and my friend, Zach McLeroy, Loran on an exclusive golf club in Smith Florida?” It happened that I knew a member who could home became her home away consider favoring a friend from home. She spent time with an invitation to play the with us and encouraged her course. The deal was soon friends to join her. done, but with a caveat. “Do My wife had become you think,” Perry added, “that friends with an affable student you could ask Nan and Bill to whose old fashioned father have dinner with us?” Nan’s thought his son ought to, at reply was negative. “We will least, find part time work have dinner here,” she said. “I to pay for his beer and his will cook for you guys.” social inclinations. Perry Now for the rest of the Jewel pumped gas at a service story. After golf, the O’Learys station in the Five Points sec- welcomed us into their home. tion of Athens. He made you Over the bar was a sign from believe that inside his skinny a pub, “O’Leary’s.” Last call body there was a laughter would not come any time machine with an on and off soon. All the time, Perry’s button. It was always, “on.” laughter button was engaged You became convinced that as he recalled campus scenes he got up every morning and which caused him to develop punched the “on” button. a warm and enduring friendThree decades later, he is still ship with Nan O’Leary. Havengaging the “on” button. He ing grown up with four brothcan’t say a blessing at mealers, Nan always had tomboy time without segueing from inclinations (“Had to,” she an offering of thanks into laughed, “to survive.”). That enterprising laugher. is why it should come as no For four years, he hung out surprise when Perry, inexwith us and our friend Nan, plicably, had two cars on his friends and her friends, campus at the same time and

had to find a driver to get one of them to his hometown of Cedartown — that Nan volunteered to help her friend.

Nan grew up with a recurring exposure to celebrities, but has always had an affinity for “real” people like Perry and Zach, two of her classmates at Georgia. As they recalled their campus years, Kelly, the O’Learys’ daughter, a junior in high school, seemed mesmerized

by Perry’s storytelling and unbroken stints of laughter.

Kelly seemed convinced that if her mother had that much fun in Athens, that she ought to consider following in her footsteps.

It would be nice if Kelly could become a Georgia student. If that should come about, there will be plenty of beer in the refrigerator and the washing machine, as it was in her mother’s time, will always be available.

Likely, there would be one downside. Not sure there is a clone of her mother’s friend with a laughter button, which is always engaged, to relieve any stress she might have as a college student.

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

Trump still needs the Republican Party It’s my party, and I’ll cry if I want to Cry if I want to, cry if I want to You would cry too if it happened to you I don’t know if the late Lesley Gore was a Republican or a Democrat.

But after what’s happened in the last year, the Republican National Committee ought to license her 1963 hit for its theme song.

I know a lot of conservatives who’d sing along with “It’s My Party” — many with tears in their eyes.

As I’ve said, like it or not, the Republican Party is no longer the Party of Lincoln or Reagan. It’s the Party of Donald J. Trump — for the next six months, at least.

If Republicans stand the slightest chance of winning back the White House and holding on to Congress this fall, and they still do, it’s all up to Trump.

He’s the one who spent the last year smashing the GOP platform into splinters with his pseudo Republican positions and promises.

This fall Trump is going to need the blood, sweat and tears of every politician and voter in America with an R after his or her name.

He’s the new leader of the Republican Party, whether he or Mitt Romney likes it or not.

Michael He’s got to man up, put a Reagan choke leash on his ego and begin talking and acting like a He’s the bigmouth who future president. threw schoolyard insults at the His first important job, lineup of Republican primary which I hope started Thursday losers whose help he now with his meetup with House desperately needs.

Speaker Paul Ryan, is to Trump is the only one who patch up his relations with all can put the Party of Humpty those fellow Republicans he Dumpty back together again, had so much fun offending the only one who can save and discrediting. the country from four years Yes, Donald, that means of “Corrupt Hillary” and her reaching out to “Lying Ted’s” tiresome husband. people, “Little Marco’s” peoTrump thinks he can win ple, “Lazy Jeb’s” people and the general election without even “Loser Mitt’s” people. the help of the GOP establishIt means at least making the ment or his primary victims, effort — in public or in pribut he can’t. vate — to say whatever needs Defeating the GOP’s to be said to the Bush family bloated all-star team in the and everyone else to get them primary without anyone’s on board the 2016 Trump help was one thing. Winning Train — even if they’re just the general election will be a passengers. lot different and a lot harder.

Ditto for Lindsay Graham

and everyone else in the Never Trump camp who said they’d rather take poison than support the billionaire populist.

It’s pretty simple.

Trump needs Cruz’s people, Rubio’s people, Mitt’s people and every other elected Republican’s people to show up at the polls in November and vote for him.

But for that to happen, Trump has to figure out how to get humble real fast. He has to apologize and sweet talk everyone from Cruz and Rubio to George W. Bush’s favorite hunting dog. Trump’s the one who broke the GOP. He’s the only one who can put it back together again.

If he can’t do it soon — like yesterday — millions of Republicans are going to stay home again this fall and Hillary will start shopping for Supreme Court justices.

Then you’ll really hear some crying at what’s left of my father’s party.

Email Michael Reagan at reagan@caglecartoons.com.

Follow him on Twitter @reaganworld.

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ant in the Transportation Corps. The Lawrenceville Germany, where his parents resident was one of the first lived after retiring from members of the GGC inthe Army. His father was tercollegiate softball team, and originally joined ROTC a Signal Corps officer and to stay in shape during the his mother was a logistics officer. Lee moved to Law- offseason.

“The camaraderie and renceville in 2012. family environment has Lee said he enrolled at meant the most to me GGC’s ROTC program throughout my time in to become an officer like GGC ROTC. It’s more his parents. His bachelor’s than a class. Everyone in degree in business inthe program motivates and cludes a concentration in international business. Lee supports each other because we want to see one another commissioned as a second achieve their goals,” Simlieutenant — Infantry and mons said. will be assigned to Fort Griffiths transferred to Benning. He would like GGC because it was conto become part of the 75th venient to her Loganville Ranger Regiment. family and because of its Robes remembers signing up as a freshman when military science program.

Inspired by her grandhe asked a cadet about father, a fighter pilot in the ROTC. U.S. Air Force, and her fa“I have loved it ever since,” said Robes. “I have ther, who attended military Graduates are greeted by faculty members following the Georgia Gwinnett College spring commencement on Thursschool, Griffiths was atlearned great skills that day. (Staff Photo: Jason Braverman) tracted to the idea of flying will help me both with my planes and defending the Army career and on the nation. She commissioned business side — such as ence?” Rudnicki said. “And as a second lieutenant in Copeland said after •From Page 1A With hundreds of gradu- discipline and time manthen do it.” the Signal Corps, a branch working 12-hour night agement, but most of all, ates before her, Copeland worked as a full-time Putting a personal spin responsible for information shifts, the nurse sewed by took the chance to promote how to lead.” nanny, married her huson the old adage of where systems and communicahand a rag doll that she Robes majored in psywork she’s involved with band, Joe, and gave birth to there’s a will, there’s a tions. calls Jackie. What’s most chology and would like to bridge the gap between her now-10-month-old son, way, Copeland shared her “Enrolling in GGC and special is what the nurse to join a police force and accessibility and people Walter. journey of learning to make wrote on the back of the taking that class turned out eventually become part of with disabilities. An avid “While others practice a ponytail after her physical doll’s head: “Aimee, please outdoorswoman, when she a SWAT team. The Lawto be two of the best decion pediatric simulators,” therapist, a bald man, first remember, nobody is perrenceville resident commis- sions of my life,” Griffiths lay in the hospital without Preczewski said, “you had told her most people in her fect. This doll is hand-made legs, Copeland figured a sioned as a second lieuten- said. “I built a group of the real deal.” situation simply have short with imperfections because five-mile walk in the woods ant in the National Guard’s friends who became my Rudnicki encouraged hair. second family, and it led we all are made different.

Military Police. was now out of the quesher fellow graduates to not Copeland referenced to my becoming an Army It’s what we do with what Simmons graduated tion. settle for the status quo her faith more than once, officer. It made me realize we have that counts.” with a bachelor’s degree Copeland said she or mediocrity. Rudnicki and relayed a message she my purpose in life. ROTC Copeland shared that in criminal justice with a remembered patients in was among the school’s received from a nurse, who given her circumstance, has pushed me out of my concentration in criminolother hospital beds watch23-member charter nursing was cognizant of Copecomfort zone and chalpeople walk up to her and ogy, and hopes to pursue a ing soap operas, and that class. GGC also commisland’s new body image lenged me to the point that say how sorry they feel for those are the people who position with the FBI. She sioned four U.S. Army following the accident.

I know I can do anything I her. need a connection with the will begin her career as an officers, including its first “This body is just a ve“But I’m here to tell y’all natural world. She’s starting active duty second lieuten- set my mind to.” two women. hicle here,” she said. “Who today, I’ve got it going on, a nonprofit for people of all “Let’s be people who I really am is a spiritual OK,” she said, which drew ages and abilities to hike have courage to ask, ‘What being who’s much larger a loud applause from the and camp and seek holistic can I do to make a differoff.” than this.”

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Mulcay also had a picture Flor was taken to the of the car, which she said Gwinnett jail after agreeing showed the victim trying to Dress,” will be the honored Glove Dance, will begin at and the showing of the Fro- to speak with investigators stop the man from driving •From Page 1A survivor, along with her at police headquarters. away.

8 p.m. on the main stage. zen Sing-A-Long Movies confident Gwinnett’s Relay husband, Eddie.

The arrest would appear The victim and witnesses Relay Idol will follow from 2-3:50 a.m. organization will meet its A highlight of this year’s immediately afterward welcome news to the many got the tag number. Police The closing ceremony goal, he said it was a relief ceremony will be a visit by from 8:15-9:15 p.m. in the will last from 6:30-6:45 who were on edge after the checked the car for fingerto see the raised-to-date Pat Flynn, who is known bizarre incident on Woodprints, Pihera said.

Survivor Building. a.m. on Saturday. total cross the $1 million throughout the Relay For ward Crossing Boulevard.

The victim suspected the One of the event’s more Shuttle bus service will mark shortly after 10 a.m. Life organization as The A witness posted an man got in the car through solemn parts, the Lumialso be available from 4 “That made me feel a Mother of Relay.” Her visit naria Ceremony, will begin p.m. to 2 a.m. and from 7-9 account of the case on Face- the open sunroof. Her doors little better,” he said. is being sponsored by Nash at 9:45 p.m. on the main book, where it tore through were locked. a.m. to carry attendees to The opening ceremony Chevrolet and any attendfeeds as thousands shared She found him inside stage, followed by the Lu- and from parking areas in will begin at 6:30 p.m. on ees who want to meet her after about 40 minutes minaria Lap at 10 p.m.

Lawrenceville. Those shut- the news. the main stage. The Archer and have their photos taken “She was hysterical of shopping. She placed The long list of overnight tle pick-up and drop-off High School drumline with her can visit the Nash activities includes the Miss points are at the Gwinnett and was smart enough to her purchases in the back, will lead the Survivor Chevrolet booth after the Relay contest at midnight Elections and Registration scream, run, and call out for climbed into the driver’s Lap, which is scheduled to survivor’s lap. in the Survivor Building, a office, 455 Grayson High- help,” Holly Haynes Mulcay seat and glanced in the begin at 7 p.m. Jewell said One of the Gwinnett wrote. “The guy calmly got rearview mirror to see the silent rave at 1:15 a.m. on way, and Sunrise Baptist Lori Allen, from the cable Relay’s more unique tradi- the main stage, a Frozen out of her car and got in his stranger staring back at her, Church, 3000 Sugarloaf TV show “Say Yes To the tions, the popular Purple car next to her and drove police said.

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Edwin “Bud” Collopy Edwin Joseph Collopy, “Bud”, age 78, peacefully passed away Monday May 9, 2016 at Peachtree Christian Hospice in Duluth, GA after a long, hard fight with Crohn’s disease. He is survived by his wife Jacqueline Ann Collopy & they shared 55 years of marriage together.

He is also survived by his siblings Peggy Cherpurny, Dennis Collopy & spouse Kay, Kathy Birmingham & spouse Mike. His children David Collopy & spouse Sharon, Keith Collopy & spouse Kathy, Jennifer Collopy Singleton & spouse Kurt. Grandchildren Emily & Caroline Collopy, Kasey Ann Collopy, Beckett, Harper & Arden Singleton. He was preceded in death by his parents Edwin Joseph Collopy & Margaret Ethyl Collopy and his son Brian James Collopy.

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Rodney O. Pike May 13, 2013- 3 years ago Rodney O. Pike was taken from us. He gained his wings and watches over our family now. Our family will grieve and fight for Justice til justice is served and Rodney can rest in peace. He leaves behind 3 children and a granddaughter. A mother, father, brother, sister many niece’s and nephew’s. Lots of caring friends. Our huntin and fishin buddy that is missed by all. A pure heart of gold, OUR HERO! Memorial for Rodney will be Saturday, May 14 at 3 pm at Lanier Park on Buford Dam.

Bettie Jo Polson Bettie Jo Polson (1932 – 2016) passed away on Mother’s Day, May 8, 2016 after a long battle with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at the age of 83. Her daughter and son-in-law were at her side at Peachtree Christian Hospice as she peacefully left this earth. She leaves behind her only child, daughter Georgia Polson Brogdon, sonin-law Casey Chandler Brogdon and her grandsons, Beau Brogdon and Wade Brogdon, whom she helped raise and she adored.

She graduated from Roosevelt High School in Atlanta, GA in 1949 and was the Valedictorian of her class. She spent her working years in the healthcare field which included jobs as a transcriptionist, physician practice office manager and The Prescription Shoppe manager in Lawrenceville for many years. She was married for 57 years to Brigadier General (Ret.) James D. Polson, Jr. She and Jim were longtime Snellville residents. She loved to g d lilies and she

grow day lilies and she and Jim had an annual vegetable garden that they thoroughly enjoyed.

Those who knew her were aware of her love of sports. She played basketball and tennis in high school. She was awarded the prestigious Journal Cup as the best all around student at Roosevelt High School in 1949. She was active in ALTA for 20 years playing with her sister Kathryn Williams and her daughter Georgia Brogdon and many of her tennis friends in and around Snellville. She was the role model of being an amazing, supportive and ever present mother. She never missed a game her daughter played in basketball, tennis or softball or a band concert or piano recital. As she became a grandmother, she continued this commitment to her family attending her grandson’s games and was a constant supporter of every Brookwood baseball, basketball, football and soccer game they played in.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Brigadier General (Ret.) James D. Polson, Jr., her mother Carrie Vesta Jones Williams and father Daniel Milton Williams, Sr. of Clayhatchee, Alabama.

She had six siblings: Dan Williams, Jr.*, Kathryn Williams*, Evelyn

Striplin, twins Ted* and Fred Williams, and Emma Ree Scobie*. She has a daughter Georgia Polson Brogdon, a wonderful dedicated son-in-law, Casey Chandler Brogdon and two amazing grandsons she adored, Beau Bagnal Brogdon and his fiancé Haden Ellis and Wade Chandler Brogdon and his fiancé Julia Pyko. *Deceased In lieu of flowers please consider a contribution in her memory to Peachtree Christian Hospice, 3430 Duluth Park Lane, Duluth, GA 30096. Plans for a celebration of Bettie Jo’s life will be shared via Facebook at a future date.

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Kroger raises over $320,000 to fight diseases

BY KATE CROXTON

Dystrophy Association Shamrocks program.

From March 30 to April Kroger’s Atlanta Divi2, Kroger locations parsion announced its custom- ticipated in the fundraising ers raised over $320,000 program in which customto help free children and ers and associates puradults from the harm of chased an MDA shamrock muscular dystrophy, ALS at check-out for a $1, $5 or and related life-threatening larger contribution. diseases that limit strength “Each year, Kroger and mobility during the employees and customers 34th annual Muscular open their hearts to make Staff Intern

a big difference through the simple act of selling or purchasing an MDA shamrock,” said Executive Director Angela Simmons.

“We’re grateful to everyone who participated and we are honored to do our part in support of MDA’s mission to help families affected by these muscledebilitating diseases live longer and grow stronger.”

Since first teaming up with MDA in 2001, Kroger and its customers have helped raise over $4.6 million to help the association provide resources and support to families.

The 2016 MDA Shamrocks program was visible in retail locations across the country to raise money for the organization’s mission to find research break-

throughs across disease, care for children and adults from day one and empower families with services and support.

Funds raised help send more than 400 local children to MDA Summer Camp at no cost to their families.

“Hundreds of thousands of Americans are living with a neuromuscular

Libraries rolling out self-checkout kiosks

BY CURT YEOMANS

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Gwinnett County library patrons may notice some changes at their local branch when Monday rolls around.

For starters, the system will begin using its new logo on that day, but there will be a key change made in how books are checked out as well. Patrons will have the option to no longer have to interact with a person when they check a book out because the branches will begin making touchscreen selfcheckout kiosks available Monday.

“Our new Bibliotheca self-checkout kiosks will be capable of much more than checking out a book,” library system Director of Information Technology Michael Casey said in a statement. “Customers will be able to pay for their copies, print jobs and late fees, and purchase items like tote bags and flash drives directly on the machines.

“With updates to the software later this year,

Gwinnett County Public Library officials released this photo of the new self-checkout kiosks being used during a demonstration at the Lawrenceville branch this week.

The kiosks will be rolled out Monday at branches across the county. (Special Photo)

the kiosks will make recommendations based on the user’s browsing history.”

The new kiosks are part of a series of technology upgrades the system is putting into place to

revolutionize the library visit experience. Officials said staff members will become mobile help desks by carrying iPads and mobile computing stations around branches so they can provide assistance to

patrons.

Meanwhile, the new logo that will also be unveiled is part of the library system’s rebranding efforts. Primerica representatives worked with the system on the rebranding effort, and Primerica senior designer and illustrator Don Bolt designed the logo. It features multiple colors and badges that feature different media formats.

“As part of our strategic plan developed last year, we’re introducing a new logo and branding that truly represents what our library system offers and the direction we are heading in,” Library Executive Director Charles Pace said in a statement.

“The logo represents the different forms of media and programming we offer and supports our vision for the future of GCPL as a place to connect, learn, and grow.

“All of these changes, including the technology upgrades, hours and logo, are being implemented to best support the needs of the entire Gwinnett community.”

HEALTH BRIEFS United Way participates in Mental Health Awareness Month In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, United Way of Greater

Atlanta is hosting a free learning forum about mental health awareness at the Carter Center. The “I Am More Than…” forum will take place Thursday, May 19, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The forum will focus on mental health, emerging

issues in mental health and ways in which people can get involved. The workshop sessions will center on school and home-based therapeutic interventions, language and transportation as barriers to care, integration of mental health and other social services and local mental health policy.

Alison Malmon, Executive Director of Active Minds, a non-profit organization dedicated to raising mental health awareness, will feature as the keynote speaker. Breakfast and lunch will be provided.

To register, email ejohnson@unitedwayatlanta.org.

community service hour requirements while shaping their social abilities, boosting self-confidence and developing new skills.

Volunteers can share their favorite activities like reading, card games, playing music or arts and crafts.

They can bring their pets to visit patients or run errands and provide respite for family members.

“We call our volunteers Ultimate Givers because they selflessly give extra love and comfort to terminally ill patients and their family,” said volunteer coordinator Monica Laguaite.

“Just being a friendly voice or giving caregivers a much-needed break makes Crossroads a world of difference. Our Hospice seeks volunteers gain as much as young volunteers they give — new friendships, new skills and great Crossroads Hospice satisfaction.” is seeking volunteers to Before becoming a provide comfort, companCrossroads Hospice Ulionship and a helping hand timate Giver, participants to terminally ill patients must complete an appliand their families in their cation, TB skin test and homes, in assisted living training sessions led by facilities and nursing facili- members of the Crossroads ties. team. Potential volunteers Volunteers are also must wait a minimum of welcome to help Crossone year after the death of roads staff in the office, an immediate family memincluding planning a Gift a ber or loved one before Day, which asks a patient to applying. describe a perfect day and For more information then make it a reality. to sign up as an Ultimate Crossroads Hospice wel- Giver, contact Monica comes student volunteers Laguaite, Jessica Miller or who are 16 years or older to Kisha Spence at 770-270donate time. By donating as 9898 or volunteerATL@ little as 45 minutes a week, crossroadshospice.com. students can help fulfill — From staff reports

BUSINESS BRIEFS Kroger to hold fair for 1,300 jobs Kroger’s Atlanta Division announced it will host a division-wide job fair to fill more than 1,300 open positions across 186 stores in Georgia, South Carolina and Eastern Alabama this weekend.

The one-day event will take place Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at all Atlanta Division Kroger stores. The fair will serve as an opportunity for those interested in applying to learn more about careers with Kroger and to gain greater insight into the positions available at their local store. Applicants should apply at jobs.kroger. com prior to attending the job fair.

Positions are available for the deli and bakery departments as well as for baggers, cashiers and clerks.

“The Kroger Atlanta Division is dedicated to providing ample job opportunities with competitive pay and flexible hours for the communities we serve,” said Director of Communications and Public Relations for Kroger’s Atlanta Division Glynn Jenkins. “We look forward to hiring many hard-working, customercentered associates who are committed to going above and beyond to create an exceptional and unique shopping experience for our customers.”

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Fifth Third Bank promotes Jones to manager role

Fifth Third Bank officials announced they have promoted Ryan Jones to assistant vice president/business banking relationship manager for the Georgia region, focusing on companies with annual revenues less than $10 million.

In this new role, Ryan is responsible for strategic partnerships with companies in Atlanta helping to facilitate working capital management and providing deposit and credit products and services.

“As a native Georgian, I am honored to take the next step in my career in serving our small business communities of North Fulton and Gwinnett,” he said. “In my new role, I will strive to boost financial productivity for these businesses, their owners and employees through lending, cash management, payroll processing and payment services solutions.”

Ryan has been with Fifth Third Bank since February 2009, previously serving as Financial Center Manager for the Lawrenceville-Suwanee Financial Center.

The Cleaning Authority opens in Braselton

Residents of Braselton, Dacula, Auburn, Hoschton and Winder have a new MDI Group names place to turn to when they need to have their homes new managing cleaned.

Mary and Brian Whitedirector for area hurst opened The Cleaning Norcross-based staffAuthority on Wednesday at ing agency MDI Group 56 Henry St., in Braselton. announced the hiring of a The franchise is affiliated new manager to oversee with a chain of 200 locaoperations in Georgia and tions across the country that Alabama on Thursday. use eco-friendly cleaning Jeff Clement will serve processes and products. as the national information The Braselton location technology staffing and is part of the company’s recruiting company’s new new Hometown Markets managing director for the program, which is designed two states. He comes into to given local entrepreneurs the position with more than small territories to work in.

25 years of IT experience as “We look forward to proboth a former recruiter and viding detailed house cleanconsultant. He also holds a ing to community members bachelor’s degree from the and also using our business University of North Texas. as a way to give back to He is also a former chair- locals,” Mary Whitehurst man of the Business and said in a statement. “We Technology Alliance Society especially want to give back for the Technology Associa- to the area school districts.” tion of Georgia and founded the Dallas-Fort Worth Networking Technology Prayer Breakfast company up for in 2014.

“Jeff’s passion for helping IMPACT award customers and consultants Officials at Duluth-based achieve their objectives is Crystal announced this week the perfect fit for our team, that they are excited to be strengthening MDI Group a finalist in the Informaas the IT workforce solutions provider and employer tion Technology category of the Gwinnett Chamber’s of choice,” MDI Group IMPACT Awards.

Chief Executive Officer Crystal works in network Richey Brownfield said in a monitoring and managestatement. “We are excited ment solutions and will find to have Jeff join the MDI out next week if they won Group family.” the award for their category.

The awards will be handed out during a luncheon on Wednesday at the Infinite Energy Forum.

Red CarbWhite Green Garcinia Super Fat “We are honored to be r n n y a a ia ze e e rr g li st B e B o o among the finalists in the e b b e b ey rr e m sp n ta A ff a a e C R Co M Kid Information Technology category for this award, representing business escalation and innovation in Gwinnett County,” Crystal CEO Roger Franklin said in a statement. “As a fast grow2238 Snellville Plaza - Big Lots Shopping Center • 770.982.4333 • snellvillevitamins.com ing international company, we will continue to source $ skilled employees and high quality services from the $ area, and are proud to call Cannot be combined with any other offer. Expires 5/31/16. GDP Duluth, Georgia home.”

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Klinect, Parkview boys one win away

BOYS STATE TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS

By Will Hammock will.hammock@gwinnettdailypost.com

Archer’s Ryan Camp throws the discus 194 feet to win the state title during Thursday’s meet in Jefferson. Below, Camp and teammate Samuel Wright are congratulated after their first round of throws. (Photos: Cole McCauley)

Well-armed

Few stories in the long history of the Brookwood-Parkview rivalry, in any sport, can match the intrigue of Danny Klinect’s job switch.

The longtime Brookwood boys soccer coach, whose goal list for years included wins over the rival down STATE Five Forks-Trickum FINAL Road, did it one last Who: Parkview time in last year’s Class vs. Milton AAAAAA semifinals.

What: Class His Broncos eliminated AAAAAA soccer title game Parkview on penalty When: Today, kicks to reach the title 7:30 p.m. game.

Where: Mercer He then took over as Univ., Macon Parkview’s head coach after the school year finished, giving him the rare opportunity to coach the players whose season his team just ended in brutally painful fashion. Making the story even more interesting — he has helped the Panthers bounce back from that loss See PARKVIEW, Page 4B

Camp, Wright help Archer to top of standings

By Paul tHomas

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JEFFERSON — After the first day of the boys state track and field championship at Jefferson Memorial Stadium, a pair of Gwinnett County teams are in great position in their respective classifications.

Archer leads Class AAAAAA with 27 points, while Wesleyan sits in third place in Class AA with 21 points. The event was delayed twice by lighting, including a two-hour delay late in the afternoon.

The Tigers’ throwers paced their fast start, with Ryan Camp winning the individual title in the discus

with a throw of 194 feet.

Teammate Samuel Wright finished sixth after tossing 150-7.

On his final throw of the day, Camp unleashed an unbelievable throw that would

of topped the state record at 198-7, but he couldn’t keep his foot in the circle. While Camp was happy to defend his state title in the event, he was disappointed he was unable to top Antonio Lamar

of Brookwood’s 2004 record of 197-4.

“It feels pretty good, I just would have loved to get that last throw in,” he said.

“Just my foot landed on the circle.”

Earlier in the day Camp finished third in the shot put with a 57-7, and Wright finished as the runner-up at 64-2 1/2. Most years Wright’s toss wouldn’t be good enough for the overall title, but Campbell’s Isaiah Rogers unleashed a throw of 67-10 top the 50-year-old state record of 66-7 set by Chip Kell of Avondale in 1966.

Wright’s toss was a career best, and although it was bitSee ARCHER, Page 4B

Parkview’s Alessandro Castro (21) pulls away from Chattahoochee defender Jack McCarthy (4) in Tuesday’s Class AAAAA semifinal. (Photo: Craig Cappy)

Wesleyan must defeat Pace again to claim title By cHristine troyke

Pair of Hawks soar in state finals

By Paul tHomas

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JEFFERSON — Because he tied with another competitor, Mill Creek’s Alex Bassett did not receive a medal for his performance in the Class AAAAAA state pole vault finals. The GHSA will instead be mailing one to Bassett, which was better than the alternative as far he as concerned — receiving a third-place medal.

The Mill Creek junior turned in a career-best

performance as he cleared 14 feet to finish second to tie with Lambert’s Mason Lord as West Forsyth’s Koby Cormier took the crown in a jump off.

“I almost got 14 in practice two days ago, so I had hopes of placing in the top five,” Bassett said. “Then coming in today I was really nervous because of that thought, that I could actually potentially win it. That got me a little scared. But I just went out there and PR’d by a foot.”

Bassett wasn’t the only

Hawk to turn in a career day at Jefferson Memorial Stadium on the opening day of the state track and field finals.

In the long jump Edmond Graham leaped 24 feet, 1 inch on his final jump of the day. The jump not only put him in third place, but it also broke the Gwinnett County record of 23-11 3/4. Graham had faulted on his previous three jumps before notching the record.

“I was excited and I kind of started breathing regularly,” he said of his reaction

when the judge called out his length. “I was getting upset and nervous because I kept scratching like three times.”

Surprise Spartans Greater Atlanta Christian knows it’s unlikely to defend its Class AA state title this season, just due to the fact that it has fewer sprinters in the finals than a year ago.

Still the Spartans put their best foot forward on Thursday scoring some big points, See STATE, Page 4B

Central hires girls basketball head coach

By Will Hammock will.hammock@ gwinnettdailypost.com

Central Gwinnett has found a replacement for outgoing head girls basketball coach Tracey Tipton, hiring current Tri-Cities assistant ShaLisha Davis for the vacancy.

Davis spent just one season at Tri-Cities, but previously coached at both Stockbridge and the Coretta Scott King Young Women’s Leadership Academy. She replaces Tipton, who stepped down after years as a successful basketball coach in Gwinnett

THE DAVIS FILE Name: ShaLisha Davis New position: Head girls basketball coach at Central Gwinnett Former position: Assistant girls basketball coach at Tri-Cities Age: 36 Education: Graduated from Louisville (Ky.) Fern Creek Traditional High School; earned business administration degree from Fairmont State (W.Va.) University; earned master’s degree in sports administration from Central Michigan Background: Played basketball at Butler County Community College for two seasons and then at Fairmont State for two seasons; just finished her first season at Tri-Cities; previously was an assistant basketball coach at Stockbridge and at the Coretta Scott King Young Women’s Leadership Academy

that included state titles and a national championship at Collins Hill, where she coached Maya Moore.

“We are excited at Central Gwinnett to get a coach that has the passion for teaching the game of basketball, build-

ing young ladies of character and discipline, and one that will have a positive impact on the court, in the classroom and in the Central community,” new Central athletic and activities director Eddie Hood said. “She understands the needs of our young ladies as well as our student body, and she will bring the work ethic, energy and stability needed to get our girls program back on track to being a contender.”

Davis is a native of Louisville, Ky., but played college basketball in both Kansas, See DAVIS, Page 4B

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No team in Wesleyan’s boys soccer history has ever scored more goals. Or allowed fewer. Or had more shutouts.

By any empirical measure, the undefeated Wolves are a juggernaut of a team.

“In many ways, this STATE has been a record-setting FINAL season,” head coach Who: Wesleyan Billy Coxhead said. “I vs. Pace Acad. would not have predictWhat: Class ed it. We’ve had several AA boys soccer title game games we didn’t necesWhen: Today, sarily deserve to win, so 2:30 p.m. it’s a surprise.”

Where: Mercer Wesleyan, ranked No. Univ., Macon 2 in the state, tied Marist in the season opener on Feb. 10 and has won every game since. En route to their 21-0-1 mark, the Wolves have scored 119 goals and allowed just 16. They have 10 shutouts and have never ceded more than two goals in an single game.

“I wish I had the secret to make that happen every year,” Coxhead said. “It’s really a function of intangibles, of the See WESLEYAN, Page 4B

Our Lady of Mercy defender Dylan Eckert (12) tries to stop Wesleyan’s Nick Eversbusch (21) from scoring in a game earlier this season. (Photo: Craig Cappy)

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State championships Mercer University, Macon Class AA boys 2:30 p.m. — Wesleyan vs. Pace Academy Class AAAAAA boys 7:30 p.m. — Parkview vs. Milton

TRACK AND FIELD

6:30 p.m. — State championships in Jefferson Saturday

BASEBALL

Class A (private) state championship 3 p.m. — Hebron at Tattnall Square (DH)

TRACK AND FIELD

11:50 a.m. — State championships in Jefferson

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10 a.m. — NASCAR XFINITY Series: Ollie’s Bargain Outlet 200, Practice. From Dover, Del. FS1 11 a.m. — NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: AAA 400 Drive for Autism, Practice. From Dover, Del. FS1 12:30 p.m. — NASCAR XFINITY Series: Ollie’s Bargain Outlet 200, Final Practice. From Dover, Del. FS1 2 p.m. — NASCAR Camping World Truck Series: Dover 200, Qualifying. From Dover, Del. FS1 3:30 p.m. — NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: AAA 400 Drive for Autism, Qualifying. From Dover, Del. FS1 5:30 p.m. — NASCAR Camping World Truck Series: Dover 200. From Dover, Del. FS1

COLLEGE BASEBALL

7:30 p.m. — Texas Christian at Baylor FSSE

COLLEGE SOFTBALL

1 p.m. — ACC Tournament Semifinal FSSO 3:30 p.m. — ACC Tournament Semifinal FSSO

HOCKEY

9:30 a.m. — IIHF World Hockey Championships United States vs Hungary. From St. Petersburg, Russia. NBCSP

MLB

8 p.m. — Atlanta at Kansas City FSSO

NBA

8 p.m. — Toronto at Miami. Eastern Conference semifinals, Game 6 ESPN

NHL

8 p.m. — Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh. Eastern Conference Final, Game 1 NBCSP

Sports Calendar

BASKETBALL

Ongoing through June 1: I9 Sports of South Gwinnett County offers summer basketball leagues for boys and girls ages 4 to12 at Lenora Park in Snellville.

Summer season starts in June. For more information or to register, go to www. i9sports.com or call 404551-2036.

Ongoing through June 1: I9 Sports of Northwest Gwinnett County offers summer basketball programs for boys and girls ages 3 to18 at Lanier and Discovery High Schools. Summer season starts in June. For more information or to register, go to www.i9sports.com or call 678-472-2142.

June 6-10: the Wesleyan Girls Basketball Camp with head coach Jan Azar will be held at the Peachtree Corners private school from 9 a.m. to noon. For more information, go to www.wesleyanschool.org or email to jazar@wesleyanschool.org.

FOOTBALL

Ongoing through May 31: Multi-County Football Officials Association is accepting applications for men and women interested in officiating high school football games in Gwinnett County and the surrounding area.

No experience is necessary and training is provided.

For more information or to register, go to www.mcfoafootball.org. Email questions to HSFootballRules@gmail. com.

Ongoing through June 1: I9 Sports of Northwest Gwinnett County offers summer flag football programs for boys and girls ages 3 to18 at Gary Pirkle Park and Discovery High School.

Summer season starts in June. For more information

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or to register, go to www. i9sports.com or call 678472-2142.

GOLF

Ongoing through June 1: I9 Sports of Northwest Gwinnett County offers summer golf programs for boys and girls ages 3 to 18 at Sugar Hill Golf Club.

Summer season starts in June. For more information or to register, go to www. i9sports.com or call 678472-2142.

LACROSSE

Ongoing through June 1: I9 Sports of Northwest Gwinnett County offers summer lacrosse programs for boys and girls ages 3 to 18 at Gary Pirkle Park. Summer season starts in June.

For more information or to register, go to www.i9sports. com or call 678-472-2142.

MULTI-SPORT

Ongoing through June 1: I9 Sports of Northwest Gwinnett County offers multi-sport summer programs for boys and girls ages 3 to18 at Rabbit Hill Park, George Pierce Park and Duncan Creek Park.

Summer season starts in June. For more information or to register, go to www. i9sports.com or call 678472-2142.

SOCCER

Ongoing through June 1: I9 Sports of Northwest Gwinnett County offers summer soccer programs for boys and girls ages 3 to 18 at Gary Pirkle Park and Discovery High School.

Summer season starts in June. Register by May 5 for extra savings. For more information or to register, go to www.i9sports.com or call 678-472-2142.

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Getting to Know ... Henry Autler Peachtree Ridge senior Grant Autler signed a scholarship to play lacrosse at Ferrum University (Va.) on Wednesday.

It was the culmination of a journey for him and his father Henry Autler that began eight years ago as the Gwinnett Lacrosse League was founded.

In this week’s edition of “Getting to Know ...,” Henry Autler talks with staff writer Paul Thomas about launching the GLL, growing the game in Georgia and Grant’s scholarship among other topics.

PT: You’re from New York originally right?

HA: Yup. Born and raised on Long Island, N.Y. PT: So did you play lacrosse Henry growing Autler up?

HA: I played what we called sandlot lacrosse. You know how you have pickup basketball and pickup baseball games? We would have pickup lacrosse games. So I played lacrosse growing up there. I had buddies of mine that were really diehard lacrosse fans and I got lucky enough I dated a girl whose brother (Art Seekamp) was a really big lacrosse player. He’s a hall of famer now and he got me involved in lacrosse and then when I got to college I kind of got drafted into lacrosse at the college level.

PT: Where did you go to college?

HA: (Long Island University) C.W. Post PT: What position did you play?

HA: Defense. I didn’t play on their main team, I played on their club team.

PT: What brought you down to Atlanta?

HA: I had a business up in Rochester, N.Y. — which is kind of the birthplace of lacrosse, ironically — and I was up there for 10 years and I sold my business to a company headquarter in Studio City, Calif. And I didn’t want to move to L.A., so they said “OK pick one of our other spots,” and Lawrenceville, Ga., was one of them.

That’s how I ended up down here.

PT: How did you get involved trying to get lacrosse off the ground?

Was it just a matter of kids wanting to play and there not being a league for them?

HA: My son was a baseball player and he was good at it, and he was bored. The sport wasn’t moving fast enough, which is a common problem today you see with a lot of

these kids growing up with XBOX. He came to me and said, “Dad can I play lacrosse?” I wouldn’t let him play football, because at the time I didn’t think he was big enough. Today he is, but back then he wasn’t.

I said, “Geez why didn’t I think of that? Is there lacrosse here in Georgia?”

I didn’t think lacrosse existed. So I found the league to enlist him in and the coach was teaching him and asked if any of them had parents who played lacrosse, and that coach was Bob Lombardo and that’s how I met Bob.

reason for that is because it’s a hand-to-eye coordination game. You’ve got to have that coordination.

I was an athlete. That’s how I got into it. Down here, Georgia — especially Gwinnett County — is just loaded with athletes, period. It’s stunning how many athletes are down here. The eight years I’ve been involved with it we have seen Gwinnett rise to the top. I started the youth lacrosse program at GAC. They didn’t even want lacrosse at that school, but now lacrosse is their biggest sport. They’ve got more kids playing lacrosse PT: So was the next in that school than any step in the process? Was other sport, that’s includthat the Baggataway ing soccer, football. They League your son was built a second stadium for playing in? it. The boys that competed HA: That was the Bag(Tuesday) night in the gataway League, exactly, semifinals were the last with Mike Hannon. What of my boys that I trained. happened right around We went to the state finals. that point, Bob was the It’s like North Gwinnett. head coach of Peachtree They came up through, Ridge High School and everybody who’s on that Mike Hannon was the head team pretty much played coach of Collins Hill and in the Gwinnett Lacrosse they were only club teams. League, (they reached the They weren’t sanctioned Class AAAAAA Final for lacrosse. Bob got Four.) Mill Creek was lacrosse sanctioned in eliminated last week in the Gwinnett County for the quarterfinals and Peachtree high school level and once Ridge made it the last two that happened you have to years before that, so we’ve have feeder teams for the come a long way and all schools that immediately those kids came through became sanctioned schools the GLL. in Gwinnett. So Bob came to me because he knew I PT: What was the bighad a lacrosse background gest challenge with getand he knew me as a busi- ting a league started? nessman to help him set HA: There’s a saying up the Gwinnett Lacrosse in lacrosse, “The biggest League. We started the problems in lacrosse are Gwinnett Lacrosse League lack of good coaches, lack along with Jonnie Botts, of good referees and lack who was a football coach, of field space.” Because really, and he had sons we’re fighting for football who played lacrosse and space and soccer space. that’s how he got in, and Those three challenges Scooter (Scott) Hall, who held true. Bob, Scott and also had a son that played myself we started early lacrosse. with programs to train coaches on how to coach PT: What’s it like for children. So we tried to you now when you see overcome that and we have where the GLL is? a code of ethics that we HA: This past Saturday try to hold them by, that was our eighth champions they’ve got to live up to, tournament. We had nine to make it a good experidifferent divisions playence. Because we believe ing for their championship that if you take a player’s game. Children ranging head off, all you’re doing from five years old all is handing them a baseball the way up to 15-yearbat. The next problem was olds. And if you told me getting the referees in line. it would have grown into That’s a part of this game what it has, I would have that I personally never was laughed at you. I never involved in, so I became a thought lacrosse would be referee. Ironically, I enjoy this big. The sport is exit, for some sick reason. ploding and it’s exploding But for the last five years in Gwinnett County.

I’ve been a GHSA-certified ref and I do high school PT: Does the skill level games. I’ve done games all surprise? The kids just around the state of Georseem to have better stick gia, done games all up and skills every year. down the East Coast now.

HA: It’s a sport where, I did that so we could get the way I got drafted into the refs that we want in our lacrosse at the college league and to train them to level was I was playing ref and call the games that football and they asked for are needed for youth level. athletes. The old saying Because the rules are difused to be, “Give me an ferent for each age group. athlete. I’ll turn him into a lacrosse player.” The PT: So will you still

continue to ref with you son out of high school?

HA: Yes. It’s great exercise and it keeps me involved in the game.

Anybody who understands lacrosse understands it’s a game about giving back.

We’re a small society where everybody knows everybody and even though we might have a competitive game on the field, we’re friends as soon as we walk off. That’s really how the game stared with the Indians. It was to train them to be warriors originally and then it became a game to settle differences.

So it’s kind of cool, we pass it on and I’m trying to hold that true because the game has been good to me.

PT: Obviously watching Grant sign a lacrosse scholarship had to be exciting, could you have imagined that would be a possibility?

HA: I would never have imagined that in a thousand years. None of this was ever for that. It was just that I was somebody who knew lacrosse and got involved in it to help the league be available and I’ve got to admit I did that for my son. But to say that your son is going to play at the college level, that’s a big one. You don’t go around saying that and I’m extremely proud of him. As the athletic director said, it’s an unbelievable accomplishment to get a scholarships to play lacrosse or any sport.

PT: Have you had a chance to check out either of the pro teams, the Swarm and the Blaze?

HA: Yeah. I’ve been to both of their games. Actually I had season tickets to the Swarm since I’m only a mile from their stadium.

The Blaze, I made it to their first game. I’ve seen other MLL teams play as well. I think that is a direct result — I might be a little cocky saying this — of all the youth teams that are here in Atlanta. Not just the Gwinnett Lacrosse League, but there are other leagues around throughout the city. They see a youth movement and the lacrosse growing. I believe that U.S. Lacrosse say that we are the fourth or fifth largest populated state in lacrosse now.

Also the Gwinnett Lacrosse league has won their Gold Stick Award, which means we honor the game and have contributed the most. We’re one of (21) associations across America to have that and we’re the only ones in the southeast to have that got it. Some of the things that we’ve developed in our training programs are being used by U.S. Lacrosse across the country for other programs starting up.

GWINNETT GRADS

Locals make mark in Peach Belt

By Will Hammock

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He has a .349 average with Denton leads the Owls 15 home runs, 16 RBIs and with a .323 batting average, 14 doubles.

27 runs scored, 51 hits and a school-record 31 stolen BASEBALL bases. She also holds the school’s career stolen base Topoleski makes mark at 61, and hit .448 all-tourney team during conference play.

Collins Hill grad John Denton also made the Topoleski of Tusculum conference’s all academic College made the South team after posting a 3.72 Atlantic Conference AllGPA as an integrative studTournament Team. Tuscu- ies major. lum shared the conference title after the championship Case gets SEC recognition game was rained out.

Alabama senior Kallie Topoleski hit .316 with Case was named this week three RBIs and two runs to the Southeastern Conferscored in the tournament, ence All-Defensive Team. in addition to playing The Buford grad plays error-free third base on 16 left field for the Crimson chances.

Tide.

Gwinnett County baseball was represented well on this year’s All-Peach Belt Conference teams.

Leading the way was Brandon Agar, a redshirt senior pitcher at North Georgia who earned first-team honors. The Brookwood grad had a 7-4 record this season with a 3.64 ERA, as well as 90 strikeouts in 87 innings.

The second team included Grayson grad Brandon Benson and Brookwood grad Zach Moon.

Benson, a shortstop at Georgia College, hit .320 with 10 home runs, 43 SOFTBALL TRACK AND FIELD RBIs and 46 runs scored this year.

Denton gets A-Sun honor Abdullah wins award Moon, at USC-Aiken afKennesaw State’s Taylor Kennesaw State senior ter transferring from Geor- Denton, a Grayson grad, and Brookwood grad Bilal gia State, made the second made the All-Atlantic Sun Abdullah was given his team as a designated hitter. Conference second team. school’s Owls of Excel-

lence Award for April, KSU announced this week.

The recognizes KSU student-athletes who excel in their chosen sport, shine in the classroom and provide service to the community.

Abdullah, who is finishing a degree in computer science, also is one of the nation’s top track and field athletes.

Gwinnett Grads is a column that runs on Thursdays spotlighting achievements of past Gwinnett standouts.

Coaches and parents are urged to email suggestions to will.hammock@gwinnettdailypost.com.

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Norcross, GAC aim to leave lasting mark

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Greater Atlanta Christian’s Andrew Schultz (5) pitches to Bowdon during Tuesday’s quarterfinal playoff series. (Photo: Melanie Boyd/Times-Georgian)

Fitting the bill Adjustments help GAC’s Schultz live up to preseason expectations

By DaviD FrieDlanDer

When an athlete has the amount of natural ability that Andrew Schultz has, it can sometimes be hard for him, or even his coaches, to be patient enough to wait for his production to match his potential.

A little patience has gone a long way for the Greater Atlanta Christian senior pitcher/ outfielder, as well as Spartans baseball coach Robbie Wilson, during a 2016 season.

Schultz has more than lived up to the preseason billing he got from such national publications and websites like Perfect Game and Baseball America to play major role both on the mound and at the plate as the Spartans (23-7) prepare to take on Lovett in the Class AA state semifinals beginning Monday at Hester Field.

“I think he’s taken huge strides in both areas (of his game), certainly at the plate,” Wilson said of Schultz. “We decided to move him to the leadoff spot (in the batting order), and he’s really arrived there. I told him as early as last year that he could be one of the best hitters in the area, just talent-wise. He had some things to put together, and he’s become what I hoped he would at the plate.

“He’s (also) kind of turned the corner on the mound and gained a lot more confidence.

There’s no questioning his stuff. He’s really kind of added to that some more pitchability. And like I said, with (more) self-confidence on the mound, he’s been unhittable (in) a lot of outings.”

True, few scouts and observers ever questioned Schultz’s stuff on the mound, with Baseball America tabbing him as the No. 92 in its preseason rankings of nation’s top high school seniors, while Perfect Game named him third-team All-American and first-team All-Southeast Region before the 2016 campaign.

And the University of Tennessee’s coaching staff thought enough of his arm strength and frame to of-

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fer him scholarship money to pitch for the Volunteers, which he plans to do beginning in the fall.

But based on what he’s been showing scouts this spring, he may want to hold off until after the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft in June before making up his mind.

The 6-foot-4, 195-pound right-hander has accumulated a 6-2 record with a 2.75 ERA and leads GAC in innings pitched (51) and strikeouts, the latter of which ranks third among all Gwinnett County pitchers at 76.

Schultz credits a lot of his improvement this year, especially with his command and location, to refinements he made during last summer’s travel ball season with Team Elite Prime.

“Pitching-wise … last year, I wasn’t the best as far as (throwing) strikes goes,” Schultz said. “I worked with my Team Elite (pitching) coach Romas Hicks, and really fixed me. It’s been a big step up for me.”

Schultz has taken an even bigger step up at the plate, ranking third among Spartan regulars with a .377 batting average, leading the team with 23 runs scored and a 1.092 OPS, tied for the team lead with three home runs, tied for fourth on the team with 16 RBIs. Wilson said the biggest difference in Schultz’s offensive production this spring has to do with the underlying them of his overall improvement.

“It’s been more (his) approach,” WIlson said. “He’s been more patient, and last year, he was more (of a) dead-pull (hitter). This year, he’s using the whole field.

Some of the hardest balls he’s hit have been the other way.

I’ve been real proud of him for that.”

Schultz’s improvement at the plate have left him to keep his mind open as to whether he will consider himself a better pitcher or hitter, though the Tennessee

coaches and most pro scouts still seem to look at him more as a pitching prospect for the time being.

It’s a decision a former GAC teammate faced just two years ago, and Schultz admits he learned a lot of what he knows about how he carries himself on the mound and in the batter’s box from Justin Lewis, who is currently thriving out of the bullpen as a redshirt freshman at Kentucky.

“He was awesome, and he’s really developed at Kentucky,” Schultz said of Lewis.

“I used to love watching him pitch. … He was always fighting as hard as he could.

“I think the main thing I learned from him was just poise on the mound. He was really calm and always had his head on straight, and was always fighting hard and battling for us.”

Wilson definitely appreciates the same kind of poise and willingness to battle the Spartans have gotten from Schultz this season, especially during the postseason.

Oddly enough, it was following Schultz’s roughest outing of the season in which he saw that determination the most, and he is counting on it to continue as GAC attempts to keep battling for its first state championship since 1982.

“He had a tough outing (in a 15-2 loss in Game 1 of the second-round series) at Benedictine,” Wilson said.

“I was very proud of how he came back this past week and pitched (in the quarterfinals) at Bowdon. He really stuffed them in Game 1 this week, which was exactly what ... I was looking for. I was proud of him bouncing back like that.

“He’s just kind of been that guy we can rely on. He’s been able, just with his talent, to be a presence for us on both (the mound and at the plate). Just having kind of that face of the team and kind of a symbol and a presence for us has been the biggest part.”

STATE BASEBALL PLAYOFFS Saturday State championship series Class A (private) 3 p.m. — Hebron at Tattnall Square (DH) Monday State semifinal series Class AAAAAA 5 p.m. — Walton at Norcross (DH)

Class AAAA 4:30 p.m. — Eastside at Buford (DH) Class AA 4 p.m. — Lovett at GAC (DH) 5 p.m. — Holy Innocents’ at Wesleyan (DH) State championship series Class A (Private) 5:30 p.m. — Hebron Christian at Tattnall Square (Game 3, if necessary)

NORCROSS — If there’s one thing any team still alive in the Georgia High School Association’s state baseball playoffs can appreciate, it’s the opportunity to make history.

All five of Gwinnett County’s remaining teams are certainly looking forward to their chance as they dig deep into the playoffs this weekend.

Buford and Wesleyan are attempting to pile up even more accolades on a tradition that has been strong in the past decade during their semifinal rounds Monday. Hebron Christian will be looking to do the same when it travels to Macon for the Class A (Private) championship series against Tattnall Square on Saturday.

However, for Gwinnett’s other two programs it’s been a long time coming.

For Norcross, that history spans more than 50 years after its Class AAAAAA state quarterfinal sweep of Etowah earlier this week.

When the Blue Devils host Walton for a state semifinal series beginning with a doubleheader Monday, it will be the program’s first appearance in the postseason’s penultimate series since 1963, when they won the Class B state title, and just the third semifinal appearance in the school’s history.

It’s a feat that at least one Norcross player admits he has a hard time wrapping his head around.

“I don’t even think my parents were born when that was going on,” said Blue Devils shortstop Patrick Hutton, who went 4-for-8 against Etowah, including delivering a walk-off RBI single in a 3-2 victory in the series opener. “That’s just something else. We’ve had some good teams sporadically throughout the years. This is one of the best teams I’ve ever been on — definitely the best team I’ve ever been on. It’s just awesome.”

In addition, the Blue Devils created even more history with their quarterfinal victory.

Combined with earlier series wins over Northview and Newnan, Tuesday’s double-

header sweep moved Norcross’ record in this year’s playoffs to 6-1, which represents the most postseason wins in a single season in program history.

As impressive as those accomplishments are, the way Norcross coach Reggie Stancil sees it, he doesn’t want his team to be satisfied with even bigger ones still out there to grab.

He knows the Blue Devils still have plenty of work to do to grab the ultimate prize.

“A lot of people have been looking up records and things like that (lately),” Stancil said.

“I haven’t. I’ve just said we’re going to take things one game at a time. If we break records, we break records. If we don’t, we don’t. We’re just going to play baseball.”

Just across town at Greater Atlanta Christian, there is a similar attitude being expressed even though the Spartans’ most recent accomplishment doesn’t go back nearly as far as Norcross. They were in the state finals two years ago.

Still, their Class AA state semifinal series against Lovett does represent something of a milestone.

Monday’s doubleheader against their Region 6-AA rival will be the first games in the state semifinal round or later the Spartans have hosted at Hester Field in 12 years.

Despite that length of time, and the fact GAC is still four wins away from claiming its first state title since 1982, coach Robbie Wilson says his team will come into Monday’s doubleheader with plenty of confidence, tempered with the focus of the task at hand.

“I think (the players) have kind of expected it,” Wilson said. “We’ve talked about it all this year, and even last year.

We felt like we had the talent to do it, but really, the kids get the credit because they have gotten tougher throughout the year. I think that’s been the key.

They’ve gone down and won (during the playoffs) in very two hostile environments on the road (at Benedictine and Bowdon).

“So they get a lot of credit, and I feel like they think they belong here (in the semifinals).

Hopefully, we’re going to carry that confidence into (Monday).”

Dugout Club makes all-county selections From StaFF reportS Five teams are still alive in the Georgia High School Association’s state baseball playoffs, but the Gwinnett County Dugout Club took time this past week to honor its All-County team and other individuals at its awards ceremony.

Norcross had two of the three superlative award winners, with senior left-hander Graeme Stinson being named Pitcher of the Year by Gwinnett’s coaches, and Reggie Stancil being named Coach of the Year by his county peers.

Stancil has led the Blue Devils to their first state semifinal appearance in 53 years, and Stinson has been a big part of that success by posting a 10-0 record with a 1.65 ERA and 73 strikeouts in 63 2/3 innings so far this season.

In addition, Peachtree Ridge’s Cam Shepherd was named the Dugout Club’s Player of the Year after hitting exactly .500 with three home runs, 11 RBIs and five stolen bases for the Lions this spring.

Meanwhile, other players honored by the Dugout Club this week include: First Team Position Players Will Banfield, Brookwood; Zach Walch, Norcross; Austin Biggar, Parkview; Cam Coursey, Lanier; Cole Zabowski, Collins Hill, Cade Heil, North Gwinnett; Brandon Marsh, Buford; Chandler Powell, Mountain View; Oscar Serratos, Grayson; Cameron Turley, Mill Creek; Austin Wilhite, Buford; Crews Taylor, Archer.

Pitchers Myles Smith, Shiloh; Rhian Mann, Archer; Justin Glover, Buford; Austin Hohm, Brookwood; Jake Brace, North Gwinnett; Alan Carter, Duluth.

Second Team Position Players

Nick Wilhite, Buford; Chayce Bryant, South Gwinnett; William Holland, Collins Hill; Patrick Hutton, Norcross; Ryan Cavey, Archer; Tyler Calvert, Hebron Christian; Cooper Morgan, Dacula; Michael Cherwenka, Dacula; Brandon Perez, Berkmar; Carey Spratlin, Providence Christian; Mitchell Krystopa, Central Gwinnett.

Pitchers Davis Sharpe, Mill Creek; Jake Hershman, Hebron Christian; Spencer Douches, Collins Hill; Jay Pendley, Mill Creek; Caleb Mitchell, Parkview; Ryan Smithson, Grayson.

Honorable Mention Position Players Andrew Schultz, GAC; Cameron Hankins, Mountain View; Nick Clarno, Grayson; Colin Hall, Wesleyan; Davis Tovey, Brookwood; Drew Aspinwall, Wesleyan; Donald Perteet, Archer; Chris Frazier, Shiloh; Cabera Weaver, South Gwinnett; Ashton Shepherd, Peachtree Ridge; Randall Watson, North Gwinnett; Graham Parris, Duluth.

Pitchers Sam Freitas, Mountain View; Connor Darling, North Gwinnett; Cole Waites, Archer; Gabe Davenport, GAC; Ryan Vigue, Dacula; Alex Thompson, Wesleyan; Chad Williamson, Brookwood; Griffin Jolliff, Buford.

Academic All-County Zach Watkins, Archer; Brian Barrett, Berkmar; Conor Dwyer, Brookwood; Justin Glover, Buford; Anthony Lopez, Central Gwinnett; Alec Cargin, Collins Hill; Cole Hays, Dacula; Brandon McCoy, Discovery; Christian Cunningham, Duluth; Riley Knight, Grayson; Liam Sullivan, GAC; Tyler Calvert, Hebron Christian; Trevor Blackwell, Lanier; Austin Wilkey, Meadowcreek; Matthew Lewis, Mill Creek; Sam Freitas, Mountain View; Graeme Stinson, Norcross; Randall Watson, North Gwinnett; Corey Whitlock, Parkview; Graham Holley, Peachtree Ridge; Jacob Koerper, Providence Christian; Bradon Holder, Shiloh; Mikey Lee, South Gwinnett; Clint Prettyman, Wesleyan.

Scotty McIntyre Hustle and Attitude Awards Eli Young, Archer; Nick Dorminey, Berkmar.

Gino Vizzi Courage and Perseverance Awards Gino Vizzi, Mill Creek; John Johnson, Central Gwinnett; the Samuel Swaney family, South Gwinnett.

Assistant Coaches of the Year Nick Drescher, Norcross; Billy Best, Peachtree Ridge; John Adair, GAC; Zach Black, Dacula; Ryan Turner, Duluth; Brian Albury, South; Kareem Hayes, Discovery; Duane Newland, Berkmar; Kiley Coursey, Lanier; Justice French, Hebron Christian; Jake Bova, Grayson; Jack Van Der Sluys, Wesleyan.

2016 GDC Hall of Fame Inductees Lee Rodney, Dacula; Chase Burnette, Buford; Jared Walsh, Peachtree Ridge; Josh Carr, Shiloh.

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Wesleyan’s Jalen Hodges competes in the high jump at Thursday’s state meet in Jefferson. (Photo: Cole McCauley)

•From Page 1B in a big way.

Parkview just upset Chattahoochee, ranked No. 1 nationally, in Tuesday night’s semifinal and earned the perennial power’s first state final appearance since 2005, also the year it won the most recent of its six all-time state championships in boys soccer.

For Klinect, Friday’s AAAAAA matchup against Milton in Macon is his third straight appearance in the state championship game — he won with Brookwood in 2014 and lost last season to Duluth.

“It’s not about me,” Klinect said. “I could care less about that. The weird thing for me was coaching at Brookwood last year and beating the team I coach now in the semifinals, knowing how bitter they were about being one kick away from the state championship game. Being over here and getting them into the game is great. I love the change. I love the new atmosphere. … After (losing to Brookwood again in this year’s region title matchup) I told them use the Brookwood loss as motivation.

They get to hold the region trophy now, but let’s get the bigger one at the end.”

Parkview (18-4) has that chance because of a semifinal upset of previously unbeaten Chattahoochee. The 2-0 victory was convincing and the Panthers limited the Chattahoochee attack to just one serious scoring chance, and goalkeeper Austin Lu made a nice save on that one.

They enter the final with wins in 11 of their last 12 matches, the only loss in that stretch to Brookwood on PKs. “I think a lot of people figured we weren’t going to win (against Chatta-

•From Page 1B including an individual title for Devin Cochran in the shot put.

The Vanderbilt football signee started slow, but then popped a career-best throw of 53-3.

“It meant a lot to me because my first throw was actually 45 feet and the next guy who threw actually threw 51, which wasn’t predicted,” he said of the title. “His best throw was 47. I kind of overcame adversity and I was really happy that I was able to go from 45 to 53-3, which is what I won with.”

In the long jump Alex Rowe finished third clearing 22 and 1/4 for his best finish in the event and in the discus a career-best 146-2 put Theodore Chidi-Maha in sixth.

GAC sits in sixth place with 19 total points.

South’s shooting star After not making it out of state sectionals last season, South Gwinnett’s Antuane Dennard has honed in on his focus all season in the high jump.

tersweet to finish second he was pleaded he topped last year’s mark.

“It was great,” he said.

“It was really satisfying.

Especially from last year, I hit not my best and then this year to be able to finish in state and not have any regrets at the end of the day was really nice.”

The Wolves gained momentum early in the day behind the performances of Jordan Mack and Jalen Hodges in the high jump.

The duo finished 1-2, each clearing 6 feet, 6 inches, giving Mack the title on fewer misses.

“It means a lot,” Mack said. “For four years, coming out here and being

top with a school-record time of 4 minutes, 25.6 seconds.

“I trained for that,” he said of the final kick. “And I just did what training taught me to do.”

In the Class AAAAAA 1,600 meter run Brookwood’s Zach Israel was the only state placer as he finished seventh with a time 4:19.19 Record toss With his final throw of the day, Dacula’s Robert Berry not only locked up the state title in the wheelchair shot put, but he also set a new state record.

Berry’s toss was 29-1 1/2 to beat out Houston County’s Mill Creek’s Edmond Graham comes in third place during William Moore.

Thursday’s long jump competition. (Photo: Cole McCauley) “I was originally coming in thinking Will was going to be It paid off on Thursday in Norcross finished eighth. close, which he was,” Berry slick conditions as he never said. “Will can throw just as lost his mental edge and took Long-distance Lion home the Class AAAAAA With 3/4 of a lap left in the good as I can. He went last.

I think one of the negatives state title after clearing 6-6 Class A-Private 1,600 meter with the least misses. run, Hebron Christian’s Mark of going last is he got kind of anxious, because my last throw “It was tough,” he said.

Stein found an extra gear.

I did 29-1 1/2 and that was my “It was a real mental thing.

He pulled away from Sam We just had to stay focused.

Shaylor of North Cobb Chris- best throw. I wasn’t expecting to throw that far, but I did That’s what we focused on.” tian and Max Heaberlin of North Gwinnett’s Matthew Paideia to take home the state come in here hoping to win.”

Shiloh’s Kendrell King Haller tied for fifth in the title. Even with a late push event and Jakobi Widener of from Shaylor, Stein finished on finished fourth with an 18-1.

Parkview

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Parkview’s Natneal McDonald (17) bring the ball down field in this Tuesday’s Class AAAAAA matchup played against Chattahoochee. (Photo: Craig Cappy)

hoochee),” Klinect said.

“They were 18-0, 19-0 and all the accolades they were given. I told them no one expects you to win so go out and play loose and play the best you can. At this point, all the teams are good. They wouldn’t get to the Final Four if they weren’t good.

“The team that executes and maintains their emotions will win. … That was our best team effort. There’s not one player I thought had a poor game. Usually that’s not the case. As you coach, it’s very rare to have everyone on your team play well (the same night).”

Parkview has played its best late in the season, attributed in part to having a healthier lineup. Kendall Edwards and Kevin Lingard missed substantial stretches with injuries, while Andrei Bajura also has been banged up.

Creating goals during their absences was a chore, but the Panthers found a way. Now the attack is back to full strength and clicking with playmaking midfielder Alessandro Castro. Maurice Thompson, moved into the attack to boost the offense when his teammates were injured, returned to center back and was steady in the win over Chattahoochee.

Up next is Milton (16-

pushed by a lot of competitors, it finally feels good to get the (champion) hat and Jalen, I compete with him in practice every single day, there’s no better way you can cap off that season.”

Last year Mack finished sixth, with Hodges ninth.

This year they combined for 18 points to put Wesleyan in position after Christopher Lee finished sixth in the pole vault, clearing 12-6.

“It was definitely big,” Hodges said. “That’s the whole thing we’ve been talking about the entire week leading up to this, just trying to go out and do our best and if we place first and second that will definitely put us out to a good head start in this meet.”

State

STATE PLACERS Jefferson Memorial Stadium Thursday’s Results Class AAAAAA FIRST PLACE Ryan Camp, Archer, discus, 194 Antuan Dennard, South Gwinnett, high jump, 6-6* SECOND PLACE Samuel Wright, Archer, shot put, 64-2.5 Alex Bassett, Mill Creek, pole vault, 14-6 THIRD PLACE Ryan Camp, Archer, shot put, 57-7 Edmond Graham, Mill Creek, long jump, 24-1 FIFTH PLACE Tristan Oliver, Mountain View, pole vault, 13 Matthew Haller, North Gwinnett, high jump, 6-2* SIXTH PLACE Samuel Wright, Archer, discus, 150-7 SEVENTH PLACE Tyler McKine, South Gwinnett, pole vault, 12-6 Amir Harris, Parkview, long jump, 23-2.5 Zach Israel, Brookwood, 1,600 meter, 4:19.19 EIGHTH PLACE Jakobi Widener, Norcross, high jump, 6-2 Class AAAAA FIFTH PLACE Trenton Palamore, Lanier, triple jump, 46-3 Class AA FIRST PLACE Jordan Mack, Wesleyan, high jump, 6-6* Devin Cochran, GAC, shot put, 53-3 SECOND PLACE Jalen Hodges, Wesleyan, high jump, 6-6* THIRD PLACE Alex Rowe, GAC, long jump, 22-0.25 SIXTH PLACE Theodore Chidi-Maha, GAC, discus throw, 146-2 Christopher Lee, Wesleyan, pole vault, 12-6 Class A Private FIRST PLACE Mark Stein, Hebron Christian, 1,600 meter, 4:25.6 Wheelchair FIRST PLACE Robert Berry, Dacula, shot put, 29-1.5 FOURTH PLACE Kendrell King, Shiloh, shot put, 18-1 *awarded on fewest misses

Archer

3-1), which rallied from a halftime deficit and overcame a late tying goal

by Brookwood to win its semifinal on PKs. It was a special win for the Eagles and their coach.

“I used to be a Brookwood club coach back before it was GFC,” Milton head coach Mike Nova said. “We used to go to the park with Brookwood teams all the time.

I coached ’83s, ’84s and ’86s at Brookwood back when Dan Rawlins was a (high school) coach (at Brookwood). Brookwood and Parkview, a lot of my (club) kids played at one or the other, so I know this area. I love this area.

This area’s always soccer focused and there’s always good teams.”

The area’s reputation lies on Parkview this season.

A Gwinnett boys soccer team has won the past four state championships (and six of the last seven) in the state’s large classification. The previous three finals each featured two Gwinnett teams — DuluthBrookwood last year, Brookwood-Mill Creek in 2014 and Berkmar-Collins Hill in 2013.

“It’s going to be tough,” Klinect said. “One goal may win it. It just depends on who gets it.”

personalities of the players and the congeniality they’ve kept throughout the season. The pressure builds and we try not to talk about that. We just try to be better every day.

“We try not to emphasize records. We can sort that out when it’s all over.”

The Wolves aim to bring home a tangible prize for team play today.

They meet top-ranked region foe Pace Academy for the Class AA championship at 2:30 p.m. at Mercer University in Macon.

“Wesleyan has never won the (boys soccer) state title, so it would be great to get one,” Coxhead said. “But I also want them to recognize that if we don’t, it’s not the end of the world. We have to keep it in perspective.”

Pace needed penalty kicks to dispatch two-time defending state champ GAC after a scoreless 90 minutes of regulation and overtime in the semifinals.

The Knights (17-1-0) have numbers as impressive as Wesleyan with 12 clean sheets and just 10 goals allowed this season.

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Wesleyan The most goals Pace has allowed in a game is three — in its 3-0 loss to Wesleyan on April 19.

“The game was closer than the score indicated,” Coxhead said.

The Wolves scored all three goals in the first half before 6-foot-8 star sophomore goalkeeper Joanthan Rushton entered the game.

“He’s a very imposing goalie,” Coxhead said.

“We’re going to have to play our best to give ourselves a chance to win.

They don’t have any glaring weakness.”

Pace’s offense is led by Hobie Malik and Ethan Robinson.

“Center midfielder Johnny Reese is composed and distributes the ball well,” Coxhead said.

“Having played them helps. Unlike the other opponents we’ve faced in the playoffs, we know very much what we’re facing and we’ll have our hands full.”

Wesleyan is coming off a 9-2 semifinal road win over Putnam County. The Wolves scored 45 seconds into the game off a long throw-in from Liam Coxhead and continued to press that advantage. They

were up 5-0 in the first 20 minutes. After Putnam County scored twice, they took control in the second half for a decisive victory.

As cliché as it may sound, Wesleyan’s success all season is due to a collective team effort.

“I’ve definitely had better individual players on previous teams,” Coxhead said. “Chris Duvall is playing for the New York Red Bulls in the MLS this season.

“This is definitely the best team effort we’ve had. We are better as a team than we are as a collection of individuals. And the players have embraced it. We forgive each other when we make mistakes.

It’s a big deal over the course of a season.”

None of the seniors on this team are going to play soccer in college, but all of them have been an important part of the record-setting season.

Four in particular — Benji Johnson, Grant Sauer, Tucker Cannon and Austin Pack — have been pivotal.

“They play right down the middle of the field and Pack is our goalie,” Coxhead said. “They’ve provided great leadership.”

Davis

“I’m excited,” Davis said. “It’s a great basat Butler County Comketball atmosphere up in munity College, and at Gwinnett. They have the Fairmont State in West top teams in the state up Virginia. She moved to there. … It’s a great, great Georgia for basketball basketball atmosphere to training after college and be around. I’m excited to even worked in Gwinnett be a part of it.” briefly in the recreation Davis takes over a department at Best Friend Central program that had Park in Norcross. been successful until the She has coached basket- 2015-16, when a young ball at the high school and rebuilding team level since the 2010-11 season, when she got her start at Stockbridge.

struggled. It’s her goal to build on that season and return the Black Knights to prominence.

“I know this year (Central) didn’t have a great season,” Davis said. “A lot of rebuilding needs to be done, getting the girls to come out and buy into what needs to be done. I know I’ve got work that needs to be done but I’m excited about it.”

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Transition tests Bowyer’s patience Now that the chance of winning is, at best, remote, Staff Correspondent Bowyer now is committed Clint Bowyer knows to putting HScott Motorhe’s going to be driving a sports on solid ground for car next year that’s capable the future. Knowing there of winning races and a is an end game at Stewartchampionship. Until then, Haas makes it easier. he has to patiently finish It does little, however, a season with a team that to ease his frustration. But measures success by a far instead of sulking, Bowyer less-demanding standard. is trying to be part of the A driver whose emotions solution. and right foot are always in “It is beginning to start full gear has had to temper rolling,” Bowyer said. “It’s his enthusiasm during a Sprint Cup driver Clint Bowyer looks on during qualify- important to work hard to transition year with HScott ing for the GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on continue to improve. We’ve April 30. (Photo: Jasen Vinlove-USA Today Sports) Motorsports. Even with got some good things coma technical alliance with ing that I’m excited about. consistently is going to put Hendrick Motorsports, “A lot of time if it is, it’s “That is the thing ...

Harry (Scott, car owner) there were no grand illuhard to maintain that and when you are down, most sions of winning a bunch in a position that he can be keep that when you see of the time there is a reaof races or competing for a appealing to sponsors, to teams come in and spend son, especially when you championship. drivers and things like that.” gobs of money and have are down as far as we are The payoff will come Even with a little help the success they can’t hold down. We had work to do. next year when he replaces from Hendrick, Scott basi- on to it. His approach to We are starting to get some Tony Stewart at Stewartcally is trying to survive on all this, of easing into it new wave of cars built and Haas Racing. It’s a team his own in the Sprint Cup and earning his way, is the get some things to where that’s won two championSeries. Bowyer was able right way. We’ve got work we all are satisfied with ships in its 14-year existo bring sponsorship from to do to get it to where I them and excited about tence — Stewart in 2011 5-Hour Energy to the team, feel like it needs to be by bringing them to the race and Kevin Harvick in 2014. but it’s not nearly enough the end of the year.” track and seeing what our For Bowyer, who lost to run up front.

Bowyer is committed hard work has done. That his job when Michael “It’s pretty hard to set to the project. The No. 15 is all you can do. That is Waltrip Racing shut down goals to winning races and Chevrolet team has shown all you can ask for out of at the end of 2015, that still things like that because, some progress with two any team member, any seems an eternity away. let’s face it; you’ve got to top-10 finishes in the last organization or a driver.

Eleven races into a 36crawl before you can walk three races, but Bowyer “Everybody has got to race season, Bowyer has in life,” Bowyer said. “I is mired in 26th-place in be able to pull on the rope been forced to accept the feel like (Scott) realizes the standings with four in the same direction and inevitable. that. You’ve got to create finishes of 31st or worse give it their all. When you “I felt like being able some goals to where you heading into Sunday’s race finally get to that moment to compete in and around can get to where you want at the Dover International where you do that, you are that top 15 to top 20 range to be.

Speedway. satisfied.”

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’17 Sprint Cup schedule even busier

By Don CoBle

Staff Correspondent

The move of another night race to daytime came at a cost for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. As the sport starts to realize its lowest-rated races come after sunset, race teams learned next year’s schedule will eliminate one of their off weekends.

The new lineup was released last week by NASCAR. The two biggest changes were a move from Saturday night to Sunday afternoon for the spring race at the Texas Motor Speedway and the swap of dates between the Kansas Speedway and the Talladega Superspeedway during the Chase for the Championship.

What teams noticed, however, were only two open weekends during the 10-month season.

Carl Edwards said the drivers are the least-affected by the loss of one open date since they travel by jet and live in luxury motorcoaches. His concern is for the people responsible for the construction and maintenance of the racing fleet.

“Really from a driver’s standpoint, we’ve got it made,” he said. “We’ve got an airplane; we’ve got the motorhome. We’ve got it pretty easy.

“It’s really the guys that have to deal with the grind.

It’s an eight day a week

THIS WEEKEND Sprint Cup Series What: AAA 400 Drive for Autism (11th of 36 races).

Where: Dover International Speedway at Dover, Del. When: Sunday at 1 p.m.

Broadcast: Television — Fox Sports 1, 11:30 a.m.; Radio — Motor Racing Network, Sirius Satellite Radio channel 90, noon.

Track: 1-mile oval.

Race format: 400 laps.

Last year’s winner: Jimmie Johnson.

Track schedule: Friday, practice, 11 a.m.; pole qualifying, 3:45 p.m.; Saturday, practices, 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.

Up next: The Sprint All-Star race is May 21 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Xfinity Series What: Ollie’s Bargain Outlet 200 (10th of 33 races).

Where: Dover International Speedway.

When: Saturday at 2:30 p.m.

Broadcast: Television — FOX, 2 p.m.; Radio — Motor Racing Network, Sirius Satellite Radio channel 90, 2 p.m.

Race format: 200 laps.

Last year’s winner: Chris Buescher.

Track schedule: Friday, practices, 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.; Saturday, pole qualifying, 10:45 a.m.

Up next: The Hisense 300 is May 28 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Camping World Truck Series What: Camping World 200 (Sixth of 23 races).

Where: Dover International Speedway.

When: Friday at 5:30 p.m.

Broadcast: Television — Fox Sports 1, 5 p.m.; Radio — Motor Racing Network, Sirius Satellite Radio channel 90, 5 p.m.

Race format: 200 laps.

Last year’s winner: Tyler Reddick.

Track schedule: Friday, pole qualifying, 2:15 p.m.

Up next: The North Carolina Education Lottery 200 is May 20 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway.

job for them. I haven’t looked at the schedule and I haven’t talked to the guys, but at some point in this sport, you can just see it. If you take a snapshot or a time lapse photo of

the guys in the garage all throughout the year, they just get worn down. I feel for those guys, but we’ve got it easy. It doesn’t matter.”

The Kansas-Talladega

swap means the alwaystreacherous restrictor-plate race at Talladega will no longer be a cut-off race. In the past two years, the top eight drivers in the Chase advanced in the playoffs after Talladega. Kansas now will be the final race of the second, three-race segment.

The move by Texas to a daytime start next year came after the Richmond International Raceway moved its springtime from Saturday night to Sunday afternoon.

Teams liked racing on Saturday because it gave them an extra day off. Race fans, however, showed their displeasure by not tuning in. The lowest ratings for a race this year as the night race at Texas with 4.22 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research.

“Well, I think there’s an argument both ways of the day and night races,” Jamie McMurray said. “I like the day races as well. I feel like when there’s weather that’s ever an issue that the night races you’re kind of guaranteed that you’re going to go into the next day.

With a day race, you have a little more of a chance of getting it in. I don’t know, I guess.”

Next year’s schedule still has eight nighttime regular season races and two all-star events under the lights.

Baker added to KSU coaching staff From StaFF reportS

These two join assistant coach Khajida Head, who KENNESAW — Former was introduced last month.

Greater Atlanta Christian An All-American at and Georgia star Sherill Georgia, Baker was an Baker was named the assistant coach at Auburn assistant coach for the for two seasons on Terri Kennesaw State women’s William-Flournoy’s staff basketafter spending the first two ball team years as director of basThursday. ketball services. At KSU, KenBaker will be charged with nesaw leading the guard workouts State and organizing game-day women’s scouting reports while asbasketball sisting with team academic Sherill coach and recruiting efforts.

Baker Agnus “Not only does she come Berenato has added Baker, with great playing experia Gwinnett County Hall of ence, but her recruiting Famer, and new director of ties in Georgia and the operations Carly Sprouse southeast will be invaluto her staff. able,” Berenato said. “I Baker comes to the am excited to work with Owls after a four-year Sherill — a young coach stint at Auburn University, that has incredible energy while Sprouse comes from and motivation, coupled the Women’s Basketball with a high level of colCoaches Association. legiate and professional

basketball experience. Her enthusiasm is contagious and our student-athletes will relate to Sherill both on and off the court.”

For the Tigers, Baker served as the primary position coach for guards and wings, while handling nationwide recruiting, coordinating official and unofficial visits and spearheading the team’s social media efforts.

“Coach B is a leader who genuinely cares about developing our studentathletes’ character,” Baker said. “This is a very special moment for me because every day I get the chance to be able to learn from a great head coach. She is a natural-born winner and I am extremely excited and blessed to be given the opportunity to join her staff and be back in my hometown. The passion that she

brings to Kennesaw State speaks volumes and I am thrilled to be a part of such a special program.”

Baker spent four seasons in the WNBA after being drafted 12th overall in the 2006. She signed on with the New York Liberty where she played 34 games during the 2006 season and three in 2007, before being traded to the Los Angeles Sparks. She also played one season in 2008 with the Indiana Fever and spent time with the Detroit Shock in 2009.

Her professional playing career also included overseas stops in Israel, Italy, France, Germany and Cyprus where she averaged double figures in scoring each year.

The Stone Mountain native was selected to the Gwinnett County Sports Hall of Fame in 2013.

FANS CHOICE MALE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Who: Jack Ryan School: North Gwinnett Class: Senior Sport: Lacrosse Highlights: Had six goals and three assists in a 16-11, first-round playoff win over Walton, as well as six goals and an assist in a 13-6, second-round win over Johns Creek Coach John Palocsik’s take: “Jack is the motor that drives this offense with 88 goals and 32 assists this year.

He is a four-year starter at attack and one of our captains.

He received All-American honors this year as the state’s best attack man. Most of all, Jack is an incredible young man, smart, focused and always positive. We will miss him greatly next year.”

FANS CHOICE FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Who: Lexie Smith School: Collins Hill Class: Senior Sport: Soccer Highlights: Scored what ended up being the game-winning goal in a 2-1 victory over Hillgrove in the Class AAAAAA quarterfinals Coach Jeff Tinklepaugh’s take: “Lexie is a team captain this year and she has completely bought into the team concept. We have asked her to fill so many roles this season and she has done so without the slightest hesitation. Her goal in the quarterfinal match gave us some breathing room and it end up being the game-winner. We had told her at the half, ‘If you are anywhere around the 18 and we get you the ball, turn and hit that shot you were hitting yesterday in practice and today in warmups.’ And that’s exactly what she did and their keeper had no chance of saving it. We will miss her leadership and presence next season.”

G-Braves bullpen holds off Wings From StaFF reportS ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The Gwinnett Braves held off Rochester for a 4-3 win Thursday afternoon in the final game of the their series at Frontier Field.

The G-Braves (1718) never trailed in the game but needed some fine bullpen work to help secure the win for starting pitcher Tyrell Jenkins (3-2).

Adonis Garcia opened the scoring with a towering two-run homer to left in the bottom of the first off Rochester starter Daniel Martinez. The blow, which scored Emilio Bonifacio from first, was Garcia’s eighth hit in six games with Gwinnett.

The Red Wings (18-17) cut into the 2-0 lead with a run in the bottom of the first on an RBI single to center by Max Kepler.

In the top of the third, the G-Braves extended the lead to 3-1 as Jace Peterson crushed a one-out double off the left field wall and scored on a long double to center by Matt Tuiasosopo.

The lead went to 4-1 in the top of the fifth as Rio Ruiz broke out of a slump with a two-out single to left and scored from first on a double to left-center on Anthony Recker’s first hit for Gwinnett since being acquired from the Cleveland Indians earlier in the week.

The Red Wings scored a run in the bottom of the sixth as James Beresford greeted Jenkins with a double to right, moved to third on a fly out and scored on a sacrifice fly to center by Kennys Vargas to cut the lead to 4-2.

Adam Walked singled

in Buck Britton after the latter doubled to make it a one-run game. Jenkins escaped further damage in the inning by getting Wilfredo Tovar to ground out to end the frame.

Rochester threatened to tie the game in the bottom of the seventh by putting a man on third with two outs, but reliever Sean Burnett got Kepler to pop out to short to end the inning.

Jenkins allowed three earned runs on eight hits over six innings while walking one and striking out three.

Jose Ramirez walked one and struck out one over 2/3 innings before Burnett allowed one hit in his one inning. Chris Withrow earned his first save of the season after getting the final four outs, including a strikeout.

Martinez gave up nine hits and four earned runs in five innings for Rochester while striking out five and walking one. Dan Runzler retired all four batters he faced, Alex Wimmer walked just one over 1 2/3 innings and Buddy Boshers allowed a hit in a scoreless ninth.

At the plate, Tuiasosopo was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI for the G-Braves and Emerson Landoni (2-for-4) and Peterson (2-for-4) each had two hits. Garcia’s home run was his lone hit of the game, extending his hitting streak to six games.

Beresford went 3-for-4, Byron Buxton was 2-for5 with a run and Britton went 2-for-4 with a run scored for the Red Wings.

The G-Braves head to Pawtucket for a threegame series against the Red Sox beginning tonight at 7:05 p.m.

Day shoots 63 for first-round lead reuterS

nine birdies in a bogeyfree display.

Jason Day lived up to Though he rued a missed birdie opportunity his status as the world’s No. 1 golfer as he charged on his penultimate hole, into a two-shot lead with Day picked up five shots a record-tying nine-under- over the closing stretch to become just the fifth par 63 in Thursday’s player to card a 63 at the opening round of the Players Championship at event widely regarded as the unofficial fifth major.

Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. “I played solid from tee Taking advantage of to green and I was very a receptive layout at the TPC Sawgrass with very confident with my putter,” Day said after finishing little rough and barely a breath of wind early on a two ahead of Cameron sun-drenched day ripe for Tringale, Bill Haas, Brendan Steele, Justin Rose low scoring, the longhitting Australian piled up and Shane Lowry.

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PUBLIC HEARINGS NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE OF RIGHT OF REDEMPTION STATE OF GEORGIA COUNTY OF GWINNETT To: • All Residents/Tenants/Occupants • All persons known or unknown who may claim an interest in property known as 0 Murphy Circle • William T. Wodicka and all heirs known and unknown of Marie J. Wodicka • Marie J. Wodicka and all heirs known and unknown of Marie J. Wodicka • William T. Wodicka • Leah Michelle Wodicka • Beverly W. Chandler • Cassandra M. Wodicka • William T. Wodicka, III • Gwinnett County, Georgia • City of Duluth, Georgia • State of Georgia Take notice that: Pursuant to O.C.G.A. §48-4-45 and §48-4-46, the right to redeem the following described property, to wit: Property Location: 0 Murphy Circle Map Reference No./Parcel No.: 7161022A will expire and be forever foreclosed and barred on June 10, 2016. The tax deed to which this notice relates is dated April 7, 2015, and is recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Gwinnett County, Georgia, in Deed Book 53564 at Page 0219.

The property may be redeemed at any time before the close of business on the aforementioned barment date, by payment of the redemption price as fixed and provided by law to Scope Rental Homes at the offices of the law firm of Clark Law Group, LLC, 17 Executive Park Drive, Ste. 480, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.

928-418367, 5/6,13,20,27 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE OF RIGHT OF REDEMPTION STATE OF GEORGIA COUNTY OF GWINNETT To: • All Residents/ Tenants/Occupants • All persons known or unknown who may claim an interest in property known as 2483 Bancroft Way • James M. Lee • U.S. Bank National Association • Kirkstone Homeowners Association, Inc. • Capital One Bank (USA), NA • Autovest, LLC • Phoenix Accounts Receivable III, LLC • FirstCity Mortgage, Inc. • Gwinnett County, Georgia • City of Buford • State of Georgia Take notice that: Pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 48-4-45 and § 48-4-46, the right to redeem the following described property, to wit: Property Location: 2483 Bancroft Way, Buford, GA 30519 Map Reference No./Parcel No.: R7100165 will expire and be forever foreclosed and barred on June 10, 2016. The tax deed to which this notice relates is dated April 7, 2015, and is recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Gwinnett County, Georgia, in Deed Book 53539 at Page 0834.

The property may be redeemed at any time before the close of business on the aforementioned barment date, by payment of the redemption price as fixed and provided by law to Scope Rental Homes at the offices of the law firm of Clark Law Group, LLC, 17 Executive Park Drive, Ste. 480, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.

928-418371, 5/6,13,20,27 NOTICE OF ABANDONED VEHICLE The following motor vehicle, advertised pursuant to O.C.G.A. Code Section 40-11-2, is being stored at: 884 Gainesville Hwy, Buford GA 30518 2006 Chevy Impala 2G1WB55K069358864 2004 FORD F150 1FTRX12W04NA78765 This vehicle is deemed abandoned and will be disposed of if not claimed by the legal owner or lienholder by 2/22/2016.

928-419484, 5/13,20 NOTICE OF ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLE 2000 Ford Explorer VIN: 1FMZU62X0YUB73994 License: V411AX Color: Maroon Body Style: SUV Abandoned on April 22, 2016 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The above vehicles are presently located at 5945 S Norcross Tucker RD., Bldg.

B, Norcross, GA 30093; phone (770) 840-8484 in possession of Billy’s Collision Center. Attempts to locate the owner has been unsuccessful. The vehicle is deemed abandoned under O.C.G.A. 40-11-2 and will be disposed of if not redeemed.

The notice is given pursuant to Georgia law.

928-418006, 5/6,13

NOTICE OF ABANDONED VEHICLE The following motor vehicle, advertised pursuant to O.C.G.A. Code Section 40-11-2, is being stored at: Amazing Motorsports LLC 6850 Buford Highway NE, Suite D, Doraville GA 30340 green Mazda 2001 MPV VIN number JM3LW28G310166157. black Lexus 1998 ES300 VIN number JT8BF28G54W5039494 This vehicle is deemed abandoned and will be disposed of if not claimed by the legal owner or lienholder by March 1, 2016.

928-415846, 5/13,20 McCullough Towing 4431 Buford Hwy Norcross, Ga 30071 770-263-8483 5/11/16 NOTICE OF ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLE The following vehicle, advertised to O.C.G.A.Code Section 40-11-12, is being stored at 4431 Buford Hwy, Norcross, Ga. 30071. 770263-8483.

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

The Vehicle was impounded from 2901 Buford Dr. Buford, Ga. on 5/5/16, at the request of the property owner or manager.

2002 Featherlite Horse Trailer VIN# 4FGL012222H055310 Tag# No Tag 928-419486, 5/13, 20

PUBLIC SALES/ AUCTIONS THESE VEHICLES WILL BE SOLD FOR PUBLIC OUTCRY FOR CASH AT STATEWIDE WRECKER SERVICE LOCATED AT 2775 SIMPSON CIRCLE, NORCROSS, GEORGIA AT 10:00 A.M. ON MAY 14, 2016. THE FOLLOWING VEHICLES ARE DECLARED ABANDONED AND FORECLOSED VEHICLES PURSUANT TO OCGA 40-11-5.

ESTOS VEHICULOS SERAN VENDIDOS AL PUBLICO POR DINERO EN EFECTIVO EN STATEWIDE WRECKER SERVICE LOCALIZADO EN 2775 SIMPSON CIRCLE, NORCROSS, GEORGIA A LAS 10:00 A.M. EN 14 MAYO 2016 . LOS SIGUIENTES VEHICULOS AN SIDO DECLARADOS ABANDONADOS Y CERRADOS DE ACUERDO A OCGA 40-11-5 NUEVA LOCALIZACION 770-381-1140 www. swsatlanta.com 1998 Honda CBR600 JH2PC2500WM705559 1997 Ford F-150 1FTEX17L2VNC65911 2004 Jeep Liberty 1J4GL58KX4W183140 1997 Lincoln Mark VII 1LNLM92VXVY727939 2012 Volkswagen CC WVWMP7AN5CE509475 2002 Ford Windstar 2FMZA52482BB89866 1997 Infiniti Q45 JNKBY31D5VM002748 2001 Honda CBR600 JH2PC35091M205205 2003 Mitsubishi Diamante 6MMAP67P03T007285 2004 Chevrolet Suburban 1GNFK16Z34R276200 1996 Honda Accord 1HGCD7250TA020235 2008 Chevrolet Impala 2G1WB58K581204499 1997 Lexus ES 300 JT8BF22G4V0063962 1998 Nissan Altima 1N4DL01D2WC172490 1997 Chevrolet Tahoe 1GNEK13RXVJ350163 1996 Acura 3.5 RL JH4KA9641TC013507 2005 BMW X5 5UXFA13545LY03144 1983 Oldsmobile NinetyEight 1G3AX69Y6DM896489 2000 Dodge Intrepid 2B3HD56J1YH242695 *** SALVAGE *** 2006 Chrysler PT Cruiser 3A4FY58BX6T212948 2004 Volvo S60 YV1RS59V642396498 1995 Lexus LS400 JT8UF22EXS0013800 1997 Buick Regal 2G4WB52K8V1410519 2003 Jeep Liberty 1J4GK58KX3W571227 1994 Honda Accord 1HGCD5637RA077215 1997 International 3000 1HVBGAAN4VA078703 2003 Toyota Corolla 1NXBR32E23Z087689 2003 Kia Spectra KNAFB121235243829 1999 Nissan Altima 1N4DL01D6XC160702 2000 Chevrolet Impala 2G1WF52K4Y9257273 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee 1J4GW58S4XC506112 2002 Honda Civic 1HGEM21972L090155 2012 Chax 4x8 Utility Trailer LN2UT1111CZ137232 2002 Honda CR-V SHSRD68442U001042 2000 Nissan Frontier 1N6ED26T4YC305967 2000 Mitsubishi Galant 4A3AA46G4YE130081 2000 Subaru Legacy 4S3BE635XY7213237

PUBLIC SALES/ AUCTIONS 2003 Honda CR-V JHLRD68443C013071 *** REBUILT *** 2000 Ford F-150 2FTRX17W6YCA42924 1997 Honda Civic JHMEJ6575VS019486 929-418109, 5/6,13 PUBLIC SALE In accordance with the provisions of State Law, there being due and unpaid charges for which the undersigned is entitled to satisfy an owner and/or manager’s lien of the goods hereinafter described and stored at Uncle Bob’s Self Storage located at: 2655 Langford Rd. Norcross, Ga. 30071, 770-2420468; And, due notice having been given, to the owner of said property and all parties known to claim an interest therein, and the time specified in such notice for payment of such having expired, the goods will be sold at public auction at the below stated location(s) to the highest bidder or otherwise disposed of on TUESDAY, April 24, 2016, @ 10:00 AM. SPACE NO.; CUSTOMER NAME; INVENTORY 126 Andrew Tuck- Household Goods/Furniture/ TVStereo Equipment/Boxes/ Landscaping equipment Brittnay Bowden293 Household Goods/Furniture 352 David L. Carr, Jr.- Boxes/Totes 929-416793, 5/6,13

PUBLIC AUCTION UNCLE BOB’S STORE #413 PUBLIC SALE In accordance with the provisions of State Law, there being due and unpaid charges for which the undersigned is entitled to satisfy an owner and/or manager’s lien of the goods hereinafter described and stored at Uncle Bob’s Self Storage located at: 875 Marathon Parkway Lawrenceville, GA 30046, 678-242-1441; And, due notice having been given, to the owner of said property and all parties known to claim an interest therein, and the time specified in such notice for payment of such having expired, the goods will be sold at public auction at the below stated location(s) to the highest bidder or otherwise disposed of AUCTION DATE: Tuesday, MAY 24, 2016 at 10:30 AM Space No. C u s t o m e r Name Inventory 2159 Lynn Rivers Household Goods/Furniture 4049 YMA Diamond Broker INC. Office Furniture/Machines/ Equipment 929-416799, 5/6,13 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE In accordance with Georgia Law Chapter 40-11-5 the following vehicles have been deemed abandoned and will be sold at a public sale on 5-26-16 @ 4:00 Said Vehicles are located at: 4766 STONE MTN. HWY BLDG B LILBURN, GA 30047 2004 NISSAN XTERRA VIN# 5N1ED28T74C612779

PUBLIC SALES/ AUCTIONS 2G2WS522951231933 2008 Pontiac G6 1G2ZF57B884273626 2006 Saturn VUE 5GZCZ53406S816328 2006 CAON 5x8 Trailer 4YMUL081X6G037947 2000 Yamaha Waverunner YAMA2146G001 929-419487, 5/13, 20

ZONINGS CITY OF DULUTH NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ANNEXATION/REZONING APPLICATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN (pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 3666-4) that a public hearing will be held before the City of Duluth City Council to consider a request (A#201502) from Claude Douglas Milam for the annexation of a 40.19± acre property identified as 1 Inspiration Drive, Duluth, Georgia. The property is also identified as Tax Parcel 7243 170. If annexed the subject property will then be rezoned from R-100 (Gwinnett County) to R-75 (City of Duluth).

The public is invited to attend this meeting before the City Council on the annexation/ rezoning request at Duluth City Hall, 3167 Main Street, Duluth, Georgia 30096. The meeting date, place and time regarding this matter are as follows: WHEN: June 13, 20167:00 p.m.

WHERE: City Hall Council Chambers 3167 Main Street Duluth, GA 30096 INTERESTED PERSONS IN THIS MATTER are invited to review the application for rezoning, which is on file with the Department of Planning and Development of the City of Duluth and to attend the public hearing at the date, time and place provided in this notice, to express their opinion on this matter. Written comments may also be received in lieu of testimony during the public hearing.

Written comments may be sent to the following address: City of Duluth ATTN: Rich Atkinson 3167 Main Street Duluth, GA 30096 OR Email: ratkinson@duluthga. net For more information, contact Rich Atkinson, Planning and Development, at (770) 476-1790. ********************* In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the City of Duluth is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for a person with a disability.

Please contact Teresa Lynn at (770) 476-3434 if special program accommodations are necessary and/or if program information is needed in an alternative format. Special requests must be made in a reasonable amount of time in order that accommodations can be arranged.

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PART-TIME

ADMINISTRATIVE IT/ DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR Small office in Duluth seeks person with excellent administrative skills. One to two years’ experience in ASP and SQL, MS Word, Excel, Access, and regular office duties. Professional appearance, dependable, ability to multi-task. Send resume w/salary history to ecaajob@gmail.com Non-Smoking Environment

Automotive Technician Must have own tools, 10+ yrs. of exp. This is a full time & compensation is based on skill level. If interested call 770-466-7143.

CABINETRY All high end residential cabinetry.

Must have experience with lacquer paint finishes, stain, glazing, antiquing, etc.

Also must have cabinet construction experience. **Absolutely not willing to train for this position.** We offer benefits package after 90 days including insurance, IRA plans, paid vacation and holidays for full time employees.

Please contact us at 706-654-9135 or email resume and/ or experience list to stewart@sccscs. com CONSTRUCTION/ ASPHALT Very Busy Asphalt Paving Co. in Buford is looking for several responsible, and reliable applicants to work with the paving crew. Loop and shovel experience a plus, but willing to train.

Must have reliable transportation to and from Buford.

Call 770-945-7884

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McCullough Towing Auction List 4431 Buford Hwy. Norcross, Ga 30071 770-263-8483 Saturday, May 21st 2016@ 1:00pm 1997 Acura CL 19UYA1256VL015639 2003 BMW X5 5UXFB33583LH49145 2000 Buick Century 2G4WS52J6Y1152187 2005 Chevrolet Impala 2G1WF52E259170221 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt 1G1AL52F457551937 2005 Chevrolet Venture 1GNDV23E65D136291 1999 Chevrolet Tahoe 1GNEK13R3XJ338262 2006 Dodge Caravan 1D4GP25R16B713874 2004 Ford Explorer 1FMZU63KX4ZA03013 1998 Honda Civic 1HGEJ6675WL050881 1998 Honda Accord 1HGCG5657WA133397 1999 Honda Civic 2HGEJ8647XH556907 2004 Kia Sorento KNDJD733645303042 2005 Mazda Mazda6 1YVFP80C355M61163 2002 Mercedes Benz S500 WDBNG75J02A282437 2001 Mercury Cougar 1ZWFT61L315616415 1999 Nissan Frontier 1N6DD26S8XC325270 1999 Polaris JCPLE07885C999 2002 Pontiac Montana 1GMDX03E82D191209 2005 Pontiac Grand Prix 2

INDEPENDENT CONTRACT CARRIER, PT EARN EXTRA CA$H Part Time Independent Contract Carriers needed to deliver newspapers to residential Rockdale and Fayette County areas. Earn $1000 to $1500 per month(paid weekly). Must be able to cover fuel costs for the first week of operation. Contract position. 1099 issued at end of year. Hours 1:00am to 6:00am Mon - Sun (can vary slightly). Reliable transportation, valid driver’s license, current insurance required. Must have your own substitute if you can’t deliver your route. Responses must be sent to: ajcfulfillmentadmins@ coxinc.com and should include name, zip code and phone number.

FARMS, LOTS & ACREAGE FOR SALE NEWTON COUNTY 1 ACRE LOT Close to Jackson Lake. $15,000.

Owner Finance or Cash Sale - Make Offer! Call 404-516-1388 COMMERCIAL PROPERTY FOR SALE

Newton, Covington

For Sale or Rent

WHEN: June 13, 2016 7:00 p.m.

WHERE: City Hall Council Chambers 3167 Main Street Duluth, GA 30096 PERSONS INTERESTED IN THIS MATTER are invited to review the application for rezoning, which is on file with the Department of Planning and Development of the City of Duluth and to attend the public hearing at the date, time and place provided in this notice, to express their opinion on this matter. Written comments may also be received in lieu of testimony during the public hearing.

Written comments may be sent to the following address: City of Duluth ATTN: Rich Atkinson 3167 Main Street Duluth, GA 30096 OR Email: ratkinson@duluthga. net For more information, contact Rich Atkinson, Planning and Development, at (770) 476-1790. ********************* In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the City of Duluth is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for a person with a disability.

Please contact Teresa Lynn at (770) 476-3434 if special program accommodations are necessary and/or if program information is needed in an alternative format. Special requests must be made in a reasonable amount of time in order that accommodations can be arranged.

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GERMAN SHEPHERDS

FORD FOCUS SE, 2015 Blue Candy, Stk#P8207 $13,000 800-PREOWNED

APTS/DUP/CONDOS/ T’HOMES FOR RENT

Experienced Only Must Have Own Tools & Transportation.

Norcross

DULUTH - Room for rent. Quiet home with dogs. Wifi, cable, util., alarm system incl. Ready in 2 weeks, showing now. $500/mo.

404-314-6457

DRIVERS

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

770-409-4908 OFFICE MANAGER Monroe Automotive Shop seeking Office Manager with Service Writing Skills.

Experience Required.

CONTACT EWING AUTOMOTIVE 770-972-2236

PLUMBING SERVICE TECH & WAREHOUSE HELP 678-625-7270 PART-TIME Remodeler/Helper Elderly Vet Larry Gray needs Jr. or Sr. high school student after school and summer part-time. Construction. Paid daily.

Call 678-794-1080.

LAWRENCEVILLE Treasure Chest Presents Living Estate Sale of June Rice 2618 Pierce Brennen Ct. Lawrenceville, GA 30043 Fri-Sat-Sun May 13,14,15 9:00 am to 5:00pm each day.

Limited parking, do not block driveways.

See pictures on estatesales.net. Contact William Atkinson@windstream.net Cell phone 77-846-8173 LAWRENCEVILLE Wynnfield Manor Community Garage Sales Sat. 5/14, 8am-?

Route 20 off Rock Springs. Great bargains for everyone!

Watch for signs!

Rain or Shine!

WHITE RARE. AKC, shots & dewormed.

Happy & healthy. Avail.

5/10. $750. Text/call 706-975-4486 pics/info.

LABRADOR RETRIEVER AKC Registered, 4 Blacks, 3 Yellows, and 1 Fox Red puppy left to be sold. Certified Hips, Great parents who are both hunting dogs and family pets. Puppies born 3/25, Ready to go soon. Shots and dewormed. Call 770-5613843 OTHER ANIMALS DONKEY MINIATURE FEMALE DONKEY FOR SALE. 11 months old.

Great pet. $425.

Call Pat 404-626-7921.

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MOVING SALE 5/13 & 5/14, 10-6.

1393 Barrett Bluff Circle.

Furn., Treadmill, kitchen & household items.

LILBURN Huge Garage Sale!

1658 OLEANDER DR. Antiques, rugs, bikes, glassware, clothing, lawn mowers, collectibles, etc. MAY 12TH, 13TH, & 14TH, 9-5

APPLIANCES

FITNESS/HEALTH/ SPORTING GOODS CRAFTMATIC BED, Twin size with #2 mattress, $450.

BATTERY OPERATED JAZZY CHAIR, $450.

CALL 770-979-8160

BMW 3 SERIES 328I, 2011 Space Gray Metallic, Stk#660292A $17,000 877-698-5030

CADILLAC DTS, 2008 Purchased NEW Black with black leather. High Mileage but well maintained with records…

New radiator, tie rods, wheel bearings, brake and transmission service in March.

Immaculate inside and out. $5995 Cell: 404-906-8938.

DODGE GRAND CARAVAN SE, 2014 Brilliant Black Crystal, Stk#670270A $16,200 877-698-5030

BUFORD HOA SUBDIVISION GARAGE SALE, Sat., May 14th 8-2:00.Huntington Park subd on Gravel Springs Road.

CONYERS, 30013

ESTATE SALE 2446 Fieldstone Dr. Fieldstone Subdivision FRI. & SAT. MAY 13TH & 14TH 8:30AM-5PM WHOLE HOUSE ESTATE! • G.E. Profile Refrigerator • Tools • Fishing Equipment • Antiques • Thomasville Dining Room Suite • Noritake China Set • Super Nice Corner China • Antique Roll Top Desk • Assorted Rugs All Household Will Be Sold Including Beautiful Brick Home with Masonary Fireplace and Full Basement For Sale!

On Nice Corner Lot.

Neighborhood Yard Sale Going This Weekend Too!

FORD TRANSIT CONNECT XLT VAN, 2015 Frozen White, Stk#P8262 $19,307 800-PREOWNED

HONDA CIVIC SEDAN 4 DR CVT LX, 2014 Crystal Black Pearl, Stk#620324A $15,500 877-698-5030

HONDA CIVIC SEDAN CVT LX, 2015 Alabaster Silver Metallic, Stk#8550 $16,200 877-698-5030

HONDA CR-V EX-L RES FWD, 2012 Polished Metal Metallic, Stk#620256A $16,800 877-698-5030

FURNITURE/ HOUSEHOLD GOODS ESTATE SALE. Queen iron bed, traditional Bassett BR set, twin bed & mattresses, computer desk, office bookcases, china cabinet, lamps, & toys.

Suwanee area. Call for more info. 770-813-8575

FORD ESCAPE S, 2014 Impact Blue, Stk#FFC84482A $16,673 800-PREOWNED

TICKETS

GARAGE SALES

FORD FUSION SE SD, 2016 Ruby Red, Stk#P8252 $17,827 800-PREOWNED

LAWRENCEVILLE, 30045

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

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

Dishwasher $100 & up. Different colors.

Del/1 yr warr.

Tim 404-205-2222

ROOMMATE WANTED /ROOM FOR RENT

CDL CLASS A

LAWRENCEVILLE LARGE YARD SALE Fri. & Sat., 5/13 & 14 2762 TONY DRIVE Electronics, Household, Miscellaneous!

REAL ESTATE FOR RENT

DOOR INSTALLER WANTED

Doraville Company Needs

LAWRENCEVILLE LARGE COMMUNITY YARD SALE SAT., 5/14, 8AM-1PM. Chandler Pond Subd., near Collins Hill Library.

SUGAR HILL BIG MOVING SALE All Home Goods and Furniture Must Go! Friday & Saturday, 5/13 & 14, 9am-3pm.

5476 Pine Dale Circle

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

Starting @ $900/mo.

B.C. PROPERTIES 770-446-1550 770-995-8828

CALL 770-446-1196

FRI & SAT, 5/13 & 14, 9AM-3PM. NORTH CLIFF COMMUNITY Off of Simonton Road.

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

Call 770-241-9685.

No soliciting.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN (pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 3666-4) that a public hearing will be held before the City of Duluth City Council to consider a request (Z#2015-01) from Claude Douglas Milam for the rezoning of a property totaling 37.7± acres identified as 1 Inspiration Drive, Duluth, Georgia. The property is also identified as Tax Parcel 7243 001. Request is to rezone subject property from RA200 (City) to R-75 (City).

The public is invited to attend this meeting before the City Council on the rezoning request at Duluth City Hall, 3167 Main Street, Duluth, Georgia 30096. The meeting date, place and time regarding this matter are as follows:

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COMMUNITYWIDE YARD SALE

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CITY OF DULUTH NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING REZONING APPLICATION

DOGS

LAWRENCEVILLE FULL TIME

VIN# 1D8GU58K07W636593 2007 DODGE NITRO 929-418251, 5/6,13 Notice of Sale OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Date of Auction June 3, 2016 at 11:00am According to the lease by and between: Unit 275 James OHeir and TKG-StorageMart, DBA StorageMart #701, and its related parties, assigns and affiliates. In order to perfect the lien on the goods contained in the storage unit the manager has cut the lock on their units and upon a cursory inspection the units were found to hold clothes. ITEMS WILL BE SOLD OR DISPOSED OF AT THIS SITE ON, June 3, 2016 AT 11:00 AM AT THE ADDRESS LISTED BELOW TO SATISFY OWNERS LIEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATE STATUTES. TERMS OF SALE ARE CASH ONLY, NO CHECKS WILL BE ACCEPTED. ALL GOODS ARE SOLD IN “AS IS” CONDITION. TAX MUST BE PAID OR RESALE NUMBERS FURNISHED. BUYERS MUST PROVIDE THEIR OWN LOCKS IF NEEDED. SELLER RESERVES THE RIGHT TO OVERRIDE ALL BIDS. ALL ITEMS OR SPACES MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE ON DATE OF SALE. StorageMart 701 794 Scenic Highway Lawrenceville, GA 30046 770-236-9260 929-419485, 5/13,20

GARAGE SALES

HAWAII 2 ROUND TRIP AIR FARES Leave Atlanta $199 Each 1-800-325-8816 MISC. FOR SALE BABY BED & mattress, 4 drawer filing cabinet, 2 tall bookcases, 1 oak bookcase. City limits of Duluth, 770-623-1119 TOOLS & EQUIPMENT

LOGANVILLE EQUIPMENT/TOOLS LIQUIDATION SALE Electronics repair test equip., scopes, analizers, movers, vintage radios, TV’s, tubes and parts formerly Harold’s Electronics.

Anyone Interested Should Contact 770-466-4271 To Discuss Package.

HYUNDAI ELANTRA GLS SEDAN, 2012 Red Allure, Stk#FY241562A $8,995 866-697-9241 Gwinnett Place

FORD ESCAPE SE UT, 2015 Ingot Silver, Stk#P8260 $17,499 800-PREOWNED

FORD F-150 SUPER CAB, 1996 Fair cond. Check engine light is on. Needs tune up/paint job. Excellent Body - No Dents!

New tires, interior in good cond. 200K miles. $3000. Serious inquiries only call 770-256-4196.

HYUNDAI ELANTRA SEDAN SE, 2015 Monaco White, Stk#8559 $13,900 877-698-5030

FORD FIESTA SE HB, 2015 Performance Blu, Stk#P8250 $11,852 800-PREOWNED

INFINITI G37 JOURNEY SEDAN, 2013 Smoky Quartz, Stk#P5302A $18,967 866-697-9241 Gwinnett Place

FORD FOCUS SE, 2014 Race Red, Stk#P8205 $11,000 800-PREOWNED

LEXUS ES 300H, 2013 Blue, Stk#U40975 $30,990 770-680-1000

PETS/LIVESTOCK

DOGS

ENGLISH BULLDOG PUPS, AKC Texas Champion blood lines. Show quality. Beautiful markings. Parents on site. Must see!

Serious inquiries call for appointment 678-925-3763 678-727-3040

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World wide the market for this car is over $20,000. This is one of the best in the world.

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MAZDA CX-9 FWD TOURING, 2013 Dolphin Gray Mica, Stk#D670351A $20,000 877-698-5030

NISSAN PATHFINDER S SUV, 2014 Cayenne Red, Stk#GC603659A $21,985 866-697-9241 Gwinnett Place

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TOYOTA CAMRY XLE SEDAN, 2014 Classic Silver, Stk#FBC40996A $17,097 800-PREOWNED

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MERCEDES BENZ 560 SL ROADSTER, 1987: Low Miles. $8,000 just spent on new custom burgandy paint & new tan german leather. 2 Tops.

Babied & Beautiful.

Best Car Fax possible. Hagerty & Nada values these cars at $22,200-$42,200.

Super Collector Car. Will probably be the fastest appreciating 80’s collector cars over the next 5-10 years.

Only $13,700 770-873-2627

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TOYOTA COROLLA 4DR SEDAN LE, 2013 Magnetic Gray Metallic, Stk#640543A $13,400 877-698-5030

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• Borders • Stairways • Medallions Free Estimates Insured/Certified Michael Nanni

770-867-9670

NISSAN PATHFINDER, 2014 Brilliant Silver, Stk#670160A $20,600 877-698-5030

COACHMAN/CLASS C, 31 ft., 2001, V10 Triton engine, 43,000 miles, all new tires, many upgrades. Recently serviced at Courtesy Ford. $18,500. 470-205-3702

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• Flicks on the Bricks, Food Truck Friday — Duluth’s Food Truck Fridays and Flicks on the Bricks movie event return at 6 p.m. They are on the Town Green each first and third Friday through October. Vendors serve refreshments, and there are inflatables and face-painting for kids. For information about the lineup for each week, visit duluthga.net/fridaysnduluth.

Saturday, May 21 • Quarry Crusher Run Atlanta At 8 a.m. the Vulcan Materials Quarry in Norcross will be the unique site of a new road race to benefit the Gwinnett County Public Schools Foundation, Meadowcreek High School, Louise Radloff Middle School and Meadowcreek Elementary School.

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Sweet Tooth Ice Cream Cafe 178 E. Crogan St., Suite 200 Lawrenceville, Ga., 30046 770-963-1009 sweettoothicecream.com

A mint chocolate chip milkshake, a triple bowl of Superman, mint basil and Chocolate Fetish ice cream and a pralines and cream cone are some of the items available at Sweet Tooth Ice Cream Cafe in downtown Lawrenceville.

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Open Since: May 2014 Owner: Ronak Patel Location: In downtown Lawrenceville, on the strip of shops facing Crogan Street. It is one block away from the Lawrenceville Square and is next to Sparkle Designs. The city parking deck and visitor’s center is across the street. It is within walking distance of several downtown restaurants.

Hours: Open from 1-7 p.m. on Sundays and Mondays, noon to 7 p.m. on Tuesdays through Thursdays and noon to 10 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.

Atmosphere: The atmosphere of Sweet Tooth Ice Cream Cafe takes its cues from its setting in Lawrenceville’s historic downtown area.

The exposed-brick wall from when the building was constructed in the 19th century runs along the seating area. Patel opted against altering the interior too much by staying away from installing more than one TV in the building, or any LCD menu screens.

The price lists are written on chalks boards located both behind the serving counter and on a wall in the seating area.

The wording and artwork on the boards are changed out seasonally, Patel said.

“When I first began building here, or first started to make plans for how I wanted to lay out the place, a lot of friends and family were telling me, ‘Oh, you should do LCD screens and just

ON THE MENU • Ice Cream: $2.95 for single-scoop cup, $3.97 for a single-scoop waffle cone or a double-scoop cup; $4.48 for a double-scoop cone or a triple-scoop cup; $5.99 for a triple-scoop cone. Available in a wide variety of flavors.

• Milkshake: $3.97 for a regular and $4.98 for a large.

Available in a wide variety of flavors.

• Coffee: $1.51 for a regular and $2 for a large.

• Sundaes: $4.48 for a regular and $5.99 with turtle or peanut butter cup added. Available in a wide variety of flavors.

• Slushie: $3.97. Available in multiple flavors.

make it all modern,’” he said. “But that’s not how the city of Lawrenceville is.

“They maintain the old charm, so I was like, ‘You know what? I’m going to do chalk boards instead of LCD screens.

I’m going to have wooden tables with just flowers on there. Nothing too much. Just keep it simple.’”

A novel twist on the look of the shop — and a fun way to pass the time if you can find them all — is the incorporation of mustaches that are located around the store.

Patel explained that the mustaches are inspired by the shop’s logo, which features a scoop of ice cream that has a mustache. Patel said it began with trying to give his logo a “rustic, more gentlemanlike” look, which led to the mustache. From there, it snowballed into a theme.

“I guess it developed because once I made the logo, I was going around to different antique shops looking for stuff, and one thing you can find in an antique shop is something with a mustache on it,” he said.

Menu: The ice cream flavors offered at Sweet

Tooth include many traditional flavors, as well as some specialty flavors that are unique to this shop.

Two of the most popular flavors at the cafe are Superman — which Patel explained is vanilla with “Superman colors added in” — and pralines and cream.

Chocolate lovers can also indulge their taste buds with a flavor called “Chocolate Fetish,” which Patel said is one of the shop’s softer ice creams. It includes chocolate ice cream, chocolate syrup and chocolate chips. The syrup is what makes the ice cream softer, Patel said.

The shop offers about 16 flavors of ice cream.

Other flavors include vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, butter pecan, chocolate chip cookie dough, cookies and cream, mint chocolate chip, peanut butter cup, rum raisin, maple walnut, pistachio almond, coffee and strawberry cheesecake. The list of flavors expands in the summer months when business picks up.

Popular specialty flavors include mint basil and masalachi that mixes the flavor of black tea with spices such as

Above, Sweet Tooth Ice Cream Cafe owner Ronak Patel puts scoops of mint chocolate chip ice cream into a cup to make a milkshake on Tuesday. At left is the logo for the store, which opened in downtown Lawrenceville two years ago.

ginger. The specialty flavors are rolled out during the summer, although the mint basil is already available because of its popularity.

Other menu options include Italian ice in flavors such as watermelon, blue raspberry, lemon and pink lemonade; milkshakes, malt shakes, sundaes, slushies and strawberry, black raspberry, orange and lime sherbet.

Ice cream, sherbet and Italian ice can be purchased in single, double or triple scoops on a

waffle cone or in a cup.

Prices for ice cream, Italian ice, sherbet, sundaes, milkshakes, malt shakes, slushies and coffee range from $1.51 to $5.99. Custom ordered ice cream cakes can also be purchased for $21.19.

Something You Might Not Know: The Eastern feel of many of the specialty flavors served at Sweet Tooth are influenced by Patel’s Indian heritage and the cooking recipes used by his mother and grandmother.

He explained that, although he was born in the

United States, his parents were born in India and he therefore grew up eating foods that had a lot of Indian spices in them.

Examples of the Indian influence on the specialty flavors are the masalachi and the saffron pistachio, Patel said.

The masalachi in particular was influenced

by Patel’s upbringing. He explained black tea is a popular drink in Indian culture and he found it hard to locate a restaurant that served a chai tea that tasted as good as his grandmother’s tea recipe.

GWINNETT EATS A selection of local eateries recently featured in the Gwinnett Daily Post: La Madeleine Country French Cafe La Madeleine is a single-menu restaurant that offers breakfast, lunch and dinner, with breakfast being served all day. After receiving a hearty “Bonjour” from the greeter, guests are able to look at the menu for an entree before stepping into a cafeteria-style line to choose from additional options such as soups, salads and French hot plates a la carte. The dining experience is rustic, and the restaurant features a double-sided fireplace that splits the dining area, adding to its homey feel.

1795 Mall of Georgia Blvd., Buford, 678-714-2773, lamadeleine. com Bare Bones Steakhouse Bare Bones is a 40-year-old dream come to life for owners Buddy and Gaye Maughon. The restaurant, which Buddy describes as a “common man’s steakhouse,” has a casual-enough feel, boasting a spacious layout and an at once antiquated and modern style.

In addition to the steaks, which Buddy hand-cuts, popular dishes include the jumbo onion rings — made with tempura batter, SarVecchio cheese, Georgia honey and

chili flakes — and a take on shrimp and grits.

115 E. Main St., Buford, 470266-1890, barebonessteakhouse. com Oni Japanese Steakhouse Oni offers many staples of Japanese culture and has a general peaceful atmosphere, with laidback music playing so that, even when the chefs are cooking on the hibachi grills, people who come by to eat in a small group can easily talk to each other without having to raise their voices to be heard.

Some of the popular items on the menu include miso soup, filet mignon hibachi dinner, dishes with salmon, spring rolls and sushi rolls that have salmon or yellowtail.

2944 Rosebud Road, Loganville, 470-299-8350, onisteakhouse.com Naya’s Cafe The small cafe has seating for about 30 people, including table and lunch counter seating. Naya’s Cafe offers a wide range of dishes from which to choose, including salads, burgers, appetizers, seafood and grilled and fried chicken.

Some popular dishes include Clucks in a Tux, which is chicken and fries arranged to look like a tuxedo, and grilled chicken and turkey tips. One of the most popular items served at the restaurant is

a dish that can’t be found on the menu: fish tacos.

3153 Sugarloaf Parkway, Suite 101, Lawrenceville, 773-557-5651, www.facebook.com/Nayas-Cafe-122295131450829/ Pub Ten Popular with the after-work crowd, Pub Ten is an American casual gastropub with the feel of a traditional Irish or English pub, in part because of its popularity where people congregate, socialize and share laughs together. The restaurant mixes old-school and modern elements in its design, and popular dishes include the crab salad, the Glenn’s (Upside Down) Wonton Nachos with Pulled Korean BBQ Brisket.

5270 Peachtree Parkway, Suite 118B, Peachtree Corners, 404-4313478, www.facebook.com/Pubten Sugar Hill Subs Sugar Hill Subs is a locally owned sub shop offering patrons a fast-casual dining experience with a warm, inviting atmosphere.

Sugar Hill Subs offers a selection of subs, salads and soups. A customer favorite is the gyro made with traditional beef/lamb gyro meat, lettuce, onion, tomatoes, Tzatziki sauce, hummus and cucumber served in a warm pita.

4450 Nelson Brogdon Blvd.,

Suite A8, Sugar Hill, 770-831-7540, www.facebook.com/Sugarhillsubs-452988704712504 Taqueria del Mar Taqueria del Mar offers a casual dining atmosphere that’s perfect a variety of occasions, from friends looking to meet up and a catch up over some specialty tacos to families wanting to get out of the house and enjoy a meal together.

Taqueria del Mar offers a selection of specialty tacos and true to it’s name del mar, which means from sea, there is a focus on seafood.

5075 Peachtree Parkway, Suite 105 A, Peachtree Corners, 678820-9836, www.taqueriadelmar. com Hog and Ale Smokehouse The smokehouse has a casual, neighborhood barbecue joint feel with wood-lined walls, a selection of house-made sauces on each table and country music subtly playing in the background.

Hog and Ale offers a selection of slow-smoked meats — including beef brisket, pork butt and chicken — smoked over red and white oak and hickory, as well as homemade sides.

5450 Peachtree Parkway, Peachtree Corners, 678-585-1514, www.facebook.com/HogandAleSmokehouse

Sugo Sugo is a family-run restaurant that offers customers a warm, inviting atmosphere and a casual, yet upscale dining environment.

Sugo offers a fusion menu inspired by Castelluci’s Greek and Italian heritage with a slight twist of chef Ricardo Soto’s Spanish heritage. A house specialty is the Meatball Al Sugo — made with roasted tomatoes, caramelized onions, dates and tomato basil sauce — which was featured by the Food Network.

10305 Medlock Bridge Road, Johns Creek, 770-817-8000, www. sugorestaurant.com The Magnolia Place Restaurant The Magnolia Place Restaurant is located in a picturesque, white Antebellum-style home with columns and a large front porch offering a couple of rockers, benches and a wicker chair for seating. The Magnolia Place Restaurant offers a buffet of homecooked Southern fare, which includes old-fashioned staples such as baked chicken, made-from-scratch macaroni and cheese, buttermilk biscuits, chicken tenders, country fried steak and green beans.

41 W. Candler St., Winder, 678-975-7048, www.magnoliaplacerestaurant.com

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Fla., and Nova Scotia, the gazebo in Lawrenceville, old machinery and a painting from her photograph taken in the Olsen House of Andrew Wyeth fame.

Many of these works are pulled from Dillon’s extensive travel.

“I love to travel to places both near and far, as Holley Calmes long as there is something to tweak my curiosity,” from her own photography, Dillon says. and the work she is creatAfter traveling from ing in photography alone, places as widely flung as both representational and Nova Scotia, Italy and abstract. “Thus, ‘From the Japan, Maine and New Mind’ in the title of the Mexico, she has acquired a exhibit,” Dillon said. vast treasure of memories There are 20 works of from which to pull ideas. art in the exhibition cover“I am helped by painting ing such subjects as Aton site and taking camera lanta architecture, the Rail- records of places and times way Museum in Duluth, that peak my interest,” she birds of both St Augustine, says.

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HUDGENS CENTER FOR THE ARTS Gwinnett Center, 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Suite 300, Duluth 770-623-6002 www.thehudgens.org • Last Friday of the month: Toddler Fridays • Ongoing: Selected works from the permanent collection on display INFINITE ENERGY ARENA 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth 770-813-7500 www.infiniteenergycenter.com • June 15-19: Cirque du Soleil’s “TORUK — The First Flight” inspired by James Cameron’s “Avatar” • Ongoing: Atlanta Gladiators • Ongoing: Georgia Swarm INFINITE ENERGY THEATER 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth 770-813-7500 www.infiniteenergycenter.com • Through May 14: ALL STARS Performing Arts presents “Inspiration!”

• May 15: Geet-Rung School of Dance and Music — Annual Recital • May 16: Georgia Symphony Orchestra and Chorus presents “Tchaikovsky The Great” • May 20-22: Northeast Atlanta Ballet presents “Beauty and the Beast” • May 21: Gwinnett Ballet Theatre Recital • May 27-28: Chambers Performing Arts presents “Happy Days are Here Again” • May 28: Chambers Performing Arts presents “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” KUDZU ART ZONE 116 Carlyle St., Norcross 770-840-9844 www.kudzuartzone.org • Through June 2: “After the Rain” and “Lessons I’ve Learned” member exhibit • Through Aug. 13: “Think Big” • May 19-26: Southeastern Pastel Society LIONHEART THEATRE 10 College St. N.W., Norcross 678-938-8518 www.lionhearttheatre.org • Through May 22: “You Can’t Take it With You” NEW DAWN THEATER Mall Corners, 3650-A Satellite Blvd., Duluth 678-887-5015 www.newdawntheatercompany.com • May 28: Mark Pitt’s Elvis Concert “Support to our Troops and Veterans” NEW LONDON THEATRE 2338 Henry Clower Blvd., Snellville 770-559-1484 www.newlondontheatre.org • Through May 29: “Art”

ATLANTA ATLANTA ALLIANCE THEATRE 1280 Peachtree St. N.E., Atlanta 404-733-4650 www.alliancetheatre.org • Through May 15: “Born for This: The BeBe Winans Story” ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDENS 1345 Piedmont Ave. N.E., Atlanta 404-876-5859 www.atlantabg.org • Through Oct. 30: Chihuly in the Garden • May 14: Endangered Species Day • Sept. 24: Garden of Eden Ball • Ongoing: Edible Garden Outdoor Kitchen cooking demos every weekend • Ongoing: Science Café second Sundays through October • Ongoing: Orchid Market Weekends • Ongoing: Garden Tours ATLANTA HISTORY CENTER 130 W. Paces Ferry Road N.W., Atlanta 404-814-4000 www.atlantahistorycenter.com • Ongoing: Wednesday Living Room Learning Series • Ongoing: Homeschool Days CENTER FOR PUPPETRY ARTS 1404 Spring St. N.W., Atlanta 404-873-3391 www.puppet.org • Through May 15: Xperimental Puppetry Theater • Through May 22: “Beauty and the Beast” CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF ATLANTA 275 Centennial Olympic Park Drive, Atlanta 404-659-5437 www.childrensmuseumatlanta. org • Sundays: Eat a Georgia Rainbow • Through May 23: Weekday Halfternoons • Mondays through May 23: Tiny Club Mondays • May 28: Memorial Day Weekend Summer Bash • Through May 31: Mystery of the Mayan Medallion Exhibit • Ongoing: Gateway to the World exhibit • Ongoing: Step Up To Science exhibit • Ongoing: Tools for Solutions exhibit • Ongoing: Fundamentally Food exhibit • Ongoing: Let Your Creativity Flow exhibit • Ongoing: Leaping Into Learning exhibit • Ongoing: Music and Movement, Arts Studio • Ongoing: Eat a Georgia Rainbow, storytime • Ongoing: Super Spectacular Science Show • Ongoing: The Science Wondershop • Ongoing: Mini-Musical: Civilian Investigation • Ongoing: Story Time: A Reading of “The Chocolate Tree: A Mayan Folktale”, “The Rain Player” and “Mario’s Mayan Journey”

lence in the Atlanta Artists’ Center, she has also been a board member of the Southeastern Pastel Society. She has received honors such as election.

The Gallery at St. Edwards’ is located in the Chapel area of the church.

Groups are welcomed, and times can be arranged for Dillon to give a personal tour by calling the church at 770-923-5110.

Holley Calmes is a freelance writer and public relations consultant specializing in the arts.

Email her at hcalmes@ mindspring.com.

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• Ongoing:Art Studio: MayanInspired Crafts • Ongoing:Build It Lab • Ongoing:Target Free Second Tuesday COBB ENERGY PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE 2800 Cobb Galleria Parkway, Atlanta 770-916-2800 www.cobbenergycentre.com • Through May 15: The Atlanta Opera presentsRomeo and Juliet • May 20-22: Atlanta Ballet presents MAYhem Kissed

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FOX THEATRE 660 Peachtree St. N.E., Atlanta 404-881-2100 foxtheatre.org • May 24-29: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical FERNBANK MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 767 Clifton Road N.E., Atlanta 404-929-6300 www.fernbankmuseum.org • Through July 31: “Wild Music” • Through Aug. 14: “Creatures of Light: Nature’s Bioluminescence” • May 21: Archeology Day • May 27: Fernbank Forest Night Tour

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phy friends is always an opportunity to learn new skills and techniques with people of like interest in intriguing settings,” she says.

Dillon’s history in the art world has developed over the years. An art major at Ohio State University, she also studied printmaking at Columbus College in Georgia. She was an Army wife until her husband’s retirement.

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Photography has increasingly become an important part of her art environment. It is her latest “intense interest.” As well as recording visuals to use later as works in other mediums, photography itself has become an art form in itself.

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Artist Mikki Dillon has been the curator at St. Edwards’ Gallery in Lawrenceville for years now, always presenting wonderful work made by gifted area artists. Now she is showing viewers her own wonderful creations in an exhibition titled “In the World and From the Mind.”

This exhibition opened in April and will continue through July 8. St. Edwards’ Gallery is located in St. Edwards’ Episcopal Church at 737 Moon Road in Lawrenceville. Hours for viewing are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday and the experience is free to the public.

The exhibition is a combination of Dillon’s plein air paintings, pastels done

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Pitbull bringing ‘Bad Man’ tour to Philips Arena

BY KATE CROXTON Staff Intern

Global superstar and Grammy Award-winning artist Pitbull will launch a North American tour this summer with Latin megastar singer-songwriter Prince Royce. “The Bad Man Tour,” named after Pitbull’s recent single, will kick off July 6 and will visit Atlanta’s Philips Arena on July 28 at 7 p.m. Special guests are scheduled to join the tour and will be revealed soon. Live Nation is promoting the tour, and latest news and updates can be found at www.thebadmantour.com.

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Armando Christian Perez, globally known as Pitbull, has landed No. 1 hits in more than 15 countries.

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He is preparing to release his 10th full-length album, “Climate Control.”

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EDITOR’S NOTE: Film Fans features local residents reviewing the movie of the week:“Captain America: Civil War.” To be a film fan, email features@gwinnettdailypost.com.

STANDOUT PERFORMANCE

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OVERALL IMPRESSION

Pass: A very good blend of action sequences, drama and humor throughout the film; characterizations that are worth the viewer’s emotional investment; stunning CGI and other effects that enhance the story.

Fail: If you didn’t catch the previous “Captain America” film “The Winter Soldier,” you’ll be somewhat lost as you try to pick up the story thread; there are some very slow parts of the movie here and there; otherwise, “Civil War” packs quite a wallop for the price of admission.

As is typical with many of the other “Avengers” flicks, “Civil War” heavily relies on an ensemble cast. In this case, all of the main actors did very well reprising their roles as Captain America, Iron Man, Hawkeye, Black Widow, Scarlet Witch, Ant-Man, etc. New characters Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman) and Spider-Man (Tom Holland) make the party even more exciting and fun. The continuous bantering between the characters really makes the film that much more entertaining.

Marvel Comics fans and those who caught the previous 12 “Avengers”-themed flicks will go ga-ga over “Civil War.” Even if you missed its predecessor “The Winter Soldier,” you’ll still be greatly entertained by “Civil War.”

“Civil War” is best experienced on the big screen, but it’s also worth adding to your DVD library.

Even though there were slow parts to “Civil War” that included a lot of dialogue, I found it overall to be a thrilling ride that deftly mixed a lot of witty gag lines in with the numerous fight scenes. And yes, Stan Lee makes his typical cameo appearance in “Civil War” and even gets a good laugh from the audience doing so. “Civil War” is a popcorn-muncher’s paradise for fanboys and casual viewers alike, and will be a blockbuster at the box office for weeks to come.

Pass: Visually, this is a pretty stunning film. The flying sequences are thrilling to watch and the costumes are inventive and unique.

Fail: Like many superhero movies of late, this one takes itself a little too seriously and all these A-list actors are playing it way too straight. The biggest failure here is its plodding pace and overall lack of humor. Civil War runs almost two and a half hours. It would have benefited from some editing, in my opinion.

My favorite performances were by actors in two of the smaller roles: Paul Rudd as Ant-Man and Tom Holland as Peter Parker/Spider-Man. They bring much humor and lightness to a movie that is overly heavy and dark.

If you enjoyed The Avengers or all things Marvel, you will probably love this movie.

Parents, be warned that it is not suited for young children, as it is surprisingly violent in spots.

This is definitely a big-screen kind of film — lots of great effects and action make it worth a matinee viewing at the multiplex.

There are many actors you will recognize here, and some don’t get much screen time (including Jeremy Renner, William Hurt and Don Cheadle).

Chris Evans (as Steve Rogers/Captain America) and Robert Downey Jr. (as Tony Stark/Ironman) are very flat and uninteresting in Civil War. The result for this audience member was that I did not find myself rooting for them. And I was not alone. I saw the movie in a crowded theater and there were very few collective cheers or sighs. Given the advance buzz, perhaps I went in expecting too much. It’s not a bad movie but not one that I would want to see again any time soon.

Pass: Everything about this film was a pass. The writing/dialogue was fantastic. The comedic timing of the actors was spot-on. The action sequences were brilliantly choreographed. Every character was portrayed superbly.

This was the best movie in the Marvel franchise to date.

Fail: The only thing they failed at was forcing me to watch this movie at least another 20 times to catch every comic book reference and to see every single thing that happens during each action-packed scene. Not that I’m complaining. I’ll be glad to watch this another 20 times.

Spider-Man stole this movie.

I’ve never seen this kid before, and he was fantastic. I was laughing at almost every line he delivered. His performance was amazing, and he is, by far, my favorite Spider-Man ever.

Of course superhero fans will love this movie, but really this movie can be for everyone. There were a handful of curse words but other than that, the movie was family-friendly for kids over eight. I even think my wife would like this movie, and she isn’t a superhero fan like I am.

Definitely go see this in the theater to get the full effect of its awesomeness.

See it more than once. Money well spent.

I went in Team Iron Man and came out Team Cap. I absolutely loved this movie. I am a huge fan of Marvel films and really any film involving superheroes. The way this film brought so many characters together and in such a tense way was amazingly entertaining. I could see both sides of this Civil War and I was flip flopping the whole time. Best movie of the summer, hands down.

Tim Weekley, Suwanee

★★★★

Paul Tate, Sugar Hill

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Jeff Barger, Loganville

★★★★ Lights, camera,

questions Test your film knowledge with Michael Clark So, you think you’re good at movie trivia? Every week, we give readers the opportunity to flex their movie muscles by answering five trivia questions from our movie critic, Michael Clark.

Congratulations to last week’s winner, Sara Mann of Dacula.

Here are last week’s questions again and the answers: 1. The lead role in what Oscar-nominated film starring Jeff Bridges was first offered to Kevin Bacon.

A: “Starman” 2. Name the last movie released in the US prior to May 2016 to hit No. 1 at the box office that was primarily shot in and around Atlanta.

A: “The Boss” 3. Name two movies directed by Prince.

A: “Under the Cherry Moon,” “Graffiti Bridge,” “Sign ’O’ the Times” 4. What ’90s live-action film featured all of the following in cameos as themselves: Ben Stein, Chris Dodd, Jay Leno, John McLaughlin, Tip O’Neill, Chris Matthews, Larry King, Oliver Stone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Helen Thomas, Nina Totenberg,

Alan Simpson, John Yang and Sander Vanocur?

A: “Dave” 5. Name the last movie to be No. 1 at the box office at the same time as its soundtrack album was number one on the Billboard album chart.

A: “Furious 7” (the week of April 12, 2015) Now, for this week’s questions: 1. Name two people who appeared in “Bridesmaids” as themselves.

2. Name a film franchise that includes two movies with the exact same title.

3. What is the highestgrossing NC-17-rated movie?

4. Name a nonfictional character that appeared in “Inglourious Basterds” (2009) that won an Oscar in real life.

5. Name the family that has won the most Academy Awards.

The first person (located within the U.S.) to respond with all of the correct answers receives a prize of an item or items (movie T-shirts, hats, posters, etc.).

The winner also gets their name published in the next Weekend section. Please email your answers, along with your name to clarkwriter@mindspring.com. Include “Gwinnett Daily Post Trivia Contest” in the subject line.

In the event no one answers all of the questions correctly, the person with the most correct answers submitted by 6 p.m. the Monday after the contest is posted will be the winner. Only one winner per household is eligible for each 30-day period.

DISC SPOTLIGHT MICHAEL CLARK

Deadpool Blu-ray (R) Movie: ★★★★ Disc: ★★★★ Breaking nearly every rule in the Marvel handbook, “Deadpool” is a graphically violent and unabashedly profane action/ comedy that will leave you either completely wowed or totally repelled. Expanding on a cameo in “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” Deadpool a.k.a. Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds) is a not a natural-born mutant and only acquired his powers (his wounds

heal within seconds and he can re-grow lost body parts) after he was duped into an operation to possibly cure his rampant cancer.

Co-stars include Morena Baccarin as Wade’s love interest, Vanessa, and Ed Skrein and Carla Carano as the villains.

Technical specs: Aspect ratio: Widescreen (1080p/2.35:1), audio: English (DTS-HD MA 7.1, 5.1), French and Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1), subtitles: English, French and Spanish.

Special features include: • Galleries • Commentaries • Featurettes • Deleted/extended scenes • First edition slipcover pack• Additional DVD aging • Digital download Fox, $39.99

COMING SOON TO OWN • “Deadpool” (May 10): Ryan Reynolds plays the Marvel antisuperhero, an ex-Special Forces member bent on revenge against the man who put him in his current state. (R) • “Dirty Grandpa” (May 17): Robert De Niro plays said grandpa, a bawdy military veteran who gets his staid grandson (Zac Efron) to take him on a road trip. (R) • “The Finest Hours” (May 24): Coast Guard members try to rescue the crew of a critically damaged, rapidly sinking oil tanker; Chris Pine and Casey Affleck star in the true story. (PG-13)

• “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies” (May 31): The classic story gets a major revision involving — you guessed it — the undead; Lily James and Sam Riley star.

(PG-13) • “Race” (May 31): Jesse Owens (Stephan James) faces challenges both on and off the track as he prepares for the 1936 Berlin Olympics. (PG-13) • “13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi” (June 7): Directed by Michael Bay, the true drama about the 2012 diplomatic-compound attack stars John Krasinski. (R)

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

• Captain America: Civil War (PG-13) — 2 ½ stars Less a third “Captain America” and more of a third

“Avengers” or even “Batman v Superman,” “Civil War” has great action scenes and a handful of stirring dramatic passages yet takes zero chances while setting up future flicks.

• Mother’s Day (PG-13) —

2 stars The “best” installment in director Garry Marshall’s holiday franchise is still pretty lousy but is less so thanks to a reduction of subplots (from 12 to four) and some nice scenery (filmed in Atlanta). The drama is inert,

and the comedy is flat. Don’t bother.

• Papa: Hemingway in Cuba (R) — 2 stars Noteable only for the spoton performance of Adrian Sparks as the title character, “Papa” was written by a

Hemingway fan turned friend/ collaborator who changed the name of his character but none of the others. That’s not a good sign.

• Elvis & Nixon (R) — 3 stars A not great but enjoyable re-

enactment of one of the most bizarre celebrity meetings in history. Upset with America’s youth, Elvis Presley (Michael Shannon) gets face time with President Richard Nixon (Kevin Spacey) hoping to become a secret DEA agent.

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BY JON GALLO

Botanical garden to host Chihuly exhibit

with 1.4 million guests, making it the continent’s most-visited public garden that year. By comparison, • What: Chihuly in the Garden Mary Pat Matheson said if the Atlanta Botanical Garden set its • Where: Atlanta Botanical there’s ever a time to visit the annual attendance record in 2013, Garden Daytime Admission Atlanta Botanical Garden, it’s in the when it welcomed 523,000 visitors.

• Hours: Tuesday, 9 a.m. to next sixth months.

“This is going to have a big 7 p.m.; Wednesday through “What you’ll see is magical,” she impact on our city,” Matheson said.

Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. said. “It will change your life.”

“It’s going to provide a big eco• Daytime tickets: $21.95 for The garden’s president and CEO nomic boon because we’re going to Adults Children 3-12, $15.95. didn’t stop there. She used words see an increase in regional tourism (All Members and children such as “incredible,” “phenomand more international visitors, under 3 free) enal,” “amazing” and “mesmertoo.”

Chihuly Nights izing” to describe “Chihuly in the During its nine-month run • Hours: Wednesday through Garden” — an exhibit that will in 2004, the Chihuly exhibition Sunday, 6-10 p.m.; last ticket sold at 10 p.m., though garden feature 21 installations made up generated between $50 million and remains open until 11 p.m. of hundreds of pieces of color$60 million and about 1,000 hotel • Nighttime tickets: Adults, ful blown glass that will call the nights for the city, according to the $21.95; members $15.95; chilAtlanta Botanical Garden home Atlanta Convention and Visitors dren 3-12, $15.95; members through Oct. 30.

Bureau.

3-12, $9.95 “It’s one of those things that if The exhibition can be seen dur• More info: www.atlantabg. you see it, you’ll want to go get all ing the day but also at night, when org of your friends and come back and the artwork is illuminated by neon see it again,” Matheson said. “It lights. will be unlike anything you’ve seen 425,000.

“Seeing it during the day when you are outdoors and the weather in But much has changed at the in the world.”

Pictured above are two sculptures by glass blower Dale Chihuly. The beautiful — there’s nothing like it,” “Chihuly in the Garden” showAtlanta Botanical Garden, which “Chihuly in the Garden” exhibit will be at the Atlanta Botanical Garcases the work of renowned glass Matheson said. “But at night, the is adjacent to Piedmont Park in den through Oct. 30. (Special Photos) art looks different because it will be blower Dale Chihuly, who last held Midtown, since Chihuly, 74, last an exhibit at the Atlanta Botanical displayed his work amid the garthe $110 million it has received in 200 museums worldwide. “I think glistening under the lights. It will Garden in 2004. The event was den’s pristine surroundings. Most donations during the past decade to he chose to come back because we look like the glass is glowing from the inside. This isn’t like seeing an enormous success, both for the notably, the garden, which will upgrade its facilities. are a completely different garden garden and the city, as it drew a celebrate its 40th anniversary this “Dale can choose to show his now compared to when he came in art in a museum. We’re outdoors and you can see the glass from then-record 375,000 visitors, which year, has doubled in size to 30 acres work anywhere in the world be2004.” all angles and get that 3-D effect. was impressive considering the as the result of an expansion to cause he’s in really high demand,” In 2014, the Denver Botanic garden’s attendance for the whole Storza Woods in 2010. The Atlanta Matheson said of Chihuly, whose Gardens in Colorado hosted a Chi- Photographs don’t do this artwork justice.” year, including the exhibition, was Botanical Garden has also used work can be found in more than huly exhibit and finished the year

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Duluth Art Week to close with revival of ‘Memphis’

BY KATE CROXTON

Town Green, tables will be adorned with white linens, candles and flowers and food The Aurora Theatre from Dreamland BBQ will returns to Duluth’s Town be served. The tables range Green to wrap up Duluth’s from $200 to $450 for four Art Week celebration with to eight seats. A family style the award-winning perfordinner is included in the mance of the hit musical price.

“Memphis.” The show will Inspired by true events, take place Saturday at 7 p.m. “Memphis” is a high energy and is free to the public. show filled with catchy A table experience is music and a lively cast. The available for purchase at show is loosely based on www.duluthga.net/artweek. hillbilly disc jockey Dewey Beautiful lights will be Phillips, who was one of the draped over parts of Duluth first white DJs to play black Staff Intern

music on the radio. His character, Huey Calhoun, falls in love with a young black singer named Felicia Farrell and promises he’ll get her on the radio. The two lovers embark on a dangerous affair and are challenged by family, personal ambition and a non-accepting world.

The play is set in racially segregated 1950s Memphis, and the world exists in a time and place where “good Christians,” like Calhoun’s mother, don’t listen to “race music.” Despite these chal-

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“We opened last season in July with this show, and it was an incredible success,” Aurora co-founder and Associate Producer Ann-Carol Pence said. “‘Memphis’ is a high ticket value play with rave reviews and several awards. It has a great story, and the music is old-style rock’n’roll and rhythm and blues. It has a historical perspective of a time when our country was divided by segregation.”

“Memphis” boasts an original score by Bon Jovi’s founding member and keyboardist David Bryan with the book and lyrics by threetime Tony Award winner Joe DiPietro. The musical was originally direct by Theatrical Outfit Artistic Director Tom Key with musical direction by Pence. Choreography was provided by Waverly Lucas, the artistic director of the Ballethnic Dance Company. Led by Suzi Award winner Travis Smith, the company of twenty-five

Above is the poster for “Memphis,” which will wrap up Duluth’s Art Week celebration 7 p.m. Saturday. (Special Photo)

of Atlanta’s best performers will reprise their roles during this one-night spectacle.

Winner of four 2010 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, this story of passion, determination and sacrifice presents a moving musical for all to cheer for and dance along with.

“If you haven’t seen the show, now is the chance,” Duluth Event Coordinator Maggie Waddell said.

“This is going to be a oncein-a-lifetime showing of ‘Memphis,’ and we are very excited to have the Aurora Theatre back. Their material is award-winning, and it should be as exciting as we think it will be.”

The play has two acts, Act One being 100 minutes long and Act Two being 60 minutes long, with a 15-minute intermission. It features adult situations and violence.

Fox Theatre announces lineup for Coca-Cola Summer Film Festival

BY KATE CROXTON Staff Intern

The Fox Theatre has announced the official movie lineup for the 2016 Coca-Cola Summer Film Festival. The event is held at the Fox Theatre and features the Opening Night selection “Purple Rain,” which occurs Saturday, May 14, at 7:30 p.m.

Fans are invited to join in celebrating the legacy of Prince as the date marks exactly one month since the late artist’s final performance at the Fox Theatre. Special guest organist Atlanta Hawks’ famed Sir Foster will be commanding Might Mo for an exclusive pre-show Prince tribute. The Fox Theatre will glow purple as audience members will receive complimentary purple glow sticks on a first-come, first-served basis.

Throughout the summer, modern and vintage movie classics will be shown on Fox Theatre’s 26-foot-high by 56-foot, 8-inch-wide screen, and patrons will enjoy movies under the “stars” with the Fox Theatre’s distinctly decorated ceiling with twinkling stars and fluffy clouds overhead.

For select showings, CocaCola Summer Film Festival offers guests a magical preshow experience that includes a sing-along with a vintage

cartoon and world-renowned Might Mo organ.

Closing Night’s Fan Favorite offers Fox Theatre’s guests the opportunity to end the 2016 festival with a cinematic bang. Hosted on the Fox Theatre’s Facebook page, fans will be able to vote for their favorite classic, comedic or romantic movie title in a chance to return it to the big screen. Fans are encouraged to check Facebook.com/ TheFoxTheatreAtlanta for movie nominees and voting details.

In addition, special movie tours will be available prior to the noted films, allowing guests to experience guided tours through the projection booth, screening room, celebrity dressing rooms and the iconic Fox Theatre stage while learning about the history of movie palaces and William Fox’s innovations.

The 2016 Coca-Cola Summer Film Festival Schedule: • Saturday, May 14, at 7:30 p.m. — “Purple Rain” • Friday, June 30, at 7:30 p.m. — “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” 30th anniversary • Thursday, June 30 at 7:30 p.m. — “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” 55th anniversary • Thursday, July 7 at 7:30 p.m. — “The Shining” • Thursday, July 21 at 7:30 p.m. — “Shrek,” 15th anniversary

• Thursday, July 18 — TBA • Thursday, Aug. 18 — TBA • Saturday, Aug. 20 at 10 a.m. — “Saturday Morning Cartoons” • Saturday, Aug. 20 at 7:30 p.m. — “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factor,” (1971) 45th anniversary • Thursday, Aug. 25 at 7:30 p.m. — “Citizen Kane,” 75th anniversary • Saturday, Aug. 27 at 2 p.m. — “Disney’s The Little Mermaid” sing-along • Saturday, Aug. 27 — Closing Night’s Fan Favorite Discounted movie tickets are on sale and are available at the Fox Theatre Ticket Office, online at www.foxtheatre.org or by calling 855-285-8499.

Beginning Friday, June 3 at 10 a.m., all tickets will be $10. Tickets purchased the day of the show will be $12.

Additional fees may apply.

The showings of “Purple Rain” and “Disney’s The Little Mermaid” are reserved seating only. Tickets are $15 in advance or $20 on the day of the show. Additional fees may apply.

Tours must be purchased with a movie ticket and are not sold separately. Prices are $35 for the movie ticket and tour ticket combined plus any processing fees at the point of sale.