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MR.PRESIDENT Recount HOUSE DISTRICT 105 RACE

Republicans look ahead to Trump presidency

BY CURT YEOMANS curt.yeomans@gwinnettdailypost.com

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BY CURT YEOMANS

U.S. Rep. Rob Woodall won a fourth term in Congress on Tuesday, but most of the local Republican’s excitement on Wednesday was focused on who will be occupying the White House for the next four years rather than his own victory.

Donald Trump’s election has local Republicans excited about what the next four years holds. Although Trump’s Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, won Gwinnett County, the businessman won a close national race, being proclaimed the winner after results in key states, such as Utah, Arizona and Pennsylvania went his way.

“I am anxious to get back to work,” Woodall said in statement.

“So often in the U.S. House, we have delivered results on America’s priorities only to by stymied by an intransigent White House. Those days of intransigence are over. America voted for change tonight. America voted for accountability and transparency.

“Donald Trump ran with the promise of ending the status quo and rolling up his sleeves on day one to go to work for America. I have high expectations for all of the American priorities that we can accomplish together.”

Local Republicans took stock of Trump’s victory and what the Republican Party’s return to the White House means for the country on Wednesday.

Gwinnett County Republican Party Chairman Rich Carithers said he expected jobs, particularly in the manufacturing field, could be an issue addressed early in Trump’s administration.

“I think his first year in office will focus on getting American manufacturing and American building positions built up or making sure manufacturing is stabilized, and on growing business,” Carithers said.

“He needs to make sure jobs that have been sent overseas are brought back to America.”

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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump addresses supporters during his election night rally in Manhattan, N.Y, on Wednesday. (Reuters/Mike Segar)

The day after the general election, residents in House District 105 race were no closer to finding out who will represent them in the General Assembly next year as ballots continue to be counted and talk of a recount looms.

An answer likely won’t come this week.

With Gwinnett elections officials counting provisional ballots, Rep. Joyce Chandler, R-Grayson, held a 232-vote lead over her Democratic opponent, Donna McLeod, on Wednesday. The margin is so slim that less than one percentage point separates the candidates.

“I am requesting a recount, but I understand I’m going to have to do it after they certify the results on Nov. 15,” McLeod said.

McLeod had led ChanJoyce dler for most of the night, Chandler but the incumbent closed the gap to nearly a tie as the last few precincts came in. After absentee ballots were counted Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning, Chandler led 12,402 votes to McLeod’s Donna 12,170 votes. PercentageMcLeod wise Chandler had 50.47 percent of the vote while McLeod had 49.53 percent, according to unofficial results.

Chandler said she’s never been in a race this close, but she added this has been a different race from the ones she’s run in the past. She added that she’s looking forward to finding out the result.

“I certainly hope it stays in my favor, but if it’s not, then I will certainly wish Mrs. McLeod good luck in the legislature,” she said.

That means Chandler and McLeod have to wait and see if there were any provisional ballots left to be counted in the race and, if so, how they affect the final result.

“It’s literally so close that the provisional ballots could make a difference,” McLeod said.

As the candidates wait to see how the

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Gwinnett Tech EMT students conduct live simulations at Ga.-PCOM

BY KEITH FARNER

Gwinnett Technical College students on Wednesday discuss techniques to tend to a patient with Dr. James Hogue, a Ga.-PCOM clinical professor of emergency medicine, during a series of live simulations with patients dealing with respiratory issues. (Staff Photo: Keith Farner)

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SUWANEE — There was a patient battling emphysema and COPD, another who had complications from asthma and yet another who experienced cardiac arrest.

Each incident, two with mannequins and another with a live person, was designed to give Gwin-

patients, especially actual humans, not mannequins, to simulate, it’s not plasVisit gwinnettdailypost.com for a photo gallery. tic, it’s real life flesh and blood and they have to nett Technical College interact with the patient,” students a glimpse into said David Newton, a live situations they will Gwinnett Tech instructor likely face in a matter of of emergency services months. The exercise took education. “The patient place on Wednesday at the will give feedback on how they were in their comSuwanee campus of the passion, their interaction.”

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GCPS to celebrate education, announce Teacher of the Year

By Keith Farner

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A celebration of teaching will commence Thursday night at the Infinite Energy Center when a host of teachers, including six finalists for the overall award, are championed by Gwinnett County Public Schools.

This year’s finalists for the annual Teacher of the Year award are fourthgrade teacher Brittany Mayweather of Mulberry Elementary School, Jamie Lynn McFarland, who teachers students with severe and profound intellectual disabilities at Rock Springs Elementary School, fourth-grade teacher Brian Sinyard of Chattahoochee Elementary School, eighth-grade social studies teacher Lisa Hamilton of Pinckneyville Middle School, sixth- and seventh-grade teacher Alex Robson of GIVE Center West and math teacher Luke Smith of Norcross High School.

The overall winner — and three level winners — will be announced at a banquet where all 135 local school Teachers of the Year will be recognized that evening.

A selection committee of GCPS educators narrowed the field from 25 semifinalists who had been selected from the list of 135 local school TOTYs. The committee is made up of former teachers of the year, local school administrators and central office staff.

Brittany Mayweather Mayweather is in her seventh year in education, all in Gwinnett, and began at Bethesda Brittany ElemenMayweather tary.

Her teaching philoshophy centers on the whole child, including physical,

mental, emotional and social development.

“Each component intertwines itself in my personal teaching style, and makes my learning environment a particularly unique one that fosters intelligence and character development,” she said in a press release.

Jamie Lynn McFarland McFarland believes she became a special education teacher because it was part of God’s calling for her life.

Jamie Lynn “A speMcFarland cial education teacher is who I am and it’s who I was created to be,” she said. “Working with my students and their families brings me profound joy, and there is a deep need for people that are passionate about loving, believing in, and teaching students with multiple, severe and profound disabilities.”

Her mother is a special education teacher, and she grew up immersed in the world of special education.

When McFarland was in college, she met a girl named Ivey with multiple disabilities including deaf-blindness. She wasn’t expected to live for very long. The severity of her disabilities caused many to see her as hopeless, worthless and ultimately unteachable, McFarland said. But this year there was a celebration for Ivey’s 10th birthday, and McFarland was involved in her life as she overcame obstacle after obstacle.

“Ivey is largely responsible for me becoming the teacher that I am as I have been able to witness her becoming the little girl that no one ever thought she could be because of the dedicated, passionate, and relentless teachers in her life,” she said. “My

goal is to be that teacher for each of my students every single day.”

Because many students and families enter school only hearing what they can’t do, but she’s happy to deliver good news.

“One of my greatest joys as a teacher is being able to be one of the first people to tell a family that their child is valuable and capable of learning,” she said. “My philosophy as a special education teacher is to treat my students and their families like they are important, like I believe in them and like anything is possible for them.”

She said this award process has helped put special education students and teachers in the spotlight, a place they rarely are.

Brian Sinyard Sinyard still remembers stories from his grandmother of her teaching during the Great Depression in a rural town where 40 to 50 students of varying Brian ages were Sinyard mixed together. “’Going door-to-door to visit with each students’ parents was just part of my job in those days,’” she once told Sinyard. “She had spent so many years building and nurturing a relationship with each of her students and their parents. It was in this moment that I fully understood the impact one individual can have on an entire community. As the only teacher in a small town, she brought unity to its adult citizens and promoted leadership and social change among its future leaders.”

Being a part of laying the groundwork of a child’s success for later years is an idea Sinyard’s always loved.

“Instilling that infectious love of learning is my primary job as an

educator,” he said. “I want my students to leave my classroom each year with a natural curiosity that cannot be contained and a desire to learn just for the sake of learning.”

He sees his job as removing challenges and barriers to create a classroom community where authentic, student-centered learning can take place.

Lisa Hamilton Hamilton’s teaching inspiration comes from someone who won’t know the impact. When she was 7 years old, her grandfather died of a heart attack that took his funny stories and Lisa anecdotes Hamilton with him.

But he spent his entire career as an educator and principal in Atlanta Public Schools, and Hamilton took up that passion in her own career.

“The foundation of my life was based upon the belief that a strong system of public education could light a fire for a student, change his or her circumstances, improve communities and change the world,” she said.

When someone learns Hamilton teaches eighth grade, there are usually looks of astonishment and questions. But she sees it differently.

“To me it’s one of the most reachable and best ages to teach,” she said.

“I love being able to put students on the right track before they ever enter high school for the first time.

My greatest successes have been in engaging the disengaged, empowering students who may have been previously overlooked and encouraging all of my students to reach their true potential and succeed at high levels.”

As someone who grew up in Gwinnett and attended K-12 schools, she

said the TOTY finalist honor has been unbelievable. In fact, she moved back to Gwinnett to teach and empower people in her own community.

“I had a passion and a belief that maybe I could help my own students to overcome obstacles and reach their true potential,” she said. “The process to become a Teacher of the Year finalist has been a wonderful opportunity to share the great work that my students do every day.

This process has allowed my class to show that all students can learn at high levels and engage in rigorous academics such as debate and deliberation.”

Alex Robson Robson said he was inspired to become a teacher from Penny Cruise and Kelly Snyder, two teachers he had at Mill Creek and Dacula high schools.

They Alex taught him Robson to love language and not be afraid to be himself.

“I saw how their work with me truly changed my life and made me the person I am today,” he said.

“These teachers were demanding and inspirational, always expecting the best work and behavior from the students. I want to do the same for my students.

I want them to grow up, be proud and have the freedom to be whatever they want to be.”

At GIVE Center West, Robson said part of his teaching philosophy is redirecting rebellious attitudes some students may have, and channel them in a positive direction.

“They need something to believe in,” Robson said, referring to Martin Luther King and Susan B. Anthony. “All of these men and women were fighting for something.

That is the missing piece

Murder suspect in Norcross bar homicide arrested in N.C.

By Erika Wells

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The murder suspect wanted for a 2015 Norcross bar shooting was arrested in North Carolina on Monday and is waiting to be extradited to the Gwinnett County jail, according to police.

Mooresville police picked up Jasper Andreas Perez-Molina, 26, just after 10 p.m. after they learned he was staying in town at his sister’s home, according to The Charlotte Observer. Mooresville is about 25 miles north of Charlotte.

Officers contacted Gwinnett authorities and confirmed Perez-Molina was wanted. The Atlanta resident, then 25, was connected to the fatal shooting of Ezequiel Cruz Ventura, 25, of Norcross, nearly a year ago.

On Dec. 28, 2015, Gwinnett police were called to Gwinnett Medical Jasper Center Andreas Perez-Molina and met with a Lawrenceville police officer just before 1 a.m.

They found out Ventura was dropped off with a gunshot wound to the chest by an unknown man at about 10 p.m. The victim arrived in critical condition and eventually went into surgery.

A Gwinnett officer got information from one of Ventura’s co-workers who saw part of the incident and later showed up at the hospital to check on the victim.

Police later learned about a shooting at Bukanas Sports Bar, 4782

Jimmy Carter Blvd., between 9 and 9:15 p.m. on Dec. 27, 2015. The incident happened in the parking lot, and the victim died about a week later.

Investigators sought help from the public after speaking with witnesses and reviewing surveillance images from the parking lot.

“I really don’t know why we weren’t called there,” police spokesman Cpl. Deon Washington said at the time. “The sooner we’re called to any incident, the more likely we are to have a successful outcome. It makes it a little difficult to backtrack.”

Police obtained arrest warrants for murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for PerezMolina on Jan. 12.

He is being held at the Iredell County Detention Center.

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in my students’ lives, and the first thing we need to teach them to fight for is themselves. They need to fight for their education and for their dreams.”

Robson said this process has caused him to become reflective of his teaching practices and grow as a teacher. It’s also put the GIVE Centers staff and students in the spotlight.

Luke Smith Smith’s dream was to coach basketball, and one way to do that is become a teacher.

Once he became a teacher, he developed a passion Luke for buildSmith ing relationships with students and creating a positive learning environment.

His inspiration comes from his parents. His mother was a life-long educator, and his father coached him in youth sports where he learned to use sports to teach life lessons.

As a math teacher, he can build math around problem solving and appropriate methods to a solution. He also enjoys creating engaging lessons to challenge students.

“It is very rewarding to watch students who dislike math reach levels they did not expect to meet themselves,” he said. “When students are challenged in my classroom, they know that I will support them and help them fulfill their potential. I feel it is more important that students understand how to work hard, accept others, fight through challenges and reach their goals and I use math every day to develop those character traits.”

The TOTY process was a whirlwind for Smith, but he sees himself as representing the coaches who give up their free time and family time to be in the classroom and with their players.

Dry conditions continue to fuel the Rough Ridge area fire that has spread into the far north Georgaia region with its smoke moving into metro Atlanta areas this week.

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Winds spread north Ga. wildfire smoke to Gwinnett

By Erika Wells

Until lately, the wind has shifted the smoke away from Gwinnett, but a front recently moved That smoky haze that through, causing a northhas crept into parts of west wind flow, the agency Gwinnett on Wednesday reported. The smoke may may linger until at least cause limited visibility and the end of the week, breathing problems. according the National “Most people are sensiWeather Service. tive to smoke, but if you Winds from a major are more sensitive, stay wildfire in the rugged inside with air conditionparts of north Georgia ing or filtered air,” Frantz have blown the smoke into said. more populated areas, said During the course of the meteorologist Kent Frantz, day, the smell and smoke from the local office in concentration should thin Peachtree City. The branch out, he said. covers weather conditions “It should be more nofor the northern portion of ticeable during the nightthe state. time and early morning “Gwinnett is right in hours when wind speeds line with the smoke from drop off,” Frantz said. that fire,” Frantz said. “It “There tends to be more has worked its way (to wind in the daytime than Gwinnett) and the metro at night.”

Atlanta area.”

Fire crews have had The wildfire west of difficulty extinguishing Blue Ridge in Fannin the wildfire, which has County, not far from the expanded across about Tennessee line, started 6,500 acres, according to about two weeks ago when the agency. The firefightlightning struck during a ers’ goal was to let the fire thunderstorm, he said. burn itself out.

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“The only way to really put this thing out is to get some rain,” Frantz said.

“Unfortunately, we don’t have that in the forecast for the next seven days.

There is a small (20 percent) chance of rain Saturday, Sunday and Monday, but that’s very limited, so it will continue to burn and gradually expand.”

Frantz also recommended following the multicounty burn ban to prevent additional fires, which are fueled by dry conditions.

The Georgia Forestry recently implemented an outdoor burn ban in its district that includes Gwinnett.

Most of the state is under a drought, but northern Georgia has been going through extreme or exceptional drought categories, according to the agency.

“Wildfires have definitely been a real problem,” Frantz said. “It’s typically the burning season, but this is just not a good idea.

Fires can get out hand if you’re not careful.”

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Gwinnett to honor military Rep. Rob Woodall hosting at events on Veterans Day Telephone Town Hall tonight U.S. Rep. Rob Woodall will sit down and talk with curt.yeomans constituents by telephone @gwinnettdailypost.com tonight.

Woodall will hold his Gwinnett County will latest Telephone Town Hall pause on Friday to honor 7 to 7:30 members of the military, p.m. Part both past and present, as of the town communities gather for hall chat Veterans Day ceremowill be a nies. discussion Although Veterans Day of recent is now known as a time events, to thank veterans of any meaning Rob Woodall military conflict for their there’s service, it began under a good chance the eleca different name, Armition results will be a topic stice Day, to commemoat the forum. Woodall is rate the end of World also expected to discuss War I while honoring the legislative outlook with The Gwinnett County Honor Guard is lead into the certhe soldiers who fought emony by a bagpiper during the 2015 Gwinnett County constituents. in the conflict. That war Veterans Day ceremony at the Fallen Heroes Memorial Anyone interested in parended “at the 11th Hour outside the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center of the 11th day of the in Lawrenceville. (File Photo) 11th month” in 1918. It was changed to Veterans at 11 a.m. at the flagthey can’t attend events pole outside Grayson Day after World War II. on Friday.

Some communities, City Hall, 475 Grayson Braselton will host a such as Duluth and LilParkway. Officials have Veteran and Military Ap- BY KEITH FARNER burn, have already gotten invited veterans to attend preciation Event from 11 keith.farner @gwinnettdailypost.com a jump start on Veterans a reception in the city’s a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday Day with flag displays senior center after the in the community room A Gwinnett mother is upand ceremonies. There ceremony. at the Braselton Police set with how an elementary are several more opporCornerstone Chrisand Municipal Court tunities to honor eterans tian Academy’s middle building, 5040 Highway school in Suwanee handled the discipline following an this weekend though. school is set to recognize 53. Veterans from all The county’s annual incident she described as service men and women branches are expected Veterans Day ceremony sexual assault. during a tribute to vetto participate in this will be held at 11 a.m.

Sarah Reed, a parent at erans from each military drop-in event during at the Gwinnett Justice branch during a Veterans which attendees will get Level Creek Elementary and Administration School, said she reviewed Day celebration from 10 to hear veterans share Center’s Fallen Heroes surveillance footage on a.m. to noon on Fritheir service stories, Memorial, 75 Langley day at the school, 4480 memorabilia and photos. Wednesday — the first day Drive in Lawrenceville. it was available — that Peachtree Corners Circle Military vehicles are County commissioners showed her kindergarten in Peachtree Corners. also expected to be on are expected to speak at son as a victim of a sexual Loganville will host its display. the event. assault by a classmate in Veterans Day ceremony Pleasant Hill Baptist An honor guard made the gym at the school while at 11 a.m. on the City Church will recognize up of units from the Hall front lawn, 4385 military service members they waited in the car rider county’s fire and police line. The incident happened Pecan St. in Loganville. during Veterans Daydepartments, Sheriff’s on Oct. 31, and Reed Snellville is expected themed church services Office, corrections to host its Veterans Day at 7:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. learned this week that the department and the ceremony from 6 to 8 on Sunday. The Grayson student accused of inapLawrenceville Police p.m. on Friday at the High School ROTC color propriately touching her Department will presTowne Green, 2342 Oak guard will present the ent the colors during the Road, in Snellville. colors at both services. ceremony.

There are other oppor- The church is located at Grayson officials will tunities for residents to 797 Moon Road in Lawhost their own ceremony observe Veterans Day if renceville.

Political Notebook

BY CURT YEOMANS

Atlanta will host a Christmas Dinner from 7 to 9 p.m. on Dec. 5, at Ippolito’s Italian Restaurant, 5277 Peachtree Parkway, in Peachtree Corners. The guest speaker will be Phil Kent, CEO of Insider Advantage Georgia and publisher of Southern Political Report and James Magazine.

The cost to attend is $28 per person and anyone planning to attend is asked to RSVP by Nov. 21. Checks should be made payable to CRW/NA and mailed to Pat Nichols, 1844 Noblin Woods Trail, Duluth, Ga. 30097.

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

Curt Yeomans ticipating in the town hall is asked to call 877-229-8493 just before it is set to begin and use passcode 17849 to join the conversation.

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Parent upset with school’s handling of local kindergarten sexual assault son was removed from their class, but not the school.

Reed said her son’s version of the events matched what she watched on the video footage. Reed was upset about the incident because she said it was the job of school officials to keep the students separated, and it wasn’t done.

Reed is troubled that the students could still interact on the playground or in the cafeteria.

Asked why the student wasn’t removed from the school, and not simply the classroom, Reed said school officials didn’t have an answer other than the student accused of the incident is 5 years old and, “didn’t know what he was doing.”

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Schools spokeswoman Sloan Roach confirmed the incident and said one student “inappropriately touched” another student and that administrators investigated it after the boy reported the incident to his parents on Monday. School administrators discussed the incident with the district’s discipline office, which offered guidance. A School Resource Officer was involved, and Roach said the district officials reached out to the family of the victim, who said they did not want to pursue prosecution.

Roach said discipline consequences have been issued and the case reported to the Division of Family and Children’s Services and the District Attorney’s office.

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4A • Thursday, November 10, 2016 To Your Good Health

Procedure after hep C accident spills blood DEAR DR. ROACH: I have a friend who has hepatitis C. While normally this doesn’t really have much effect on our relationship, the other day he forgot some basic health rules, which has left me, admittedly, upset with him.

He accidentally cut his finger, which wouldn’t have been a big deal, but he was way too careless, missing drops of blood on the floor and even rinsing off his bloody finger in the kitchen sink, where there were dishes.

I heard that hepatitis C is really only passed on from blood to blood, but I also read that the virus can live for weeks outside the body, so I’m unsure if my cleanup process was overkill or not enough.

Looking up information online has been confusing or unhelpful, and my mom is still wondering if we should just throw out the dishes.

I stepped in the dried blood when I found it, and wiped it away with rubbing alcohol (which was past the expiration date), then sprayed the area with Lysol (I was not wearing gloves when I did this). The dishes were soaked in a mixture of one part bleach to 10 parts hot water, then washed in that mixture, soaked some more, washed again in that mixture and left to airdry before finally being washed in soap and water.

The sink was washed thoroughly with the same mixture, then with soap and water.

Written down, it sounds extreme, but my mother is concerned and I would like to know what to do if it happens again.

— M.P. ANSWER: I can understand your concern. Hepatitis C is hardy, and can live for days even when dry. Cleaning with a dilute bleach solution (10 percent bleach is best: one part bleach to nine parts water) is very effective at disinfecting. Rubbing alcohol and most home cleaners like Lysol are not.

You can reassure your mom that hepatitis C is not passed by eating with the same utensils or plates as someone with hepatitis C. There is no need to discard your plates or utensils.

The booklet on hepatitis explains the three different kinds. Readers can obtain a copy by writing: Dr. Roach Book No. 503 628 Virginia Dr. Orlando, FL 32803 Enclose a check or money order (no cash) for $4.75 U.S./$6 Can. with the recipient’s printed name and address. Please allow four weeks for delivery.

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The solunar tables for lakes are based on studies that show fish and game are more active at certain times during the lunar period.

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pollen counts Trees: Low Weeds: Low Grass: Low

Tuesday Cash 3 Midday: 9-2-7 Cash 3 Evening: 6-7-4 Cash 4 Midday: 7-9-4-1 Cash 4 Evening: 3-61-6 Ga. 5 Midday: 9-3-29-3 Ga. 5 Evening: 4-3-81-4 Fantasy 5: 10-11-2126-41

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Blackshear (237.0) ........ 234.86

Nottely

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Blue Ridge (1690.0) .......1666.64

Oconee

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Burton

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Carters

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Today is the 315th day of 2016 and the 50th day of autumn.

TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1775, the Continental Congress created the U.S. Marine Corps.

In 1954, the USMC War Memorial (Iwo Jima memorial) was dedicated at Arlington National Cemetary.

In 1969, “Sesame Street” premiered on PBS. In 1977, a human was conceived through in-vitro fertilization for the first time.

In 2001, China was approved for membership in the World Trade Organization.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Martin Luther (14831546), leader of the Protestant Reformation; William Hogarth (1697-1764), painter/engraver; Claude Rains (1889-1967), actor; Richard Burton (1925-1984), actor; Ennio Morricone (1928- ), composer; Tim Rice (1944- ), lyricist; Les Miles (1953- ), football coach; Neil Gaiman (1960- ), author; Tracy Morgan (1968- ), actor/ comedian; Ellen Pompeo (1969- ), actress; Walton Goggins (1971- ), actor; Brittany Murphy

(1977-2009), actress; Miranda Lambert (1983- ), singer; Taron Egerton (1989- ), actor.

TODAY’S FACT: In 2015, the U.S.-China trade deficit was $365.7 billion, an increase of 6.6 percent over the 2014 deficit of $343.1 billion.

TODAY’S SPORTS: In 1990, the NBA’s Phoenix Suns scored a record 107 first-half points in their 173-143 win over the Denver Nuggets, just three days after the Nuggets had set the record with 90 first-half points against the San Antonio Spurs.

TODAY’S QUOTE: “There’s never been a true war that wasn’t fought between two sets of people who were certain they were in the right.

The really dangerous people believe they are doing whatever they are doing solely and only because it is without question the right thing to do.” — Neil Gaiman, “American Gods”

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Wife’s recovered memory disrupts marriage DEAR AMY: My husband has become very good friends with a guy I have known for years from my small town.

They treasure the friendship, and share a love for a certain sport.

The friend is going through a divorce.

Recently when I was unable to get ahold of my husband, I reached out to him to ask if he had seen him.

We texted a few times that day about a gift I wanted to get my husband for their sport. He advised me to erase the messages.

He said he didn’t know how my husband would take us texting (no matter how innocent). I told him I couldn’t imagine he’d have an issue with it.

He replied, “You must have never told him about us?!”

I had a fleeting thought when they started hanging out that I might have gone out on a date with this guy some 25 years ago. I honestly couldn’t remember. He said we actually hung out three times.

Again, I had not remembered a thing and I admitted this and apologized for having a terrible memory (I’m famous for it).

The friend said he didn’t want to risk the friendship with my husband, and I agreed to delete the innocent text messages.

I have been married to my husband for more than 20 years and love him very much.

mists of time, along with other whole swaths of the ’90s, and that you were unaware of it until this person reminded you.

You can tell him his friend was very selfconscious about this, and that you only felt weird once he insisted that you delete an innocent text Amy Dickinson exchange.

DEAR AMY: I am Now I am wondering if already dreading the holiI should bring this up. I day season. I’ve worked don’t want it to seem like for the same company I’m trying to hide anyfor 10 years, through thing. I also don’t want thick and thin, transfers, the friend’s ex-wife to upheavals, chaos and dismention it to my husband ruption. The supervisors out of anger/annoyance/ and management receive whatever. quarterly bonuses, but How does one even go none of us underlings do. about telling her husband Every year, instead that she briefly dated of offering a bonus, the his best friend and just company throws a “blow remembered it? out” party, featuring a — Feeling Weird ton of booze, music and DEAR WEIRD: One ridiculous raffle prizes. does not generally tell The party is very expenone’s husband that she sive, and not at all fun, just remembered going unless you enjoy getting out with his best friend 25 wasted in front of your years ago. Why? Because colleagues and vomiting it is of no consequence. next to the dumpster at However, because this dawn. Two years ago, one whole strange episode of the company’s guests seems to have become was arrested for groping the plot of a David Lynch a waitress. You get the movie, I think you are picture. now forced to basiMy supervisor explains cally lay this out for your that these parties are our husband, even at the risk “bonus.” She says they of him assuming there is want to promote a culture more to this story than of fun. you are saying. In fact, This does not feel your biggest challenge fair. I’m not saying they might be to convince him should stop having the that there is not actually parties, but maybe have more to the story than a less expensive party you’ve reported. Tell and give a small year-end him this entire encounbonus to everyone. But ter had receded into the of course, I can’t tell this

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company how to spend its money.

What do you think about this?

— Holiday Dread DEAR DREAD: I completely agree with you. In addition to these parties being very expensive, management seems to have mistaken “fun” for “possibly actionable.”

If someone were to sue this company for drunken accidents or crimes committed during (or after) this party, the expense could wipe out bonuses for many years to come.

It’s too bad that you work for a company that doesn’t value you more.

But — you can’t tell them how to spend their money.

DEAR AMY: “Wondering” had lived through 30 years of an abusive marriage, and now her husband wants to reconcile.

My husband did that, too. After every explosion and breakup, he wanted to get back together. I’m glad I finally got out, and I hope she stays out.

— Been There DEAR BEEN THERE: Fortunately, “Wondering” did not seem inclined to reconcile. I’m with her.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 24Nov. 22) — Make your home base your comfort zone. Express your feelings and share your long-term goals with the person or people you care about most.

Creative solutions will help eliminate uncertainty.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Mull over all the facts and consider the changes that make the most sense. Clearing emotional debris will encourage you to move forward without hesitation or despair.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — How you earn your living should be based on what you enjoy doing. Don’t fall short just because you are afraid to make your dreams come true.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Don’t give in to emotional manipulation or let anger lead to unfortunate mistakes. If you go high when others go low, you will find the strength and courage to move forward.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Be creative when handling legal, contractual or money matters. A health issue due to stress will arise if you aren’t willing to do what needs to be done.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — The personal changes you make will heighten your reputation and bring you the attention required to help you advance. Don’t let a bully or outside pressure stand in your way.

TAURUS (April 20May 20) — If you share your feelings, you will come up with solutions to any dilemma you face. Partnerships look promising and will encourage you to expand your interests and try new things.

GEMINI (May 21June 20) — Get involved in projects, activities or pursuits that are physically engaging. Strenuous activity will help you feel better and could lead to further success.

CANCER (June 21July 22) — You can get ahead if you network or discuss your options with a headhunter or someone you’ve enjoyed working with in the past. Learn as you go in order to get ahead.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Get involved in projects you believe in.

The people you meet and the contribution you make will help you make decisions that will change your life.

Romance is on the rise.

VIRGO (Aug. 23Sept. 22) — Don’t give in to someone trying to control your affairs. An emotional outburst will be hard to avoid. Make your motives and decisions crystal clear.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Good fortune is heading in your direction if you are willing to make the appropriate changes to your lifestyle and relationships.

Stand tall and be firm.

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world 7 dead in London tram crash At least seven people were killed in a tram accident in south London, British Transport Police said Wednesday.

More than 50 people were taken to hospital with injuries after the tram derailed in the Croydon area.

Investigations are ongoing as to the cause of the derailment and a 42-yearold man has been arrested, Transport Police said without naming him, as is customary.

The tram derailed soon after 6 a.m. Wednesday near the Sandilands stop, east of Croydon town center, the police statement said.

Deputy Chief Constable Adrian Hanstock said officers who arrived on the scene shortly afterward “were met with a complex and challenging situation.”

“This is a tragic incident and our hearts and thoughts go out to all those affected,” he said.

Mexican peso plunges to all-time low The Mexican peso is getting clobbered after Donald Trump’s stunning victory in the U.S. presidential election.

The country’s currency hit a new record low as votes were being tallied, suffering an 11 percent drop. By early Wednesday morning, the peso regained some ground but it was still down more than 9 percent.

Mexico’s top finance officials vowed to take action during a joint press conference Wednesday morning in Mexico City but provided no specifics.

“We will take the necessary measures,” to support the economy, Mexico’s finance minister, Jose Antonio Meade, said Wednesday morning. “Mexico is in a position of strength.”

The peso declined further against the dollar after the press conference. Mexico’s central bank governor, Agustin Carstens said last week he had a “contingency plan” in place if Trump won, but his detail-void attempt to reassure markets didn’t work.

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world&nation Clinton delivers painful concession

By Stephen Collinson, Dan Merica and Jeff Zeleny CNN

“I’m sorry.”

With those simple words, Hillary Clinton, who thought she would wake up Wednesday as the first woman president-elect but crashed to a stunning election defeat to Donald Trump, ended her White House quest and likely her political career.

The Democratic nominee unequivocally conceded the presidential race, and said that the Constitution requires a peaceful transfer of power.

“Last night, I congratulated Donald Trump and offered to work with him on behalf of our country. I hope that he will be a successful president for all Americans,” Clinton said.

“Donald Trump is going to be our president. We owe him an open mind and a chance to lead,” said Clinton, who was composed and dignified even as she admitted how painful her defeat was in her first public comments on the result of the election.

“This is not the outcome that we wanted and we worked so hard for, and I am sorry that we did not win this election,” Clinton told supporters and campaign workers in New York.

Clinton also addressed the historic achievement for

nation Calif. high school students walk out of classes in Trump protest

BERKELEY, Calif. — Some 1,500 high school students and teachers in Berkeley, Calif., near San Francisco, walked out of classes on Wednesday chanting “not our president” to protest Republican Donald Trump’s victory in Tuesday’s U.S. presidential election.

The students rallied in the courtyard of Berkeley High School, according to Charles Burress, spokesman for the Berkeley Unified School District. They then marched toward the campus of the University of California at Berkeley, a city known for its progressive politics.

“We’re sitting here, Japan finance setting our clocks back to officials in panic 1950 electing this fool. You know? Trump honestly just after Trump win makes us realize how much Japan’s top economic hate and ignorance is left,” officials are scrambling to one female student told the respond to the financial mar- rally, according to a live ket turmoil unleashed by the stream of the demonstraU.S. presidential election. tion on the social media app The country’s finance Periscope. ministry and central bank She said people of color were holding an emerwere afraid about the potengency meeting Wednesday tial for discrimination, and afternoon after wild trading immigrant families were in Japan’s stock market and now worried about the threat currency. of deportation.

The benchmark Nikkei Photos uploaded to Twitindex plummeted more than ter showed hundreds of 900 points — a drop of 5.4 students protesting, many percent — as Donald Trump carrying signs decrying the took the lead in key battlepresident-elect and waving ground states in the U.S. Mexican flags, along with CNN later projected Trump the hashtags #NotMyPresiwould win the election. dent and #BHSWalkout.

The Japanese yen, a currency that’s seen as a safe 4 states will hike haven in times of uncerminimum wages tainty, surged more than 2 Minimum wages across percent against the dollar.

— From wire reports the country continue to

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Pitt makes first public appearance since split

Brad Pitt made his first public appearance Tuesday since splitting with Angelina Jolie.

The actor attended a private screening of the critically acclaimed film “Moonlight” in Los Angeles.

Pitt posed for a picture at the event with his long-time friend, Julia Roberts.

Pitt’s Plan B is one of the production companies behind “Moonlight.”

He has been off the scene since Jolie filed for divorce in A somber Hillary Clinton made her concession speech, telling supporters and cam- September. paign staff members in New York City that she was proud of their effort and pledged to Jolie’s camp recently work with President-elect Donald Trump. (Special Photo: CNN) released a statement saying the couple’s six children will remain in her custody, for which she twice strived in on notice that the core for staff and aides and the losing presidential camAmerican values which campaign was treating it as now.

“We can confirm that paigns. many Democrats believe a farewell to the people who “I know we have still not Trump abhors, citing have spent the better part of childcare professionals have encouraged a legal agreeshattered that highest and his proposals for a ban two years working on her ment accepted and signed by hardest glass ceiling, but on Muslim immigration behalf, an aide said. both sides over a week ago,” someday, someone will, and and rhetorical assaults on Democratic vice presihopefully sooner than we female journalists during dential nominee Tim Kaine read a statement from Jolie’s camp issued to CNN Monmight think right now.” his campaign, would not be also was on hand. The Virday. “In accordance with this “And to all the little girls forgotten. ginia senator was not with agreement, the six children who are watching this, never “Our constitutional Clinton Tuesday night. will stay in their mother’s doubt that you are valuable democracy enshrines the “I’m proud of Hillary, custody, and the children will and powerful and deservpeaceful transfer of power because she loves this continue therapeutic visits ing of every chance and and we don’t just respect country,” said Kaine, who with their father. This has opportunity in the world to that, we cherish it. It also had tears in his eyes, as been determined by childcare pursue and to achieve your enshrines other things: the he delivered introductory professionals to be in the own dreams.” rule of law, the principle that remarks. children’s best interest.”

Clinton’s speech was we are equal in rights and Aides throughout the devoid of bitterness and dignity, freedom of worship ballroom were sobbing durseemed at times to be an and expression. We respect ing Clinton’s remarks. Quiet Snoop Dogg, attempt to inspire her supand cherish these values too moments in the speech were more celebrities porters about the virtues of and we must defend them.” filled with tears, sniffles celebrate legal public service and of fightTears flowed and some sobs. Clinton’s ing for what they believe.

Much of the seating top aides, seated in the front weed in Calif.

But she also put Trump at Clinton’s remarks was row, were almost all crying.

Celebrities took to Twitter late Tuesday night to celebrate the passage of $7.9 billion this year.

California’s Proposition 64, “Despite broad politiwhich allows all state resical division in the country, cannabis seems to be the one dents who are 21 and older factor that has drawn univer- to possess, transport and buy up to an ounce of marijuana sal support,” said John Kagia, executive vice president for recreational purposes.

The rapper Snoop Dogg for industry analytics at New tweeted: “We just legalized Frontier Data. “This has exceeded the expectations of marijuana in Cali. #smokeeven the most Pollyanna-ish weedeveryday.”

Director Morgan Spurlock industry participants.” tweeted: “America — look California, Massachuat this way … no matter who setts and Nevada approved University of California, Davis, students protest on cam- recreational pot on Tuesday. wins, at least we can all go pus in Davis, California, following the election of Donald In Maine, yes votes held a to California to smoke weed Trump as President of the United States. (Reuters/Max slim lead on Wednesday as together.”

Whittaker) Real Housewives of the last ballots were beBeverly Hills star Lisa Rinna ing counted. Recreational climb.

It’s also cutting jobs at the marijuana is already legal in tweeted: “I’m going to find Voters in four states — Lansing, Mich., Grand Colorado, Oregon, Washing- the gophers and smoke a lot Arizona, Colorado, Maine River plant where it makes ton, Alaska and Washington, of pot and go into the Xanax Smoothie food truck busiand Washington — apthe Chevy Camaro and the D.C. ness.” proved ballot measures Cadillac ATS and CTS. Zach Braff poked fun at Tuesday that will raise their GM said the job losses Lawyer: Former the legalization with a funny state minimum wage by will hit 1,200 factory Cincinnati cop gif: “California legalized between 43 percent and 60 workers in Ohio and 800 percent over the next few in Michigan, though some ‘scared to death’ marijuana for recreational years. of those workers may be during shooting purposes today.”

And Tommy Chong, of The increases will directly offered other positions. The CINCINNATI — A forthe comedy duo Cheech benefit more than 2 miljobs will be eliminated in mer University of Cincinnati and Chong, celebrated the lion workers, according to January. GM had 97,000 new legislation by posting The Fairness Project, which U.S. workers as of the end of police officer charged with murdering a black Ohio man a picture in front of a large partners with minimum last year. during a traffic stop was act- amount of weed. wage campaigns across the Each plant will continue country. to operate two shifts a day to ing in self-defense and is not Washington’s current make the same cars they do a racist, his lawyer said on Dumbledore’s Wednesday. $9.47 minimum wage will now — but fewer of them.

Body camera video of the return thrills rise to $13.50 by 2020. One July 2015 stop showed ofof its major cities — Seattle Market for legal ‘Potter’ fans ficer Ray Tensing, 26, who is — has already approved a pot could pass “Fantastic Beasts and white, shot Samuel DuBose, $15 minimum wage.

Where To Find Them” hasn’t 43, in the head after pulling The other three states ap- $20 billion him over for a missing front even hit theaters yet and proved increases to $12 by The marijuana market is already there is reason to be license plate on his vehicle.

2020 — from $8.31 in Coloabout to boom. excited about its sequel.

The entire incident lasted a rado, $8.05 in Arizona and According to Screen Rant, Voters in three states, and few minutes. $7.50 in Maine currently. director David Yates has perhaps a fourth, approved “When they (police) are announced that the beloved legal recreational pot on threatened, they have the GM has first “Harry Potter” character Tuesday. Four more states right to protect themselves layoffs in 6 years expanded access to medical and that is what Ray Tensing Dumbledore will appear in General Motors is cutting marijuana. the second “Beasts” film. was doing that day,” Tens2,000 factory jobs in Michi“In the second movie All told, it could expand ing’s lawyer, Stew Mathews, gan and Ohio — its first Dumbledore comes back,” the national market to $21 said during closing arguround of layoffs since 2010. billion by 2020, according he said. “He’s got a couple ments in the Hamilton The company said it will of good scenes with Newt… to New Frontier Data, part County Court of Common We’re discussing who would cut the third shift of produc- of the marijuana industry Pleas in Cincinnati. tion at the Lordstown, Ohio, organization Arcview Group.

“He (Tensing) was scared play Dumbledore, any suggestions would be good.” plant, which makes the That is up from $5.7 billion to death,” Mathews said.

— From wire reports compact Chevrolet Cruze. last year and an expected — From wire reports

Paralyzed monkeys can move their legs after brain implants

By Meera Senthilingam

each other through a computer and enabled brain signals to jump over the point of injury along the spine.

A new form of brain implant weeks of them being injured; one By resuming this once-broken could one day help people with regained mobility after just six days. path of communication, the signals paraplegia regain control of their In the study, published Wednes- can arrive in the spine, and the legs, based on a new study proving day, two wireless implants resulting nerve stimulation means its potential in paralyzed monkeys. worked together as a “brain-spine specific muscles within the legs of Researchers at the École polyinterface” to communicate nerve the two monkeys could be activated technique fédérale de Lausanne in signals between the brains and as needed on the brain’s command.

Switzerland were able to restore spines of the monkeys — where “What’s key here is that we stimumovement in the legs of two para- each implant was positioned. late to induce the desired movement lyzed rhesus macaques within two The implants communicated with of the animal,” said Grégoire CourCNN

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tine, professor of neural engineering at EPFL, who led the research.

“Over the past decade, we’ve spent a lot of energy understanding how the spinal cord can be stimulated.”

Similar research has been conducted in the past, with Courtine’s team showing it could give paralyzed rats the ability to walk again, and even climb stairs, in previous studies. Other research groups have used electrodes and brain implants to restore movement in humans,

both through their muscles as well as through prosthetic arms and legs.

But this new research in monkeys is the first to record brain activity and link this to nerves within the spinal cord itself. “The brain is in control,” Courtine said.

It’s also the first to go wireless.

The team now hopes the technology could one day be used in humans, but this will be no easy feat. “The idea is to go step-bystep,” Courtine said.

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Trump’s chance to change the narrative

NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s impressive victory in Tuesday’s election offers him a rare opportunity to change the narrative.

Secular progressive policies at home and abroad are not working. The establishment has had its chance — multiple chances, in fact — to fix things, but it has failed, or didn’t try, under Republican and Democratic administrations.

Voters are taking Cal a big chance Thomas with Trump, but things have gotten so bad that the election shows many millions of Americans are willing to try something new.

Trump achieved what most of the experts, the ruling class, the major media (including most pundits and once again the pollsters), Republican leaders and many others thought was impossible. He not only won back the Reagan Democrats, including nearly half of the union members who cast ballots, but he also had coattails, allowing Republicans to maintain control of both houses of Congress.

This was more than a change election. It was a revolution. Now the question becomes: What will the Republicans do with it? If Trump is smart, he will call on the GOP congressional leadership to write the legislation that will achieve his objectives. These include the repeal and replacement of Obamacare, immigration reform and building the wall, school choice for the poor, rebuilding inner cities and infrastructure, and nominating conservative judges to the Supreme Court and lower courts.

The election vindicates the decision by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell not to hold hearings on President Obama’s nominee to the Supreme Court, Merrick Garland, until the election results were known. Garland will never join the high court.

The courts may be saved from secular progressives for years to come and the Constitution respected again. That is victory by anyone’s definition.

An added bonus is that Trump can use executive orders to immediately reverse President Obama’s executive orders, which he used to bypass Congress. An even bigger bonus is that the Clintons have been swept out of politics. Foreign donors to the Clinton Foundation will likely close their checkbooks now that Hillary won’t be able to do anything for them.

The left will demand that Trump “reach out” and work with Democrats, but that is a trap. Recall what Democrats did when they won the White House, the Senate and House in 2008. They rammed through legislation that reflected their worldview. Trump should do the same, but without triumphalism. He must prove his policies work and can achieve the goals he has set: economic growth, more private-sector jobs, bringing corporations home from overseas with a lower corporate tax rate, and defeating the Islamic State. The only reason to have power is to use power.

Democrats understand this. Too often, timid Republicans don’t. They must now use it, or they will lose it.

Trump’s victory is part of a global movement to throw off incompetent leaders, reduce the size and cost of government, and restore countries to the values that have made them uniquely British, German, French and American. It also is a victory of a culture that eschews the coarseness and crudeness of the likes of JayZ and Beyonce and the Hollywood elites. Mogul Barry Diller says he will leave the country, for which many will be grateful, especially if he takes others who promised to leave if Trump won with him.

Now comes the hard part. Because Trump’s background is neither politics nor government, he must call on those with such experience to help him. Vice President-elect Mike Pence is the perfect starting point. Pence’s years in Congress and his executive experience as governor of Indiana make him the go-to guy for navigating the labyrinth that is Washington.

He may turn out to be the most consequential vice president since Dick Cheney.

All the pieces are now in place to yank America back from the brink. This is an opportunity that comes along once in a century.

Success will silence the critics, who won’t go quietly and accept defeat. If Trump succeeds in all he has promised, he will have saved the country from disaster. It will be said of him that he really did make America great again.

Readers may email Cal Thomas at tcaeditors@tribpub.com.

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The mourning after election night WASHINGTON — When I opened my front door Wednesday morning after little sleep still numb from a bad dream that wasn’t a dream, a dreary rainfall glazed the sidewalk as two neighbors gazed blankly in my direction.

As I leaned down to pick up my newspaper, a Carole King song filtered through my precoffee brain fog: Something inside has died, and I can’t hide, and I just can’t fake it. Oh, no, no. Good ol’ Carole King.

From there, my morning proceeded mechanically: Find remote control, turn on “Morning Joe,” fix coffee, open refrigerator door, close refrigerator door, turn off sound on ringing cellphone, turn off TV, lie on floor. I’m guessing this routine sounds familiar to fellow election-dazed denizens.

As regular readers of this column know, I rejected Donald Trump on Day One and have spent the past year — in columns, on TV and in speeches across the country — highlighting the many reasons I found him unacceptable for the job of president.

My opinion hasn’t changed, but as Hillary Clinton said in her acceptance speech, “Donald Trump is going to be our president. We owe him an open mind and a chance to lead.”

And Trump, in his victory speech, said without irony

despite exit polling that showed the president’s approval rating at 50 percent-plus.

The 2016 election was as much a referendum on his legacy as it was on the candidates themselves. When people want the country to change course, they don’t typically vote Kathleen for a third term of the current Parker president.

Thus, a vote for Trump was that now it’s time to heal the really a vote against Obamacare wounds of division. and the rising costs of health Head hurting, but OK. insurance. It was a vote against To begin, there needs to be the doubling of the national an honest assessment of what debt to nearly $20 trillion under just happened. It isn’t really Obama. It was a vote against that complicated or mysterious, a foreign policy that saw the if you’ve spent any time in the Islamic State’s expansion rather America where Trump votthan its defeat. ers live. As one who ventured Clinton’s promise to coninside the Beltway only 12 or tinue Obama’s policies was a so years ago — as a “spy for suicide agenda to a majority Bubba,” I introduced myself of Americans, especially those — I’ve spent most of my life whose lives haven’t improved among the indigenous peoples. during the economic recovery Two weeks ago, I began of the past eight years. Clinton saying that Trump would win, also embraced much of Bernie whether I liked it or not. Today, Sanders’ socialist platform, I offer a clarification: He didn’t which no conservative-leaning win the election. Clinton lost it. voter could support.

For voters who couldn’t And, yes, too, some Trump stand Trump, she was a terrible voters probably resented the alternative. Never a great canexacerbation of racial discord didate, she was also, tragically, under Obama’s watch when a Clinton when people were Americans had hoped for the ready to move on. She received opposite result. Race as a facseveral million fewer votes than tor in Republican opposition Obama did in 2012. to Obama can’t be ignored or And speaking of Obama, he minimized. Nor can Trump’s also lost this election to Trump, role in nurturing hostility

toward Muslims and Mexicans — or his antipathy toward women, the disabled and even a war hero’s parents — be dismissed in victory.

Minorities have reason to feel threatened in a Trump-inspired environment of hostility toward “the other.”

But leaning primarily on racism, bigotry or sexism to explain what happened Tuesday is too facile by half. Missing from the audiences that television cameras focused on were millions of others — Republicans, independents, libertarians and maybe even some Democrats — who would rather be horsewhipped than attend a Trump rally but were compelled to vote “R” against the likelihood of a liberal Supreme Court, lax immigration laws and an increasingly costly health care system, among other concerns.

The giant X-factor about which I have written — the however many who would never admit to voting for Trump but did — was enormous, indeed.

Trump captured a moment and promised to make America great again. He also said that he’ll be the president of everybody. Let’s hope he wasn’t just reading from a teleprompter — and that the word trickles down.

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

At-risk children need more than a pre-K program CHICAGO — Pre-K education has long been seen as a potential silver bullet to help at-risk children excel in school.

But new research is prompting second thoughts about its effectiveness for low-income kids.

In a recent policy briefing describing statewide pre-K programs in Tennessee, Ron Haskins of the Brookings Institution and Jeanne BrooksGunn of the Annie E. Casey Foundation report that by third grade, children who attended pre-K had worse attitudes toward school and poorer work habits than children who didn’t.

About 3,000 children were randomly assigned either to attend a pre-K classroom or to not participate, then data on both groups’ subsequent academic performance were taken from a state database.

The short-term impacts of the program, reported in 2013, looked good. Researchers found that children who attended preschool performed better than those who didn’t on endof-year achievement tests and got higher ratings from their teachers when kindergarten began. Plus, teachers said that the pre-K children were better prepared for school, had better work skills and were more positive about school (this is similar to results in other studies of pre-K programs).

However, the 2015 data, which included results of student performance into the

peers got bored in waiting for them to catch up as they progressed through grades 2 and 3.

Maybe for the youngsters in question, two extra years of high-stakes education and testing cast school as a drag to be endured, rather than experienced happily.

Esther Obviously, more studCepeda ies are needed to see what went “wrong” with the pre-K third grade, showed that the intervention, but this misses the achievement-test advantage for forest for the trees. children who attended the preBasically, children who need K program had disappeared very early academic intervenby the end of kindergarten tions tend to not have highly (also similar to results in other educated parents possessing studies). expendable income with which Worse, by the end of first to single-mindedly cultivate grade, their teachers rated pre- their children for an Ivy K program children as weaker League degree from the moin their work skills and less ment of conception. prepared for and more negaThe word gap between what tive about school. Strikingly: low-income and more-affluent At the end of both second 3-year-olds have heard stands grade and third grade, children at a mind-boggling 30 million who hadn’t participated in the words. And however well-inprogram performed better on tentioned, full-time, high-qualacademic tests than children ity pre-K is going to eventually who had. fall short in the context of a life No one knows why, but without home caregivers who factors could include that the know to talk to their babies, activities the children experiengage in questioning dialogue enced were not age-appropriate with their toddlers and read to to their developmental needs early-grade kids every day.

— i.e. heavily dependent I’ve taught first-graders on structured direct instrucand high school students and, tion rather than on studentwithin their groups, the struginterest-based play (we’ve all gling and the high achievers heard the horror stories about share similar qualities. kindergarteners made to fill The academically successful out worksheets, so this is not students are much like other far-fetched). Or that students high performers throughout who had initially been ahead of history: They exhibit self-

control, have great amounts of curiosity and can focus on interests outside their own selves for sustained periods of time.

The students who struggle are much like most of the adults in today’s society: They have their faces glued to electronic devices and their headphones keep them closed off from their surrounding environments. They are curious only about whatever distraction can bring them pleasure for a few fleeting moments, and their interests revolve around how they are perceived by others, especially on social media.

These students learn such behaviors in the home, and extra pre-K isn’t going to make much of a difference.

How can we expect children who, even as babies, are becoming inured to the dopamine-release of instant digital gratification, to develop the patience and curiosity necessary to succeed academically?

And how can we ever hope to expect it of children who grow up in the chaotic, loud and stressful environments that typify poverty?

Pre-K interventions feel good, but what at-risk children really need are anti-poverty programs, parenting classes for their moms and dads, and a society that understands that the digital world is as much a challenge as it is an opportunity.

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

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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump addresses supporters during his election night rally in Manhattan, N.Y, on Wednesday. (Reuters/Mike Segar)

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Early Wednesday Meanwhile, Woodall morning, Perdue called isn’t the only Republican Trump’s election a sign representing Gwinnett that voters want changes residents in Washingin government. ton D.C. who is looking “The American people forward to working with sent a strong message, Trump. In fact, some and it is past time for GOP elected officials, Washington to listen,” such as Sen. David PerPerdue said in a statedue, have been envisionment. “We had a clear ing what kind of policy choice this election bechanges could happen tween an outsider, busiunder a Trump presidency nessman who is commitfor months. ted to restoring American When Perdue sat down greatness and a dishonest with the Daily Post in career politician who has August, he predicted a failed to help the very repeal of the Affordable people she claimed to Care Act, also known as champion.

Obamacare, would come “Americans wisely quickly under a Trump chose to elect Donald presidency.

Trump as our next Presi“I believe if we keep dent and Mike Pence as the majority in the Senour next Vice President.” ate, we’ll repeal ObamSen. Johnny Isakson, acare early next year, just who compared the movelike we did this year,” ment behind Trump’s he said. “The differcandidacy to the one ence will be President behind Ronald Reagan Trump wouldn’t veto it, in 1980, said the presiso Obamacare is gone. dent-elect and Congress That will happen, and I need to work together to suspect a lot of executive “promote a level playing orders, including Wafield and institute comters of the U.S., the coal monsense, pro-job growth executive orders and all solutions.” of those will be undone He added that officials pretty early in his presiin Washington need to dency.” view Trump’s election as The Waters of the U.S. a message from voters rule proved particularly about the direction they concerning to Gwinnett want the country to take. because of the expanded “The genius of America reach the federal govern- is that the real power ment would gain over always rests with the votsmaller, local waterways. ers, and America’s voters Gwinnett officials were so sent a clear message concerned that they wrote (Tuesday) night,” Isakto Perdue to express their son said in a statement. thoughts on the matter “They want our military and he, in turn, read their to receive better support. letter aloud in a Senate They want us to defeat

the Islamic State and not allow terror to gain a stronghold on our lives.

They want us to stand up for our veterans as our veterans have stood up for all of us.

“Voters also sent the message that they will no longer tolerate the onslaught of onerous government regulation and red tape placed upon hardworking Americans and job-creators.”

There is the question of what role Perdue, an ardent Trump surrogate in Georgia, could play either in the new president’s administration or as an ally in the Senate.

There have been some reports for months that Perdue could be considered for a cabinet position. Political website, Politico, speculated this week, however, that a different Perdue from Georgia — the senator’s cousin (and former Georgia Governor) Sonny Perdue — could end up in the cabinet, as a possible agriculture secretary pick.

Sen. Perdue was a bit coy about whether he would take a cabinet position when he was asked about it during his visit to the Daily Post earlier this year.

“I will look at whatever way I can to help the most change the direction of the country,” he said at the time. “I’m in a role right now that fits me very well. It fits my background … I’m having some impact, but my only goal is to get this direction changed.”

house.

Park said he hopes his turnout goes, Chandler said win will set a positive she will accept whatever example for young gay men result comes from the elec- who hope to enter careers in tion. politics.

“It’s in the lord’s hands “I hope they’ll see that now and I’m OK with that,” regardless of who they are, she said. regardless of their sexual McLeod drove a line orientation, they can do between Chandler’s areas of whatever they want (and) support by taking precincts that it’s their character that from eastern Lawrenceville matters more than anydown to Loganville, as well thing,” he said. as a separate pocket at the He won’t be the only new precinct located at Chestnut legislator from Gwinnett Grove Baptist Church in who made history with their Grayson. election this year, though.

Meanwhile, Chandler Brenda Lopez, who won the won two Dacula area preDemocratic primary for the cincts at Harbins ElemenHouse District 99 seat in tary School and Ebenezer May, will be the state’s first Baptist Church, as well as Latina legislator. Lopez did two other Grayson area pre- not face any opposition in cincts and a Loganville area the general election. precinct at Anchor Church.

Hunter pulls out win in Each candidate won five commission District III precincts, according to the It went down to the wire, Gwinnett County election but Commissioner Tommy results website.

Hunter won a second term Park makes history with on the Gwinnett County House District 101 win Board of Commissioners House District 105 Tuesday night. winner Democratic challenger Sam Park Jasper Watkins III led most didn’t just of the help turn night, but Gwinnett’s Hunter Legislative gradually Delegacaught up tion a little and took a bluer when slight lead Sam he beat in what Park Republican was virtuTommy incumbent Rep. Valerie ally a tie Hunter Clark on Tuesday. He also when the made state history. last precincts were counted.

Park is the first openly Once the absentee ballots gay man to ever be elected were counted, however, to the General Assembly.

Hunter led 49,306 votes to He’ll join a handful of Watkins’ 47,128 votes, or a female legislators who are margin of 51.13 percent to members of the LGBTQ 48.87 percent. community in the stateWatkins’ support was

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$80,000 each and exhibit a host of human expresThe 14 students are sions from elevated heart about halfway through rate to sweating to bodily a 14-month course to noises. Jeffery Adams become EMTs. The exserves as director of ercise was one of several simulation at Ga.-PCOM similar visits between and he said the exercises Ga.-PCOM and neighwere done out in the open boring high schools and to simulate, eal-life scecolleges. narios that may occur in a Ga.-PCOM recently busy or crowded area. spent more than $3 mil“They want to get the lion to renovate and equip experience of doing these a Simulation Center that with people around,” he opened on campus this said. “It’s a chance for fall. The school shares them to actually test their the Anatomy Lab and skills.”

Simulation Center with, He added that there’s among others, Georgia an old saying in these Gwinnett College nursing situations: The simulastudents, Lanier Technition will never be like cal College physical ther- real life, but real life will apy tech students, Brenau never be as safe as the University students and simulation. the Gwinnett County Stan Long is an adjunct Paramedics Academy. instructor for public safeThe mannequins cost ty and EMS at Gwinnett

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Richard West Richard Allen West of Buford, GA went to be with his Lord and Savior on November 8, 2016 at the age of 84 after a significant battle with lung cancer. He was married to the love of his life Joan as soulmates for 63 years. He is survived by his 3 children, 6 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. He will be greatly missed! Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, November 11, 2016 at Prince of Peace Catholic Church, 6439 Spout Springs Road, Flowery Branch, GA with Father Carlos Cifuentes officiating. Inurnment will follow at 4:00 p.m. at White Chapel Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum, 1832 Pleasant Hill Road, Duluth, GA with military h 15 photos are available with all Obituaries and Death Notices Call for details

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Tech and set up the training exercise. He’s worked with Dr. James Hogue at Ga.-PCOM for more than 30 years, and they were both there on Wednesday to observe the students and offer advice.

“This is as real a scenario as we could create,” Hogue said. “Because the mannequins will do everything but walk.”

Long said the new surroundings being at Ga.-PCOM offered a challenge of new surroundings for the students after they mastered lessons they learned in the classroom.

“This is valuable to any discipline in medicine,” Long said. “Being handson and using that critical thinking. I wish they had this when I came up 35 years ago.”

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mainly in the southern part of the district, around Stone Mountain, Rockbridge, Centerville and southern Snellville areas, as well a small pocket near southern Lawrenceville and a strip of two precincts from the eastern Lawrenceville to Loganville areas.

Meanwhile, Hunter took northern Snellville, Grayson and Dacula.

Hunter could not be reached for comment.

Support in president, commission chairman races similar If there’s one thing that could be gleaned by looking election results maps for the presidential and commission chairman’s races, its the fact that Democrats had similar beds of support in each race.

In both races, Democrat support was split into two main groups. One was in the far southern part of the county, around Stone Mountain, Rockbridge, Centerville and southern Snellville. The other began in Norcross and Peachtree Corners, brushed up against Lilburn, moved up through parts of the Duluth area, over through almost all of Lawrenceville and then down to Loganville.

In both races, the far eastern cluster of precincts in Peachtree Corners went to Donald Trump and Charlotte Nash. The difference is that Nash took more of central Lawrenceville, as well as several of the Peachtree Corners, Duluth and Suwanee area precincts that Trump lost to Hillary Clinton.

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Wanda White On Monday, November 7, 2016, Wanda White, beloved wife, mother, and grandmother succumbed to the Colon Cancer, she had fought so bravely for 4 years. She will be missed greatly by her family and friends. She is now with her Lord & Savior, Jesus Christ, safe in his arms with no pain. God was merciful to Wanda and her family through it all. Funeral Services will be held at 11 AM on Saturday, November 12, 2016 at Victory Baptist Church, Loganville, GA. Pastor Derik Lawrence & Rev. Johnny Banks will officiate. Interment will follow at Eternal H

Hills Memory Gardens.

Mrs. White is survived by her loving husband of 40 years: David White, Lawrenceville; mother: Virginia Cryder, Monroe; daughters & son-in-law: Pascha & Chris Wallace, Bethlehem; Andrea White Lawrenceville; son & daughter-in-law: Justin & Erica White, Bethlehem; nine grandchildren; two great grandchildren; brother & sister-in-law: Danny & Daphine Dixon, Loganville; sister & broth er-in-law: Deborah & Joe Milligan, Monroe; brother Michael Cryder, Monroe; & many loving family & friends. The family will receive friends from 2-4 PM & 6-8 PM on Friday, November 11, 2016 at Tim Stewart Funeral Home: 300 Simonton Rd. SW Lawrenceville, GA 30046 770-962-3100. Please leave online condolences at www.stewartfh.com

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Norcross to host hoops showcase From Staff Reports

Peachtree Ridge’s Zane Ashley (7) makes a catch over North Gwinnett’s Cameron Cobb (88) and scores a touchdown in a game earlier this season. (Photo: Craig Cappy)

NEW DIRECTION

An annual showcase for girls basketball returns for its seventh year this weekend.

The Norcross Lady Blue Tip-Off Classic, which regularly pits top Gwinnett teams against squads from outside of the county, will be Saturday at Norcross with four matchups beginning at 1:30 p.m.

“We think we’ve got another strong group of teams,” Norcross girls coach Angie Hembree said.

“We try to have a good day of women’s basketball.”

All four matchups feature a Gwinnett team.

Mill Creek faces Fayette County in the opener followed by Wesleyan, which travels just across Spalding Drive, against Hillgrove. Wesleyan, a state runner-up last season, is led by Connecticut recruit Mikayla Coombs.

Archer, a state title contender in Class

GIRLS BASKETBALL What: Norcross Lady Blue Tip-Off Classic When: Saturday Where: Norcross High School Schedule: 1:30 p.m. — Mill Creek vs. Fayette County 3 p.m. — Wesleyan vs.

Hillgrove 4:30 p.m. — Archer vs.

Loganville 6 p.m. — Norcross vs.

Harrison

AAAAAAA with top recruits Autumn Newby (Vanderbilt) and Linsey Marchese (Indiana), takes on Loganville in the third game of the day. The nightcap pits host Norcross against Harrison.

“We’re playing Harrison and they did really well last year,” Hembree said.

“We’ve got several teams that were at last in the Sweet 16 last year (in the state playoffs).”

Peachtree Ridge senior Zane Ashley at peace with position switch from quarterback

By Paul Thomas

paul.thomas@ gwinnettdailypost.com

Zane Ashley always dreamed of playing quarterback for Peachtree Ridge.

Now it’s opposing quarterbacks who dream of Ashley, and they’re not pleasant ones.

Head coach Mark Fleetwood and his staff told Ashley the summer before his junior year he was more likely to see the field as a receiver or defensive back.

He chose defensive back and made an instant impact last season for a Lions’ defense loaded with Division I prospects.

He had 72 tackles and two interceptions playing defense for the first time in his life.

“He jumped right over and I told him, ‘It’s not like you’re not going to play,’” Fleetwood said.

“So he jumped in and we said wideout or DB? And he said, I want to go DB. And the rest has been history. Last year our depth was a little bit different so you didn’t see him two ways. This year he’s played both ways, he’s made 15 or 20 big catches during the year. He’s returned a kickoff, he’s a captain by his peers, one of the team captains, he’s what it’s all about.

“You really enjoy coaching a guy like that because the expectations he places on himself are far greater than any expectation his mom and dad, or his coaches, or his teachers put on him.”

Ashley admitted he was disappointed when he lost out on the quarterback job to Connor Heyward and Fred Payton. But he was excited about the challenge of a new position.

He hadn’t played defense before, but had

Mill Creek’s Joe Thomas (15) is tackled by Peachtree Ridge’s DeAngelo Gibbs (8) and Zane Ashley (7) during the first half of this season’s Region 7-AAAAAA title game in Hoschton. (Photo: Kyle Hess)

played lacrosse through 10th grade so he had some experience playing physical.

Peachtree Ridge had current Tennessee defensive backs Baylen Buchanan and Nigel Warrior on the roster, as well as Chad Clay, who spent a semester at Georgia before being dismissed from the team and four-star prospect DeAngelo Gibbs, who is now at Grayson.

Yet Ashley said he thinks having that much talent on the defense helped him. By the second week of the season he was making plays against Archer in a game televised on ESPNU and felt right at home.

“I was a little disappointed at first,” Ashley said of the move. “I knew it would be different, I thought it would be a little tougher, but I was able to get a good role on a good defense.

“The players around me helped me. I picked it up a lot easier than what I even thought or most people thought, being that I really had never played defense before. It was good. I picked it up really well I thought and the people around me helped.”

Last year Ashley was a bit of a hybrid between outside linebacker and safety, playing close to the line of scrimmage.

This year as a senior he’s played back deep more often.

This season he leads the Lions with 90 tackles, five for loss and also has five pass breakups. On offense he’s also caught 17 passes for 329 yards and five TDs. Fleetwood said he’s been a crucial cog as the only returnee in the secondary.

“It’s big because there’s leadership,” Fleetwood said. “The expectation he has for himself, he puts on some of the guys around him. Last year if you look at it, productivity-wise, he was our best defensive player.

“When it was all said and done, the number of tackles and the number of tackles for losses and plays that he made at crucial times in the game, he probably was our best player on defense.”

That leadership was invaluable early in the year when Peachtree Ridge lost three straight non-region games by a total of seven points. Then after a 1-2 start to region play, the

Lions bounced back to win their final three games and earn the No. 2 seed in Region 6-AAAAAAA and a home playoff game Friday against Archer, who they lost to 20-19 in Week 2.

Ashley said that he knew the team would be fine after it bounced back from a 21-20 loss to Mountain View on a field goal as time expired.

“That following week we had the best week of practice we’d had all year,” he said. “I think we realized, ‘Well, OK we really blew it here. It’s time to get serious if we want to make a good run in the playoffs.’ So after that we had the best week of practice and finished out the season really strong.

I was definitely proud of our guys.

“We’ve dealt with a lot of adversity and we’ve handled it really well.”

In addition to his ability to be an impact player on both sides of the ball, Ashley also currently has a 4.0 grade point average. He’s never made a single B. Still, the 6-foot-1, 180-pound athlete hasn’t attracted interest from the Power 5 schools. Mercer recently offered and he has a few offers from smaller schools. The majority of the Ivy League schools have also offered him a spot (though they don’t provide athletic scholarships). While he would like the chance to play in the SEC or ACC, he said he’s focused on helping putting together a deep playoff run at the moment.

“I’m really focused on the season right now,” he said. “That’s what’s getting 100 percent of my attention. At times it is (frustrating). Without a doubt, but I just trust the process and the (schools) that need to come will come.”

STATE PLAYOFF SCHEDULE: Friday’s first-round matchups in the state high school football playoffs: Class AAAAAAA Archer at Peachtree Ridge Central Gwinnett at Lambert Milton at Norcross

Mountain View at Grayson Newton at Mill Creek North Gwinnett at South Gwinnett Parkview at South Forsyth West Forsyth at Brookwood Class AAAAAA Allatoona at Lanier

Sequoyah at Dacula Class AAAAA North Springs at Buford Class AAA Pace Academy at GAC Class A Private Hebron at Savannah Christian

Norcross’ Vanessa Blagmon (25) makes an assist against Centennial’s Grace Morrow (44) during the second half of last season’s Class AAAAAA first round playoff game at Norcross High School. (Photo: Kyle Hess)

GFL title games set for Saturday

teams vying for GFL titles in the youth Super Bowl of A large portion of SatGwinnett football. urday’s Gwinnett Football The event, as it has been League championship in recent years, is split into games will have a greentwo locations. Archer will and-gold feel. host the early games, beginGrayson has a team ning with a 9 a.m. 6-yearin five of the nine finals old final. It will be followed matchups, including all four by four other games, culmigames hosted at Grayson nating with the 12-year-old High School. The Rams title game at 3 p.m. also have a 9-year-old team Those later games at in the title game at the other Archer will overlap slightly GFL host site, Archer. with the finals at Grayson, In addition to the large which begin at 1:30 p.m.

Grayson contingent, Buwith the 7-year-olds. The ford, Lawrenceville, Mill last game at Grayson is the Creek and Peachtree Ridge Eighth Grade Division I have two teams each in a finals, a matchup this year final. Archer, Brookwood, between Grayson American Collins Hill, Norcross and League South and Norcross North Gwinnett also have National League North.

From Staff Reports

FOOTBALL Saturday’s Gwinnett Football League championship game matchups: At Archer High School 9 a.m. — 6-year-old Archer AL North vs. Lawrenceville AL South 10:30 a.m. — 8-year-old Collins Hill NL North vs. Peachtree Ridge NL South Noon — 9-year-old Buford NL South vs. Grayson AL South 1:30 p.m. — 10-year-old Peachtree Ridge NL East vs. Buford NL South 3 p.m. — 12-year-old Brookwood AL North vs. Mill Creek NL South At Grayson High School 1:30 p.m. — 7-year-old Grayson NL South vs. Lawrenceville AL North 3 p.m. — Eighth grade Division II Grayson AL North vs. North Gwinnett NL North 4:30 p.m. — 11-year-old Grayson AL South vs. Mill Creek NL North 6 p.m. — Eighth grade Division I Grayson AL South vs. Norcross NL North

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The Home Teams

Gladiators

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Georgia

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On TV

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL

7:30 p.m. — North Carolina at Duke ESPN 9:30 p.m. — Utah at Arizona State FS1

NBA

8 p.m. — Chicago at Miami TNT 10:30 p.m. — Los Angeles Lakers at Sacramento TNT

SOCCER

10 p.m. — United States women vs. Romania. From Avaya Stadium in San Jose, Calif. ESPN2

Sports Calendar

BASKETBALL

Ongoing through Dec. 1: I9 Sports of Northern and Central Gwinnett County offers winter programs for boys and girls ages 3 to 18 at North Gwinnett Middle, Bogan Park gym and Discovery High. All skill levels are welcome. To register, go to www.i9sports.com or call 678-472-2142.

CHEERLEADING/ FOOTBALL

Dec. 10: Lawrenceville Youth Association will host its general elections from 2 to 4 p.m. at Rhodes Jordan Park’s football press box.

Positions up for election are president, cheer president and football secretary.

FOOTBALL

Ongoing through Dec. 1: I9 Sports of Northern and Central Gwinnett County offers winter flag football programs for boys and girls

ages 3 to 18 at Gary Pirkle Park and Rhodes Jordan Park. All skill levels are welcome. To register, go to www.i9sports.com or call 678-472-2142.

RUNNING

Jan. 28: The seventh annual Norcross Blue Devils Run, a Peachtree Road Race qualifier, will feature a 5K and 1-mile fun run at Pinckneyville Middle School in Peachtree Corners. 5K starts at 8 a.m. and fun run starts when 5K finishes. Pre-registration is $25 and race-day registration is $30. Proceeds from the student-led event will benefit the high school’s cross country and track and field programs. For more information or to register, go to bluedevilsrun. wixsite.com/norcross or run signup.com/BlueDevilsRun.

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Goodson delivers for Wofford

By Will Hammock

(fifth) and 12 game-winning goals (tied for first).

She also made the Capital One Academic AllDistrict IV first team.

will.hammock@ gwinnettdailypost.com

It won’t get much tougher on Brandon Goodson than his first career start for Wofford last season — a road game against ACC power Clemson.

The Dacula grad faced another difficult situation last Saturday, and handled it just as well. The Terriers faced a late deficit at Furman but Goodson and his teammates rallied for a 34-27 win that kept their hopes for an FCS playoff berth alive. It was the program’s first win at Furman since 2007.

Down by seven in the fourth quarter, Wofford got big plays from its quarterback on the gametying drive. He converted a fourth-and-three from the Terriers’ 32-yard line with a 9-yard run, having to avoid a tackle near the line, and later completed a 19yard pass on fourth down near midfield on the same drive. He capped the march with a 33-yard touchdown run.

Goodson’s pass later set up the Terriers’ game-winning TD with 49 seconds left. The junior finished 3 of 4 passing for 66 yards and a TD, in addition to running eight times for 121 yards and two scores (he also had a 64-yard TD run).

Goodson has completed 27 of 53 passes for 440 yards this season, in addition to rushing 44 times for 226 yards.

Wofford (6-3) still needs wins over Chattanooga and Virginia Military Institute the next two weeks to get into the FCS playoff mix.

Wofford Terriers quarterback Brandon Goodson (14), a Dacula grad, throws the ball against Mississippi defensive tackle Herbert Moore (99) during this season’s game at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. (Photo: Justin Ford-USA Today Sports)

Gwinnett’s John Urzua is now the starting quarterback at Middle Tennessee after Brent Stockstill, one of the nation’s most prolific passers, went down last week with an injury.

Central Gwinnett’s Major Bellamy has made a big impact as a Georgia Military College freshman, catching 34 passes for 586 yards and five scores for the junior college power.

He also has rushed 18 times for 231 yards and two TDs. Teammate and fellow freshman Kishawn Miller of Mill Creek has 18 solo tackles, six pass breakups and an interception at cornerback. …

Berry College punter and Collins Hill grad Mitchell Blanchard was named to the CoSIDA Academic AllDistrict Team. The senior has a 3.43 GPA in finance and international business.

Fun Clemson win for Grayson trio Clemson’s 54-0 rout of Syracuse last Saturday was fueled partially by excepFOOTBALL tional days from a trio of Grayson grads.

Quick hits Nick Schuessler comTwo Gwinnett grads pleted 11 of 17 passes for caught a touchdown in last 177 yards and two touchSaturday’s 23-16 Audowns, Wayne Gallman burn win over Vanderbilt. rushed for 63 yards and Norcross’ Jared Pinkney a score on 10 carries and caught an 8-yard TD Ryan Carter had an interfor Vandy in the second ception and two tackles. quarter and Greater Atlanta Collins Hill’s Jonathan Christian’s Darius Slayton Thomas made seven tackcaught a 21-yard scoring les for Syracuse. pass in the third quarter. …

Buford’s Mikey Bart had CROSS COUNTRY four tackles (three solos), a forced fumble and a Norcross’ Yost has quarterback hurry in North memorable day Carolina’s 48-20 win over At last weekend’s Georgia Tech. … North NCAA Southeast Re-

gional, Georgia College’s Katherine Yost became the first runner in school history to qualify for nationals in a memorable showing.

She broke her own 6K school record with a time of 21 minutes, 44 seconds, shaving 49 seconds off her mark set last season. The performance also made her the first two-time, all-region runner in school history.

Yost, who was named the school’s Bobcat Athlete of the Week for the fourth time this year on Tuesday, advances to the Nov. 19 NCAA Division II Championships at The Abbey Course in Saint Leo, Fla.

Garcia faring well at Harvard Greater Atlanta Christian’s Rachel Garcia has played well in her senior season at Harvard.

The forward, a transfer from Georgia, ranks second on the team in both goals (six), assists (five) and points (17), helping the team to a 10-3-3 record, including a 5-0-2 mark in Ivy League play. The Crimson open the NCAA Tournament at Rutgers on Saturday.

BASKETBALL DeShields picked as first-teamer Norcross grad Diamond DeShields was voted to the preseason All-Southeastern Conference first team by the league’s coaches.

DeShields, a junior at Tennessee, averaged 14.3 points and 5.2 rebounds last season, her first in the SEC after transferring from North Carolina.

Leifson makes splash in BYU debut Sharp-shooting Colby Leifson was one of the standouts in Brigham Young’s preseason Cougar SOCCER Tipoff, which featured an intrasquad scrimmage.

Clark caps standout The freshman from Mercer career North Gwinnett led all Norcross grad Maddie scorers with 24 points but Clark made a considerable his team narrowly lost, 80impact this season and 77. He made a game-high throughout her four-year seven 3-pointers.

Mercer career, earning “This is what (Leifson) first-team All-Southern does. It’s who he is. He’s Conference and Southdone this a lot in practice ern Conference Women’s for us,” BYU coach Dave Championships all-tourna- Rose told the Deseret ment honors as a senior.

News. “Every scrimmage, She started 20 games he hits four or five 3s. Our at midfielder and forward question will be, when he this season and scored 14 becomes labeled as a real goals, the fifth most ever 3-point shooter, what you by a Mercer player and get from there? He’s potenthe 19th-best total nationtially as good as we’ve had ally. Her 30 total points is at getting the ball up quick eighth in school history and shooting a 3. … He’s and 32nd nationally, while young and he’s confident.” her five game-winning Gwinnett Grads is a goals tied her own school column that runs on Thursmark from 2014 and is days spotlighting achieve20th nationally. ments of past Gwinnett Clark started 70 games standouts. Coaches and and played in 82 at Mercer. parents are urged to send She finished her career suggestions via email to with 27 goals (fifth in will.hammock@gwinschool history), 66 points nettdailypost.com.

IN FRONT OF THE CAMERAS A quick look at where to watch former Gwinnett standouts on TV in this week’s college football action: TODAY 7:30 p.m. — North Carolina at Duke, ESPN Collins Hill’s Tomon Fox (No. 12) is a defensive end, North Gwinnett’s Donnie Miles (No. 15) is a safety, North Gwinnett’s Jaye Stackhouse (No. 27) is a safety, Buford’s Mikey Bart (No. 45) is a defensive end and Buford’s Nick Polino (No. 58) is an offensive lineman for UNC. Shiloh’s Jeremy McDuffie (No. 9) is a cornerback, Grayson’s Jordan Hayes (No. 13) is a safety, Archer’s Dylan Singleton (No. 16) is a safety, Archer’s Deondre Singleton (No. 33) is a safety, Buford’s Grant Hall (No. 46) is a safety and Collins Hill’s Christian Harris (No. 70) is an offensive lineman for Duke.

7:30 p.m. — Louisiana Lafayette at Georgia Southern, ESPNU Peachtree Ridge’s Christian Goodlett (No. 10) is a defensive back for Louisiana Lafayette. Peachtree Ridge’s R.J. Murray (No. 2) is a safety, Duluth’s Myles Campbell (No. 6) is a wide receiver, Meadowcreek’s Rayquan Sam (No. 39) is a cornerback, Norcross’ J.B. Kouassi (No. 44) is a defensive end, Mill Creek’s Brandon Holley (No. 53) is a linebacker, Parkview’s Tra Malloy (No. 54) is an offensive lineman, North Gwinnett’s Andy Kwon (No. 60) is an offensive lineman, Norcross’ Ryan Northrup (No. 62) is an offensive lineman, Parkview’s Jakob Cooper (No. 64) is an offensive lineman, Shiloh’s John Freeman (No. 78) is an offensive lineman and South Gwinnett’s Colby Ransom (No. 87) is a wide receiver for Georgia Southern.

FRIDAY 7:30 p.m. — Boston College at Florida State, ESPN2 Suwanee resident William Harris (No. 8) is a defensive back, Duluth resident Max Richardson (No. 52) is a linebacker and Grayson’s Bryce Morais (No. 90) is a defensive lineman for Boston College.

SATURDAY Noon — Baylor at Oklahoma, ABC Peachtree Ridge’s Orlando Brown (No. 78) is an offensive tackle for Oklahoma.

Noon — Mississippi State at Alabama, ESPN Norcross’ Nathan Swanson (No. 59) is a long snapper, Sean Samuel (No. 93) of Snellville is a lineman and South Gwinnett’s Stephen Adegoke is an athlete for Mississippi State.

Noon — South Carolina at Florida, CBS Grayson’s Daniel Fennell (No. 35) is a defensive lineman, Parkview’s Trey Derouen (No. 79) is an offensive lineman, Mill Creek’s Kelsey Griffin (No. 94) is a defensive lineman, North Gwinnett’s Dante Sawyer (No. 95) is a defensive lineman and Archer’s Kobe Smith (No. 97) is a defensive lineman for South Carolina. Archer’s Antonio Riles (No. 51) is an offensive lineman for Florida.

Noon — Kentucky at Tennessee, SEC Network Peachtree Ridge’s Blake Best (No. 53) is a long snapper for Kentucky. Norcross’ Alvin Kamara (No. 6) is a running back, Buford’s Austin Smith (No. 11 is a defensive lineman, Norcross’ Jason Croom (No. 18) is a tight end, Peachtree Ridge’s Nigel Warrior (No. 18) is a defensive back, GAC’s Micah Abernathy (No. 22) is a defensive back, Peachtree Ridge’s Baylen Buchanan (No. 28) is a defensive back, Grayson’s Jayson Sparks (No. 37) is a running back, Wesleyan’s Jaye Rochell (No. 38) is a wide

receiver, Buford’s Quay Picou (No. 55) is a defensive lineman and Grayson’s Mykelle McDaniel (No. 94) is a defensive lineman for Tennessee.

Noon — Cincinnati at Central Florida, ESPNU Norcross’ Kevin Mouhon (No. 48) is a linebacker for Cincinnati.

Buford’s Dontravious Wilson (No. 7) is a running back, Shiloh’s Cam Stewart is a wide receiver and Buford’s Tre Neal (No. 23) is a defensive back for Central Florida.

Noon — Tulsa at Navy, CBS Sports Network Archer’s John Gillis (No. 4) is a cornerback, Brookwood’s Josh Brown (No. 42) is a running back, GAC’s Ford Higgins (No. 75) is an offensive lineman, Mountain View’s Kendel Wright (No. 76) is an offensive lineman and Greater Atlanta Christian’s Paul Carothers (No. 87) is a linebacker for Navy.

Noon — Northwestern at Purdue, Big Ten Network Buford’s Steven Reese (No. 23) is a wide receiver and Brookwood’s Jesse Brown (No. 36) is a running back for Northwestern.

Lanier’s Tario Fuller (No. 25) is a running back for Purdue.

12:30 p.m. — N.C. State at Syracuse, WUPA Buford’s Shug Frazier (No. 90) is a defensive lineman for N.C. State. Collins Hill’s Jonathan Thomas (No. 23) is a linebacker, Mountain View’s Kielan Whitner (No. 25) is a defensive back and Central Gwinnett’s George Morris (No. 27) is a running back for Syracuse.

2 p.m. — Miami (Fla.) at Virginia, Fox Sports South Norcross’ Christopher Herndon (No. 23) is a tight end and Peachtree Ridge’s Tyler Murphy (No. 32) is a defensive back for Miami. Peachtree Ridge’s Jordan Ellis (No. 10) is a running back, Wesleyan’s Jordan Mack (No. 37) is a defensive back, Collins Hill’s Robert Snyder (No. 52) is a linebacker, Parkview’s Juwan Moye (No. 95) is a defensive end and Central Gwinnett’s Darious Latimore is a cornerback for Virginia.

3:30 p.m. — Auburn at Georgia, CBS Lanier’s Derrick Brown (No. 5) is a defensive lineman, Archer’s Kyle Davis (No. 11) is a wide receiver, Duluth resident Nick Ruffin (No. 19) is a safety, Brookwood’s Keenan Sweeney (No. 42) is a fullback, Mill Creek’s Kaleb Kim (No. 54) is an offensive lineman and GAC’s Darius Slayton (No. 81) is a wide receiver for Auburn. For UGA, Norcross’ Lorenzo Carter (No. 7) is a linebacker, Brookwood’s Shaun McGee (No. 8) is a linebacker, Buford’s Isaac Nauta (No. 18) is a tight end, Brookwood’s Matt Price (No. 29) is a wide receiver, Mountain View’s Tim Hill (No. 29) is a defensive back, Grayson’s Shattle Fenteng (No. 31) is a defensive back, Brookwood’s Nick Moore (No. 43) is a fullback, South Gwinnett’s Reggie Carter (No. 45) is a linebacker and Grayson’s Justin Young (No. 92) is a defensive lineman.

3:30 p.m. — Vanderbilt at Missouri, SEC Network North Gwinnett’s Caleb Scott (No. 9) is a wide receiver, Parkview’s Bryce Lewis (No. 30) is a defensive back, Shiloh’s Darion DeBrossard (No. 70) is an offensive lineman, GAC’s Devin Cochran (No. 77) is an offensive lineman and Norcross’ Jared Pinkney (No. 80) is a tight end for Vandy. North Gwinnett’s Nate Brown (No. 7) is a wide receiver and Buford’s Thomas Wilson (No. 8) is a safety for Missouri.

3:30 p.m. — Army at Notre Dame, NBC Lilburn resident Marcus Hyatt (No. 1) is a defensive back, Collins Hill’s Rhyan England (No. 20) is a defensive back, Peachtree Ridge’s Tyler Campbell (No. 22) is a running back, Buford’s

Cooper Simpson (No. 79) is an offensive lineman, Norcross’ Emmanuel Aka (No. 96) is a defensive lineman and Loganville resident J.D. Mote (No. 98) is a punter for Army. Buford’s Montgomery VanGorder (No. 4) is a quarterback for Notre Dame.

3:30 p.m. — Pittsburgh at Clemson, ABC Grayson’s Wayne Gallman (No. 9) is a running back, Grayson’s Nick Schuessler (No. 12) is a quarterback), Brookwood’s Jack Swinney (No. 20) is a wide receiver, Grayson’s Ryan Carter (No. 31) is a defensive back and North Gwinnett’s Mitch Hyatt (No. 75) is an offensive tackle for Clemson.

3:30 p.m. — Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech, ESPNU For Georgia Tech, Norcross’ Clinton Lynch (No. 22) is a running back, Buford’s David Curry (No. 32) is a linebacker, Norcross’ Jarett Cole (No. 35) is a defensive back, Greater Atlanta Christian’s Tyler Cooksey (No. 43) is a linebacker, Buford’s Xavier Gantt (No. 46) is a running back, Dacula’s Jakob Brashear (No. 49) is a linebacker, Brookwood’s Bailey Ivemeyer (No. 62) is an offensive lineman, Mill Creek’s Tyler Vernon (No. 73) is a defensive end, Buford’s Alan Bussoletti (No. 85) is a wide receiver, Central Gwinnett’s Francis Kallon (No. 92) is a defensive lineman, North Gwinnett’s Anree Saint-Amour (No. 94) is a defensive lineman and Grayson’s Chris Martin (No. 96) is a defensive lineman. For Virginia Tech, Collins Hill’s Emmanuel Belmar (No. 40) is a linebacker and Norcross’ D’Andre Plantin (No. 62) is an offensive lineman.

3:30 p.m. — Ohio State at Maryland, ESPN North Gwinnett’s Jalen Brooks (No. 43) and Collins Hill’s Brett Shepherd (No. 53) are linebackers for Maryland.

3:30 p.m. — Texas Tech at Oklahoma State, Fox Sports 1 Grayson’s Zach Barnes (No. 12) is a defensive lineman for Texas Tech. Parkview’s Chris Carson (No. 32) is a running back for Oklahoma State.

7 p.m. — Wake Forest at Louisville, ESPN2 Peachtree Ridge’s Malik Staples (No. 31) is a running back, Mill Creek’s Robbie Bell (No. 75) is an offensive lineman and Parkview’s G.G. Robinson (No. 94) is a defensive tackle for Louisville.

7 p.m. — LSU at Arkansas, ESPN Buford’s Blake Ferguson (No. 50) is a long snapper for LSU. 7:30 p.m. — Minnesota at Nebraska, Big Ten Network Grayson’s Mohamed Barry (No. 7) is a linebacker for Nebraska.

7:30 p.m. — Ole Miss at Texas A&M, SEC Network Archer’s Donta Evans (No. 35) is a linebacker for Ole Miss.

7:30 p.m. — USC at Washington, Fox North Gwinnett’s Josh Imatorbhebhe (No. 17) is a wide receiver and North Gwinnett’s Daniel Imatorbhebhe (No. 88) is a tight end for USC. 10 p.m. — Colorado at Arizona, Fox Sports 1 Brookwood’s Afolabi Laguda (No. 1) is a defensive back and Collins Hill’s Casey Marksberry (No. 17) is a quarterback for Colorado. Grayson’s Jack Banda (No. 92) is a defensive lineman for Arizona.

10:15 p.m. — Colorado State at Air Force, ESPNU Grayson’s Fred Zerblis (No. 54) is an offensive lineman for Colorado State. Parkview’s Shaq Vereen (No. 6) is a defensive back for Air Force.

10:30 p.m. — California at Washington State, ESPN Collins Hill’s Chris Palmer (No. 51) is an offensive lineman for Cal.

gwinnettdailypost.com IN BRIEF

Buford’s Marsh to sign with Duke track and field

Buford’s Erin Marsh, a state champion in high school, has committed to the Duke women’s track and field program. The senior will be honored with a signing ceremony Monday at 2:50 p.m. in the high school media center.

Marsh has competed in track and field, cross country and cheerleading for Buford, setting school track records in the 300-meter hurdles (42.83 seconds) and in the 400 and 1,600 relays. She is an All-American in the 400-meter hurdles and heptathlon after placing fourth in both events this past summer at the USA Track and Field Junior Olympics.

Marsh is expected to run the 400 hurdles and compete in the pentathlon and decathlon at Duke.

Broncos’ Tate to run for Virginia Tech

Brookwood senior Caitlan Tate has made a commitment to the Virginia Tech track and field program.

Tate was the state runner-up last season in the 100-meter dash and placed seventh in that event at New Balance Nationals last summer. Her personal bests are 11.7 seconds in the 100 and 23.78 in the 200. She is in the all-time school record lists 29 times at Brookwood, including school records in the 100, 200, 400 relay, 1,600 relay, sprint medley relay and distance medley relay.

Grayson’s Smith chooses Maryville College softball

Grayson senior Katlyn Smith has made a commitment to the Maryville College (Tenn.) softball program.

Smith, a three-year starter at pitcher and outfielder, was a first-team all-county selection as a junior and was a scholar-athlete selection as a senior. She was 9-3 with 108 strikeouts in 75 innings and a 1.70 ERA for the Rams.

Brookwood’s Jolley, Bugg to play college tennis

Brookwood’s girls tennis programs held a signing ceremony for two players who will play at the college level, Clarissa Jolley and Christina Bugg.

Jolley will play for Air Force and Bugg will play for North Georgia.

Wesleyan to honor college-bound athletes

Wesleyan will host its fall signing ceremony today to recognize nine athletes who will continue their sports at the college level.

The group of college recruits being honored are Abby Gardner (Stanford, diving), Kate McCahan (Notre Dame, diving), Jameson Kavel (Duke, softball), Mikayla Coombs (Connecticut, basketball), Colin Hall (Georgia Tech, baseball), Natalie Armstrong (Samford, basketball), Audrey Mangum (Lafayette, volleyball), Elisa Yang (Georgia, golf) and Noni Thompkins (Tennessee Tech, volleyball).

GAC celebrates athletic signings

Greater Atlanta Christian honored three seniors who will join college athletic programs next year with a signing ceremony on Wednesday.

The Spartans recognized were Lexi Mann (Kennesaw State, basketball), Charlie O’Briant (Air Force, basketball) and Connor Conkel (South Carolina Upstate, golf).

Wesleyan dominates all-region list

Wesleyan dominated the All-Region 5-A softball honors, which were voted on and released recently by the league’s coaches.

Three of the top individual awards went to Wolves, highlighted by player of the year Jameson Kavel and pitcher of the year Cassie Henning. Alyssa Bedard earned the region’s defensive player of the year award.

In addition to those three, Savannah Sommer, Jahni Kerr and Madison Kerpics all made first-team all-region for Wesleyan.

— From staff reports

Basketball NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

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W L Pct GB Charlotte..............5....1.....833...... — Atlanta.................5....2.... .714........5 Orlando................3....4.....429.....2.5 Miami...................2....4.....333........3 Washington..........1....5.... .167........4 Central Division

W L Pct GB Cleveland.............6....1.....857...... — Detroit..................4....3.....571........2 Chicago...............4....3.....571........2 Milwaukee............4....3.....571........2 Indiana.................3....4.....429........3 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2016 • 11A

Kindig working to build up Storm Seth Kindig teaches math and physics at Providence Christian, but he knows a thing or two about marketing.

And the lure of free ice cream.

Kindig has spent the past year-plus promoting the Storm’s girls basketball program, which had only six high school players when he was hired as head coach before the 2015-16 season. The Lilburn school had just four middle-school players the season before.

Simply put, the program needed athletes. He marketed girls basketball from the start, hosting informational meetings that featured free ice cream.

“Any time we have a basketball meeting, Coach Kindig gives out free ice cream to anybody who shows up,” Kindig said. “They know that. If you’re just an ice-cream eater that’s totally cool.

were working with the elementary kids as much as we could. What it means to be a girls basketball player at Providence is different than it has been and that’s a big part of it.

“And I think really just the girls enjoyed it. Other Will people saw them together Hammock having fun and it made it something other people If you’re never going to wanted to be a part of.” come to a basketball event, The work paid off in that’s cool. We’ll love you several ways in Kindig’s anyway.” first season.

The ice cream giveProvidence fielded a aways were fun, but only junior varsity team in a small part of Kindig’s 2015-16 for the first time efforts to spark interest in in three years. The Storm’s girls basketball, to make win record was a modest it popular again at the 7-20, but an improvement Lilburn private school. over 3-23 the season be“We spoke to our girls a fore. And in eight of those lot about making basketlosses, they led or were ball the cool thing to do at tied in the fourth quarter.

Providence,” Kindig said.

Just as importantly, “We did lots of things with Providence now has the younger kids. We ran around 20 players in the day clinics. We ran 3-on-3 middle school program clinics. On weekends, lots and 24 in the high school. of days after school, we Those players are eager

for the season to start, especially with the distinct possibility that the wins will come more frequently this season. The players, and the hard-working Kindig, deserve more victories for what they’re building.

“Our goal is to improve on our win total from last year,” Kindig said.

“Talking about how we’re growing, our goals are more process-oriented.

How do we approach practice? How we practice. Are we practicing better? We have measurable goals for that and we believe that will produce results in the win-loss column. But if it doesn’t, that’s not how we’re measuring ourself. But I definitely think we’ll build on last year.”

Will Hammock can be reached via email at will. hammock@gwinnettdailypost.com. His column appears on Thursdays.

Hawks beat Bulls for third straight win behind Butler, who had 14 in the quarter and hit a 3-pointer with 23 seconds ATLANTA — Thabo left that allowed the Bulls Sefolosha scored a seasonto cut the lead to 68-61 at high 20 points and was halftime. the defensive catalyst that The 68 points were the helped the Atlanta Hawks most scored by the Hawks hold on down the stretch in a half this season and the and beat the Chicago Bulls 61 allowed was the most 115-107 on Wednesday permitted by an opponent. night at Philips Arena.

Chicago continued to Sefolosha had 18 points peck away at the lead and in the first half and finwas up by five when Doug ished 8 of 9 from the field McDermott completed with five rebounds. Dea fast break with a dunk fensively, he had a crucial with 4:08 left to give the block on a Rajon Rondo Bulls an 85-80 lead. jumper to halt Chicago’s The Hawks were able to momentum and prevent regroup and used a 14-3 Atlanta from wasting an run, six points coming 11-point lead in the fourth from reserve Tim Hardquarter. away Jr., to regain the The Hawks (6-2) had lead. Atlanta led 94-88 eight players scored in after three quarters when double figures, including Malcolm Delaney scored Dwight Howard with 18 on a drive at the buzzer. points and 10 rebounds Atlanta carried the and Paul Millsap with 16 momentum into the fourth points and 11 rebounds. quarter and re-established Dennis Schroder had 13 a 10-point lead when Kris points but made only 5 of Humphries made two free 19 from the field and had Atlanta guard Dennis Schroder (17) controls a rebound throws with 10:21 left. five turnovers.

Chicago erased most of over Chicago’s Isaiah Canaan (0) during the first half Chicago (4-4) got a sea- at Philips Arena on Wednesday in Atlanta. (Photo: Dale an 11-point deficit in the Zanine-USA Today Sports) son-high 39 points from fourth quarter. The Bulls Jimmy Butler, who added got within 103-101, only seven assists and four Bulls. Chicago has lost ter, but the Bulls were able to have the Hawks respond rebounds, and 25 points four of its last five games. to stay close thanks to 10 with eight straight points from Dwayne Wade, who Atlanta closed the first points from Butler. to take command. made his first seven shots quarter with an 11-3 run, The Hawks led by as Note: The Hawks will from the floor and finished with Sefolosha scoring many as 17 points when purchase and operate their 10 of 17. three of the baskets, to Millsap made a pull-up own D-League team and The win was the third take a 35-27 lead. The jumper to give them a play in a new facility that straight for Atlanta and its Hawks shot 56 percent 50-33 lead with 8:57 will be built just south of fifth in a row against the from the floor in the quar- left. Chicago came back Atlanta in College Park.

By Stan Awtrey The Sports Xchange

SPORTS AT A GLANCE Detroit at Phoenix, late Houston at San Antonio, late Portland at L.A. Clippers, late Dallas at Golden State, late Today’s Games New Orleans at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

Chicago at Miami, 8 p.m.

Golden State at Denver, 9 p.m.

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

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Today’s Game Cleveland at Baltimore, 8:25 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 13

Houston at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.

Denver at New Orleans, 1 p.m.

Los Angeles at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.

Atlanta at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.

Kansas City at Carolina, 1 p.m.

Chicago at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.

Green Bay at Tennessee, 1 p.m.

Minnesota at Washington, 1 p.m.

Miami at San Diego, 4:05 p.m.

San Francisco at Arizona, 4:25 p.m.

Dallas at Pittsburgh, 4:25 p.m.

Seattle at New England, 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 14 Cincinnati at N.Y. Giants, 8:30 p.m.

NASCAR Sprint Cup Schedule and Standings April 24 — Toyota Owners 400. (Carl Edwards) May 1 — GEICO 500. (Brad Keselowski) May 7 — Go Bowling 400. (Kyle Busch) May 15 — AAA 400 Drive For Autism.

(Matt Kenseth) May 21 — x-Sprint Showdown. (Kyle Larson) May 21 — x-NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race. (Joey Logano) May 29 — Coca-Cola 600. (Martin Truex Jr.) June 6 — Axalta ‘We Paint Winners’ 400. (Kurt Busch) June 12 — FireKeepers Casino 400.

(Joey Logano) June 26 — Toyota - Save Mart 350.

(Tony Stewart) July 2 — Coke Zero 400 Powered by Coca-Cola. (Brad Keselowski) July 9 — Quaker State 400 Presented by Advance Auto Parts. (Brad Keselowski) July 17 — New Hampshire 301. (Matt Kenseth) July 24 — Crown Royal presents the Combat Wounded Coalition 400 at the Brickyard. (Kyle Busch) Aug. 1 — Pennsylvania 400. (Chris Buescher) Aug. 7 — Cheez-It 355 at The Glen.

(Denny Hamlin) Aug. 20 — Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race. (Kevin Harvick) Aug. 28 — Pure Michigan 400. (Kyle Larson) Sept. 4 — Bojangles’ Southern 500.

(Martin Truex Jr.) Sept. 10 — Federated Auto Parts 400. (Denny Hamlin) Sept. 18 — Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400. (Martin Truex Jr.)

Sept. 25 — Bad Boy Off Road 300.

(Kevin Harvick) Oct. 2 — Citizen Soldier 400. (Martin Truex Jr.) Oct. 9 — Bank of America 500. (Jimmie Johnson) Oct. 16 — Hollywood Casino 400.

(Kevin Harvick) Feb. 13 — x-Sprint Unlimited. (Denny Hamlin) Feb. 18 — x-Can-Am Duel At Daytona 1. (Dale Earnhardt Jr.) Feb. 18 — x-Can-Am Duel At Daytona 2. (Kyle Busch) Feb. 21 — Daytona 500. (Denny Hamlin) Feb. 28 — Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500. (Jimmie Johnson) March 6 — Kobalt 400. (Brad Keselowski) March 13 — Good Sam 500. (Kevin Harvick) March 20 — Auto Club 400. (Jimmie Johnson) April 3 — STP 500. (Kyle Busch) April 9 — Duck Commander 500.

(Kyle Busch) April 17 — Food City 500. (Carl Edwards) Oct. 23 — Hellmann s 500. (Joey Logano) Oct. 30 — Goody’s Fast Relief 500.

(Jimmie Johnson) Nov. 6 — AAA Texas 500. (Carl Edwards) Nov. 13 — Can-Am 500, Avondale, Arizona Nov. 20 — Ford EcoBoost 400, Homestead, Florida x-non-points race 2016 Driver Standing 1. Jimmie Johnson, 4074.

2. Joey Logano, 4074.

3. Kyle Busch, 4074.

4. Matt Kenseth, 4073.

5. Denny Hamlin, 4072.

6. Kevin Harvick, 4056.

7. Carl Edwards, 4049.

8. Kurt Busch, 4040.

9. Martin Truex Jr., 2265.

10. Brad Keselowski, 2234.

11. Chase Elliott, 2223.

12. Kyle Larson, 2209.

Transactions BASEBALL American League DETROIT TIGERS— RHP Dustin Molleken has elected free agency.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS—Designated LF Shane Robinson for assignment. Signed RHP Andrew Bailey to

a one-year, $1 million contract.

MINNESOTA TWINS—Fired first base coach Butch Davis. Fired hitting coach Tom Brunansky.

SEATTLE MARINERS—Released C Steven Baron. Signed RHP Ryan Cook to a minor league contract.

National League LOS ANGELES DODGERS—Outrighted RHP Chin-Hui Tsao to Oklahoma City (PCL).

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association BROOKLYN NETS—Signed SG Yogi Ferrell to a partially guaranteed contract. Waived PG Greivis Vasquez.

WASHINGTON WIZARDS—NBA fined PG John Wall $25,000 for the use of inappropriate language towards an official.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL BAYLOR—Suspended F Johnathan Motley one game for violating team rules.

JAMES MADISON—Suspended G Vince Holmes and F Ramone Snowden indefinitely for violation of team rules.

FOOTBALL National Football League CAROLINA PANTHERS—Added TE Scott Simonson and T Pearce Slater to the practice squad. Cut TE Beau Sandland.

CHICAGO BEARS—Cut C Cornelius Edison.

DALLAS COWBOYS—Added G Kadeem Edwards to the practice squad.

Cut T Clay DeBord.

DENVER BRONCOS—Added DB Ryan Murphy to the practice squad.

DETROIT LIONS—Cut TE Khari Lee. GREEN BAY PACKERS—Added DB Jermaine Whitehead to the practice squad. Cut DT Tyler Kuder.

HOUSTON TEXANS—Added T Jeff Adams to the practice squad.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS—Activated WR Marcus Leak from the practice squad. Cut WR Tevaun Smith.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS—Activated LB Justin Houston from the physically unable to perform list. Added DB Terrance Mitchell and LB Earl Okine to the practice squad. Cut DB Tyler Patmon.

MIAMI DOLPHINS—Cut DB Bene Benwikere.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS—Cut TE MyCole Pruitt.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS—Added DB Brian Dixon to the practice squad. Cut DT John Jenkins. Signed

LB Sam Barrington and DB Shiloh Keo. NEW YORK GIANTS—Activated G Adam Gettis from the practice squad.

Added WR Da’Ron Brown and WR Kevin Norwood to the practice squad.

Cut QB Logan Thomas. Placed DB Darian Thompson on IR. NEW YORK JETS—Activated WR Devin Smith from the physically unable to perform list. Added T Zach Sterup to the practice squad. Placed T Ryan Clady on IR. Signed DT Anthony Johnson. Waived DE Jarvis Jenkins.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS—Placed LB Bud Dupree on IR/Designated for Return.

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS—Added DB Mike Lee to the practice squad.

Cut DB Steve Williams. Signed WR Geremy Davis.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS—Cut WR Keshawn Martin.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—Added WR George Farmer to the practice squad.

TENNESSEE TITANS—Added DB Cody Riggs to the practice squad.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL BEMIDJI STATE—Fired coach Jeff Tesch.

GEORGIA TECH—Suspended RB Dedrick Mills two games for violating team rules.

HOCKEY National Hockey League ANAHEIM DUCKS—Recalled C Michael Sgarbossa from San Diego (AHL).

ARIZONA COYOTES—Assigned C Tyler Gaudet to Tucson (AHL).

BUFFALO SABRES—Assigned RW Hudson Fasching and LW Cole Schneider to Rochester (AHL).

CALGARY FLAMES—Assigned D Nicklas Grossman to Stockton (AHL).

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS—Activated LW Andrew Desjardins from injured reserve.

LOS ANGELES KINGS—Announced D Tom Gilbert has served his suspension.

MINNESOTA WILD—Recalled RW Zack Mitchell, D Mike Reilly, and C Christoph Bertschy from Iowa (AHL).

NEW YORK ISLANDERS—Assigned C Mathew Barzal to Seattle (WHL).

NEW YORK RANGERS—Assigned D Steven Kampfer to Hartford (AHL).

OTTAWA SENATORS—Recalled RW Mike Blunden from Binghamton (AHL).

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