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Teen killed outside Hamilton Mill McDonald’s From Staff Reports Gwinnett police are trying to determine why a 19-year-old was shot and killed outside a McDonald’s off Hamilton Mill Road in unincorporated

Kyree Smith

Dacula Monday night.

Kyree Shakur Smith of Lawrenceville was found inside a car suffering from a gunshot wound outside the restaurant at 2443 Hamilton Mill Road.

A responding officer

and a witness performed CPR on the victim until the Gwinnett County Fire Department could arrive.

Smith was eventually taken to the Gwinnett Medical Center in Lawrenceville, where he died.

Detectives are looking into the possibility that this crime may be drug related, according to police. Police also said a red passenger car was seen fleeing the area after the victim was shot.

Another 19-year-old man was in the vehicle when the incident happened, but he was uninjured.

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New details emerge on Clydesdales’ visit, parade

By Curt Yeomans curt.yeomans@gwinnettdailypost.com

ON THE RISE

In this file photo, students participate in the “Walk through the Arch” program. For the second straight year, GGC reported a more than five percent jump in enrollment as the school settles into its second decade of existence. (Special Photos)

Georgia Gwinnett College enrollment jumps 5 percent

By Keith Farner

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For the second straight year, Georgia Gwinnett College reported a more than 5 percent jump in enrollment as the school settles into its second decade of existence.

GGC’s fall 2016 enrollment of 12,052 is 5.1 percent higher than last year, which was 11.4 percent higher than 2014. The school’s enrollment includes 5,106 freshmen, 2,496 sophomores, 1,817 juniors, 2,025 seniors and 151 transient or other, such as students taking courses but not pursuing a degree.

The vast majority of GGC students are local, full-time and commuters. About 70 percent of them reside in Gwinnett, while 448 are from Barrow, 712 from DeKalb, 385 from Fulton and 690 from Walton counties.

The vast majority, 11,584 students, are Georgia residents. Another 204 are from other U.S. states and 264 report residency of other nations.

Gwinnett County residents looking to come face to face with the selfproclaimed King of Beer’s famous Clydesdales this weekend will have some options to quench that desire.

The horses will appear at the Lawrenceville Hometown Christmas Parade at 7 p.m. on Friday, but just about everyone has probably heard about that already.

What they may not have heard about is that the Budweiser Clydesdales will make an appearance at Beverage Superstore of Grayson before the parade, and everyone in the community is invited to come by and see them. The hooved mascots will gallup by for a visit in the store’s parking lot, at 2265 Loganville Highway, in Grayson, from 3 to 6 p.m.

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Gwinnett schools host PBIS bus tour

By Keith Farner keith.farner@gwinnettdailypost.com

In this file photo, students work on the Georgia Gwinnett campus.

Across the University System of Georgia’s 29 colleges and universities, enrollment totaled 321,551 students, an increase of 1.1 percent over last fall. This fall’s enrollment continues a trend, for three years in a row, of

modest increases in student enrollment in the USG. This marks the first time headcount and full-time equivalent enrollment both surpass the University System’s former enrollment peak of fall 2011.

“This is the third consecutive year we’ve seen our fall enrollment grow,” Chancellor Hank Huckaby said in a press release. “As we expand access to public higher

Hat day was a big deal on Tuesday at Richards Middle School.

It’s one of 10 events at the school this school year to reward positive behavior from students. To wear a hat, it cost students two “Titan tokens” which are handed out by teachers to reward students’ behavior.

“You notice the things they more online Visit gwinnettdailypost.com like to do, so for more photos. you key into that,” said Assistant Principal Sharon Macoy, who works on the eighth-grade level and coordinates discipline at the school.

Macoy said that on a tour on Tuesday afternoon with administrators from other school districts, she showed several classrooms of students who shared one of Richards’ mottos, GRIP. That stands for Good judgment, Responsibility, Integrity and Pride. It’s outlined in the school’s student assignment book: “The foundation of our success in life begins with who we are on the inside and how we treat other people. Many highly

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Tech entrepreneur to speak Suspected kidnapper at GGC commencement arrested in Walton County

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of the college’s charter nursing class.

Members of the largParekh est fall graduating class at earned a Georgia Gwinnett College bachelor’s will hear from a serial techdegree in Sanjay nology entrepreneur who electrical Parekh has received several honors engineerfrom publications that salute ing from Georgia Tech in young people in business 1996. He was also inducted and innovation. into the College of EngineerSanjay Parekh, a serial ing’s Council of Outstanding technology entrepreneur, Young Engineering Alumni will give the keynote address in 2013. at GGC’s commencement This year, he earned a ceremony at 10 a.m. Dec. 15 master’s in business adminisat the Infinite Energy Center tration from Emory Uniin Duluth. versity’s Goizueta Business More than 450 students School where he participated will receive bachelor’s as a Goizueta Advanced degrees at the event. The Leadership Academy Fellow. ceremony also will mark the Parekh is a co-founder of graduation of the second half Prototype Prime, a startup in-

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Previously, he launched Startup Riot, a conference for startups which pioneered the three-minute, four-slide presentation format.

He was co-founder and the founding CEO of Digital Envoy, as well as the inventor of the company’s patented NetAcuity IP intelligence technology. This technology allows for geographic targeting of content, information and security for billions of daily Internet users. Starting in 1999, Parekh led Digital Envoy to raise $12 million in angel and venture funding.

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by Landmark Communications in June 2007.

Parekh has been named a Technology Pioneer with the World Economic Forum (2002, 2003), one of MIT Technology Review’s top young innovators (2003), one of 10 Outstanding Young Atlantans (2004), an American Marshall Memorial Fellow (2004), one of the “Top 40 Under 40” Georgians

by Georgia Trend (2004), a fellow with the BMW Foundation (2008, 2009), a Kentucky Colonel (2012), one of the “40 Under 40” by Atlanta Business Chronicle (2013) and a member of Leadership Atlanta (Class of 2014).

A senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Parekh serves on the Board of Visitors for Emory, and is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Parekh has also served on the board of the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia.

From Staff Reports Six law enforcement agencies went on a manhunt to find an alleged kidnapper in Walton County before he continued a possible crime spree.

Walton County Sheriff’s Department arrested John Calhoun, age 29, after he led them on a brief high-speed car chase Monday, according to Georgia Bureau of Investigations spokeswoman

Nelly Miles.

Calhoun allegedly took an elderly individual from their John home and Calhoun placed the victim in the truck of his car.

Following the police chase, his car crashed and the victim was found in the truck injured, according to reports.

Calhoun is said to have assaulted someone else in Barrow County prior to his arrest, Miles said. The victim was taken to the hospital and is in stable condition.

Calhoun faces charges including kidnapping, aggravated assault, elderly abuse, armed robbery and carjacking.

The GBI had issued a news release about Calhoun, who was considered “armed and dangerous” this past Sunday.

Roots blamed for I-85 Thanksgiving sewage spill

By Curt Yeomans

the Mall of Georgia, last Thursday, according to Gwinnett County Department of Water Resources There’s one thing spokeswoman Karen Gwinnett County Depart- Shields. ment of Water Resources Shields said water workers were probresources crew members ably not thankful for on were called to the scene Thanksgiving: another of the spill at about sewage spill.

11:49 a.m., and worked And they have Mother until they got it stopped Nature to thank for the at about 5 p.m. mess this time.

The county work crew Roots were blamed for spread lime and raked 7,030 gallons of sewage the area around the spill spilling from a manto reduce its impact on hole on Interstate 85 in the environment before Buford. After it spilled posting signs to let resifrom the manhole, the dents know what hapsewage ran into Ivy pened. Water resources Creek, which runs near officials also contact the

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Georgia Environmental Protection Division on Friday to let state officials know about the incident.

Roots are not blamed for causing sewage spills nearly as often as clogs caused grease and backups of so-called “flushable” items.

That doesn’t mean they are a totally unusual cause, however.

Department of Water Resources officials told the Daily Post in January that tree roots encroaching on, and penetrating, pipes in the wastewater system cause an estimated 10 percent of clogs.

Norcross Fire Station No. 1 Museum opening Saturday

By Keith Farner

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Norcross’ restored fire station museum will host a grand opening ceremony at 10:30 a.m.

Saturday.

Fire Station No. 1 Museum has recently

received a facelift that gives it a more thorough and unique experience to its visitors. The museum’s centerpiece is a 1942 fire engine converted jeep that was restored

by DeLeon Foundation committee members.

As the flagship piece, the converted fire engine

is expected to continue to draw an interested audience with its new, enhanced setting. The museum’s enhancements include oversized, brightly colored panels highlighting different aspects of fire history in Norcross along with firerelated memorabilia.

GSMST in midst of parent info meetings for 2017-18

By Keith Farner

promotion requirements, and who reside in Gwinnett outside the city limits of Buford, and who satisfy The Gwinnett School of minimum requirements in Math, Science and Technol- eighth-grade Algebra. ogy is in the middle of three The first parent inforparent informational meetmation meeting was on ings geared to students and Nov. 15 for eight-graders families preparing for the attending middle school in 2017-18 school year. the Archer, Brookwood, Gwinnett eighth-graders Dacula, Grayson, Mill interested in attending Creek, Mountain View, GSMST next year are invit- Parkview, Shiloh and South ed to learn more about the Gwinnett clusters. On Tuesschool’s enrollment process. day, Dec. 13, the school Information for the 2017-18 will hold another meeting freshman class is available at 7 p.m., specifically for at all GCPS middle schools students from the Berkmar, and on the district’s website, Central Gwinnett, Collins gwinnett.k12.ga.us and Hill, Discovery, Duluth, at gsmst.org. The lottery Lanier, Meadowcreek, Norprocess is open to all curcross, North Gwinnett and rent eighth-grade students Peachtree Ridge clusters. who complete eighth-grade The final informational

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meeting will be held on Jan. 12 at 7 p.m. for anyone who was unable to attend the first two meeting dates.

Gwinnett parents of eighth-graders who are not currently enrolled in a GCPS middle school may attend any of the meetings at GSMST to learn more about this educational option.

All three lottery registration steps must be completed by the deadline, 4 p.m. on Jan. 20. All eligible students will receive lottery numbers for the random lottery drawing, which will take place at 7:30 a.m on Jan. 30 at the district office at 437 Old Peachtree Road in Suwanee. The school will accept 375 students for its 2017-18 freshman class.

GGC

•From Page 1A education, we are seeing an increase in high school students getting an early start, as well as a larger number of students pursuing graduate degrees.”

Dual enrollees — high school students who earn college credit — account for 457 of the GGC students. They represent a 28 percent increase over the 358 students dually enrolled in fall 2015.

The GGC student body is 56.2 percent female and

“

This is the third consecutive year we’ve seen our fall enrollment grow. As we expand access to public higher education, we are seeing an increase in high school students getting an early start, as well as a larger number of students pursuing graduate degrees.”

— GGC Chancellor Hank Huckaby

43.8 percent male, and its average age is 22.7.

About 1,742 students are of nontraditional college age and represent students who may have delayed going to college, have returned to college

or are pursuing additional degrees.

Among race and ethnicity, 33.3 percent of the student body is black, 33 percent white, 18.1 percent Hispanic and 10.7 percent Asian.

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More kidney patients learning in-home dialysis Leigh Beeson

Georgia Health News

W.E. “Bubber” Wilkes spent 30 years raising turkeys then beef cattle, 24 years on the Oconee County Commission and five years working security at Athens Regional Hospital.

And January will mark his first year on home dialysis for kidney failure.

Wilkes was born with only one kidney, but it was larger than normal and functioned well, he said. Many people can live normal lives with just one kidney, which is why so many people are able to donate one to somebody else. Because his single kidney stayed healthy for decades, Wilkes did not really worry about it or even give it much thought.

But after knee surgery last year, Wilkes, in his late 60s, developed cellulitis, a common but serious bacterial skin infection that can spread rapidly through the body.

Although doctors couldn’t say for certain that the infection was what damaged his kidney, they told Wilkes it might have been the culprit.

Anyhow, the damage had been done.

The kidney, which had done double duty for so long, started going downhill rapidly, W.E. Bubber Wilkes dropping from functioning at around 20 percent to 10 percent in January. His kidney specialist, Srilakshmi Rebala, told him he would need dialysis to survive.

The concept behind dialysis is simple, Rebala said. “The kidneys clear the toxins from the blood,” but when they are unable to do so, “dialysis does the job of the kidneys.”

The best-known type of dialysis requires patients to visit a specialized center for treatment.

But two forms of at-home dialysis are gaining popularity. Peritoneal dialysis uses the stomach membrane as a filter to remove fluids and wastes; home hemodialysis is essentially the same as the procedure used in clinics, but the equipment is more compact.

Not wanting to feel tied down Wilkes knew that tradi-

tional hemodialysis requires patients to sit still while a machine circulates and filters their blood a little at a time. It removes waste and excess fluids from blood before pumping the blood back into the patient’s body.

“It’s kind of heartbreaking to see them sitting in there like that and hooked to those machines for four and five hours at a time,” Wilkes said.

“Your whole day is gone.

That’s Monday, Wednesday and Friday — three days a week.”

Wilkes wasn’t interested in spending his days attached to a machine. One of his nurses told him that peritoneal dialysis, which he could do at home, was an option.

He hoped this would be a better fit for his lifestyle — he still works part time at a funeral home and as a county commissioner despite considering himself “retired.” But he and his wife, Gwen, knew that learning to work something as complex as a dialysis machine might be tough.

The nephrology center staff told Wilkes about a specific machine that not only automated peritoneal dialy-

sis but also was covered by Medicare and most private insurers. And they informed him that learning to use it properly would require hours of training.

“When I brought it home, I was still unsure,” he recalled recently. “I said, ‘I don’t know, Gwen.’ But once we got it here, I was determined.”

His wife said that learning how to work the machine was “kind of trial and error at first.”

“To begin with, he just wasn’t getting it,” Gwen Wilkes said. “He’s kind of a hard learner when it comes to all that. It was a matter of almost forcing him to do it on his own.”

But now Bubber Wilkes is the boss of the machine.

“I think he found out that it was easier to maintain it than he thought,” his wife said.

Not suited to everyone In-home dialysis is not new, but Medicare recently started promoting it, partly because it’s less expensive than going to a dialysis center and partly because it improves the patient’s quality of life.

At-home peritoneal

if you go What: Budweiser Clydesdales appearance in Grayson Where: Beverage Superstore of Grayson, 2265 Loganville Highway, in Grayson.

When: Thursday, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Anheuser-Busch employees put one of the Budweiser Clydesdales into a stall at a local stable where they are staying for their appearances around Gwinnett this week.

(Courtesy of the city of Lawrenceville)

to Gwinnett this week.

Beverage Superstore announced last week that it would host the horses for a visit that will coincide with its Holiday Wine Tasting event. With the Clydesdales being outside at the store, families can bring their kids to see the horses and their Budweiser carriage.

The hype surrounding the Clydesdales Gwinnett excursion got a boost on Monday, however, after Lawrenceville officials posted pictures on social media showing the legend-

ary horses arriving and being led into a local stable.

The city worked with Eagle Rock Distributing to get the Clydesdales for the parade, although it was a rocky path to get to this point. Initially the Clydesdales were on for the parade. City officials then turned around and said a scheduling change at Anheuser-Busch meant the appearance was off.

Later, another Budweiser Clydesdale team had some of its West Coast dates fall through and suddenly the

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that he can work at his computer desk or sit in his large leather recliner. In the morning, he unhooks the device and can go about his day like anyone else.

Not all patients are good candidates for automated peritoneal dialysis. Support from family and friends is vital for people learning to operate the machine, and some people are simply intimidated by the thought of doing it themselves, Rebala said. Infection is a frightening and very real risk if everything is not done just right.

Wilkes is on the kidney transplant list but won’t be able to receive a donated organ until he can lose weight.

Meanwhile, the support of his wife, family members and community has been instrumental in helping him keep a positive outlook.

“Got a lot of good folks behind me praying for me,” he said.

Leigh Beeson is a graduate student at UGA in the health and medical journalism program. She had a bachelor’s degree in communications and was editorin-chief of her undergraduate university’s newspaper.

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“It’s going to be a great opportunity not only for Beverage Superstore, but also for our customers and anybody else who wants to see the Clydesdales,” Beverage Superstore Store Manager Brian Ksiazek said.

The announcement that the Clydesdales will be at the Beverage Superstore is just part of the growing hype surrounding the renowned horse team’s visit

dialysis is catching on but still accounts for only a little over 5 percent of the roughly 366,000 patients on dialysis in the nation, according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Rebala said her goal is to get at least half of her patients on home dialysis because of its quality-of-life benefits. She already works with more athome dialysis patients than fellow nephrologists in the Athens area.

“I tell the patients, ‘You are in total control when you do the home dialysis,’” Rebala said. “Let us say they had more fluid intake because they had a party or a get-together the day before.

They can actually adjust the fluid removal on the dialysis machine. If they need to do an extra dialysis session, they can do that. In-center, there is only so much you can remove.”

Home dialysis provides a level of independence that appeals to people who are still active and working. At night, Wilkes can move around fairly freely while he’s hooked up to the machine. The tube connecting him is long enough

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What: Lawrenceville Hometown Christmas Parade Where: Downtown Lawrenceville, route runs in a loop along S. Perry, Nash, S. Clayton and Pike streets When: Beginning Friday at 7 p.m.

Clydesdales were back on for Lawrenceville and the hype began building anew.

That hype continued to build on Tuesday when the city released the route for the parade.

“We greatly appreciate the public support for this event, as well as our partners at Eagle Rock and Anheuser-Busch for the amazing Clydesdales addition and look forward to seeing everyone on Dec. 2,” City Manager Chuck Warbington said in a statement.

The parade will begin at 240 Oak St. and continue south on Perry Street through the square and head toward the Gwinnett County government annex. It will then take Nash Street over to South Clayton Street, where it will head north past the current and old city halls on its way back to the square.

Once the parade returns to the square, it will take Pike Street back to Perry Street and head north on its way back to Oak Street.

City officials warned that parking downtown will be limited. While the city’s parking deck will be open, its Crogan Street entrance will close at 5 p.m., which means everyone will have to enter from Pike Street.

“Parade attendees are encouraged to arrive early, enjoy dinner at one of the restaurants on the square and then settle in to experience the magic of Lawrenceville’s inaugural Hometown Christmas Parade,” officials said in a statement on the parade route.

Other suggested parking areas along or near the parade route include: • The Lawrenceville Lawn, 210 Luckie St. • The Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center, 75 Langley Dr. • The Lawrenceville Fleet Maintenance Shop, 20 S. Clayton St. • Lawrenceville City Hall, 70 S. Clayton St.

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Is there a cancer of the heart?

DEAR DR. ROACH: I have heard of almost every organ or part of the body being attacked by cancer, but I’ve never heard of cancer of the heart. Can that be the case?

— C.L. ANSWER: Tumors of the heart are extremely rare, seen in fewer than one person in a thousand, and an even smaller subset of those tumors are cancer. The most common tumor of the heart is called a myxoma, and these occur in the left or right atrium. They are common enough that I have seen a few in my career. They can grow to a large size, and they cause problems by interfering with blood flow and by predisposing a person to embolization — when small bits of tumor or clot break off, they can go to the lung, or in the case of left-sided tumors (or a septal defect, “hole in the heart”), to the brain.

About 15 percent of cardiac tumors are cancers. The most common is a sarcoma, a cancer of connective tissue, such as muscle or the lining of the blood vessels. I fortunately have never had a patient with one of these.

DEAR DR. ROACH: My cancer doctor told me that progesterone should always be prescribed with estrogen. I was prescribed only progesterone by my family doctor. My doctor said this probably caused my uterine cancer. My symptom of bleeding led to the early detection of my uterine cancer. Luckily, a hysterectomy removed all of my cancer.

— L.H.K. ANSWER: Estrogen, taken without any kind of progesterone (we say “unopposed estrogen” for this situation), is a very strong risk factor for development of uterine cancer (it increases the risk more than sixfold), and almost never is done.

However, progesterone-type compounds alone (without estrogen) are commonly used, both for birth control and other indications, and actually protect against the development of endometrial cancer (they have been shown to reduce the risk by 80 percent, but clearly not by 100 percent). It sounds like the message got confused.

DEAR DR. ROACH: Four years ago, and again three years ago, I had colonoscopies, with Dulcolax tablets and Miralax powder drink as the prescribed cleansers. Since that time, my regular early-morning bowel movement has become much less predictable, once or twice a week requiring prune juice or occasionally a docusate capsule. Is it possible that the laxative cleansers changed something in my natural rhythms? If so, do you have any suggestions for alternatives?

— H.S. ANSWER: I see people with changes in their bowel habits after colonoscopy fairly routinely, and people are happy with the changes more often than they are unhappy. Usually the changes are short-lived, and although I don’t have definitive proof of my guess, I do think that people with longer-lasting changes have undergone a change in their gut bacteria due to the colonoscopy preparation. Our gut bacteria are responsible for many effects in the body, and I wonder if you lost a healthy strain.

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In 1939, the Soviet Union invaded Finland.

In 1993, President Bill Clinton signed the Brady Bill, a major guncontrol measure.

In 1999, Exxon Corp. and Mobil. Corp. completed their merger, creating the largest publicly held oil company in the world.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), clergyman/satirist; Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (18351910), writer; Winston Churchill (18741965), British politician; Dick Clark (1929-2012), TV personality/producer; Bill Walsh (1931-2007), football coach; Abbie Hoffman (1936-1989), political activist; Ridley Scott (1937- ), filmmaker; Mandy

Patinkin (1952- ), singer/actor; Billy Idol (1955- ), singer-songwriter; Bo Jackson (1962- ), football and baseball player; Ben Stiller (1965- ), actor; Amy Ryan (1969- ), actress; Clay Aiken (1978- ), singer; Magnus Carlsen (1990- ), chess grandmaster.

TODAY’S FACT: Mark Twain published a number of pieces in newspapers and periodicals under a variety of pen names, including Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass, W. Epaminondas Adrastus Blab and John Snooks.

TODAY’S SPORTS: In 1991, the U.S. women’s soccer team defeated Norway 2-1 to win the first Women’s World Cup. TODAY’S QUOTE: “For my own part I have always felt that a politician is to be judged by the animosities which he excites among his opponents. I have always set myself not merely to relish but to deserve thoroughly their censure.”

— Winston Churchill

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DEAR AMY: Three years ago I met the woman of my dreams.

Six months later I met her 20-year-old son.

“Vicky” told me what a great kid “Charlie” was.

He lived in another state, and one day we got a call from him saying he was in jail and needed to be bailed out for his second DUI. Vicky paid for his relocation and legal fees (totaling over $5,000).

She had to pawn her jewelry to get him out of trouble.

Charlie has never offered to pay her back; he’s been living with us rent-free now for almost three years. He promised to go to college but didn’t.

Vicky and I argue almost constantly over him. We are moving to another part of the state, and I really don’t want to take Charlie with us.

He recently started an eight-week vocational class, but I think he’s starting to realize he won’t make enough money. When Vicky and I mention that we’re looking at one-bedroom places, Charlie becomes furious. I don’t know what to do.

Vicky calls him a kid, but he’s almost 23, he has no ambition, no motivation, plays video games all day and eats us out of house and home, and I’m tired of it.

I pay the rent and all the bills, and he takes

keep in mind that if you go to the owners about this, there is a chance that you — not your boss — will be fired.

I think it is wisest for you to consider this possibility as you move forward. Document all of his strange behavior (not only this latest episode), keep a copy of it at your home, consider your own employment options and tell the owner the truth.

Your boss’s behavior affects your ability to work securely and likely affects the business’s bottom line.

DEAR AMY: My mom and dad were in the same situation as “Upset.”

They both moved for Dad’s business, and Dad wanted to stay, but Mom hated it there.

Mom finally said, “I’m moving back home. You are welcome to join me if you want.” She started making moving plans, and Dad was on board so fast it was mind-blowing.

Maybe Upset should try that approach!

— Lewis DEAR LEWIS: It’s the nuclear option.

You can contact Amy Dickinson via email: askamy@amydickinson.com. Readers may send postal mail to Amy Dickinson, c/o Tribune Content Agency, LLC., 16650 Westgrove Drive, Suite 175, Addison, TX 75001. You can also follow her on Twitter @ askingamy or “like” her on Facebook.

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Couple clash over stepson’s future offer additional resources for gaining the skills he will need.

You should expect this young man to act out when he sees his meal ticket flee the scene.

Unless his mother can learn to tolerate her own anxiety concerning him, I think you’ll be going it Amy Dickinson alone.

DEAR AMY: My boss it for granted because I is acting a little crazy make good money, but and I am not sure how I’m tired of supporting to deal with it. He has him. worked nearly his whole I’m afraid that I’m life at my workplace and going to have to choose is the top manager. between taking Vicky In the last few years, and Charlie and moving he has been keeping odd by myself. Am I behours at work, coming ing unreasonable in not in at 3 a.m. I have a key wanting to support him? to the office and one — Deeply day I stopped by to print Disappointed something for another DEAR DISAPemployee. It was durPOINTED: I think it’s ing the daytime, and it reasonable to expect a seems I interrupted some 23-year-old to support inappropriate sexual himself, but I didn’t behavior on the part of raise “Charlie,” and you my boss (he was alone). didn’t either. “Vicky” He quickly ran out of his did, and she has made it office and some pornogclear that when it comes raphy was left playing on to her life, her son takes his computer. precedence.

I got out of there She (and you) could quickly. If I go over his help him to get on his head to the owners, he feet by continuing to cel- will be fired. He is near ebrate his good choices, retirement age and I while being very realistic don’t want to cause him about what you will and any lasting problems, but won’t do in the future. that behavior has to stop.

It would be possible for What would be the him to live on his own best way to deal with this if he had a full-time job situation? and some life skills, — Shocked and Dazed sharing housing with DEAR DAZED: others and taking public Depending on the atmotransportation. His vosphere and professionalcational program should ism of your workplace,

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Set the standard instead of letting someone else lead the way.

Make decisions and changes based on what will make you happy and ease your stress.

Times are changing, and so are you. Get with the program and make the necessary updates.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Don’t hold back when you should be moving forward. Back away from waste and indulgence and move toward cost efficiency and success.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Doing something just because someone else does it will not be in your best interest. You are best off doing your own thing and avoiding getting stuck with other people’s mistakes.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Pump up the volume and let your voice be heard. If there is something you want, you should ask for it.

Change will only come about if you initiate what you want to see happen.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Refuse to let others’ commotion daunt you. Head in a direction that makes you feel comfortable. It’s important to be true to your beliefs and to stick to personal objectives.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Strive to put your plans in motion. Change is good, and it will encourage you to step out of your comfort zone and go in search of bigger and better opportunities.

TAURUS (April 20May 20) — Do your research when dealing with money, health or legal matters. Trust in your own vision instead of what someone else is trying to convince you to believe in.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Get involved, make a power play and bring about change.

Your ability to tap into a trend or drum up support will encourage you to set higher goals and strive for excellence.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Read between the lines and be aware of body language when dealing with others. It’s the little subtleties that will give you insight into what’s actually happening.

Trust your instincts.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Travel plans or business trips will lead to enthusiastic endeavors. Pump up your energy and tackle whatever needs to be done to take advantage of an offer, proposal or opportunity.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) — Size up your situation and proceed to do whatever works best for you. Don’t believe everything you hear or allow someone to manipulate you. Find a way to use your creative skills.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — New beginnings look promising. Choose to make a move, start a project or engage in talks that will help you pursue your dreams.

Live your life with gusto and avoid procrastination.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24Nov. 22) — Personal improvements resulting from an unexpected change will help you establish what you want to pursue. Don’t give in to pressure. If you live your dream, you’ll have no regrets.

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world 75 die when Brazilian team’s plane crashes In the mountains of Colombia, rescuers combed wreckage for survivors.

Outside a stadium in Brazil, fans who thought they’d be cheering for their favorite soccer team came to mourn.

These were the somber images Tuesday morning after a deadly plane crash outside Medellin, Colombia.

The Avro RJ85 was en route Monday night from Santa Cruz, Bolivia, to Medellin when it crashed near Rionegro, Colombia, with 72 passengers and nine crew members on board, civil aviation officials said.

At least 75 people were killed, according to Colombian authorities.

Players, coaches and invited guests from Brazil’s Chapecoense soccer team were onboard the charter flight. So were more than 20 journalists on the way to cover what was supposed to be a heartwarming chapter in a Cinderella story for a team of unlikely champions.

At least three soccer players, two crew members and one journalist survived, Colombian authorities said.

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world&nation Wildfires rage in Tenn. resort town

By Madison Park, Artemis Moshtaghian and Jason Hanna

people ‘Hamilton’ has best Broadway week in history

CNN

The smash Broadway show “Hamilton” had the most successful week ever for a Broadway show, despite President-elect Trump calling it “highly overrrated.”

The record-breaking Thanksgiving week began just three days after Trump attacked the show and its cast for lecturing incoming vice president Mike Pence, who attended the Nov. 18 show.

“Hamilton” sold $3.3 million in tickets for the holiday week, a record for Broadway and only the second time a show has cracked the $3 million mark.

Thousands of residents and visitors were forced to flee Sevier County, Tenn., after wildTickets to last week’s perfires spread rapidly through Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge overnight Monday. (CNN) formances were sold months ago, well before Trump was elected or Pence made town Gatlinburg “has largely believed to have fled Gatlin- with little hope that the remained intact,” Gatlinburg burg alone, the Tennessee rainfall will bring immediate plans to attend. ThanksgivFire Chief Greg Miller said Emergency Management relief,” TEMA said Tuesday. ing week is one of the best weeks for Broadway ticket Tuesday.

Agency said Tuesday mornSeveral homes and sales every year, surpassed Miller said about 14 active ing. Evacuations also have businesses in downtown structure fires remain in the been ordered in other comGatlinburg were “completely only by the week between Christmas and New Year’s city, but because winds have munities including Pigeon lost to fire,” according to died down, “the worst is Forge. authorities. A report Tuesday Day. definitely over with.”

At least four people have morning from TEMA said The three victims who been hospitalized with burns, hundreds of structures had Remini takes died were killed in separate TEMA said. been damaged or destroyed. on Scientology incidents, Miller said.

Rain fell Monday night, Among the buildings dein A&E series Firefighters will focus but it was too late and too stroyed in Gatlinburg are a Tuesday on extinguishing little to prevent damage as 16-story hotel and an apartU.K. targets big Beyond the usual producthe structure fires, clearing the region also felt wind ment complex, TEMA said.

CEO salaries roads and checking buildings gusts in excess of 80 mph.

Other popular Gatlinburg ers and editors, it clearly The U.K. government required a legion of lawyers with National Guard troops, “Even with the rain that attractions appeared under has outlined plans to crack to get “Leah Remini: Scienthe chief added. is currently falling there, the threat, including Ripley’s down on mega CEO salaries tology and the Aftermath” More than 14,000 fires continue to burn and Aquarium of the Smokies, on the air. A disclaimer runs by giving shareholders and residents and visitors are structures remain engulfed which has 1,500 animals. during each act break of this workers more control over A&E series, in which the compensation paid to top former “King of Queens” executives. would take time to deterPrime Minister Theresa star details abusive practices mine a motive.

May is considering rules that with help from other former In a Facebook post Trump picks would require companies shortly before the rampage, church members. to report CEO-to-worker Through the years, the the Somali immigrant urged Chao to head pay ratios. The government America “to stop interfering bizarre excesses of Scientoltransportation is also looking at rules that ogy — the sort-of religion, with other countries, espePresident-elect Donald would give shareholders the cially the Muslim Ummah,” kind-of cult created by ability to veto executive pay Trump has chosen Elaine a term for Muslim people at author L. Ron Hubbard and Chao, the former labor packages. populated by several Hollarge.

The recommendations are secretary and wife of Senate “By Allah, we will not let lywood luminaries — have not binding but are intended Majority Leader Mitch Mcbeen well-documented. you sleep unless you give to spark public discussion.

Connell, to be his choice for Former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao discusses Presi- peace to the Muslims,” he Remini comes to this The focus on executive transportation secretary, an process with a good deal dent Obama’s domestic policies with CNN’s Candy Crow- wrote. “You will not celpay comes as the pay gap official briefed on the matter ley during State of the Union on Feb. 3, 2013. President- ebrate or enjoy any holiday.” of standing, having been elect Donald Trump on Tuesday named Chao his choice between between British told CNN on Tuesday.

Artan rammed his car into an outspoken proponent of for transportation secretary. (CNN File Photo) workers and their bosses The announcement a group of people on the Co- Scientology (there’s video in continues to grow. was expected to come late lumbus campus and then got the show of her singing its Tuesday. “negotiated end to the cona historically contentious out and charged at passersby praises) before a public falling out in 2013. Since then, Chao served as secretary flict based on two states,” issue — in cases before the with a knife.

Swiss town may she has expressed regret and of labor under President but warned this work could high court in 1989 and 1990.

Ohio State University reverse decision George W. Bush from 2001- be undone with an incoming In the 1989 case “Texas Police Officer Alan Horujko a commitment to discredit, to reject refugees 09 — the longest tenure in Republican administration. v. Johnson,” the Supreme shot Artan after he failed to as she puts it, “A church that I promoted, defended and the position since World War “I am convinced that the Court ruled 5-4 that flag obey orders to stop, killing A Swiss village is rethink- II — and has been married United States can still shape burning was a form of “sym- him and stopping the attack. believed in most of my life.” ing its decision to reject 10 to McConnell since 1993. the future of the Israelibolic speech” protected by refugees under the country’s She was the first AsianPalestinian conflict before the First Amendment. The Pelosi challenger Fans want more government quota.

American woman to serve a change in presidents, but following year, in “United steps up criticism ‘Gilmore Girls’ Oberwil-Lieli — one of in a Cabinet position. time is very short, ” Carter states v. Eichman,” the top Rep. Tim Ryan is accusEurope’s wealthiest vilIf you didn’t binge watch At the Transportation wrote. “The simple but vital court again affirmed the right lages — is home to 2,200 Department, Chao would step this administration must to burn the flag when it ruled ing House Minority Leader the new “Gilmore Girls” residents, 300 of whom are Nancy Pelosi of seeking episodes over the Thankshave a key role in helping take before its term expires 5-4 that the Flag Protection reported to be millionaires. to “further consolidate her giving holiday, you need to Trump get an infrastrucon Jan. 20 is to grant Ameri- Act of 1989 — passed by But citizens of the quaint ture spending bill passed power” as he tries to stoke catch up. can diplomatic recognition Congress in response to the picturesque commune voted through Congress and start antipathy over her long Fans of the series are to the state of Palestine.”

Johnson decision — was to refuse resettlement of tenure as the Democratic already fiending for Netflix government-backed works unconstitutional. asylum seekers in a conten- projects — a role likely to leader ahead of this week’s to follow “Gilmore Girls: Trump: Burn the tious referendum earlier this be complicated by her relaleadership elections.

A Year in the Life” with Investigators flag, go to jail year, opting to fork out the Ryan, an Ohio Demoanother season, especially tionship with McConnell. search for motive crat in his seventh term, is after the final episode’s President-elect Donald fine of 290,000 Swiss francs instead. mounting an uphill battle to cliffhanger.

Carter to Obama: Trump proposed on Tues- in knife attack The village faced fierce day a penalty — including defeat Pelosi in today’s elecWe refuse to do spoilers, criticism after the “no” vote Recognize Classes resumed Tuesday tions, seizing on the Demo- so we’ll just say that the possible jail time or loss of won by 52 percent to 48 Palestinian state citizenship — for burning at Ohio State University, a crats’ disappointing election character of Rory Gilmore percent in May. day after a student’s knife the American flag, in spite results and continued status (played by Alexis Bledel) Earlier that month, the Former President Jimmy of two US Supreme Court attack on campus wounded in the House minority to call uttered four words which government had proposed Carter is calling on the 11 people. rulings that protect the act for changes at the top of his were a game changer. a new quota system to be Obama administration to Abdul Razak Ali Artan, a caucus. under the First Amendment Naturally, it left viewers rolled out across its 26 recognize Palestinian state- as a form of free speech. student who recently transWhile Pelosi remains a asking if there is more to regions, in order to re-home hood before leaving office ferred there, had written in a prohibitive favorite, she has come.

“Nobody should be althe 50,000 refugees Switzer- Jan. 20. lowed to burn the American Facebook post he had grown taken a series of steps aimed Lauren Graham, who land has pledged to take in.

Carter, who is a strong flag — if they do, there must “sick and tired” of seeing at easing House Democratic plays Lorelai on the show, Oberwil-Lieli’s refusal to proponent for Palestinbe consequences — perhaps fellow Muslims “killed concerns that rank-and-file gave us all a bit of hope that accept its quota of just 10 ian rights and a two-state loss of citizenship or a year and tortured,” according to members — particularly there will be more from refugees was perceived to be solution between Israelis federal law enforcement in jail!” Trump tweeted. those elected in recent elec- Stars Hollow. at odds with Switzerland’s and Palestinians, praised the officials.

The Supreme Court has tions — have little influence “You know the final four words. What do you think?” longstanding humanitarian Obama administration in a Authorities are now look- over the messaging and twice affirmed the right to Graham told E! efforts.

New York Times op-ed out desecrate the American flag ing into whether the attack strategy.

— From wire reports Monday for its support for a as a form of free speech — ­— From wire reports was terrorism but said it — From wire reports Wildfires raged in and near eastern Tennessee’s mountainside resort towns of Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge on Tuesday, killing three people, spurring evacuations and threatening homes, resorts and other businesses that are vital to the picturesque vacation hub in the southern Appalachians.

More than 100 structures in the city of Gatlinburg have been damaged, Mayor Mike Warner said Tuesday morning. More than 150 other structures have been damaged or destroyed in other parts of Sevier County, county Mayor Larry Waters told reporters at a news conference.

Fires were at the edge of the Dollywood theme park in nearby Pigeon Forge on Tuesday morning.

Winds and and the Southeast’s worst drought in nearly a decade have helped the fires thrive.

Warner said he believes his house is among those lost.

“But things can be rebuilt.

Our downtown’s intact, and that’s really great for our economy” and the city’s future, he said. “We will rebuild, and we will remain the premier resort community that we are.”

Despite wildfire damage in other parts of town, down-

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Oldest living person credits longevity to raw eggs, independence

By Valentina Di Donato CNN

The oldest person in the world, Emma Morano of Italy, credits her longevity to a diet of raw eggs and ending her abusive marriage long before divorce was even legal.

Morano celebrated her 117th birthday Tuesday and is now the only person alive to have lived in three centuries.

She was born Nov. 29, 1899, in the Piedmont region of Italy, back

91, and some of her sisters made it to a century.

But it was the peculiar diet she when King Umberto I reigned. began after World War I that MoMorano became the world’s rano says helped her become one oldest living person in May, after of the oldest people ever.

American Susannah Mushatt Jones When she was a teenager, a docdied at the age of 116. tor suggested that Morano eat raw Jones, who was born in Alaeggs to combat her anemia. She bama, did not smoke or drink and followed a stringent diet of two credited her long life to sleep and raw eggs, one cooked egg, a little loving relationships. minced meat and pasta for the past Longevity seems to run in Mo90 years. rano’s family: Her mother lived to With age, her diet has been cut

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down to just two eggs a day and some cookies.

Morano’s doctor, Carlo Bava, said she has perfect cholesterol and glucose levels.

“She is in a great state of health and mind,” he said. “The fact that she has never had much variety in her diet is proof that she is so wellpreserved thanks to genetics.”

And despite her age, Morano has a childlike love of cookies.

“She particularly loves Savoiardi cookies and hides them behind her

pillow so no one will eat them,” Bava said of the traditional Italian treat, also known as ladyfingers.

The other secret to Morano’s long life: separating from her husband in 1938, decades before divorce was even legal in Italy, she says.

Morano’s one true love was a boy killed during World War I, and she did not intend to marry anyone else, she told Italian media outlet La Stampa in comments confirmed by her niece Antonietta Sala.

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The left’s love affair with Castro In a statement following the death of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, President Obama spoke of “the countless ways in which (Castro) altered the course of individual lives, families, and of the Cuban nation.”

That’s an understatement as the thousands who have risked their lives over the years to escape from Cuba have testified.

The president added: “History will record and judge the enormous impact of this singular figure on the people and world around him.”

Why wait on history? We can judge him now.

Cal For six decades the Thomas left has lauded Castro as a secular savior, seeing only what they wanted to see and reporting only what the Cuban government wanted them to report.

Examples are legion, but this one is typical: In February 1988, the State Department named Cuba one of the world’s biggest human rights oppressors. NBC News reporter Ed Rabel visited Havana to check it out.

Rich Noyes of the Media Research Center, the conservative media watchdog, writes: “NBC’s conciliatory approach allowed Castro to spew lies about his drug connections and the wonderful achievements of the Cuban revolution.” Rabel reported, “There is, in Cuba, government intrusion into everyone’s life, from the moment he is born until the day he dies. The reasoning is that the government wants to better the lives of its citizens and keep them from exploiting or hurting one another. … On a sunny day in a park in the old city of Havana it is difficult to see anything that is sinister.”

Over the years, celebrities made pilgrimages to Havana. Each time they marveled at the supposed excellence of Cuba’s medical care and quality of education. In the immediate aftermath of Castro’s death, the pattern was repeated. Typical was Andrea Mitchell, who gushed on MSNBC: “(Castro) gave his people better health care and education.”

Mitchell and other Castro disciples apparently never read a July 2007 article in National Review titled, “The Myth of Cuban Health Care.” The magazine was among many publications that destroyed the notion of outstanding health care in Cuba, noting that the country offers three medical tiers.

One tier is for celebrities and tourists, requiring payment in hard cash to help bolster the regime. The second tier is for Cuba’s top government officials. The third tier is for everyone else, which the magazine called “…wretched. Hospitals and clinics are crumbling. Conditions are so unsanitary, patients may be better off at home, whatever home is. If they do go to the hospital, they must bring their own bed sheets, soap, towels, food, light bulbs, even toilet paper. And basic medications are scarce … finding an aspirin can be a chore. And an antibiotic will fetch a fortune on the black market.”

As for “excellence” in Cuba’s education system, a February 2015 article in The Atlantic punctured that myth: “Under Fidel Castro, education became universal — but he also stipulated that anyone who received this education would have to actively promote government policies both during and after their schooling. They would also be required to take government-approved courses that didn’t tolerate any criticism of socialism as a way of life. In other words, education was seen as key to the revolution taking hold and creating a literate population loyal to the government.”

The left, so concerned about human rights in America and other non-communist countries, ignores their violations in Cuba.

As Human Rights Watch noted earlier this year, “The Cuban government continues to repress dissent and discourage public criticism. While in recent years it has relied less on long-term prison sentences to punish its critics, short-term arbitrary arrests of human rights defenders, independent journalists, and other critics have increased dramatically. Other repressive tactics employed by the government include beatings, public acts of shaming, and the termination of employment.”

President-elect Donald Trump’s statement was more direct and accurate than President Obama’s: “Today, the world marks the passing of a brutal dictator who oppressed his own people for nearly six decades. Fidel Castro’s legacy is one of firing squads, theft, unimaginable suffering, poverty and the denial of fundamental human rights.”

This should be history’s judgment on Fidel Castro, depending on who writes it.

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

Enjoy quiet moments this season I’m in a hurry. You probably are too. But if you’re like me, sometimes you’re not sure why.

The rushing around, the anxiety of approaching deadlines and the need to be on the go don’t always seem to accomplish a lot. Except make me more anxious and frantic. We live in a world where it’s always “What next?” which doesn’t leave a lot of time for more sedate questions like, “What was that?”

That need to always be moving forward manifests itself in pecuilar ways. I love to read, but often catch myself turning what should be a pleasant experience into a task to be completed.

I don’t enjoy the article, the story or the book as much as I “finish” it. Where’s the joy in that?

This mentality was made

Todd Cline Editor particularly evident this week as I read a church email that is being sent out in conjunction with Advent. It’s a daily email that includes three things: a passage to read, a directive of reflection and a way to act on those two things. But this particular email had two days of information included — Sunday and Monday — and as I scrolled down, my less-thanimpressive attention span slowly drifted until I glossed over the entry for the final

day.

As I caught myself doing this — thinking, no doubt, of other tasks that needed to be accomplished — I went back to see what I had missed.

And it was this passage from Romans: “But be sure that you don’t get so absorbed and exhausted in taking care of all your day-to-day obligations that you lose track of the time and doze off, oblivious to God.” Point to self, well made.

It’s a message that is particularly important this time of year. If our lives normally trend toward on the go, they tend to move into warp speed during the holidays. With decorations to put up, gifts to be shopped for, food to be made and parties to attend, we give ourselves added obligations that guarantee that we’re in a perpetual state of hurry.

I guess that’s why I’m

drawn to our Christmas tree.

Always have been. Even when I was younger, I liked to sit by the lights of the tree after everyone had gone to bed, soaking up the silence and solitude. It’s a nice way to ease out of a long day, to relax and reflect in the glow of the lights — which aren’t in a hurry — and the shine of the ornaments —which enjoy staying still.

That feeling is harder to obtain during the day, when everything is very much on the move. But it’s important to remember that while you will be absorbed by the many tasks you face and exhaused by it all, you can’t be oblivious to the need for some slower moments — wherever you can find them.

Email Todd Cline at todd. cline@gwinnettdailypost. com. His column appears on Wednesdays.

Trump should support the Cuba deal At long last, Fidel Castro is dead. Now the oppressive system he installed in Cuba can wither and die, too — unless Donald Trump reverts to Cold War policies and gives Cuba’s failing dictatorship new life.

It is tempting to see Castro’s death as little more than a formality. After all, his brother Raul has been running the country for a decade, ever since ill health forced Fidel to step aside and kept him from reassuming command. But the very fact that Fidel still drew breath served as a limiting factor in the program of economic reform Raul has been trying to enact.

According to The Washington Post, Raul Castro gave a speech in April in which he joked that “we have two parties here, just like in the United States — Fidel’s and mine.” Fidel’s is the Communist one, he added, “and you can call mine whatever you want.”

There is considerable truth in those words. Raul has been trying to move his country toward the Chinese model of authoritarian one-party rule combined with some degree of free-market economic development. Fidel, a true believer in the brutal communist experiment, has consistently tried to slow, derail or reverse any meaningful economic change.

Fidel was reportedly appalled at the way Mao Zedong’s China was transformed by Deng Xiaop-

Eugene Robinson ing’s reforms. He saw the society dividing into haves and havenots. Worse, in his mind, he saw the Chinese Communist Party potentially sowing the seeds of its own demise by allowing the accumulation of private wealth and the development of civil society. He was determined that the Communist Party of Cuba would not make the same mistake.

But the Cuban leadership no longer had a choice. Fidel barely managed to survive the collapse of the Soviet empire and the loss of huge subsidies from the USSR and Eastern Europe.

Cubans were hungry in the mid1990s, and there were violent anti-government riots, but El Comandante loosened strictures on private agriculture and enterprise — and then tightened them again as the crisis abated.

The Castro regime got another lifeline from the late Venezuelan strongman, Hugo Chavez, whom Fidel cultivated as a protege.

Chavez gave his mentor billions of dollars’ worth of oil, so much

that the Cubans were able to satisfy their own needs and sell the surplus on the world market for precious hard currency.

But Chavez died, Venezuela’s economy melted down and the Castro regime found itself fresh out of saviors.

That explains Raul’s willingness to work with President Obama to normalize relations.

Those who complained that the United States didn’t “get more” in the deal fail to understand the reality of today’s Cuba. From their point of view, Cuba’s leaders were surrendering one of their primary instruments of power and control: the “threat” from Cuba’s hostile neighbor to the north.

For half a century, the Castros cited the U.S.-imposed trade embargo, the travel ban for U.S. citizens and other such measures as “proof” that the Cuban revolution was under sustained attack by the United States. From my experience — I’ve made 10 trips to Cuba and written a book about the place — most Cubans are not gullible; they see their government for what it is. But they are nationalistic. Even most of the brave dissidents who stood up to the Castro regime argued that hard-line U.S. policy was counterproductive, doing more to shore up the system than weaken it.

Raul Castro knows he needs the economic boost that an open-

ing to the United States will produce. But the price he is paying — allowing more free-market economic development, permitting freer access to the internet, letting more Cubans have smart phones — will make any return to a “purer” form of communism impossible.

That’s where things stand now, and Fidel’s death should hasten change on the island.

Unless a certain presidentelect does something tragically dumb.

“If Cuba is unwilling to make a better deal for the Cuban people, the Cuban/ American people and the U.S. as a whole,” Trump tweeted Monday, “I will terminate deal.”

I’m betting that no one, including Trump, knows exactly what that means in concrete policy terms. But we do know that now, for the first time since the Kennedy administration, we have the chance to flood Cuba with American ideas and values. That is how we promote freedom.

If Trump goes back to a posture of implacable U.S. hostility, he will disappoint and discourage millions of Cubans while strengthening the hand of only one: Raul Castro, who will be all too happy to play David to Trump’s Goliath.

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

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Mark Allen Austin, age 55 of Loganville, passed away on Sunday, November 27, 2016. A Memorial Service will be held at 11 AM on Saturday, December 3, 2016 at the First Baptist Church Loganville. Rev. Ronnie Kendall will officiate. The family will receive friends at the church one hour prior to the service. Mark was a 1979 graduate of Tucker High School and retired from the DeKalb County Marshal’s Office as a Deputy Marshal. He was a member of the First Baptist Church Loganville. He was an avid hunter and fisherman and loved NASCAR and the Georgia Bulldogs. Mark was preceded in death by his mother, Jessie Hay Austin. He is survived by his Wife of 29 years, Pamela Burton Austin; Children: Jeff, Amanda, and Katie Austin; Father: Willie L. Austin, Jr., and numerous Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, and Friends.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Shepherd?s Staff Ministries, 76 Bay Creek Road N, Loganville, GA 30052.

Arrangements by Tim Stewart Funeral Home, 670 Tom Brewer Road, Loganville, GA 30052.

770-466-1544. Please sign the online guest registry at www.stewartfh.com.

Doris (Smith) Bryson, age 74, of Lilburn, GA, passed away on Wednesday, November 23, 2016.

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Robert Call Robert Edward Call, 43, who passed away on November 23, 2016.

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Paul Cyril Paul Henry Cyril, age 82 of Hoschton, GA passed away on November 26, 2016. Arrangements by: Junior E. Flanigan of Flanigan Funeral Home and Crematory, Buford, GA (770) 932-1133.

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Funeral services will be held 11:00 AM Wednesday November 30, 2016 at Bill Head Funeral Home Duluth Chapel. Interment White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Duluth.

Mr. Green was born in Cumming, GA and was a member of North Metro First Baptist Church.

He retired from General Motors Doraville in 1984 after 30 years of service.

Bill enjoyed working in his vegetable garden and sharing his harvest with family and friends. He also enjoyed entertaining people with his harmonica.

His North Metro Baptist Church family was very important to him.

He is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Mike and Mary Green of Alpharetta; grandsons, Evan Green (Sarah) of Lawrenceville and William Donley Green of Milton; sisters, Patricia Bagwell of Duluth and Jackie Griffeth of Loganville, several nieces and nephews.

Online condolences may be sent by visiting www. billheadfuneralhomes. com.

The family will receive friends Tuesday 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM and 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Bill Head Funeral Homes and Crematory Duluth Chapel, 770-476-2535.

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Larry Meadows, Sr.

Annette Phillips

Mr. Larry W. Meadows, Sr. age 83 of Snellville, GA died Saturday, November 26, 2016. Arrangements by Tim Stewart Funeral Home: 2246 Wisteria Drive, Snellville, Georgia 30078. 770-9795010. www.stewartfh.com.

Annette H. Phillips born February 11, 1926 is celebrating in Heaven with her friends and family today. She went home on November 28th to join her husband, Bob, and first born son, Little Robert.

She is no doubt headed to the Rainbow Bridge to once again get kisses from her beloved dachshunds, Barney, B.J., and Bruno.

Annette loved to laugh; was a wonderful cook; and an avid Ole Miss fan.

Her pride and joy were her children, Michael W. Phillips (wife Monya) and Barbi P. Ibele (husband Derek) both of Monroe, GA. Annette always told her children to remember… those who are hardest to love…. need love the most. She knew there was good in everyone. Her love for her family (fourlegged and all) will never be forgotten - - but felt and cherished through memories of her wonderful life.

Celebrate her homecoming! Remember her smile!

And always find the good in everyone.

Visitation with the family will be held on Thursday, December 1, 2016 from 1pm-3pm at Tom M. Wages Lawrenceville Chapel and a private service will be held later. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to “Best Friends Animal Rescue” at bestfriends.org/donate.

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Patricia Moffitt Patricia (Tish) Moffitt age 53 of Bethlehem, GA passed away on November 24, 2016. Arrangements by Byrd & Flanigan Crematory and Funeral Service Lawrenceville, GA (770)962-2200, Please sign our online condolence book at Byrdandflanigan. com

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Anna C. O’Byrne Anna C. O’Byrne, age 84, of Hoschton, GA, passed away on November 24, 2016. Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, LLC, “A Family Company”, Snellville Chapel 770-979-3200 has been entrusted with the arrangements.

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Peggy Beaman Peggy Beaman, age 92, of Loganville, Georgia, passed away on November 28, 2016. Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, LLC, “A Family Company”, Snellville Chapel 770-979-3200 has been entrusted with the arrangements.

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Gary Dykstra Gary Lee Dykstra age 60 of Loganville, GA; passed away on Monday, November 14, 2016. Arrangements by Byrd & Flanigan Crematory and Funeral Service Lawrenceville, GA (770)962-2200, Please sign our online condolence book at Byrdandflanigan. com

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Henry Beard Henry Houston Beard, age 88 of Dacula, GA passed away on November 28, 2016. Arrangements by: Junior E. Flanigan of Flanigan Funeral Home and Crematory, Buford, GA (770) 932-1133.

Mary Holland Mrs. Mary Holland, age 93, of Winder, Georgia died 11/23/2016.

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Martha Bookout Martha Glynn Bookout age 55 of Maryville, TN; passed away on Wednesday, November 16, 2016.

Arrangements by Byrd & Flanigan Crematory and Funeral Service Lawrenceville, GA (770)9622200, Please sign our online condolence book at Byrdandflanigan.com

Claudia Restrepo Grenoble, age 47 of Duluth, GA, passed away on November 28, 2016.

Crowell Brothers Funeral Home and Crematory, 5051 Peachtree Industrial Blvd, GA 30092.

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Cornelius Fleeman, III. Cornelius “Corney” Edward Fleeman, III., age 84, of Winder, passed away November 26, 2016.

Liz Jones Liz Jones, age 73, of Snellville, passed away on November 28, 2016.

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Mrs. Viola Gerlach, age 92 of Winder, Georgia died 11/23/2016.

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Elio Jurado Elio F. Jurado age 81 of Doraville, GA; passed away on Tuesday, November 15, 2016. Arrangements by Byrd & Flanigan Crematory and Funeral Service Lawrenceville, GA (770)962-2200, Please sign our online condolence book at Byrdandflanigan. com

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Donna Ragsdale Donna Kay Jackson Ragsdale, age 56 of Buford, GA passed away on November 26, 2016. Arrangements by: Junior E. Flanigan of Flanigan Funeral Home and Crematory, Buford, GA (770) 932-1133.

Scott Patrick Scott Thomas Patrick age 51 of Atlanta, GA; passed away on Sunday, November 13, 2016. Arrangements by Byrd & Flanigan Crematory and Funeral Service Lawrenceville, GA (770)962-2200, Please sign our online condolence book at Byrdandflanigan. com

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Marian Perz age 92 of Loganville, GA; passed away on Friday, November 11, 2016. Arrangements by Byrd & Flanigan Crematory and Funeral Service Lawrenceville, GA (770)962-2200, Please sign our online condolence book at Byrdandflanigan. com

Nathan Smelley Nathan Smelley, educator, coach, deacon, and beloved husband and father, passed away on Thursday, November 24, 2016 at the age of 86.

He is survived by his wife of 12 years, Vivian Rountree Bevis; son Bobby Smelley and daughter-in-law Debbie Smelley; daughter Renee Jones and son-in-law Art J

Jones; grandchildren Jennifer Hall, Lauren Jayroe and husband Blake Jayroe, Wendy Miller and husband Daniel Miller, Jamie Smelley and Shannon Smelley; great-grandchildren Ethan Banan, Zachary Hall, Ava Hall, and Layla Jayroe; sister, Frances Kemp, Sylania, GA; and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his wife of 47 years Gladys Culpepper Smelley.

Mr. Smelley was born to Robert Festus Smelley and Ima Lemmond Smelley on September 19, 1930 on the family farm in rural Banks County, GA. Growing up in a home with no electricity or running water, he graduated from the Gillsville School in 1947.

He attended Berry College near Rome, GA, where in addition to earning a bachelor’s degree in mathematics, he was also a pitcher on the varsity baseball team and president of the 1951 Senior Class.

He would later attain a Master’s Degree in Mathematics from Auburn University in 1967. After graduating from Berry College, Mr. Smelley entered the United States Air Force, serving from 19511955 as a radar technician, primarily at Kadena Air Force Base in Okinawa, Japan.

Honorably discharged from the Air Force, he worked as a book-keeper for Armour Fertilizer Works in Atlanta. He married Gladys Culpepper on September 15, 1956. In 1962, Mr. Smelley moved his young family to Suwanee, GA where he began a long and successful career as a math teacher and coach at North Gwinnett High School. During his 26 years at North Gwinnett, Mr. Smelley taught math, algebra and trigonometry; was chair of the Math department; was an assistant football coach; head women’s basketball coach; head baseball coach; athletic director; and STAR teacher. He was also a board member of the Gwinnett Teachers Federal Credit Union.

Mr. Smelley was inducted into the North Gwinnett Hall of Fame in December of 2015.

Mr. Smelley was also involved in the Suwanee community as a charter member of Shadowbrook Baptist church where he served as a deacon, Sunday School teacher, treasurer, and on various committees. He was a member of the committee that selected the location of George Pierce Park and was often a volunteer poll worker on election days.

Visitation for Mr. Smelley’s friends and family will be at Flanigan Funeral Home in Buford, GA, from 4-7 p.m. on Sunday, November 27 and from 4-8 p.m. on Monday November 28. The funeral service will be at 1 p.m.

Tuesday, November 29 at Shadowbrook Baptist Church. Burial will be at Lula-Bellton Cemetery in Lula, GA, near the family farm where he was born.

To express condolences, please sign our online guest book at www. flaniganfuneralhome. com. Arrangements By: Junior E. Flanigan of Flanigan Funeral Home and Crematory, Buford, GA (770) 932-1133.

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Couples have gotten mar“I heard someone say, ried in all kinds of wacky ‘Hey, girl’ and I turned venues — restaurants, around and said, ‘Oh my racetracks, even a shark tank. God, Larry? I haven’t seen So why not throw a grocery you in over 20-something store into the mix? years,’” Mary Tinson told That’s where Larry and CNN affiliate WALB. Mary Tinson held their The two had met a few nuptials last week, in an Al- times before, but it wasn’t bany supermarket that holds until that fateful day in special significance for them the grocery store aisle that — it’s where their romance things turned romantic. began.

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David Teague There will be a celebration of the life of David Teague on December 1, 2016. After a 2 year battle with Lymphoma he passed away peacefully on November 25.

David leaves a beautiful wife Kim Simpson and 2 daughters Karis and Lexi who he loved deeply and they adored him. Karis and Lexis want everyone to know how much they love him.

They currently live in Sugar Hill, Georgia. He was born in Winston Salem, NC January 26, 1962 and grew up in the Greenville area.

He is also survived by 3 sisters, Renee (John) Brissont of Sneedville, Tennessee, Cheryl (Allen) Cuthrell of Piedmont, SC and Marie (Michael Christopher) Teague of San Antonio.

He went to Mauldin and Hillcrest High. Besides his girls be was known for his love of golf and ball room dancing.

Service will be at 10 am on December 1st at Johns Creek United Methodist Church on 11180 Medlock Bridge Road, Johns Creek, GA. 30097 A private family ceremony will be in the EcoEternity Forest at Camp Glasson, Dahlonega, Ga on Saturday at the Teague Family Tree that David and the girls chose on their last camping trip.

In Lieu of flowers the family has asked for contributions to the Organ Fund at Johns Creek Methodist Church. David was very excited about the Pipe organ that was moved to the church.

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“We are extremely excited to be part of this special day,” Ken Wicker, vice president of operations at Harvey’s, told WALB. “To our knowledge, this is the first time we’ve ever had a real wedding in one of our supermarkets.”

Harvey’s helped the Tinsons plan their big day, including helping line up the live music and getting them a wedding cake topped with — what else? — cranberries.

And the wedding was held on Thanksgiving Day, since Thanksgiving dinner is what drove Larry to the supermarket in the first place.

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John Tekely John Robert Tekely, age 89, of Lawrenceville, GA passed away Saturday, November 26, 2016. He is survived by his daughter, Marianne Legere of Lawrenceville; sons, Robert Tekely, Michael Tekely both of Burlington, NC, and Richard Tekely of Nashville, TN; sisters, Mary Pollock, Ann Bannon, and Theresa Swansegar, grandchildren, Tabitha, Kendall, Kelli, Catherine, Blake, and Olivia, great-grandchildren, John, McKayla, Daxton, Maisie, Madelynn, and Liam. He was preceded in death by his loving wife, Lois Lantz Tekely; sisters, Betty and Frances.

John was born in Philipsburg, PA on January 20, 1927. He proudly served his country in the United States Air Force during WWII from 1944-1947.

Upon discharge from the Air Force he enrolled at Penn State University, where he graduated in 1951 with a major in Psychology. He headed west and had a short stay in Milwaukee, WI where he met the love of his life; Lois and they married.

Shortly after marrying they moved to California and settled in Los Angeles where they lived for 12 years. All of John and Lois’s children were born in the suburbs of Los Angeles. After their stay in Los Angeles they returned to the Midwest, where they lived for another 3 years.

Again, they headed out of the Midwest and headed south to North Carolina where he resided for 30 years. John was employed with Burlington Industries as a Textile Planning Manager before retiring in 1993. After retirement, John and Lois moved to Georgia to be closer to their daughter and their 3 grandchildren.

A Funeral Mass Honoring the Life of John will be held on Thursday, December 1, 2016 at St. Lawrence Catholic Church at 10:00am. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, November 30, 2016 from 6pm-8pm at Tom M. Wages Lawrenceville Chapel. In lieu of flowers the family request memorial donations be made to St. Vincent DePaul Society or The A

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He was preceded in death by his parents, brother, and sisters, and wife of 58 years, Katherine Trimble.

Michael was born in Atlanta, GA and was the youngest of 5 children.

He proudly served his country in the Air National Guard. He was employed for Delta Airlines for over 20 years as an Engineer.

Michael loved music especially playing the guitar.

He was an old fashioned strong-willed man and a perfectionist, who was devoted to his family.

A Memorial Service Celebrating the Life of Michael will be held on Thursday, December 1, 2016 at 1PM at Lawrenceville Presbyterian Church with Pastor Ryan Jensen officiating. The family will receive friends at a reception following the service. Those desiring may make donations to Lawrenceville Presbyterian Church 800 Lawrenceville Hwy Lawrenceville, GA 30046.

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The Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support regarded leaders throughout is designed to increase the history are not people who visibility of positive behavior were the smartest, most support in the state. The nettalented or wealthiest. Rather, work aims to provide a colthey were those who left a laborative statewide effort to legacy of kindness, compas- disseminate positive behavior sion, hard work, integrity and support practices. charity toward others. These The theme for the ninth are the building blocks for annual conference is Conreal success, both academic necting School, Home and and social.”

Community through Positive Richards was among the Behavior Support. This is schools that served as hosts the largest annual conference for a countywide bus tour on yet. There are more than 100 which groups of people from presentations expected, and districts across the state took about 150 educators from part in an exercise to learn districts outside of Gwinnett more about Positive Behavior expected to attend.

Intervention and Support as a Randolph Irvin, who is prelude to the PBIS conferGwinnett County Public ence for Georgia educators Schools director of the Office later this week at the Infinite of Student Discipline and Energy Center.

Behavioral Interventions, was among the visitors to Richards and said the bus tour gave people from other districts to see what’s actually going on, not just theory.

“When you walk through the building and see for yourself what’s going on, it creates a different experience,” he said.

With 2,045 students, Richards is the largest Title

Richards Middle School teacher Matthew Jackson hands out “Titan tokens” on Tuesday during a visit from educators from outside of Gwinnett as part of a bus tour leading up to a conference this week around Positive Behavior Intervention and Support in schools, or PBIS, to improve behavior and cut discipline numbers. (Staff Photo: Keith Farner)

I middle school in the state, and it is diverse. Its students are 45 percent Hispanic, 35 percent African-American, 9 percent Asian and 8 percent white. About 82 percent of its students qualify for free or reduced price lunch.

GCPS has 74 state-recognized PBIS schools, and 12 more that are in the process of receiving that designation.

Antonio Thomas of Rockdale County Schools was among the visitors to Richards.

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In a presentation for the visitors, Richards Principal Mark McCain outlined how the school improved its discipline numbers. For the 201415 school year, 27 percent of its students had at least one discipline referral. Last year, the school added nearly 400 additional students but ended the year with just 19 percent of its students with at least one discipline referral.

“That’s a testimony to the fabulous teachers in our school, to this team and other members of our school,” said McCain, who added that the school on Fridays has an advisement time where teachers give a lesson on character.

“When we compare ourselves to the other 10 Title I middle schools in Gwinnett County, we consistently perform at the upper echelon of that group.”

McCain closed his comments with a reminder that not every day is perfect, that the adults don’t always get along with each other, but it’s up to them to establish the mood in the building.

“The adults in the building really control the climate temperature, they really do,” he said. “What we do and who we are with each other, to each other, among each other sets the tone for how our students are going to respond to each other (and that) has more to do with student achievement and student success and future student performance in the classroom and outside the classroom than anything else.”

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GIRLS RUNNER OF THE YEAR

Mary Kathryn Knott JUNIOR • PEACHTREE RIDGE

Knott has breakthrough season for Lions

By Will Hammock will.hammock@ gwinnettdailypost.com

Before she became one of Georgia’s top runners, Mary Kathryn Knott didn’t exactly wow her fellow Peachtree Ridge cross country runners.

Her first impression, in training before her freshman season, was far from speedy.

“Actually, I was really slow,” said Knott, now a junior and the Daily Post’s Girls Runner of the Year. “I did a time trial toward the end of summer and I got like 27 (minutes) something. Everyone thought I was slow.”

“She kind of flew under the radar the first part of that summer,” Peachtree Ridge coach Matt Adams said. “Nobody really noticed her. She was shy and timid a little bit.”

They took notice pretty quickly from there.

At the 2014 Peachtree Ridge/Walton Stage Races, she shocked her coaches and teammates with an impressive run to finish second in her junior varsity stage. She was one of the top JV runners in all stages at the annual season-opening meet.

“It was a two-mile race Peachtree Ridge junior Mary Kathryn Knott is the Daily Post’s girls runner of the year. (Photo: Will Hammock)

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BOYS RUNNER OF THE YEAR

Chase Condra SOPHOMORE • PEACHTREE RIDGE

Condra already chasing lofty goals about (Condra before the 2015 season),” Peachtree Ridge coach Matt Adams said. “We heard he would A year ago, Peachtree do really well. When he Ridge’s senior-laden boys came out in the summer cross country team made a and did some training with considerable impact on the our athletes before his state championship meet in freshman year, just lookCarrollton. ing at him run, you could The Lions put four tell this kid’s going to be runners in the top 21 and special. He’s very efficient finished third in the team as a runner and also very standings. Of those four, competitive. One thing three were seniors. The we saw with him last year fourth? A precocious fresh- with our really amazing man named Chase Condra. group of seniors is that he Condra placed 19th was able to mix it up with at state last season as a them as a freshman. He freshman, sprinting to the was completely unafraid. finish line alongside senior He did not back down from teammates Nate Reichseniors. He has the gumpard (13th), Pedro Solares tion.”

(16th) and Jack Bradley Condra came back this (21st). Reichard and season even stronger, capBradley are now freshman ping his sophomore season runners for the Georgia with a fifth-place finish Bulldogs. at the state meet in 16 “From middle school running club, we heard See CONDRA, Page 4B Peachtree Ridge sophomore Chase Condra is the Daily Post’s boys runner of the year. (Photo: Will Hammock)

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Ongoing through Thursday: I9 Sports of Northern and Central Gwinnett County offers winter programs for boys and girls ages 3 to 18 at Gary Pirkle Park. All skill levels are welcome. To register, go to www.i9sports.com or call 678-472-2142.

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Ongoing through Thursday: I9 Sports of Northern and Central Gwinnett County offers winter programs for boys and girls ages 3 to 18 at Buford Elite Sports Training (indoor), Gary Pirkle Park (outdoor) and Rhodes Jordan Park (outdoor). All skill levels are welcome. To register, go to www.i9sports.com or call 678-472-2142.

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UGA heading to bowl on sour note

By Jon Gallo

Staff correspondent

It happened again and fortunately for Georgia fans, it only has a chance to happen once more before all images of perhaps the most disappointing — and frustrating — season in quite some time can begin to be forgotten.

Georgia will head into its bowl game — wherever that may be — having found a way to lose a game it had no business losing for the third time this season, turning what could have been a memorable year under first-year coach Kirby Smart into one fans would rather forget.

For more than three quarters against Georgia Tech, the Bulldogs played like the better team. Georgia led 27-14 and had the ball midway through the fourth quarter. Tech hadn’t scored since the second quarter.

“That game was kind of indicative of our season. A little good here, a little bad there. But we don’t play with enough consistency,” Georgia head coach Kirby Smart said. “You’ve got to play every play like it’s got a history and life of its own.”

By now, you know what happened next in the final 9:51. Georgia went threeand-out and the Yellow Jackets promptly went 94 yards to pull to within 27-21.

“Any time you go three and out or have any turnovers, the momentum is always going to shift,” said Georgia running back Sony Michel, who rushed for a

Georgia’s Lorenzo Carter (7) runs down Georgia Tech quarterback Justin Thomas (5) during Saturday’s game between Georgia and Georgia Tech at Sanford Stadium in Athens. (Photo: Karl L. Moore)

career-high 170 yards.

On Georgia’s next possession, true freshman quarterback Jacob Eason (14-27, 139 yards, 1 TD, 2 INTs) was intercepted at the Bulldogs’ 44-yard line. Georgia Tech turned the miscue into winning points, with Qua Searcy scoring a touchdown with 30 seconds remaining for a 28-27 win.

Goodbye to a four-game wining streak and momentum heading into a bowl game.

Hello to a second straight upset loss to Georgia Tech at Sanford Stadium.

“We wanted to send our seniors out with a big win and that didn’t happen,” Georgia linebacker Lorenzo Carter, a former standout at Norcross, said.

Smart added, “Look, I’m just sick for the seniors, because these guys have given us so much. To see those guys heartbroken, that frustrates me. I let them down.”

Georgia is 7-5. Mark

Richt lost five or more regular-season games just twice in 15 seasons.

Smart — the national championship-winning defensive coordinator hired to replace him — has done it in his first season.

“Forget the record, at the end of the day we lost to Tech. We’re not supposed to do that,” Georgia tight end Jeb Blazevich said.

“That’s the worst part: We sent the seniors out at home, losing to Tech.”

Richt averaged 9.7 wins during his time in Athens. Georgia had its chances under Smart, too, but tended to succumb to defeat rather than snatch victories. Need proof?

First, there was Tennessee’s Hail Mary. Then, there was the botched fourth-and-one against Vanderbilt. And then there was Saturday, when Georgia led by 13 with 6:31 remaining yet couldn’t win.

“Story of our season,” Carter said. “We come so close. We’ve been close in a lot of our games. But

we’ve known it was going to be a four-quarter battle in every game.”

If Georgia had won those three games — all of which were winnable — there would have been a great chance the Bulldogs would have been heading to the Orange or Sugar Bowls.

Georgia lost to Tennessee, Florida, Vanderbilt and Georgia Tech in the same season for the first time.

Now, the Bulldogs may have to look forward to spending a good chunk of their winter break in Alabama for the Birmingham Bowl, Nashville for the Music City Bowl or at the Camping World Independence Bowl in Shreveport, La. “The best thing we can do for our seniors is get better and keep improving the program,” Smart said.

“Hopefully we can finish with a win in the bowl and send them out the right way.”

For junior running back Nick Chubb, who is eligible for the NFL Draft at season’s end, it means finishing the season in second on Georgia’s all-time rushing list.

Chubb passed Garrison Hearst for third on the list by rushing for 88 yards on Saturday, giving him 3,282 yards, just three behind Todd Gurley (3,285).

Heisman Trophy-winner Herschel Walker (5,259) holds the school and SEC record.

“Yeah I knew, but I don’t want to think about that,” Chubb said. “I just wanted to come out here and get a win.”

Georgia has become a laid back team It is easy to analyze Georgia’s final regular season game — not enough talent to put down an ambitious Georgia Tech team, which has had limited success in the ancient rivalry in the last half century, if you don’t play with aggressive effort for four quarters.

It is an old story, a latent trend which has plagued the Georgia program in recent years. There often has been no killer instinct. Putting teams away has been an issue for some time. The Nichols State game was not exactly an anomaly.

The Colonels were simply better than Georgia in many areas with regard to personnel.

Georgia has become a laid back team. There is no urgency to win. In today’s football world, everybody has some players and most every football coach enjoys a high pay grade which only heightens the expectations from pre-season to the end where disappointing results have fans carping for change.

Losing to Vanderbilt, after the Commodores pasted once high and mighty Tennessee, should

Naturally, when a team struggles, the critical inventiveness surfaces. Typically the finger finds its way in the direction of assistant coaches. Who should be expended? Play calling is castigated, sometimes vociferously. We should remember Loran that many fans could have Smith called the plays for the Vince Lombardi Packers. now bring Georgia some If your offensive line can respect. Kirby Smart said dominate, your play calling it poignantly on Sunday usually resonates. morning Oct. 16th. “They The one most responsible have a very good defense, for the Georgia program but we should not lose to probably has a couple of Vandy at home.” stomach ulcers from this Ole Miss looked like the season of high expectaLombardi packers when tions. Kirby Smart watched Georgia played the Rebels football Saturday night and in Oxford in September. took note of the upsets and Wonder what the Rebel found a common thread. fans are saying about the The teams which won play calling with Chad “made the plays when they Kelley out of the lineup had to, to win.” In case you and Ole Miss staying home are interested, he got to from a bowl game getting work early — nobody beats blown out by Mississippi him to the office — and State at Vaught-Hemming- stayed late Sunday, unway Stadium, 55-20. derstanding what so many Everybody says that Bobby don’t: There are no quick Petrino is a genius when it fixes. comes to offense. Ask the He never throws his team Kentucky fans what they under the bus. He knows think about that with Lamar from his background that Jackson becoming suspect talented depth comes from for the Heisman trophy. consistently good recruit-

ing. Back-to-back-to-backto-back recruiting years must be an ongoing thing if you expect to win championships. Even so, expectations must be realistic.

When Smart arrived, he quickly became the subject of high expectations. Georgia boy with a Bulldog pedigree and a key contributor to Nick Saban’s success at Alabama — all of that made alumni and fans become dizzy with optimism. Then Jacob Eason signed with nobody reminding themselves that freshmen, even with a knapsack full of talent, often play like freshmen.

And then ... and then ...

93,000 showed up for the spring game. All that is well and good, but what came next? There were visions of winning the SEC East. If Smart signs the class he has committed, today’s lamentations will likely segue into high expectations for 2017.

There is nothing you can do about results. You can’t replay any plays or games; you can only go to work.

Recruit and work is the Kirby mantra and he will follow that game plan.

IN BRIEF

Dacula’s LaJara signs with Georgia Highlands softball

napolis Christian Knights 44-12 in the semifinals behind rushing touchdowns from Ethan Monjure, Xavier Johnson and Jacob Hamric, as well as receiving scores from Dacula senior Natasha LaJara signed with the Georgia Addison Jackson and Oz Faal.

Highlands College softball program on Monday.

Georgia then lost 52-35 to the top-ranked and undeLaJara played three varsity seasons with the Falcons, feated Central Virginia Disciples, struggling to overincluding a junior season when she hit .348, had a .531 come four red-zone interceptions. It trailed just 22-21 at on-base percentage and scored 13 runs. halftime before giving up 22 unanswered points in the third quarter. The deficit shrank to 44-35 with a comeLanier’s Helmink to play back before the Disciples turned an interception into a clinching score. volleyball for Francis Marion Johnson, Faal and Harris Williams scored TDs in the Lanier senior Jessica Helmink has signed with the title game for the Force (10-3).

Francis Marion University (S.C.) women’s volleyball program.

Helmink averaged 3.17 kills and 4.03 digs per set as a Mill Creek, Wesleyan girls hoops senior with a .167 hitting percentage. She had 49 service aces and 17 blocks for the Longhorns, who went 25-20. matchup moved to Thursday Mill Creek’s involvement in the state high school The four-year letter-winner was named region MVP and football playoffs has forced the girls basketball team to first-team all-county this past season, after earning firstreschedule its matchup with Wesleyan. team all-region and all-county acclaim as a junior.

The game, originally scheduled for Friday, will be played instead Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at Mill Creek.

Georgia Force finish No. 2 nationally The Georgia Force finished runner-up in the National Home School Football Assocation championships in Panama City Beach, Fla., earning a No. 2 national ranking by the organization and a No. 3 final ranking by MaxPreps.

The Force defeated the previously unbeaten India-

East Gwinnett wins Battle at the Burial Grounds

The East Gwinnett youth football team — comprised of players from Archer, Mountain View, Grayson, Collins Hill and Lawrenceville youth associations — won

the 8-year-old championship in the third annual Battle at the Burial Ground in Dahlonega over the weekend.

East Gwinnett didn’t allow a single point in the tournament, defeating Flowery Branch 34-0, Franklin County 45-0, Forsyth County 39-0 and Sharpsburg 24-0 in the championship.

Players from Archer on the team were Jordan Do, Jonathan Jones, Xavier Gordon, Jonathan Stafford, T.J. Tunstall, Derrin Carr, Isaiah Davis, Carter Skelley, Brock Barrett, Evan Brigmond. Mountain View was represented by Devon Torrence and Kamden Clack.

Cedric Addison and Alex Demesier represented Grayson, while Collin Hill’s Lande Brown and Lawrenceville’s Denovian Torrence rounded out the roster. Yao Carr was the head coach, with Chris Ellefsen, Josh Skelley, Khoa Do, Patrick Brigmond and Jonathon Jones serving as assistants.

Archer wrestling wins own tourney

Archer’s wrestling team won the Tiger Duals over the weekend with a perfect 5-0 record.

The Tigers defeated Walnut Grove, Centennial, Tift County and Collins Hill before topping Buford in the finals.

Peter Myndresky (152 pounds), Quinn Miller (220) and Will Choloh (285) all went 5-0 in the tourney. Gavin Smith (132) and Chase DeGrenier (160) each went 4-0.

— From staff reports

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2016 • 3B

Buford’s punishing run game remains multifaceted

By David Friedlander david.friedlander@ gwinnettdailypost.com

BUFORD — For as long as Jess Simpson has been Buford’s football coach — and even longer — one of the major trademarks of the Wolves’ program has been a running game that has not only been punishing to opponents, but also deep and multifaceted.

And to be sure, this year’s Buford ground game is no exception.

As they head into Friday’s Class AAAAA state semifinal game against No. 6 state-ranked Kell (11-2) at Tom Riden Stadium, the second-ranked Wolves (12-1) have rolled up 3,658 yards and 61 touchdowns through 13 games this season.

And with 11 different runners averaging at least five yards per carry, this season seems like any other in the program’s recent history.

Yet this time, there are some differences, the main one being that the bulk of the yardage and touchdowns seem to be more concentrated toward a smaller number of runners, led by Gwinnett’s overall rushing leader Anthony Grant (176 car., 1,381 yards, 22 TDs) and fellow junior Christian Turner (100-942, 16 TDs).

Simpson acknowledges that the statistical production has been a bit more top heavy than normal this year, and that’s been by

or five games and came back midway through the season. It seemed like … he’d feel good, and then get kind of hampered and got it rolled up. He finally took a week off about two or three weeks ago.

“He wanted to play, and he could play, but (he didn’t) really have the stamina and … tweaked it again. The last couple of weeks, it’s gotten better. Last Friday, we had to play Anthony a lot on defense, and (Christian) had an unreal game. It gave Christian a chance to kind Buford’s Anthony Grant runs upfield during the first of help Ant out, and obviquarter of the Wolves’ playoff victory over Jones County ously he had a huge game earlier this season. (Photo: David McGregor) and looked like the old necessity, mainly due to over. Somebody new every Christian Turner.” nagging injuries during the week. I’ve never seen Turner definitely demseason. anything like it. But we’ve onstrated he was back to However, he is also built some depth, and full strength by running for quick to add that the there’s been a lot of guys game highs of 275 yards contributions of other run- to get opportunities.” and four TDs in last week’s ners, while smaller in total Indeed, injuries and 34-27 win over Carrollton. numbers, has been just as other circumstances have But while the 5-foot-9, productive per capita as in forced Buford coaches a 169-pound junior relished previous seasons. single go-to back at differ- his larger role, he also “You know what? I think ent times throughout the said it hasn’t been difficult what probably gets lost in season. keeping his patience when the shuffle is if you look Early on, that primarily the carries were less nuat Derrian Brown and T.D. meant Grant, especially merous and he was asked Roof and their carries and when a high ankle sprain to do more of the dirty how many yards per carry forced Turner to miss three work, like block. those guys have, they’re full games and parts of a He also says that teamvery explosive and good few others, as well as Roof first attitude is not only players, as well,” Simpson missing all or parts of four shared by the rest of the said, referring to Brown’s games due to knee issues. running back corps, but is 734 yards and nine TDs, “I think, obviously, Ant a big reason why each indiplus 353 yards and 10 TDs has carried a really, really vidual back always seems from Roof. “This is probbig load for us this year,” to be able to produce once ably the hardest it’s ever Simpson said. “Part of that his number is called. been. … We’ve never had is because Christian has “All the running backs as much adversity when had a high ankle sprain. trust each other,” Turner it comes to injuries in a He really kind of played said. “I guess it’s, like, season. it’s just been every in parts of lots of games. whoever’s having a good week, every day, over and He missed probably four game that day. (The coach-

es) just show you that you really can’t be selfish when you’re contributing to the team. You do what’s best for the team.

“After my second carry (last Friday), I saw the holes were there. My linemen were blocking perfectly, I just had sit out on the edge and gaps just like I do in practice. It’s basically like I was at practice.

The holes were there.”

Strange as it may seem, perhaps no one is a better example of that attitude that Turner described than Grant.

It might seem difficult for the a rusher who leads the county with more than 1,300 yards to accept a different role than that of main ball carrier when he has produced so well all season.

Yet that was exactly what Grant enthusiastically did when injuries and matchups dictated that Simpson ask the 5-11, 176-pound junior to play many more plays at his linebacker position on defense and cede much of the carries to Turner last week.

After all, such sacrifice for the team is something he’s learned since his early days in Buford’s youth program.

“I wasn’t shocked,” Grant said. “I wanted to play defense. I can play both sides, so I wasn’t shocked. I just knew that Chrisitan could help out a lot on offense, and I could step in on defense. … I’ve been taught that through

the whole youth league, playing both sides of the ball.”

In fact, it has been very common practice for some of Buford’s top running back to also pull double duty on defense, which is a major reason why the rushing yards and touchdowns are usually spread around so much.

But Simpson says such a practice really only works when everyone involved accepts such a role in the same manner Grant did last week.

“The cool part about it is, it’s been a long time since we’ve had a kid around here who was interested in stats,” Simpson said. “That’s human nature, but those kids (Grant and Turner) are both really unselfish. They’re willing to cover kicks. They’re willing to play defense, return kicks. Obviously, they love running the ball.

“Anthony Grant’s a prime example. That guy just loves playing. He doesn’t care where he plays. He just wants to play, and he’s a good allaround football player. It speaks to the intangibles.

With (running backs coach Fyrone) Davis and that running back crew, every year it’s, ‘We’re unselfish guys. We share the ball.

We all block.’ “The interesting thing is, two or three of Christian’s big runs, Ant jumped in at fullback and just threw unbelievable blocks. It’s just fun to watch them (both) play.”

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state championship game.

Even with the move up to Class AAAAA this season, the Wolves It’s a bit of deja vu for are playing in the state Gwinnett’s four remaining semifinals for the 10th football teams in the state straight year. In his second playoffs this week. season as the starter, East Buford, Greater Atlanta Carolina commit Mic Roof Christian, Grayson and has throw for 1,318 yards, Mill Creek were all semi11 touchdowns and six finalists a year ago, and all interceptions in the Wolves are back this season. Only run-first offense.

Buford advanced to the Mills, like Roof, knows Georgia Dome last year. what it’s like to fall in the All four teams also have Georgia Dome. As a sophthe same starting quarteromore, Mills and GAC lost backs that they did a year to Benedictine in the Class ago.

AA state championship.

Chase Brice is back for Last season the Spartans the Rams, Davis Mills for fell at home 45-20 to Pace the Spartans, Mic Roof for Academy in the semifinals. the Wolves and Cameron This year in Class AAA, Turley for the Hawks. the Spartans are back In Class AAAAAAA, in the semifinals. They Grayson (12-1) hosts Mill opened the postseason with Creek (13-0) at 7:30 p.m. a 35-17 win over Pace and In Class AAAAA, Buford won a thriller 44-38 last (12-1) hosts Kell (11-2) week in triple overtime at Mill Creek quarterback Cameron Turley (16) throws a and in Class AAA, GAC Liberty County. quick pass against Peachtree Ridge during the regular (12-1) will travel to Peach season. (Photo: Jamie Akoubian) The Stanford commit County (12-1). accounted for six total “We’re pumped. We’re season opener, including Last year the Hawks fell touchdowns in the win, really excited to back in two-time defending state 52-31 at home to Colquitt including the game-winner, the semifinals,” Brice said. champs Colquitt County in the semifinals. The a 23-yard pass to Trent “Last year, I know both 49-21 last week.

Hawks won a close one Fowler. In just 11 games of us we lost so of course Last year the Rams 31-28 at McEachern last this season, Mills has we want to win and get a fell 30-26 at home in the week. thrown for 2,516 yards, 34 chance to go to the state semifinals to Roswell on Turley, a Georgia Tech touchdowns and just one championship. We’re last-second Hail Mary. It baseball signee, threw two interception. both solid teams. Haven’t was the first loss of the touchdown passes to Ace Last season was the watched much film yet. season for Grayson.

Williams in the win. He’s first time since 2005 that a We’re still watching with “We don’t want that thrown for 2,309 yards, Gwinnett team didn’t win the coaches, but just the same feeling as last year,” 30 touchdowns and seven a state championship in magnitude of the game, I he said. “That just gives interceptions this season. any classification. A trend know they’ll be ready to go us more motivation. We “We’ve got a chip on that seems unlikely with and especially with it being already have so much con- our shoulder,” Turley said. the way the semifinalists at home we’ll be ready to have been playing as of fidence in ourselves, team “Especially getting to the go, too.” late, particularly in Class and our coaching staff that semis last year. We’re reBrice, a Clemson comAAAAAAA. just motivates us more. ally motivated to not end mit, has thrown for 2,623 “I was surprised,” Turley That 2011 team won it the season like we did last yards and 30 touchdowns said of the zero titles. “I was and we want to be another year.” with just two intercephoping that us and Grayson team that comes through Buford was the lone tions this season. Grayson Grayson and wins state, so school to make it through would face off in the finals steamrolled everyone on that motivates us as well.” the Final Four last season, (last year). So I’m pretty its schedule after losing to happy that we’re facing off Mill Creek has never only to fall 10-0 to CartIMG Academy (Fla.) in the reached the state finals. ersville in the Class AAAA this year in the semis.”

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From Staff Reports High school football fans who want to attend one of the state semifinal matchups this Friday can purchase advance tickets online thanks to GoFan’s partnership with the Georgia High School Association.

Tickets are still sold this week at high schools and also are available at the gate on Friday. But people who want to avoid the Friday night lines, can purchase through GoFan’s website.

Gwinnett teams will participate in three state semifinal games Friday — Mill Creek at Grayson in Class AAAAAAA, Kell

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Archer’s Quinn Miller battles against North Forsyth’s Hunter Loyd in the Class AAAAAA 220-pound weight class during last year’s state finals at the Macon Centreplex. (Photo: Kyle Hess)

Archer’s Miller commits to Cavs education for the next five years, I commit to Archer senior Quinn wrestle at the University Miller announced on of Virginia.”

Thanksgiving that his colLast season Miller was lege future would be on the state runner-up in the wrestling mat, not the the 220 pound class. He football field. was a state runner-up as The stellar linebacker a freshman and a state posted on his Twitter acchampion as a sophocount that he had verbally more. InterMat ranks him committed to wrestle for as the No. 8 wrestler in the University of Virginia. the nation.

“I want to thank all the In 10 games for the college football coaches Tigers this season Miller who showed an interest recorded 84 tackles, four in me and extended an sacks and two intercepoffer to me,” he posted. tions. He also served as “I believe this is a great a power back on offense fit for me to continue my occasionally.

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Gators aiming for upset of Alabama The Sports Xchange Speculation has it that even if Alabama does not beat Florida to win the SEC Championship, the Crimson Tide could still earn a spot in the third annual College Football Playoff.

But don’t suggest that to Tide coach Nick Saban.

“That’s certainly not

the mindset that we want,” Saban said. “This is a big game for us. It’s an opportunity to win the SEC championship, which to me is a very, very significant accomplishment.

We hold that in very high esteem, having the opportunity to do that, having the ability to do it, having the ability to play for it.”

The Tide (12-0, 8-0

SEC) and Gators (8-3, 6-2 SEC) will clash at 4 p.m.

Saturday in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.

Alabama’s players are locked into Saban’s way of thinking.

“You don’t ever want to lose, really,” Tide tight end O.J. Howard said. “You don’t want to have to let the season come down to the committee choosing

what your stakes are. We just have to take care of business on the field ourselves and we can control our destiny.”

Alabama, No. 1 in this week’s College Football Playoff rankings, has a chance to become the first team to win three straight SEC championships since Florida won four from 1993-96.

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Falcons’ defense takes another big hit with injuries The Sports Xchange The Atlanta Falcons’ young defense suffered another blow on Sunday with the loss of defensive end Adrian Clayborn, who is facing surgery and is expected to miss at least a month of action, according to an espn.com report.

Falcons coach Dan Quinn wouldn’t reveal the extent of Clayborn’s injury when asked about it on Monday. He doesn’t have to release his injury report

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until today, but he did say that Clayborn could not have re-entered the game.

Clayborn reportedly tore the medial collateral ligament, partially tore his meniscus and likely will undergo surgery and is

Condra •From Page 1B minutes, 29 seconds. The Daily Post’s Boys Runner of the Year was easily the top Gwinnett finisher at the season-ending championships, finishing six spots ahead of the next local in Class AAAAAAA, Central Gwinnett’s Axel Avalos.

He also was fifth at the area championships this season in 16:14 despite fighting a sickness, and finished as runner-up at the Gwinnett County Championships in 15:58.

“I thought I had a great season, even though I wish I could have PR’ed (achieved a personalrecord time) a little bit faster,” Condra said. “Last year I PR’ed a lot because I had a lot of seniors in front of me pushing me.

This year I had no teammates that I could really chase after. But I think I’m getting used to it and I finished off great.”

Condra does have one Peachtree Ridge runner he still chases — former Lion Josh Brickell.

Brickell, a senior at Furman, is one of Gwinnett’s top all-time best runners.

His name dominates the Peachtree Ridge distance records, part of a recordbreaking career that saw him win state cross country titles his final three seasons along with two state track championships in the 3,200-meter run. He also was eighth nationally at the 2011 Foot Locker Cross Country Championships.

The current Peachtree Ridge runners still know Brickell, who runs on occasion with the team when he’s home from college. Condra knows Brickell better than others because their fathers work together, so he fully appreciates Brickell’s lofty standards.

Some teammates have called Condra by the nickname “Brick 2.0,” but the young runner knows there is plenty of work ahead if he wants to be mentioned in the same conversations with Brickell, whose high school cross country 5K best was a blistering 14:41.

“Last year I ran a little bit faster than (Brickell) in the two-mile (in track when both were freshmen), and this year our times are basically identical to his sophomore year,” Condra said.

“Basically I’m just trying to mimic him and do what he’s done.”

Condra didn’t match Brickell’s state championship as a sophomore, but the effort at state was still impressive. Of the top 13 finishers in AAAAAAA, all were juniors and seniors except for Condra.

“It’s an easy comparison to Josh Brickell, who won state three years in a row,” Adams said. “That was kind of (Condra’s) goal going in (to state).

But being the top sophomore and getting on the podium as a sophomore is a nice consolation prize.”

Cross country wasn’t initially in the plans for Condra, who joined the team as a freshman because he enjoyed running

in elementary and middle school. He was part of his middle school’s running club and ran 5Ks here and there, including the Peachtree Ridge Relay for Life race to honor his late mother, who died of brain cancer when he was in fifth grade.

He wanted to play baseball at Peachtree Ridge in the spring of his freshman year — following more along the lines of older sisters Crystal and Stacey, who played softball at North Gwinnett and in college — but he did so well in cross country that he did track and field his ninth-grade spring instead.

Suddenly, running became his main obsession.

“I didn’t know how good of a runner I was until I started training more,” Condra said.

Embracing the training aspect has fueled his rise to prominence, whether it’s putting in miles or weight workouts. He supplements his team workouts with sessions at No Excuses CrossFit, a gym in Suwanee where his sister is a coach.

He said he learned the value of training in large part from his senior teammates last season. “(The seniors) showed me how much hard work it takes (to be successful),” Condra said. “A lot of them weren’t just naturally good at the sport. A lot of them had to work hard at it. One of my senior friends Jack (Bradley), he runs for UGA now. His freshman year he ran like 23-minute 5Ks and he got down to the 16:30s by just working hard.”

That work may lead to records and championships, the goals for Condra in the upcoming track season and into his final two years of high school competition. He wants his times below 15:30 next cross country season, and he hopes to compete for 1,600 and 3,200 state titles on the track in the spring.

Three of the runners who finished ahead of him at this year’s state cross country meet are seniors, but state champion Sam Bowers of Milton will return as a senior for the 2017 cross country season. Bowers’ winning time was 16:07, 22 seconds ahead of Condra.

“We knew (Condra) would be in the mix for the state championship, certainly in the top five,” Adams said. “He’s kind of been playing around with pacing a little more this year and trusting the coaches when we say you don’t have to win the race in the first mile.

He paced it a lot better at state and that’s why we got the results we wanted. … He really has a big knack for pacing, especially in workouts.

One thing we noticed last year as a freshman was he had a very innate ability to pace. Somebody will tell him to run a 5-minute mile and every 1/4 mile he’s within a second. He’s naturally able to pace very, very well.

“And he has really high goals, which is good.

I think he’ll be able to achieve those goals.”

expected to miss a month, according to the report.

Clayborn is second on the team with 4.5 sacks.

He leads the team with eight tackles for losses and totals 20 tackles and one pass breakup.

With Clayborn out, the Falcons used linebacker Philip Wheeler as a rush end at times against the Cardinals.

Clayborn is listed as the No. 2 defensive end behind Brooks Reed. Dwight Freeney is listed No. 3.

Clayborn played 28 of 66 defensive snaps (42 percent) against the Cardinals before suffering his injury.

Falcons cornerback Desmond Trufant, who suffered a torn pectoral and shoulder injury against Tampa Bay on Nov. 3, is set to have season-ending shoulder surgery Thursday.

Trufant suffered the injury in Week 9 and was holding out hope he could return to help the Falcons (7-4) pursue a playoff spot.

Trufant, in his fourth season, was a Pro Bowl selection in 2015 and developed into Atlanta’s top defensive player.

Even with Trufant, the Falcons rank last in the NFL in pass defense while allowing 282.2 yards per game.

Jalen Collins took over most of Trufant’s role against Philadelphia and Arizona.

“I’m ready to take over at left cornerback,” Collins said. “I’m out there to play

football. That’s what I did.

We prepare, so I’m sure I can get it done.”

Collins tied for the team lead with six tackles. He also had a tackle for a loss and three pass breakups.

“Our game plan was that we know these receivers run certain routes and from certain formations,” Collins said. “We knew what kind of looks we were going to get. We stuck to our game plan and what we have been practicing all week.”

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Gladiators deal Kessel to get Syvret

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DULUTH — The Atlanta Gladiators traded the league’s top-scoring defenseman, Blake Kessel, in order to acquire veteran blueliner Corey Syvret in a three-team deal Monday.

Syvret comes to the Gladiators from division rival Florida where he has played the last two seasons. Kessel, who has 23 points in 22 games, is headed to Kalamazoo. The Wings are sending Adam

•From Page 1B and they put me in open JV,” Knott said of the that freshman race. “I don’t know (what happened). I just ran really fast and everyone was yelling at me, ‘Slow down, slow down.

You’re going out way too fast.’ But then I ended up at 13:39, which was eighth on the team.”

Knott followed that up by finishing 37th in her first Gwinnett County Championships in 21 minutes, 7 seconds, roughly six minutes faster than her time trial debut. She improved to an eighthplace region finish, and then placed 42nd at the state championships as Peachtree Ridge’s No. 2 finisher.

She was the Lions’ No. 1 runner as a sophomore, when she was eighth at county, third at region and 13th at state. It was a stellar season, but Knott still finished behind Gwinnett’s top runners — Grayson’s Yanely Gomez, Mill Creek’s Hannah and Camryn Petit and Brookwood’s Lauren Flynt — in every major meet.

Though Gomez and Hannah Petit graduated, Camryn Petit and Flynt returned this season, which gave Knott someone to chase as a junior. She came up just short at county, finishing as runner-up to Flynt, but rebounded with a first-place effort in the Area 4-AAAAAAA Championships with a time of 18:41. She followed that up by placing third at state, best among Gwinnett runners in Class AAAAAAA, in 19:17.

“That was kind of (Knott’s) goal early on to be the top Gwinnett girl,” Adams said. “When she was able to win the area championship, it sort of validated that. When she didn’t win county, it gave her a chip on her shoulder.

As a runner, it’s good to have that. And to win area and follow that with her performance at state was great. She really performed when it mattered most.”

Knott nearly finished second at state. She was edged out in a photo finish

by South Forsyth’s Kaylee DuPont as both runners clocked 19:17.32, almost 19 seconds behind champion Liz Galarza, a West Forsyth senior.

DuPont also is a junior, guaranteeing Knott some competition at next year’s

Brace to Florida to complete the swap.

“Blake was great and he obviously provided that scoring punch, but for us as a group, we’re struggling to keep pucks out of out net,” Atlanta head coach Andy Brandt said.

The Gladiators lead the ECHL in scoring with 84 goals, but have also given up a league-high 83.

Syvret (6-foot-2, 200-pounds) was expected to arrive in town Tuesday night and skate this morning ahead of Atlanta’s home game with Green-

ville. Puck drop is 7:05 p.m. at Infinite Energy Center in Duluth.

“We’ve seen Corey in Florida and he’s a steady rock in the back,” Brandt said. “He can play in all situations. We feel right now with (Alex) Roach and (Ben) Marshall and (Josh) Atkinson, they can all play the power play. Corey can do that, too, if needed.

“I don’t want to take anything away from Blake, but Corey has some additional intagibles. He brings that veteran poise and maturity to the back end we

feel is extremely important right now.”

Atkinson is second only to Kessel in scoring for defensemen in the league with 19 in 21 games. Kessel, despite all the points, was minus-2 during his time in Atlanta.

The 27-year-old Syvret has played 294 pro games, including 18 in the AHL. A 2007 draft pick of the Florida Panthers, Syvret helped Alaska win the Brabham and Kelly Cups in 2013-14. He has 12 points and is a plus-7 in 40 playoff games.

Knott

ALL-COUNTY CROSS COUNTRY BOYS Boys Runner of the Year: Chase Condra, Peachtree Ridge, Soph.

Led Gwinnett runners with a fifth-place finish at state, in addition to placing fifth at area and second at county Boys Coach of the Year: Ben Dehnke, Brookwood His Broncos finished as state runner-up, area champion and county champion First Team • Axel Avalos, Central Gwinnett, Jr. 11th at state, sixth at area and fourth at county • Jordan Bullock, Brookwood, Sr. 23rd at state, fourth at area and third at county • Christian Corsello, Parkview, Jr. 13th at state, second at area and sixth at county • Zunair Manzoor, Brookwood, Sr. 32nd at state, eighth at area and county champion • Patrick Smith, Brookwood, Sr. 18th at state, area champion and fifth at county • Gruem Tesfamariam, Brookwood, Sr. 20th at state, 14th at area and 25th at county • Steven Velazquez, Mill Creek, Sr. 21st at state, ninth at area, ninth at county Second Team Alex Haggard, Peachtree Ridge, Jr. Tyler Harkins, Mountain View, Sr. David Michael, Parkview, Sr. Jackson Reilly, Norcross, Sr. Merrick Rizzo, Collins Hill, Sr. Jordan Smith, Central Gwinnett, Sr. Bobby Tucker, Mountain View, Sr. GIRLS Girls Runner of the Year: Mary Kathryn Knott, Peachtree Ridge, Jr. Top Gwinnett finisher at state in third, in addition to winning the area title and finishing as runner-up at county Girls Coach of the Year: Chris Carter, Brookwood Led the Broncos to a state runner-up finish, as well as area and county championships First Team • Skylar English, Dacula, Jr. Third at state, region champion and fifth at county • Lauren Flynt, Brookwood, Sr. County champion and fourth at area • Sarah Melkerson, North Gwinnett, Jr. 22nd at state and 17th at area • Camryn Petit, Mill Creek, Jr. Seventh at state, second at area and sixth at county • Kenedi Rodney, Dacula, Sr. 14th at state, third at region and seventh at county • Reese Saddler, Brookwood, Fr. 19th at state, seventh at area and 10th at county • Elizabeth Saliba, Brookwood, Jr. Fifth at state, third at area and eighth at county Second Team Alaina Burnside, Peachtree Ridge, Sr. Alexis Carter, Mountain View, Sr. Lyndsey Fowler, North Gwinnett, Jr. Avery Freeman, Brookwood, Sr. Jamie Freeman, Parkview, Sr. Grace Spivey, Archer, Sr. Miranda Taylor, Hebron, Sr.

state cross country meet.

Her finish this year still was satisfying, in part because she was more than 24 seconds faster than the No. 2 Gwinnett girl, fifthplace finisher Elizabeth Saliba of Brookwood.

“It was definitely a big motivation (to catch the top Gwinnett girls),” Knott said. “My freshman and sophomore year they were always in front of me.

This year I tried a different strategy in racing. I try and go out with the top group and then I have a better

kick at the end. I knew if I stuck with them, I could out kick them at the end.”

Those quicker starts to races, rather than holding back at the start, have been keys to her rise. Adams said it’s the opposite issue that Peachtree Ridge’s No. 1 boys runner, Chase Condra, faced. Condra tends to start too fast. “(Knott’s) learning more and more about pacing and being competitive early in the race,” Adams said.

The coach also counts on Knott more for leader-

ship as she has risen to become the team’s top runner, even if it doesn’t come naturally for her. “(Vocal leadership) comes out more and more with her teammates,” Adams said. “She has a great sense of humor. She’s always laughing with her teammates. They are looking to her more and more as a leader. She doesn’t really seek that role but because of her performance in workouts and races, girls are looking to her as a leader. And her competitiveness is also coming through more and more.

I wouldn’t want to mess with her in a race. She can be tough.”

Knott’s breakout junior season made its mark on the Peachtree Ridge record book, too. She began the season ranked ninth on the Lions’ list of all-time cross country performers, but ended up third with her area time of 18:41.

She now trails only Sara Curry, who ran at Georgia Southern, and Addy Lippitt, who runs at Georgia, in the school rankings.

“It’s my goal to get first for the school record,” said Knott, whose fraternal twin sister Elizabeth Anne tried running as a freshman but pursued more academic endeavors like robotics.

“Addy Lippitt holds that spot at 18:21. I’m 18:41, so I’m 20 seconds off.”

The school record offers one clear-cut goal for next cross country season.

Adams said a sweep of the big meets — county, area and state — also are on the to-do list. Up first is track and field season, where she didn’t fare as well last season and wants to improve greatly in the mile and two-mile, as well as try the 800-meter run.

She finished 86th last weekend at the Foot Locker South Regional (Petit will offer a challenge again next season — she was 67th at Foot Locker), wrapping up a cross country season of new accomplishments.

“Yes, I am (satisfied with the cross country season),” Knott said. “At the beginning of the year, we set goals for the season and I tried to achieve them.

I reached all of my goals, which was good.

“I wanted to go under 18 minutes and I did that. I wanted to beat Camryn Petit and I did that. I wanted to make top 10 at state and I did that.”

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Kelly helps larger Meadowcreek hold off Parkview and (Tuesday) was him coming out of his shell,” first-year Meadowcreek coach Curtis Gilleylen said NORCROSS — Both of Kelly. “Hopefully, he Meadowcreek and can keep it moving in the Parkview wanted to demright direction.” onstrate that they would Faced with a distinct be a force to be reckoned height advantage against with in the new Region Kelly, plus 6-7 junior Cory 7-AAAAAAA boys basHightower (8 points, 10 ketball race this season, rebounds) and 6-5 senior and both accomplished that Anyueri Castillo (8 points, goal in their region opener. 3 rebounds, 2 blocks), In the end, the host Parkview had to look for Mustangs’ size in the low ways to stay in the game. post was too much for the And the smaller Panhotter-shooting Panthers thers did so by moving the in a 50-49 Meadowcreek ball around the perimeter home victory Tuesday and hitting from long range night in a game that also — including eight 3-pointdemonstrated both teams’ ers on the night, including scrappiness. thee each from Cam ChavAmari Kelly may have ers (13 points) and Truitt had the game of his career, Spencer (11 points) — plus as the 6-foot-8, 243-pound trying to establish a fastjunior had a double-double paced, 94-foot game. by halftime and finished “We wanted to play fast with game highs of 25 (Tuesday) night,” Parkview points and 18 rebounds, coach Nick Gast said. “We to go with two blocked had to slow it down a little shots and a steal to help bit because we ended up the Mustangs (4-1, 1-0) going zone to combat their continue their strong start size. … We want to play to the season. fast.”

“He’s been progressing, That strategy worked

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in the early going, as the Panthers were able to get the ball up the court quickly and spot up for open looks on the wings, which the knocked down for four 3-pointer in the first quarter.

One of those by Spencer and another by Brandon Harvey off the bench led to an 8-2 run to help Parkview take as much as a 16-9 lead with 1:23 left in the opening frame.

But Meadowcreek — which was playing without leading scorer Jamir Chaplin, who is likely out until after the holiday break with a sprained ankle — was able to settle down and pound the ball into its big men in the paint as they ran the floor.

Kelly scored on a pair of nifty moves in transition over the last 31 seconds of the period to cut the Parkview lead to 16-13 by the first quarter break.

Then trailing 19-17, Castillo scored five points, while Kelly added a stickback and the Mustangs also got help from guards

Dequarious Nichols and Justin Kong to reel off an 8-2 run to vault into as much as a six-point lead before taking a 27-23 lead into intermission.

Both teams then stuck to their strength in the entertaining opening minutes of the third quarter, Chavers draining a trio of 3-pointers in the opening, only to have Meadowcreek answer with a pair of Kelly buckets in the paint and one each by Hightower and Castillo to leave the Mustangs with a 35-32 lead with 2:45 left in the period.

But with the margin the same at 39-36 heading into the fourth quarter, Parkview began to make a move by turning up the tempo again.

Spot up jumpers by reserves Harvey and Jack Lapenta combined with a pair of drives to the basket

by Toneari Lane, the latter winding up as a three-point play, to ignite a 9-2 run that vaulted the Panthers back in front at 45-41 with 5:40 remaining.

But once again, Meadowcreek was able to battle back by dominating the glass when Parkview did miss — the Mustangs had a 50-26 rebounding advantage for the night — and finding the holes in the Panthers’ zone to get the ball into their big men.

Hightower first pulled Meadowcreek even at 49-all with a layup with 3:10 left, and Castillo then hit 1 of 2 from the line with 1:38 left to push the Mustangs back in front at 50-49.

But offense became next to impossible down the stretch, thanks to stingy defense from both sides.

A missed 1-and-1 opportunity at the line cost Meadowcreek a chance to give itself breathing room with 21 seconds left, and Parkview had one last chance after an exchange of turnovers in the frenetic final seconds.

Finally after a clock issue was resolved to leave the Panthers with the ball in the front court with three seconds left, Lapenta

managed to find Lane for a good look at a 12-foot jumper along the right baseline.

But the 6-4 freshman, who finished with nine points and four rebounds, saw his attempt at the game-winner hit off the iron, allowing Meadowcreek to escape with the hard-fought win.

In addition to the work of the big men inside, the Mustangs also got a strong floor game from guards Nichols (4 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals) and Kong (5 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists), while Parkview also got contributions from Jamiel Wright (5 assists) and Ahmir Langlais (6 rebounds).

Parkview girls 39, Meadowcreek 25 Gabby Jester scored 11 points, while Hannah Sadler chipped in with 10 as the Panthers (3-2, 1-0) won their region opener on the road.

Kianna Thaddies scored eight points to lead the Mustangs (0-4, 0-1).

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LAWRENCEVILLE — Uchenna Nwagbara of Mountain View scored his only points of the night on a basket in the paint as time expired to lift the Bears to a 45-43 win at home over Mill Creek on Tuesday.

Miles Long and Spencer Rodgers also helped with 12 points each as Mountain View improved to 5-1 overall and 1-0 in Region 6-AAAAAAA. BOYS BASKETBALL BOYS HOOPS Peachtree Ridge 76, Dacula 71 (2OT) DACULA — Peachtree Ridge finally pulled away from Dacula for a 76-71 win in double overtime on Tuesday night.

Devin Vassel led the Lions (2-2) with 24 points, while Kris Collins scored 14.

Grayson 57, Discovery 50 (OT) LOGANVILLE — Grayson outlasted Discovery 57-50 in overtime to improve its season record to 4-1 on Tuesday night.

Travis Anderson led the Rams with 16 points and seven rebounds, while Nick Edwards added 13 points and four assists. DeAli Thompson also played well for Grayson with six

points and seven boards.

Collins Hill 71, Woodstock 41 SUWANEE — Collins Hill rolled to a 71-41 win at home over Woodstock on Tuesday night in a non-region game.

Chris Parks was one of five Eagles in double digits with 18 point, followed by 14 points from Max Clark. Others chipping in for Collins Hill (4-1) were Kenny Stanciel with 12 points, J.D. Ozoh with 11 points and Justin Lee with 10 points.

North 74, South Forsyth 41 CUMMING — Ethan Smith of North Gwinnett logged 23 points, five rebounds, four assists and four steals on Tuesday night, leading the Bulldogs to a 74-41 win at South Forsyth.

Cameron Rowland added 14 points, seven boards and four assists for North (2-2) with Mikey Joseph chipping in with 12 points.

North also received help from Ryan Smith and Josh Downs with eight points and four rebounds each.

Buford 77, North Oconee 50 BOGART — Buford senior Marcus Watson led all scorers with 17 points on Tuesday night to lead the Wolves past North Oconee 77-50.

Donnell Nixon followed with 13 points, while Dawson Wehunt added 11 points. The win improved the unbeaten Wolves to 4-0.

Hebron 73, Social Circle 65 SOCIAL CIRCLE — Hebron

defeated Social Circle on Tuesday night 73-65 to improve its record to 3-1.

Connor Almon was the leading scorer for Hebron with 16 points, while Alex Calvert followed with 13 points.

GIRLS HOOPS GIRLS BASKETBALL Mill Creek 73, Mountain View 39 LAWRENCEVILLE — Mill Creek opened its Region 6-AAAAAAA schedule on Tuesday night at Mountain View with a 73-39 win. The win pushed Mill Creek’s record to 5-0 overall and 1-0 in the region.

Wynter Webb scored 15 points to lead Mill Creek and Bridget Mukasa scored 13. Kim Forbes led the team in rebounds with nine.

Mountain View was led by 10 points from Eni Quinny.

Collins Hill 82, Woodstock 37 SUWANEE — Collins Hill ran its record to 4-0 on Tuesday night as the Eagles cruised to an 82-37 win at home over Woodstock.

Four Eagles scored in double figures, led by a double-double from Javyn Nicholson with 18 points and 12 rebounds. Bria Harmon followed with 14 points, while Nia Lee scored 13 and Desiree Conner finished with 11 points.

South Forsyth 56, North 41 CUMMING — North Gwinnett fell to South Forsyth on Tuesday night 56-41 in a non-region game.

Jessica Belcher was the leading scorer for North (1-3) with nine points.

Peachtree Ridge 28, Dacula 24 DACULA — Peachtree Ridge evened its record at 2-2 on Tuesday night with a 28-24 win at Dacula.

Buford 54, North Oconee 36 BOGART — Buford played its first game Tuesday night and came away winners as the Wolves knocked off previously undefeated North Oconee 5436.

The game was tied at 18-18 at the half before Buford (1-0) pulled away in the final two quarters.

Three Wolves scored in double digits, led by 16 from Tory Ozment. Jessica Nelson and Marissa Bruce each finished with 11 points.

Providence 45, Tallulah Falls 41 LILBURN — Providence picked up a win at home on Tuesday as the Storm held on to defeat Tallulah Falls 45-41.

Tamia Francis led the Storm (2-4) with 22 points, while Allison Brooks scored 15.

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Penn State outlasts Georgia Tech game in their past 10 tries.

Quinton Stephens finUNIVERSITY PARK, ished with 13 points and Pa. — Three Penn State 11 rebounds for the Yellow players finished in double Jackets (4-2). figures to lead the Nittany Georgia Tech’s Ben Lions to a 67-60 win over Lammers had 12 points Georgia Tech in an ACC/ and 10 boards, while Big Ten Challenge game Shiloh grad Josh Okogie on Tuesday in University added 13 points.

Park, Pa. Okogie put the Yellow Mike Watkins turned in Jackets ahead for the last a double-double with 12 time with a 3-pointer that points and 12 rebounds, opened the second half and and Shep Garner led the gave Georgia Tech a 31-30 Nittany Lions (5-3) with lead.

17 points as Penn State The Nittany Lions soon earned its third consecutive jumped back on top and win. Lamar Stevens added led for almost all of the 10 points for the Nittany second half. Okogie pulled Lions, who won a seventh Georgia Tech even with ACC/Big Ten Challenge another 3-pointer that The Sports Xchange

made it 39-39 with 13:00 left, and the Yellow Jackets got within two with 2:07 to play.

Penn State finished on a 10-5 run that was sparked by a Josh Reaves 3-pointer and capped by a pair of free throws from Garner.

The teams traded shots in the first half. They spent just over six minutes tied and swapped the lead seven times.

The Yellow Jackets opted to work the ball inside, where Justin Moore and Stephens took turns hitting midrange baskets.

Lammers slammed home a dunk with 3:35 to play to give Georgia Tech its big-

gest lead, 28-23.

Meanwhile, Penn State opted to try for 3-pointers.

Penn State made just two of 10 in the first half, however, and began to move the ball inside toward the end of the half.

A tip-in from Watkins highlighted a 7-0 run in the final three minutes and Penn State led 30-28 at halftime.

For the game, Georgia Tech was 7 of 16 from behind the arc, while Penn State was 4 of 15.

However, the Nittany Lions made 42.6 percent of their shots overall, while the Yellow Jackets hit 36.4 percent.

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(3-1) despite 24 points from junior guard Taylor Sutton.

POWDER SPRINGS GAC was beaten badly — Greater Atlanta Chris- on the boards, turned the tian girls coach Lady ball over time after time Grooms was disappointed and only briefly found its with the way her team shooting range. played against powerful Senior standout QuanMcEachern, but not nec- niecia Morrison, who essarily with the lopsided made five 3-pointers, had loss.

20 points, nine rebounds Grooms put together and five assists to lead one McEachern, which had of the five players in double tougher figures. Lyndsey Wilby early scored 16 points and schedChanel Wilson had nine ules in assists to go with her 10 the state points. knowing The Indians have won that there three straight after an Taylor Sutton would be opening loss to unbeaten losses, Norcross in the Parkview maybe even an ugly one. Tip-Off. “I did it for a reason.

Robyn Benton had This schedule is what 11 points after getting we need,” the third-year in early foul trouble and Spartans coach said.

Lexi Mann scored 10 “If you play just regufor the Spartans, whose lar sugar puff schools, losses are all to Class it gives you the wrong AAAAAAA teams that mentality.” made the state tournaMcEachern, which has ment last season. won four of the past five “We’ve got the talent. state titles in the largest This just makes us hunclassification, made sure gry,” Grooms said. “I’m GAC knew it had things fired up, too.” to work on if it wants GAC, which reached to be a Class AAA title the Class AA Final Four contender, rolling to an last season, opens Region 86-55 home victory over 7-AAA competition at the Spartans on Tuesday North Hall next Tuesday night. after one more major “This is humbling, but challenge. The Spartans it’s a teaching moment,” play at St. Francis, the Grooms said. “Now we defending Class A Private know what we have to state champion, on Satwork on. Maybe some urday. of our players found out “Our region isn’t super they aren’t as good as tough like last year, when they thought.” we were in with Wesleyan GAC (3-3) missed its and Holy Innocents’,” first 11 shots while falling Grooms said. “So we behind 14-0 and, except need to play teams like for a second-quarter these if we want to be sput that got the Sparready for the state tournatans within 29-23, never ment. It can only help challenged McEachern you.”

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SPORTS AT A GLANCE Basketball National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB Toronto............... 11....6.....647....... -Boston............... 10....7.....588........1 New York..............8....9.....471........3 Brooklyn...............4..12.....250.....6.5 Philadelphia.........4..14.....222..... 7.5 Southeast Division

W L Pct GB Charlotte............ 10....7.....588....... -Atlanta............... 10....8.....556........5 Washington..........6..10.....375.....3.5 Orlando................6.. 11.....353........4 Miami...................5..12.....294........5 Central Division

W L Pct GB Cleveland........... 13....2.....867....... -Chicago............. 10....6.....625.....3.5 Indiana.................9....9.....500.....5.5 Milwaukee............7....8.....467........6 Detroit..................8..10.....444.....6.5 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division

W L Pct GB

San Antonio....... 14....3.....824....... -Houston............. 11....6.....647........3 Memphis............ 11....7.... .611.....3.5 New Orleans........6..12.....333.....8.5 Dallas...................3..13.... .188...10.5 Northwest Division

W L Pct GB Oklahoma City... 11....8.....579....... -Utah................... 10....8.....556........5 Portland...............9..10.... .474........2 Denver.................7..10.... .412........3 Minnesota............5..12.....294........5 Pacific Division

W L Pct GB Golden State...... 16....2.....889....... -L.A. Clippers...... 14....4.....778........2 L.A. Lakers...........9....9.....500........7 Sacramento.........7.. 11.....389........9 Phoenix................5..13.....278...... 11 Sunday’s Games Cleveland 112, Philadelphia 108 Denver 120, Phoenix 114 Sacramento 122, Brooklyn 105 Milwaukee 104, Orlando 96 Indiana 91, L.A. Clippers 70 Dallas 91, New Orleans 81 Houston 130, Portland 114

L.A. Lakers 109, Atlanta 94 Monday’s Games Washington 101, Sacramento 95, OT Toronto 122, Philadelphia 95 Oklahoma City 112, New York 103 Boston 112, Miami 104 Charlotte 104, Memphis 85 Utah 112, Minnesota 103 Golden State 105, Atlanta 100 Tuesday’s Games Detroit at Charlotte, late L.A. Clippers at Brooklyn, late Cleveland at Milwaukee, late L.A. Lakers at New Orleans, late Orlando at San Antonio, late Houston at Utah, late Today’s Games Sacramento at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Detroit at Boston, 7:30 p.m.

Memphis at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Washington at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.

New York at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

San Antonio at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Miami at Denver, 9 p.m.

Atlanta at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Indiana at Portland, 10 p.m.

Football National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East

W L T Pct PF PA New England.. 9... 2... 0.. .818...293...197 Miami.............. 7... 4... 0...636...249...240 Buffalo............. 6... 5... 0...545...281...236 N.Y. Jets.......... 3... 8... 0...273...196...266 South

W L T Pct PF PA Houston.......... 6... 5... 0...545...194...236 Tennessee...... 6... 6... 0...500...308...296 Indianapolis.... 5... 6... 0...455...270...301 Jacksonville.... 2... 9... 0.. .182...214...293 North

W L T Pct PF PA Pittsburgh........ 6... 5... 0...545...266...222 Baltimore........ 6... 5... 0...545...218...201 Cincinnati........ 3... 7... 1.. .318...213...245 Cleveland........ 0.12... 0...000...197...352 West

W L T Pct PF PA Oakland.......... 9... 2... 0.. .818...307...275 Kansas City.... 8... 3... 0...727...252...214 Denver............ 7... 4... 0...636...266...219 San Diego....... 5... 6... 0...455...313...291 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East

W L T Pct PF PA Dallas............ 10... 1... 0...909...316...213 N.Y. Giants...... 8... 3... 0...727...231...213 Washington..... 6... 4... 1...591...280...264 Philadelphia.... 5... 6... 0...455...254...213 South

W L T Pct PF PA Atlanta............ 7... 4... 0...636...358...302 Tampa Bay...... 6... 5... 0...545...249...264 New Orleans... 5... 6... 0...455...334...307 Carolina.......... 4... 7... 0...364...276...281 North

W L T Pct PF PA Detroit............. 7... 4... 0...636...247...238 Minnesota....... 6... 5... 0...545...218...192 Green Bay...... 5... 6... 0...455... 274...289 Chicago.......... 2... 9... 0.. .182...178...264 West

W L T Pct PF PA Seattle............ 7... 3... 1...682...224...187 Arizona........... 4... 6... 1...409...245...228 Los Angeles.... 4... 7... 0...364...170...236 San Francisco.1.10... 0...091...228...344

Sunday’s Games Tennessee 27, Chicago 21 Buffalo 28, Jacksonville 21 Baltimore 19, Cincinnati 14 Atlanta 38, Arizona 19 N.Y. Giants 27, Cleveland 13

San Diego 21, Houston 13 Miami 31, San Francisco 24 New Orleans 49, Los Angeles 21 Tampa Bay 14, Seattle 5 Oakland 35, Carolina 32 New England 22, N.Y. Jets 17 Kansas City 30, Denver 27, OT Monday’s Game Green Bay 27, Philadelphia 13 Thursday’s Game Dallas at Minnesota, 8:25 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Kansas City at Atlanta, 1 p.m.

Miami at Baltimore, 1 p.m.

San Francisco at Chicago, 1 p.m.

Philadelphia at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.

Houston at Green Bay, 1 p.m.

Denver at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.

Los Angeles at New England, 1 p.m.

Detroit at New Orleans, 1 p.m.

Buffalo at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.

Washington at Arizona, 4:25 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at Pittsburgh, 4:25 p.m.

Tampa Bay at San Diego, 4:25 p.m.

Carolina at Seattle, 8:30 p.m.

Monday’s Game Indianapolis at N.Y. Jets, 8:30 p.m.

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EHO • $239,900 Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealty professionals.com

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BRICK FRONT 2 STORY HUD CASE #105-684634 3BR & 2.5BA 2-Story Traditional Home with Brick Front.

• Fire-Side Family Rm. • Spacious Kitchen w/ Huge Breakfast Eat-In Area. $100,000 • EHO Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealtyprofessionals.com

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BRING ALL OFFERS! 3604 SAND HILL DRIVE .51 Acre Beautiful Lot Which Has Privacy Fence On Each Side and Chain Link Across The Back.

Previous Home Burned Down But This Lot Has Gas, Sewer, Water, Phone, and Electric.

Access To Honey Creek Clubhouse & Amenities Available For Additional Fee $19,500 Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealty professionals.com

GORGEOUS LAKE LOT! 210 RIVER LAKE DR. Beautiful Shaded Lake Lot With Hardwoods With Great Views of Lake Oconee.

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ROCKDALE • CONYERS DAYCARE FOR SALE WITH CUSTOMERS! $600,000 for Building. $500,000 for Business with Equipment. Call 770-626-9822, CONFIDENTIAL Private Sale.

No brokers necessary.

Good for teachers & large families to branch out & own an existing business.

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770-714-8250 770-271-7127 RITE WAY/ LANDSCAPING • Retaining Walls All Types • Drainage Control • Waterproofing Basements • Landscaping: Sod, Seeds, Plants, etc.

• Concrete, Flagstone & Pavers for Patios, Walkways & etc.

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MONROE, GA 30655 242 N. HAMMOND DR.

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

Starting @ $900/mo.

B.C. PROPERTIES 770-446-1550 770-995-8828 MOBILE HOMES & LOTS FOR RENT BARROW-AUBURN 1-2-3 BEDROOMS IN MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY. Rent Starting at $100/ week. Large Lots.

770-513-3151

LAWRENCEVILLE OFFICE/ WAREHOUSES SPACE AVAILABLE 750 to 3600 sf Mike 404-375-5438.

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LAWRENCEVILLE ROOM FOR RENT $130/wk. Sugarloaf Mills area. Near Gwnt. Transit.

Quiet n’hood. 678-8252656; 678-353-9483

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ALL OAK FIREWOOD FOR SALE $120 “Heaping Truckload”, Stacked, Gwinnett Area.

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SEASONED OAK FIREWOOD- 4x8 rack $125. Delivered & Stacked. Lawrenceville/Buford area.

678-997-5675

Suwanee ESTATE SALE - 1566 Maple Ridge Drive. Friday & Saturday, Dec. 2-3 from 8:00 am-3:00 pm. Power and hand TOOLS, lawn and garden equipment, lots of furniture and accessories.

BEDROOM FURNITURE: 1 Queen Mattress, Box Springs, Hdbrd & Frame, $600 ea. 2 sm.

Dressers, $200 ea. TV Stand & Night Stand, $200 ea. 678-644-0793

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COMMERCIAL PROPERTY FOR SALE ELEGANT TRADITIONAL! Lovely 4BR & 2.5BA 2 Story is Simply Elegant!! Open floor plan, family room with firplace and including an above ground pool.

EHO • $175,900 Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealty professionals.com

COUNTRY BOY TREE REMOVAL

Bucket Truck

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KITTENS 4 foster (3 m, 1 f) looking for furever homes, up to date on vaccinations. Pls contact me at TLDetwiller@ gmail.com if interested.

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LOST & FOUND Lost Diamond Ring in Hamilton Mill area outside doctor’s office.

Very sentimental!

REWARD! 678-313-2808

HEAVY EQUIPMENT TRUCKS, LOADERS, TRAILERS & MORE. End of Year Rental Return Auction- Including Dozers, Loaders, Trucks, Trailers & more.

Wed, Dec 7, 9:30AM. 3500 N. Hwy 27, Carrollton GA. 678-673-9194. www.joeymartinauctioneers.com GA#2627.

MUSICAL EQUIPMENT

KIMBELL PIANO Approximately 18 years old. Very good condition, well cared for. $550. 770-483-5550

VEHICLES CADILLAC CTS, 2005 Driven 10k a year.

One elderly owner.

Every option, garage kept, like new. $5295.

770-616-7399.

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