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BLAZESPORTS TRIUMPH OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT AWARDS

By Joshua Sharpe joshua.sharpe@gwinnettdailypost.com

LAWRENCEVILLE — A Gwinnett County grand jury has handed down an indictment against a city of Hapeville politician, the same week she won the election.

Ruth Barr, who pulled 47 percent of the vote Tuesday in a four-candidate race for alderman, is accused of stealing $109,409.49. The Wednesday indictment, released to the Daily Post on Thursday, lists Lilburn residents David and Helen Bass, who is Barr’s sister, as the lawful owners of a check in that amount, which was allegedly taken by the Fulton County elected official.

Barr didn’t return a call seeking comment.

According to a Gwinnett County police report, Barr, an accountant, was supposed to set up an IRA through her B & B Accounting and Tax Service in December McClain Hermes, a blind swimmer from Gwinnett, receives her Triumph of the Human Spirit award from Cynthia Frisina, executive director at BlazeSports America, during the BlazeSports awards banquet at the Art and Angela Williams Theater on the campus of the Primerica Global Headquarters in Duluth on Thursday. (Staff Photo: David Welker)

‘Inspiring evening’

Locals among award-winners for overcoming adversity

By Curt Yeomans

They were among 21 people and organizations who received Triumph of the Human Spirit Awards The BlazeSports Triumph from BlazeSports America of the Human Spirit Awards during a ceremony at the ceremony was like a famPrimerica Global Headquarily affair for Hamilton Mill ters in Duluth. The Gwinnett resident McClain Hermes County residents were joined as she, her swimming teamby paralympians, coaches, mate Nadia Hopkins and their BlazeSports America voluncoach, Fred Lamback, each teers and community groups received glass trophies. who rounded out the field of It was literally a family winners. event for Dacula residents “I wasn’t expecting it so Marc and Collin Lancaster, it’s exciting that my work has however, as the father and been noticed and it’s paying son duo won their own joint off,” said Hermes, 14. award.

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ed, “It’s really cool. I really thank Blaze for this. They’ve been a big part of my life for about six years now. I’ve done all of the sports with them and it’s been great.”

The Triumph of the Human Spirit Awards are designed to recognize Georgia residents who are leaders in the adaptive sports field and provide inspirational stories about overcoming adversity.

It is intended to carry on the

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Clark lauded for fighting welfare fraud

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legacy of the 1996 Paralympic Games, which were held in Atlanta.

The range of honorees this year included athletes, coaches, volunteers, teachers, government bodies and community organizations.

“I think there has probably not been this number of paralympians, coaches, volunteers, educators and community leaders in one place since the 1996 Paralympics,” BlazeSports America Executive Director Cynthia Frisina said. “It’s an incredible group

A local legislator is getting national attention for his work to fight welfare fraud.

State Rep. David Clark, R-Buford, was among a handful of state legislators from across the country who the Foundation for Government Accountability’s 2015 Protecting the Vulnerable Award, the group announced on David Clark Thursday. The group cited his work on Georgia’s welfare programs as the reason why he was recognized.

“Modern technology is making it easier for states to catch fraudsters who want to

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Employer of alleged Bobbi Kristina fake nurse defends actions us with falsified identification, we The company that hired dismissed the purported “fake nurse” her and who cared for Bobbi Krisimmeditina Brown, daughter of ately took Bobbi singer Whitney Houston, further Kristina in Duluth is defending its action by Brown name. notifying “As soon as we discov- the appropriate authoriered that she had provided ties,” Homestead Hospice joshua.sharpe @gwinnettdailypost.com

founder and CEO Mallie Sharafat said in a Thursday statement. “Per our meeting with the Roswell Police Department, we are one of the many victims of her identify fraud scam.

Due to this incident, we have done a thorough re-evaluation of each care staff’s credentials and licensing.”

The suspect, Taiwo

Bolatito Sobamowo, 32, of Buford and Raleigh, N.C., cared for Brown as a contractor at Peachtree Christian Hospice in Duluth, where Brown died on July 26 after being found unconscious in a bathtub at her home in Roswell months earlier.

Sharafat said Sobamowo’s background check, prior employment history

at several hospices and health care facilities and references left Homestead Hospice with “no reason to believe that she was anything other than a good nurse with proper credentials.”

Homestead Hospice said its unable to comment on Brown’s case specifically because of privacy laws. But, seemingly ad-

dressing logical concerns about the quality of care by an unlicensed nurse, Sharafat explained that decisions about a patient’s treatment are made by the medical team, rather than one person.

“Our service is overseen and determined by several bedside staff including at

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BUSINESS BRIEFS Hydroponics store to host grand opening in Buford Nov. 14

Growtopia Hydroponics, offering organic gardening supplies to the Gwinnett community, recently opened its doors at 4155 S. Lee St. in Buford.

The store is celebrating by hosting a grand opening from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Nov. 14. There will be door prizes, raffles and giveaways throughout the day.

“We are extremely excited about the opening of our new indoor gardening store in Buford and welcome the community to join our opening celebration,” said coowner Philip Laspesa.

Growtopia Hydroponics offers a variety of indoor gardening supplies including lighting, nutrients, planters, tents, soil, clay pebbles, Rockwool and organic soils.

“Not only can you perform indoor gardening year long, you can also do it organically and pesticide-free. What we are focused on is helping our community to help themselves in becoming

more self-sustainable by being able to produce their own fresh fruits, herbs and vegetables,” said co-owner Brenda Lauderdale.

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only for girls,” DiMeo said. “It’s actually a great basis for all youth sports — boys and girls included. Gymnastics helps kids improve balance, strength and coordination. This is my original concept, and parents can expect a personalized experience as their kids Little Starz to have fun in a safe and Gymnastics nurturing environment as they learn through play.” opens in Buford Gymnastics classes Gwinnett County resi- are divided into four age dent and former teacher groups: Tiny Starz for Joanna DiMeo recently children ages 18 months opened a youth gymnasthrough 3 years old, tics studio, Little Starz Shining Stars for 3- to Gymnastics, on Old Su4-year-olds, Little Starz wanee Road in Buford. for 4- to 5-year-olds and The studio hosts Super Stars for 5- to classes designed to 6-year-olds. provide children ages 18 Familiar with the demonths to 6 years old mands of being a parent with basic gymnastics to young children, DiMeo skills. From 10:30 a.m. to provides a Parents Night noon Nov. 14, the studio Out two times a month will host a grand opening for 3- to 6-year-olds (parcelebration complete with ticipants must be pottyrefreshments, teacher trained) — a major bonus meet-and-greet, demonfor parents who wish to strations and a free open go on a date or squeeze in gym. some holiday shopping.

The event will include For more information, a chance for two lucky visit Little Starz online at children to win one www.littlestarzgymnasmonth of free gymnastics tics.com. classes at Little Starz.

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Wayback Burgers will host a grand opening burger bash for its new Braselton location in the Mulberry Walk Shopping Center on Grand Hickory Drive today through Sunday.

The restaurant will feature a weekend of specials, family-friendly activities and more. An official ribbon cutting ceremony with the Chamber of Commerce will be held 6 at 4:30 p.m. today to mark the official grand opening.

To celebrate, Wayback Burgers will give away one free classic cheeseburger with the purchase of a classic cheeseburger, side and drink all weekend long. Wayback Burgers of Braselton will also donate 20 percent of its sales from 6 to 10 p.m. today and from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday to the P4 Foundation, which works directly with children and families impacted by childhood cancer.

“We are pleased to announce the grand opening of our Wayback Burgers location in Braselton,” said William Moore, franchisee, Wayback Burgers of Braselton. “This area has such a great sense of community, and we look forward to supporting the outstanding organizations and people within it while delivering on our promise to guests — excellent service and top notch burgers, fries and shakes for foodies in the Braselton area and beyond.”

The grand opening weekend will feature face painting and balloon art for children, a Triple Triple Burger Eating Contest, $2.99 kids’ meals and regular-sized milkshakes on Saturday and an iPad mini giveaway on Sunday. In addition, guests who visit the

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Bakery-cafe chain Panera Bread Co. will stop using eggs laid by caged Norcross tech hens by 2020, followcompany named ing similar moves from McDonald’s Corp. and to watch list other large U.S. restaurant The energy industry chains. publication, Energy CIO The commitment from Insights, recently named Panera, a chain with more Norcross-based Advanced than 1,900 restaurants, Control Systems as one comes as major U.S. of the top companies that restaurant companies are are leading the industry in switching to meat and providing smart grid solu- eggs from animals that are tions and having an impact raised more humanely and on the energy management fed fewer antibiotics. market, the company anThursday’s egg announced this week. nouncement applies to the Each year, the publica- company’s U.S. Panera tion gathers experts and Bread and St. Louis Bread members of its editorial restaurants. It covers board to look at what Panera’s annual supply of companies are doing and roughly 120 million shell come up with a list of 10 eggs, hard boiled and liqcompanies to watch. The uid egg whites in addition idea is to recognize busi- to those used in sweets, nesses that are forward soufflés and dressings. thinking and enterprising The company said that when it comes to technology. Energy CIO Insights HEALTH Editor-in-Chief Laura Davis said Advanced Control Systems is mak- Imaging Center ing a name for itself and offering 3-D emerging as a company mammograms to watch.

“ACS has been on our Northeast Georgia radar for some time now, Medical Center’s Imaging stirring a revolution in Center in Braselton recently the Smart Grid landannounced the addition of scape, and we are happy digital tomosynthesis, or to showcase them this 3-D mammography, to its year due to their continu- arsenal of tools in the battle ing excellence in deliver- against breast cancer. ing top-notch technolThe exam takes only a ogy-driven solutions,” few seconds longer than a Davis said in a statement. traditional mammogram, “ACS continues to break but the three-dimensional new ground benefiting images are proven to detect its customers around the 41 percent more invasive globe, and we’re excited breast cancers than tradito have them featured on tional mammograms. top.”

“Traditional mammoAdvanced Control grams give radiologists a Systems works globally flat, two-dimensional repreto provide smart grid sentation of the breast,” said automation technology Dr. Julie Pardue Presley to clients. The more than of Gainesville Radiology 40-year-old company Group and medical direcuses control center solutor of Women’s Imaging at tions such as advanced NGMC. “The new technoldistribution management, ogy creates a 3-D image outage management, using many layers of the energy management, net- breast, so fine details are work simulation, network more visible and no longer display strategies and hidden by the tissue above SCADA to help those or below. The technology clients. means radiologists have The company’s CEO, to do fewer call backs for Kevin Sullivan, said the repeat exams because what Gwinnett County busiappeared to be questionness works with utility able in a traditional image companies on a strategic may be very clear in a 3-D technology road map image.” that addresses the utiliThe patient experience ties future technology for 3-D mammography needs while incorporating is similar to a traditional ongoing innovation in the mammogram, only lasting a industry. few seconds longer for each “We are proud of this view. recognition as ACS leads Medicare and Medicaid in new innovation in adfully cover the new technolvance controls in energy ogy and some commercial delivery,” Sullivan said in payers are beginning to do a statement. “Along with so as well. extreme weather condiEarly detection of breast tions, new and disruptive cancer in the past few technologies, aging infra- decades has dramatically structure, big data, and increased breast cancer system security, CIOs of survival rates, with a 98 leading organizations are percent five-year survival challenged with keeping rate of localized breast consumers satisfied. cancer cases. Eight out of “Consumers have nine women diagnosed with expectations around breast cancer have no famimproved reliability and ily history, and a woman’s faster outage restoration, chance of developing breast while insisting on better cancer in her lifetime is 1 environmental stewardin 8. ship.”

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21 percent of the shell eggs, hard boiled and liquid egg whites it now uses already are cage-free.

Beyond that, Panera said the hens that lay the shell and hard boiled eggs it serves never receive antibiotics and are fed an all-vegetarian diet.

This year, the company’s entire pork supply — about 7 million pounds — will be gestation-crate free, raised without antibiotics and fed a vegetarian-only diet.

Panera also will complete its switch to 100 percent chicken and roasted turkey from birds raised without antibiotics in 2015.

Meat producers are beginning to cut antibiotic use on the farm amid growing concern that the overuse of such drugs is contributing to rising numbers of life-threatening human infections from antibiotic-resistant bacteria known as “superbugs.”

BRIEFS mogram, early detection is vital,” Presley said. “Early detection means we can catch things earlier, and the sooner we identify a problem, the less invasive the treatment will have to be.”

Stepping Stone holding festival for charity Stepping Stone Montessori School in Sugar Hill and Cumming will host its second annual RISE & DRIVE Community Collection and Festival Nov. 7 on West Broad Street in Sugar Hill.

The community festival will run from noon to 3 p.m. on the Sugar Hill town green and will feature a variety of vendors, local talent providing children’s performances, activities for children and adults, food trucks and a raffle.

The city of Sugar Hill will act as venue sponsor by hosting the event and closing off city streets downtown.

SSMS organized the event in support of CURE Childhood Cancer and Access Life America. This year’s local charity is Kare for Kids, based in Dawson County.

Kare for Kids provides a Christmas for children who would otherwise go without.

For more information, call SSMS at 770-614-4310.

Kids ‘R’ Kids CEO donates $70K to cover boy’s prosthesis

Duluth-based Kids ‘R’ Kids Learning Academies CEO David Vinson was touched by the story of Jaxon Lewis, a 9-year-old who needed new prosthetic limbs but couldn’t have them because Medicaid coverage was canceled.

Lewis was born with a rare disability that has left him with no left leg and a shortened right leg and right arm. He was awaiting his new limbs when his Medicaid coverage was suddenly cancelled. While half of the cost has been met with fundraisers and donations, the family was not gaining much traction in attaining the remaining amount needed to pay for the prosthetics.

After seeing Lewis’ story on the local news, Vinson pledged to donate $70,000 to cover the remaining cost of Lewis’ prosthetics. He presented a check to the 9-year-old and his family on Oct. 16, along with a surprise trip to Walt Disney World.

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‘Sniper’ wife to sign book at Corn Dawgs

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A former NFL player is scheduled to speak this month at Gwinnett TechniAfter a postponement cal College’s INSPIRE due to rainy weather, Taya lecture.

Kyle is set to make an apAdalius Thomas, 38, a pearance at Corn Dawgs Super Bowl champion who Corn Maze on Saturday. played for the Baltimore Kyle, the widow of Ravens and New England Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, is Patriots, will discuss his 10 visiting the Loganville corn years in the NFL, and how maze to sign copies of her he now owns several restaubook “American Wife: A rants. The event is open to Memoir of Love, Faith, and Taya Kyle, widow of Navy the public to join students, Renewal.”

SEAL Chris Kyle, will be faculty and staff from noon signing copies of her book to 1 p.m. on Nov. 17 at the The book signing will be from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. “American Wife” at Corn Dawgs Corn Maze in LoganAnyone who purchases a book during the event will ville on Saturday. (Reuters) be able to meet Kyle and and Pumpkin Patch will have their book signed. open from 10 a.m. to 10 One of the most important All profits will benefit The p.m.; general admission is components of plant growth Chris Kyle Frog Founda$12, and the cost for the is the quality of the soil. tion, a nonprofit aimed “American Wife” book From it, plants obtain water at supporting families with a general admission and the necessary nutrients of service members and ticket is $30. Corn Dawgs for optimal growth. Soils providing military couples is located at 955 Highway vary widely, even in local with one-on-one time after 81 S. in Loganville. For areas. Some are nutrient rich deployment. more information, visit while others lack necessary Corn Dawgs Corn Maze www.corndawgs.com. elements to sustain plants.

Many factors come into play in determining the ability of nutrient availability to plants.

One of the most important is the pH of the soil.

Plant nutrients can be divided into major nutrients, major secondary nutrients and minor or micro-nutrients.

Three of the major nutrients are carbon, oxygen and hydrogen, which plants get from the air and water. The other three are nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, which together compose most of the fertilizers we use. The three numbers on any fertilizer bag represent the percentage of these elements in the material. The major secondary nutrients are calcium, magnesium and sulfur. The minor nutrients are needed in small quantities by plants.

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Busbee Center on campus.

This is the second year for the event, which is Adalius focused on Thomas developing students’ self-awareness, self-improvement and sense of self-worth.

Reservations are not required for the free event, but are recommended because of limited seating.

“We hope students will obtain words of wisdom and be inspired so that they too

can achieve their dreams,” Dean of Business, Art and Design Jermaine Whirl said in a press release. “We want them to see that many famous individuals have humble beginnings just like them. So they should never limit what they can become based on their current situation.”

Now five years out of football, Thomas brought expertise from a bachelor’s degree in sport management to the food industry.

“Understanding your weakness and hiring people that are smarter than you is probably the most important

thing you can do,” Thomas said in a press release.

“Doing that has helped tremendously and helped the business grow.”

Whirl added that the event is beneficial to students because it’s a voice outside of the school.

“I encourage all my students, but I believe it is more effective when they hear it from someone outside the college,” Whirl said. “The impact is even greater when it comes from a successful celebrity who had humble beginnings that many of our students can relate to.”

cannot absorb the necessary amounts of iron, and the plants develop a condition termed chlorosis causing the leaves to develop a yellow to white coloration between the veins.

The best way to determine the soil pH is to have your soils tested through Gwinnett County Extension. The most Tim Daly important step in soil testing is the collection of the samments are important to plant ples. Using a small shovel, growth, and a deficiency of dig out a one-inch wide soil just one can stunt growth. core that is four inches long The pH scale runs from for turfgrass, and six inches 0 to 14. Seven is neutral. A long for growing other plant pH above seven is alkaline material. Take at least ten to or basic, and below seven is twelve random samples from acidic. Most plants require the area and thoroughly mix a pH of 6.0 to 6.5. Here, the them together in a container. elements are in a form that Place two cups of the can be taken up by the plants. mixed soil into a plastic bag.

Outside this range, plants The samples should not inhave a greater difficulty clude plant roots or other acabsorbing them. However, cumulated organic matter and in some cases, as the pH need to be dry. Separate the decreases and becomes more samples of each type taken. acidic, a few, such as zinc and For example, if you have iron, become more soluble property with both fescue in and can reach toxic levels. one area and ornamental trees Aluminum, which is not and shrubs in another area, a plant nutrient, can also betake two separate soil tests: come toxic. Some plants do one for the fescue and the need more iron, and thus they other for the ornamental trees require a lower pH. Examples and shrubs. Soil can be tested include azaleas, rhododenat any time of the year. drons, camellias, blueberries Submit the soil samples to and centipedegrass. If the the Gwinnett County ExtenpH is too high, these plants sion office at 750 South Perry

St. No. 400, Lawrenceville, GA 30046. Our office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The cost is $8 per sample. You will receive the results within 7 to 14 days by mail or email. The soil tests results include pH, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, magnesium, zinc, and lime levels, and will indicate what types of fertilizers are needed. The lime and nutrient recommendations are given in pounds per 1,000 square feet or per acre. Test results will tell you what types of fertilizer that should be applied, how much you need, and when to apply it.

To increase the pH, add lime to the soil. To decrease the pH and make it more acidic, incorporate sulfur or any material or fertilizer containing sulfates such as iron sulfate or ammonium sulfate.

Having the correct pH will improve the chances of your lawn and garden plants obtaining the necessary nutrients they require. If you don’t know the pH of your garden soil, consider having it tested.

Timothy Daly is an Agriculture and Natural Resources Agent with Gwinnett County Cooperative Extension. He can be reached at 678-377-4010 or tdaly@ uga.edu.

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Strontium supplements not always the answer DEAR DR. ROACH: I just started taking strontium for my bones. I have osteoporosis. Will strontium help improve my bone density?

— L.S. ANSWER: Yes, strontium will increase your bone density; a better question is whether strontium will reduce your likelihood of getting a fracture, and that answer probably is yes. However, the best question is whether the risks outweigh the benefits, and that answer is a bit unclear.

Strontium is a heavy and dense element, but it is treated like calcium by your body, and is placed into your bones. That makes the bone density appear greater by the standard DEXA test, and the rising bone density does not correlate with the degree of fracture reduction.

Longer studies in Europe did show that strontium reduced the risk of vertebral fractures; however, a European Medicines Agency (similar to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration) committee recommended against the use of strontium ranelate (which is not available in the United States) unless there are no other approved medicines that can be used, and that it should not be used in people with a history of heart attack, angina or stroke. This is because some data showed increased risk of heart disease and blood clots.

Strontium can be purchased in the U.S. as a supplement; however, it is not strontium ranelate, has not been tested for safety and efficacy, and its risks on the heart and on blood clotting are unknown.

Most supplements sold in the U.S. are not independently tested for purity. I recommend against taking strontium supplements.

The osteoporosis pamphlet furnishes details on how to prevent this universal condition. Readers can obtain a copy by writing: Dr. Roach — No. 1104, 628 Virginia Dr., Orlando, FL 32803. Enclose a check or money order (no cash) for $4.75 U.S./$6 Can. with the recipient’s printed name address.

Please allow four weeks for delivery. *** Dr. Roach regrets that he is unable to answer individual letters, but will incorporate them in the column whenever possible. Readers may email questions to ToYourGoodHealth@med.cornell. edu or request an order form of available health newsletters at 628 Virginia Dr., Orlando, FL 32803.

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

MAJOR

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Lanier

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Blackshear (237.0) .......... 236.7

Nottely

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Blue Ridge (1690.0) .........1673.9

Oconee

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Burton

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Seminole (77.50)............ 77.38

Carters

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Sinclair

Chatuge

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Thurmond (330.0) .......... 330.6

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Harding

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Tugalo

Hartwell

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Walter F. George (188.0)......188.9

(891.5) .......... 890.4

Jackson

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West Point (635.0) .......... 632.7

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LOTTERY Thursday Cash 3 Midday: 1-2-8 Cash 4 Midday: 4-6-2-6 Ga. 5 Midday: 0-9-2-6-0

TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1860, Abraham Lincoln defeated three other candidates to win the presidency.

In 1861, voters in the Confederate States of America elected Jefferson Davis president.

In 1947, “Meet the Press” made its television debut.

In 1975, punk rock pioneers the Sex Pistols played their first concert.

In 1995, Cleveland Browns owner Art Modell announced a deal that would move the nearly 50-year-old NFL franchise to Baltimore.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Charles Dow (1851-1902), economist/journalist; John Philip Sousa (1854-1932), composer; James Naismith (18611939), inventor of basketball; Zig Ziglar (1926-2012), author; Mike Nichols (1931-2014), filmmaker; Sally

Wednesday Cash 3 Midday: 9-8-6 Cash 3 Evening: 0-4-4 Cash 4 Midday: 7-9-7-2 Cash 4 Evening: 9-8-0-2 Ga. 5 Midday: 6-4-7-2-9 Ga. 5 Evening: 6-3-1-1-6 Fantasy 5: 15-17-21-22-26 Powerball: 2-12-17-20-65, Powerball: 17, Power Play: 4X

Field (1946- ), actress; Glenn Frey (1948- ), singer-songwriter; Ethan Hawke (1970- ), actor; Rebecca Romijn (1972- ), model/actress; Pat Tillman (1976-2004), football player; Emma Stone (1988- ), actress.

TODAY’S FACT: “Meet the Press,” which is the longest-running television series in history and is still on the air, began in 1945 as a radio show called “American Mercury Presents: Meet the Press.”

TODAY’S SPORTS: In 1869, Rutgers College defeated Princeton University (then known as the College of New Jersey) by the score of 6-4 in the first modern intercollegiate football game.

TODAY’S QUOTE: “What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” — Zig Ziglar

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Readers offer words for when there are no words DEAR READERS: Recently, responding to a question from “Reader,” I asked people to suggest how to offer condolences to someone who is grieving. I have received many responses, and a sampling of your wisdom is included here. Many of these suggestions brought a tear to my eye, and I thank you all.

DEAR AMY: As someone who has both given and received condolences, I would say that someone who is grieving most wants to talk and/or to hear about the person whom he/she has lost.

If you knew the deceased, relate something warm or amusing that you remember about him; if you didn’t, ask the mourner to tell you something about the deceased.

When my mother died, what was most comforting was speaking about her, feeling like she had not been erased from my life.

Asking someone in mourning how they feel or telling them how they should feel isn’t helpful, but allowing them to speak about the deceased and/or their feelings about their loss is.

— Rabbi Dvora Weisberg DEAR AMY: Nearly 60 years ago my 9-yearold friend walked up to me

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Then she hugged me.

All these years later, I still remember how she made me feel: I wasn’t alone.

The exact words didn’t matter.

— Genie DEAR AMY: What helped me most after my mother’s death were the words that started, “I remember the time your mother ...”

My mother lingered for years and the stories helped me get past the long, sad times and back to wading in mountain streams, road trips and how her face would light up when she had a long-distance phone call with her sister.

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Please do not say phrases like: “Enough time has passed so you must be feeling better,” or, “Don’t you think it is time for you to get over your sadness?” Most people do not have a clue as to how the grieving person is feeling.

— Still Grieving Grandmother DEAR AMY: When my uncle died I wrote a note to my aunt reminiscing about the many times he had me laughing so hard it hurt! Not long after I got a letter back thanking me.

Who wouldn’t want to hear about how a departed loved one left a mark on your life?

— Happy Memory DEAR AMY: After my son died, I appreciated these simple words: “I am so very sorry for you loss.” Followed by something simple like, “He had the greatest smile.”

Anything beyond that was too much. Don’t say something philosophical like, “God needed him in heaven.”

Don’t ask how the grieving person is doing. That question requires a response that is too hard to make.

— Grieving Mother DEAR AMY: My mother died when I was a teenager, and my father killed himself

years later. What would have been helpful (and what I do) is to tell the grieving person that their loved one mattered in your life. Even if you did not know the deceased that well you can share a good memory or story.

People mistakenly think they shouldn’t remind grieving people of their loved ones, so they never talk about them again. In my experience grieving people like to know their loved ones are remembered.

— Experienced DEAR AMY: My heart swells when I have to reach out to people who are grieving.

I’m a mortician’s daughter and have been a hospice volunteer for eight years.

I try to convey how important it is to take care of the caretaker. And give them the right to honor their grief.

— Live Life DEAR AMY: After 40 years of marriage, my husband passed away unexpectedly this year. I have found a simple, “Sorry for your loss,” to be most helpful. If we know each other well enough, a hug following it is welcome and comforting.

No need for fancy words.

Cards are welcome. I re-read them during my various stages of my grief walk.

— Recovering

Lack of confidence will hold you back. Take control of your situation.

Invest in you by improving your business credentials and contacts. Educating yourself about industry trends and cultivating relationships with people who can give you sound advice will serve as steppingstones to your success.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Focus on romance.

Surprise someone you care about. Whether it’s a new relationship or one you’ve been in for years, being attentive will ward off problems and bring you closer together.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Take care of business or tasks you’ve left unfinished before you take on a new challenge. Your innovative solutions will help to smooth relations with your colleagues.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Stick to your agenda and be ready to say no to additional responsibilities. A good friend or family member will offer timely tips on how to get over a workplace hurdle.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Love is reaching new heights. Let your imagination inspire you to add some spice to your personal life. Be patient with emotional relatives who come to you for answers.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Be receptive to new possibilities. Joining a worthy cause will be the beginning of a new friendship and lead to influential contacts. Sharing your plans with others will raise your profile.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Self-confidence will be a byproduct of increased knowledge.

Research to become more familiar with your topic and you will be able to sway others to your way of thinking.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Action, not words, will lead to the assistance you require to advance.

You will raise support for your plans if you can substantiate the challenges you face.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Remain composed.

Tension and anger will invoke you to say things you’ll regret. Think before you speak or you could do irreparable damage to an important relationship.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Add comfort and convenience to your home and personal life. You can avoid opposition if you ask for input from those affected by the changes you make. Stay within your budget.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Overextending your budget will result in added pressure. Travel and trinkets are enjoyable, but not if you are putting your financial future in jeopardy.

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WORLD Haiti government candidate moves on to runoff in presidential race

world&nation Cameron: Bomb likely caused crash

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LONDON — British Prime Minister David PORT-AU-PRINCE Cameron said on Thursday — Ruling party candidate it was increasingly likely Jovenel Moïse and former a bomb brought down a government executive Jude Russian airliner over Egypt Célestin led voting in Haiti’s with the loss of 224 lives, Oct. 25 presidential election and U.S. President Barack and will face each other in a Obama said Washington runoff next month, according was taking that possibility to official results announced “very seriously.”

Thursday.

But Moscow, which The winner will succeed launched air strikes against President Michel Martelly in Islamist fighters including February at the head of the Islamic State in Syria more Western Hemisphere’s poor- than a month ago, said it est country. was premature to reach Moïse, representing the conclusions that the flight ruling Parti Haitien Tet was attacked.

Kale (Haitian Party of Bald In a telephone call, RusHeads), named after Martel- sian President Vladimir ly’s smooth scalp, won 32.8 Putin told Cameron it was percent of the vote, followed important that assessments

by Célestin with 25.2 percent. of the cause of the crash A political newcomer, be based on information 37-year-old Moïse owns a from the official investigabanana-exporting business tion, Interfax news agency in the north of the country, reported. while Célestin, 53, is a Egypt, which depends on Swiss-educated mechanical tourism as a crucial source engineer who previously of revenue, said there was headed a government conno evidence a bomb was to struction agency. blame.

The pair came out on top A Sinai-based group afin a field of 54 candidates, filiated with Islamic State, according to the president of the militant group that has the election council, Pierre seized swathes of Iraq and Louis Opont, who declined Syria, has claimed responto take questions from report- sibility for the crash, which ers after making the anif confirmed would make nouncement. it the first attack on civil aviation by the world’s most violent jihadist organization.

Rescue work Cameron, who hosted continues at Egyptian President Abdul

site of Pakistan factory collapse

LAHORE, Pakistan — Rescuers at the site of a collapsed factory in Pakistan continued to dig through the rubble on Thursday, as the death toll rose to at least 21, officials said, describing the latest tragedy to spotlight poor safety standards in South Asia.

Rescue officials said 102 survivors had so far been pulled from the wreckage of the factory, which manufactured polythene shopping bags 12 miles south of the eastern city of Lahore, and collapsed on Wednesday night.

At least 21 bodies had also been recovered by rescue crews using heavy construction machinery and other tools to dig through the debris, said Mohammad Younis Bhatti, a rescue official, on Thursday.

Sources: Syrian rebels used chem weapons THE HAGUE — Chemical weapons experts have determined that mustard gas was used in a Syrian town where Islamic State insurgents were battling another rebel group, according to a report by an international watchdog seen by Reuters.

A confidential Oct. 29 report by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, a summary of which was shown to Reuters, concluded “with the utmost confidence that at least two people were exposed to sulfur mustard” in the town of Marea, north of Aleppo, on Aug. 21.

“It is very likely that the effects of sulfur mustard resulted in the death of a baby,” it said.

— From wire reports

Britain Prime Minister David Cameron, right, speaks during a news conference with Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at Number 10 Downing Street in London on Thursday. (Reuters/Andy Rain/pool)

Fattah al-Sisi on Thursday for a previously scheduled visit, said: “We cannot be certain that the Russian airliner was brought down by a terrorist bomb, but it looks increasingly likely that was the case.”

His foreign secretary, Philip Hammond, said it was “a significant possibility” that Islamic State was responsible, given a range of information, including the claim of responsibility.

In a sign of U.S. concern, Obama said in a radio interview: “There’s a possibility that there was a bomb on board. And we’re taking that very seriously.”

“We’re going to spend a lot of time just making sure our own investigators and

own intelligence community find out what’s going on before we make any definitive pronouncements.

But it’s certainly possible that there was a bomb on board,” Obama told KIRO/ CBS News Radio in Seattle.

Britain, Ireland, Germany and the Netherlands have suspended flights to and from Sharm al-Sheikh, leaving thousands of European tourists stranded in the Red Sea resort where the plane took off. A spokesperson for Cameron said later that flights from the resort destination to Britain would resume today.

Cairo said the decision to suspend flights was unjustified and should be reversed immediately.

NATION DOJ: Wells Fargo to pay $81.6M to bankrupt homeowners

Wells Fargo & Co. will pay $81.6 million to homeowners for denying them a chance to challenge mortgage payment increases imposed during their bankruptcy proceedings, the U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday.

Wells violated a 2011 U.S. bankruptcy law by failing to send a type of legal notice about homeowners’ mortgage payment increases to bankruptcy courts. The law requires the notice to include disclosures to ensure that fees and charges by banks to homeowners in bankruptcy proceedings are accurate, the Justice Department said.

The settlement between Wells Fargo and the Justice Department’s U.S. Trustee Program, which oversees the U.S. bankruptcy system, also requires Wells to hire an independent compliance monitor and change its internal procedures to prevent a recurrence of the problem, the Justice Department said.

The settlement is subject to approval by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland.

Report: Women paid less in all industries in U.S. NEW YORK — Women in the United States are paid less for equal work than men in all industries and a new report released on Thursday showed the widest discrepancy in wages is between married men and women with children.

Lake County Major Crimes Task Force Commander George Filenko, right, and Lake County Detective Christopher Covelli attend a news conference to address the death of Fox Lake Police Lieutenant Charles Joseph Gliniewicz in Round Lake Beach, Illinois, on Wednesday.

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Fathers earned the highest overall median salaries at about $67,900, compared to $46,800 for married mothers, and single women with children had the lowest median salary at $38,200.

“The gender pay gap is absolutely real,” said Aubrey Bach, senior editorial manager of PayScale Inc., the online salary, benefits and compensation information company that compiled the report.

“Half or more of our workforce is made of women but we are still not progressing at the same level as men,” she added.

Police: Maine man kills girlfriend, two others, himself A 42-year-old man shot and killed his girlfriend and both parents of a 3-year-old girl in their central Maine home while the child was in the house, then went outside and killed himself in the driveway, state police said on Thursday.

Maine State Police and local investigators still

had no clear sense of what prompted Herman Derico to open fire in Oakland, about 75 miles north of Portland, on Wednesday night, state police spokesman Steve McCausland said.

Police identified the victims as Amanda Bragg, 30; Michael Muzerolle, 29, and Amy Derosby, 28. Derosby and Bragg were sisters.

Bragg and Muzerolle were the parents of the child, who police had earlier described as 4 years old.

“At this point what state police and Oakland police are trying to determine is what sparked the violence here last night and at this hour we do not have answers,” McCausland told reporters, standing in front of the modest two-story home where the killings occurred.

Report: Cop who killed self plotted to kill official CHICAGO — A northern Illinois policeman who officials said committed suicide while concerned about an audit that would have

Britain said it was working with airlines and Egyptian authorities to put in place additional security and screening measures at the airport to allow Britons to get home.

If a bomb brought down the Airbus A321, that would devastate Egypt’s tourism industry, still recovering from years of political turmoil. Shares in holiday companies Thomas Cook and TUI Group fell.

While Egypt has bristled at the suspensions of flights, Sisi said during his visit to London that he understood concerns about safety. He said Cairo had been asked 10 months ago to check security at the airport in Sharm al-Sheikh. exposed his embezzlement tried to arrange for the killing of a local administrator, the Associated Press reported on Thursday.

Fox Lake Police Lieutenant Charles Joseph Gliniewicz sent a text about the hit last April and asked for help arranging a meeting with a high-ranking gang member, the AP reported, citing Lake County Sheriff’s Detective Christopher Covelli.

The AP also cited Covelli saying that investigators found packets of cocaine in Gliniewicz’s desk, and recovered text messages in which he mentioned the possibility of planting something on the administrator, Anne Marrin.

Baby goat nabbed from petting zoo at Ariz. State Fair PHOENIX — Authorities appealed on Thursday for help finding a weeks-old goat named GusGus that was stolen from the Arizona State Fair after state troopers failed to find him.

GusGus was with his mother late on Wednesday afternoon when he was snatched by someone who apparently reached over a low fence at the Phoenix event’s popular petting zoo, fair officials said.

The little goat, who weighs no more than 5 pounds, was maybe hidden under the thief’s jacket, or even in a purse, officials said.

“He is accustomed to being touched, so he wouldn’t scream his little head off when someone picked him up,” said Karen Searle, the fair’s livestock director.

Security and state troopers were alerted, she said, but the goat was gone.

— From wire reports

PEOPLE Puppet, Twister and Super Soaker selected for Toy Hall of Fame

NEW YORK — The puppet will take its rightful place in the National Toy Hall of Fame this year, officials said on Thursday, joining Twister, the 1960’svintage party game, and Super Soaker, the giant water gun, as inductees into the gallery of playtime greats.

In announcing its annual list of inductees, the Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, New York, said it was choosing the puppet because of its long history of entertaining children in public settings ranging from carnival plays and television shows to the privacy of playrooms.

“Puppets belong in the play world of individual children,” said Patricia Hogan, curator of the museum where the Toy Hall of Fame is housed. “Using puppets also allows children to try on new personalities, emotions, and goals.”

This year, a selection committee chose the inductees from a list of 12 finalists. A trio of generic classics — the top, the scooter and the coloring book — were among those that failed to make the cut, along with American Girl Dolls, Battleship, Jenga, PLAYMOBIL, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Wiffle Ball.

Rolling Stones to tour Latin America for the first time in 10 years NEW YORK — The Rolling Stones on Thursday announced they will tour Latin America after a 10-year absence, saying they will play dates in Peru, Colombia and Uruguay for the first time.

“We love playing Latin America and are excited about going to some cities for the first time! The audiences are among some of the best in the world, they bring incredible energy!” frontman Mick Jagger said in a press statement.

The tour will kick off in Santiago, Chile, on Feb. 3 and will include concerts in Brazil and Mexico City as well as Lima and Bogota.

Tickets will go on sale on Nov. 9 The “America Latina Ole” stadium tour follows the British band’s 2015 North American tour.

Johnny Fratto, ‘Stern’ regular, dies at age 61

LOS ANGELES — “Howard Stern Show” regular Johnny Fratto has died after a battle with lung cancer, TMZ reported. He was 61.

Fratto was reportedly with his wife Ivanka and other family members at the time of his death on Thursday.

Fratto appeared regularly on “The Howard Stern Show” and was a close friend of Eric “The Actor” Lynch, one of Stern’s most memorable guests and a member of the host’s “Wack Pack,” who died last September at age 39.

— From wire reports

Scientists blame sun as source of Mars’ missing atmosphere

By Irene Klotz Reuters

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Scientists have documented a solar storm blasting away Mars’ atmosphere, an important clue in a longstanding mystery of how a planet that was once like Earth turned into a cold, dry desert, research published on Thursday shows.

Unlike Earth, Mars does not have a global magnetic field to

issue of the journal Science.

The so-called “interplanetary coronal mass ejection” caused protect its atmosphere, leaving it dramatic spikes in the number of vulnerable to solar ultraviolet radia- oxygen and carbon dioxide ions tion and high-energy blasts of gas spewing into space. The March and magnetic particles that stream storm was the largest of about from the sun during solar storms. a half-dozen similar events that On March 8, NASA’s MarsMAVEN, or the Mars Atmosphere orbiting MAVEN spacecraft caught and Volatile Evolution Mission, has such a storm stripping away the studied since arriving at the planet planet’s atmosphere, according to in September 2014. a report published in this week’s The goal of the mission is to

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study what types of radiation are coming from the sun and cosmic sources and the impact on gases in Mars’ upper atmosphere.

The research will help scientists piece together a better understanding of how Mars evolved from a water-rich, warmer world — one that NASA’s Curiosity rover mission has shown could have supported life — into the arid desert that exists today.

The first big-picture look from

MAVEN stops short of assessing what happened to Mars’ water.

Scientists say there are two options: either it escaped into the atmosphere or it is locked in ice beneath the planet’s surface.

“The single question we’re really trying to get at is, did the Mars climate change … by loss to space or by some other process?” said lead MAVEN researcher Bruce Jakosky, a planetary scientist at the University of Colorado.

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Outsiders have found their way in

WASHINGTON — Why haven’t Donald Trump and Ben Carson faded away? Because they’re saying what much of the Republican Party base wants to hear on such emotional issues as immigration, gun rights and opposition to President Obama.

Trump and Carson are also fortunate to be outsiders at a time when the GOP is in chaos and the party establishment is discredited in the eyes of many voters. And the Eugene two improbable leadRobinson ers in the race for the presidential nomination are compelling characters — Trump the brash and blustery billionaire, Carson the gentle and pious man of medicine.

But if their appeal were only a matter of novelty, both would have gone the way of businessman Herman Cain, who led the polls in 2007 for about a month. By contrast, Trump led the polls consistently from mid-July until the last week or so, when Carson caught up. According to the Real Clear Politics polling average, Carson is at 24.8 percent and Trump at 24.6 percent — a dead heat.

And they are lapping the field. Marco Rubio is a distant third at 11 percent, which is well below where he stood in June. And poor Jeb Bush, with his not-so-shiny new campaign slogan — “Jeb Can Fix It” — has slid all the way to 5.8 percent. I’d recommend he begin by fixing the wheels of his campaign, which seem to have come off.

I would also suggest that Bush and the rest of the establishment spend less time complaining about Trump and Carson, as if they were party crashers at an invitation-only soiree, and more time listening to what these political neophytes are saying.

Trump memorably launched his campaign in June with a lurid characterization of undocumented immigrants from Mexico: “They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.”

Trump pledged to do two things: Deport the estimated 11 million men, women and children living here without papers; and build a “great, great wall” along the 2,000-mile southern border, with the Mexican government paying for its construction. Critics immediately pointed out that neither is remotely feasible, let alone wise. Yet Trump has never wavered. In speeches, interviews and debates, he still promises mass deportation and a wall.

Why? Because he knows that illegal immigration is a galvanizing issue for some in the GOP base. A Pew Research Center survey in September found that 73 percent of Republicans “favor building a fence along the entire Mexican border.” Pew also found that 32 percent — a third of the party — opposed any kind of legal status for undocumented immigrants.

Mindful of these numbers, some candidates have scrambled to take tougher-sounding positions on immigration. Rubio, who once favored comprehensive reform and a path to resident status for the 11 million, now even waffles on extending President Obama’s executive action allowing those brought here as children to remain.

But no one can get to the right of Trump on immigration. If this is an issue you really care about, and you feel betrayed by the way establishment Republicans have handled it in the past, Trump is your guy. Even if he can’t do all the things he promises, maybe he’ll do something.

Similarly, Carson has gone where others fear to tread on the issue of gun rights. A Pew survey last year found that 75 percent of Republicans believed it is more important to “protect the right of Americans to own guns” than to “control gun ownership.” For comparison, only 31 percent of Democrats felt that way.

Once considered suspect on guns — for wondering aloud whether everyday citizens needed to own assault rifles — Carson outflanked the field when he opined that gun control laws imposed in Nazi Germany in 1938 enabled the Holocaust. This aligns nicely with the tea party argument that Americans must be armed in case a tyrant comes to power and has to be overthrown.

Carson doesn’t claim that a tyrant already occupies the White House, but he has described Obama as being “like most psychopaths.” All the Republican candidates criticize the president, but only Carson has described the Affordable Care Act, Obama’s signature accomplishment, as “the worst thing that has happened in this nation since slavery.”

Majorities of Republicans do not favor deporting 11 million people, reject all gun control legislation or believe Obama is a psychopathic slavemaster. But enough do hold such views to make it unlikely that the Trump and Carson campaigns will collapse of their own weight. The outsiders look to be settling in for a long stay.

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

Change of scenery for Georgia native SIOUX FALLS, S. D. — America the beautiful has so many wondrous places, and I have often wondered what it would be like to live in a community I have visited over the years. If I settled here, I am sure I would enjoy a white Christmas— something that has never come about but remains prominent in my life’s plan.

If you grew up south of the Mason-Dixon Line, in all probability, you might enjoy the few snow storms which come our way; however, you likely would not fare so well if you moved to an address where you lived in six feet of snow for over three months. Said a Southerner in Boston one late spring day while the Red Sox were playing in sparkling sunshine, “You ever hear of anybody retiring and moving north?” The natives here would take exception to that notion.

Job opportunity often dictates your address, which is how Grant Tribble wound up here with the Good Samaritan Society, the nation’s largest not-for-profit provider of senior care and services. A native of Oconee County, Grant had spent most of his life employed in Athens, working for the Athens Regional Hospital.

He served on boards, volun-

tan gives you his word, you can expect him to keep it. The flag is keenly important in these parts. Church, as it seems to be everywhere in these times, is up to the individual. The Tribbles, Methodists in Athens, are in a minority out here among Catholics and Lutherans. The Loran Good Samaritan Society’s roots Smith were firmly planted in a Lutheran goodwill mission, dating teered for many community back to 1922, but you don’t projects and charities. He and have to become a Lutheran to his pretty wife, Rachel, supwork for the company. ported the schools where their Grant is the Executive Vice sons were enrolled, enjoyed the President and Chief Financial athletic competitions at GeorOfficer of the Society which gia and developed an affinity generates over $1 billion annufor the arts and cultural events. ally. His work takes him to forAdministrative changes led eign destinations and to many to the necessity for Grant to of the society’s 240 locations search for job opportunity, tak- in the U. S. When he meets ing the stance that while Athens you at the airport, he arrives was home and a great place to in a pickup which he bought raise his sons, that didn’t mean from Brad Akins at Akins Ford he and Rachel couldn’t enjoy in Winder. If you become a another community with simi- South Dakotan, you are in step lar options which would also with the locals when you move be accompanied with new and about in a pickup truck which exciting life experiences. is more about function than There is a Donald Ross golf style. In addition, a pickup fits course in Sioux Falls which this down home Southerner’s they immediately took note personality. of. The school system here is At home one recent evening, as good as there is in any state Rachel, who is already into where energized people are volunteering in the commuimbued with the work ethic, nity, cooks dinner with the hearty living and a lot of old able assistance of her younger fashioned ways. A South Dako- son Mark, who along with his

brother, Grant, continue to keep up with the Bulldogs. Those ties will remain—too much affection for Bulldog history, the hedges and the UGA campus.

Interestingly, the Tribbles can adjust anywhere because of family values and broad interests along with an abundance of intellectual curiosity.

Sioux Falls has been experiencing growth in recent years.

Owing to South Dakota’s favorable usury laws, all major credit card companies have a presence here. Winter sports are refreshing and invigorating. Downtown has a Western charm and the falls along the Big Sioux River attract photo ops like the state attracts pheasant hunters.

Observing the Tribbles settle into their new environment, using positive thinking and learning to adjust to new surroundings, evoked warm feelings. It is true that South Dakota has Great Faces and Great Places. Some of the great faces, in Sioux Falls, for example, belong to the Tribbles, transplanted Georgians who will help make Sioux Falls one of the state’s great places.

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

Once more with a politician’s ‘vision thing’ “Where there is no vision, the people perish…”

— Proverbs 29:18, KJV It was George H.W. Bush who reportedly dismissed an idea from a friend that he should spend time at Camp David thinking about what he might do should he become president. According to a January 26, 1987 article in Time magazine, Bush is said to have dismissed the suggestion with this line: “Oh, the vision thing.”

Now comes the new speaker of the House, Rep. Paul Ryan, who is not only embracing the “vision thing,” but is accusing his fellow Republicans of not having any vision at all.

Appearing last weekend on “Fox News Sunday,” Ryan said, “We’ve been too timid on policy. We’ve been too timid on vision — we have none.

We fight over tactics because we don’t have a vision.”

He’s right. Ryan might have also added that for too long Republicans have allowed the left to set the agenda and then spent too much time trying to prove they are not who the Democrats say they are.

Continued Ryan: “We

Cal Thomas have to have a vision and offer an alternative to this country so that they can see that if we get the chance to lead, if we get the presidency and if we keep Congress, this is what it will look like; this is how we’ll fix the problems working families are facing.”

That Ryan has to state what ought to be obvious is further evidence that too many Republicans are politically blind. Appearing the same day on “Face the Nation” on CBS, Ryan added: “We’ve taken plenty of tactical risks here in Congress. I believe it’s time to take some policy risks.”

An indication of the uphill challenge Ryan faces can be found in a recent New York Times story: “…the two parties do not just disagree on solutions to domestic and

foreign policy issues — they do not even agree on what the issues are.”

Here’s a radical idea: Ask the people. A major reason for the cynicism in America and the rise of “outsiders” in the current presidential campaign may be that most voters think members of Congress care more about their careers than the people they are supposed to represent.

According to a July Quinnipiac University poll, the most important issues for voters leading into the 2016 general election are the economy, health care and terrorism.

Ryan should start with these and propose solutions that have worked in the past and could work again. Republicans have to stop allowing Democrats to set the agenda.

There is not a single problem facing this country that can’t be solved if the general welfare is put ahead of the welfare of politicians.

Ryan’s visionary approach won’t be risky if he demonstrates how Republican ideas have solved problems. These ideas work at the state level, where Republican governors and legislators are cutting

taxes, streamlining government and creating jobs. He should lead a team off defense and into offense, promoting policies that offer hope, optimism and success, rather than policies that may sound and feel good at the moment. The increasingly (un)Affordable Care Act is just one of numerous government programs that sound good at the start, but don’t live up to the hype.

Ryan and the Republican majority can begin with something his Catholic Church teaches: repentance.

He should acknowledge the mess politicians have made, apologize to taxpayers and voters and vow — yes, vow — to begin to travel a different path. This will also require Americans who have come to expect more from government than it can, or should, deliver also to repent and set off on a new direction.

Too much reliance on government has led to addiction and dependency. Self-reliance is in America’s DNA, but it may take the equivalent of 20/20 vision to rediscover it.

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

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Terminally ill fan granted wish to see new ‘Star Wars’

By Piya Sinha-Roy

newcomer John Boyega.

Hamill tweeted on Thursday that he was LOS ANGELES — A “elated” that Fleetwood terminally ill “Star Wars” had been able to see the fan, who was given just film. a few months to live, Fleetwood and his wife was granted his wish to have been documenting see the new “The Force his health on social meAwakens” film on Thurs- dia, and in September he day, nearly two months posted an update saying before it comes out in he had been given one or theaters. two months to live, due to Daniel Fleetwood, a how fast the cancer had 31-year-old Texas man spread. suffering from an aggresDisney said on Thurssive form of cancer that day that the screening has spread to 90 percent for Fleetwood had taken of his lungs, was able to place and that “all inwatch an early cut of the volved were happy to be highly anticipated new able to make it happen.”

“Star Wars” film, due in The company did not say theaters on Dec. 18, his where the screening took wife Ashley Fleetwood place, but given Fleetsaid on Facebook. wood’s poor health, it is “Daniel just finished likely to have been at his watching an unfinished home. version of Star Wars: The plot of “The Force The Force Awakens!!!

Awakens,” the seventh We would like to thank film installment in George the awesomely talented Lucas’s widely popular JJ Abrams for calling us “Star Wars” universe that yesterday to tell us Daniel will see the return of franwas getting his wish chise veterans Hamill, granted!” she said.

Harrison Ford, Carrie Daniel Fleetwood’s Fisher and Mayhew, has dying wish to see “The been kept tightly under Force Awakens” went wraps. Fans have only viral on social media in been given three brief the past week with the teaser trailers in the past hashtag #ForceForDanyear. iel, which garnered the Presales for the opensupport of “Star Wars” ing of “The Force Awakactors Mark Hamill (Luke ens” in theaters have Skywalker), Peter Mayalready broken U.S. and hew (Chewbacca) and international records.

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Duluth told the Daily Post on Tuesday that it wasn’t least one physician who clear if Sobamowo wanted approves the plan of care to be close to the ailing at all times,” she said.

22-year-old celebrity. “Her Questions remain on the motivation may be that,” bizarre case. he said. “My investigators It came to the Duluth are telling me they’re just Police Department’s atlooking at the violation of tention last week when the law.”

Forysth County Sheriff’s Homestead Hospice investigators looking into didn’t reveal how or when the suspect reached out. the suspect ended up at the Maj. Don Woodruff of Duluth hospice.

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ago from the Basses that wasn’t repaid.

2013, but it never happened.

Hapeville City Clerk JenBarr’s sister was reportedly nifer Elkins told the Daily hesitant to cooperate with Post the city is aware of the police because “she did not case and is researching what want to see her sister in jail effect the indictment might and did not want to hurt the have on the plans to swear family.”

Barr into office at the first The report reveals years council meeting in January. of allegations of mismanag“We are looking into ing money by Barr, includ- that matter at this time,” the ing a $50,000 loan 15 years clerk said Thursday.

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•From Page 1A of people and it’s been an incredibly inspiring evening.”

Twenty people were recognized for overcoming adversity in sports.

In addition to Hermes, the Lancasters, Lamback and Hopkins, the other winners included David Prince, Phil Martin, Cassie Mitchell, Harlon Matthews, Jeremy Maddox, The Shepherd Center, Amy Aechenbacher, John Pullium, Todd Love, Errol “Big D” McKnight, BlazeSports Atlanta Junior Hawks, Al Mead, the American Association of Adapted Sports Programs, Bill Furbish, Amanda Dennis and Curtis Lovejoy.

Hermes has been at least partially blind since she was 9, and last year a doctor told her that her vision had dropped to the equivalent of someone looking through a coffee stirer. Despite the impairment, she has set several swimming records and won dozens of awards.

She is now working hard to earn a spot as a distance swimmer on the U.S. team that will compete in the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio De Janeiro. She trains in the pool and on land 13 times a week to get herself ready to compete in the games.

“Also, the person with the most (paralympic) medals is in my classification, so I want to beat her,” she said, adding that person, Trisha Zorn, has won 55 medals in her career.

Collin Lancaster has found enjoyment in sports as well since he suffered a spinal cord injury that confined him to a wheelchair when he was 5. He began getting involved in BlazeSports programs a year after his accident and now competes in basketball, track and field, archery and swimming events.

He’s also the team manager for the varsity basketball team at his school,

•From Page 1A scam the system,” foundation CEO Tarren Bragdon said in a statement. “Leaders like Rep. Clark are working to give state agencies the tools they need to be effective in the 21st century.

“It’s critical that we protect our social safety nets for those who truly need them, like vulnerable children, the elderly and the disabled.

That means rooting out

Marc and Collin Lancaster of Dacula pose for a photo after the BlazeSports Awards banquet at the Art and Angela Williams Theater on the campus of the Primerica Global Headquarters in Duluth on Thursday. (Staff Photo: Curt Yeomans)

Bethlehem Christian Academy in Bethlehem.

Meanwhile, his father, Marc Lancaster, is one of his basketball coaches in wheelchair sports.

“I always look up to my dad,” the younger Lancaster said. “He’s a really good coach and I look up to the kids on the varsity team (at Bethlehem Christian). They set a good example for me because I know what I’ve got to play like when I get up to their age.”

Although the pair are like a team of their own, Marc Lancaster said his son

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Austin Cruce Austin H. Cruce, age 26, of Watkinsville, GA passed away Thursday, November 4, 2015. Austin and his wife Lauren Minar Cruce were married October 17, 2015; other survivors include his Mother and Stepfather, Jill and Alan Mullinax of Grayson; Father and Stepmother, Chad and Jodi Cruce of Loganville; Brothers and Sisters Dallas Cruce of Grayson, Riley Cruce of Loganville, Grayson Cruce of Loganville, Madison Leftwich, and Melanie Gaines both of Buford; Maternal Grandparents Silas and Sara Holden of Tucker;

Paternal Grandparents, Donald and Charlotte Cruce of Loganville; Great-Grandmother, Doris Murphy of Lawrenceville; Father and Mother-in-Law Mike and Kim Minar of Stone Mountain; Brotherin-Law Nicholas Minar of Stone Mountain; and sister-in-law Linsey Minar of Kennesaw.

Austin, a graduate of Grayson High School, studied Agri-Business at the University of Georgia where he and Lauren attended Athens Church. He loved and revered his family and his dogs, Branch and Wyatt.

The Funeral Service to Celebrate and Honor the Life of Austin H. Cruce will be held Saturday, November 7, 2015, at 2:00 PM, at Cross Pointe Church, 1800 Satellite Boulevard, Duluth, GA. with Dr. James Merritt officiating. The family will receive friends on Friday, November 6, 2015 from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM at Tom M. Wages Snellville Chapel. Those desiring may make donations in lieu of flowers to Gwinnett

Animal Rescue.

Condolences may be viewed or sent to www. wagesfuneralhome.com Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, LLC, “A Family Company” Snellville Chapel, 770-979-3200, has been entrusted with the funeral arrangements.

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Gail Dormer Gail Louise Dormer, age 66, of Flowery Branch, GA, passed away on November 3, 2015. Services and Arrangements by: Junior E. Flanigan, Flanigan Funeral Home and Crematory, Buford, GA (770) 932-1133.

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Verna Hall Verna Lou Staples Hall age 92 of Lawrenceville, GA passed away November 5, 2015. She was preceded in death by her loving husband Gemrow “Jimmy” Hall and her son Perry Hall. She is survived

him to make a basketball shot with his right hand, despite the fact that his cerebral palsy made it difficult for him to use his right arm.

“He looked at me and he told me words that I would never forget,” Michael Kutcher said. “He looked at me and said ‘What are you doing?’ and I said ‘What do you mean?’ He said, ‘I can’t make that shot for you. Mom can’t come out here and shoot the ball for you. You have to stop relying on them.

You’re the only one that can make that shot.’”

Clark fraudsters whose theft makes our programs unsustainable.”

A national award is a significant milestone for Clark’s young political career. The Gwinnett County native and former Army ranger began his first term in office in January. He was placed on the ballot for his seat by the state GOP last year after the party’s original nominee died during the campaign.

Clark was appointed in July to lead the House

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deserves most of the credit.

“He’s the main one competing,” the father said. “I started volunteer coaching three years ago and it just kind of grew from there.”

In addition to the award presentations, the ceremony was highlighted by several speakers, including Michael Kutcher, who talked about overcoming challenges posed by cerebral palsy. At one point, he talked about a challenge his twin brother, actor Ashton Kutcher, posed to him on a basketball court when they were eight.

His brother challenged

of Representatives’ Study Committee on Welfare Fraud, whose membership also includes fellow Gwinnett County-based Rep. Timothy Barr, R-Lawrenceville.

The foundation said the committee’s work helped the state pursue fraudulent welfare benefits applications for programs such as Medicaid. The group said weeding out the fraudulent applications helps ensure the long-term viability of those

programs.

Clark is part of the second group of legislators to ever receive the Protecting the Vulnerable Award.

“Strong partnerships between the FGA and leaders like (Rep.) Clark have saved taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars, including welfare benefits that were being paid to lottery winners and the dead,” the group said in its announcement about the award.

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by her daughter and sonin-law, Paulette and Steve Hamby of Lawrenceville; grandson and granddaughter-in-law. Bryan and Chi Anderson of Newnan and great grandchildren, Lexie, Dalton, and Brody Anderson and grandson and granddaughter-in-law, Shane and Saundra Harris; and great-grandchildren, Noah and Elizabeth Harris; as well as many nieces and nephews.

A Funeral Service Honoring the Life of Verna will be held on Saturday, November 7, 2015 at Tom M. Wages Lawrenceville Chapel at 2PM with Pastor Lee Harper officiating.

Interment will follow at Floral Hills Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends on Friday, November 6, 2015 from 5pm- 9pm.

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Dottie Palmer, age 72 of Loganville, passed away on November 3, 2015.

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Republican presidential candidates Mike Huckabee, left, speak at the Growth and Opportunity Party at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa, on Saturday. (Reuters/ Brian C. Frank)

Christie, Huckabee fail to qualify for next debate

By Peter Cooney

Reuters

WASHINGTON — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee failed to qualify for next Tuesday’s prime-time Republican presidential debate, which will feature a smaller field of eight candidates, Fox Business said on Thursday.

Christie and Huckabee had both been on the main stage for the party’s first three televised debates. But they did not meet the crite-

ria set by the cable network in which candidates needed an average of at least 2.5 percent support in the four most recent major polls ahead of the November 2016 election.

They will join Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum in the undercard debate of lower-polling candidates, who were required to score at least 1 percent in any of those four polls.

Two Republican candidates who previously appeared in the undercard

debates — South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham and former New York Gov. George Pataki — joined former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore in failing to qualify for either of next week’s debates because of low polling numbers.

The eight candidates chosen for the main debate according to Fox Business’ polling criteria were billionaire businessman Donald Trump, who ranked first, followed by retired physician Ben Carson, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, Texas

Sen. Ted Cruz, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, former business executive Carly Fiorina, Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul.

The previous Republican prime-time debates had at least 10 contenders on stage.

“It doesn’t matter the stage, give me a podium and I’ll be there to talk about real issues,” tweeted Christie, who has struggled to gain traction in the crowded Republican field for the party’s 2016 nomination.

Huckabee tweeted on Thursday night: “I’m happy to debate anyone, anywhere, anytime,” adding in a second tweet: “We are months away from actual votes being cast and neither the pundits nor the press will decide this election, the people will.”

Pataki said in a statement: “I am very disappointed tonight that early national polls are shaping the election choices for the American people,” adding the trend was “a clear boost to the worship of celebrity

over accomplishment and ideas.”

Some Republican campaigns are demanding a more active role in negotiations with TV networks after anger at how the CNBC debate last week was handled. There have also been concerns that too many candidates are on stage and do not get enough time to speak.

Tuesday’s two-hour prime-debate in Milwaukee will air at 9 p.m. preceded by the undercard debate at 6 p.m.

Dubai meeting leads to agreement on curbing use of HFCs Reuters

back on production and use of hydrofluorocarbons.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of State John Environmental Protection Kerry also praised the Agency Administrator action as a major accomGina McCarthy said on plishment that shows “that Thursday several nations the world is ready for a took a step toward an new chapter in the fight amendment to the Monagainst climate change.” treal Protocol that will McCarthy, in Dubai for substantially reduce green- a meeting of the Montreal house gases by cutting Protocol nations, said in a

statement the agreement to seek an amendment to the protocol to cut back on HFCs could avoid a warming of 0.9 degree Fahrenheit by 2100.

“Reaching agreement on this decision by the parties will pave the way to help all countries transition to alternatives and away from HFCs,” she said.

HFCs, used primarily in air conditioning, refrigeration and foam insulation, came into use as a replacement for chlorofluorocarbons when they were found to deplete the ozone layer. HFCs have since been determined to feed global warming by trapping up to 23,000 times more heat than carbon

dioxide.

McCarthy said the progress made on HFCs in Dubai should give momentum to UN climate change talks that start in Paris on Nov. 30 with more than 190 countries.

The meeting will focus on a global deal to curb global warming, which scientists say needs to

be limited to 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit to avoid the most devastating consequences in the form of droughts and rising sea levels.

Last month the Obama administration announced a set of executive actions and commitments by more than a dozen companies to curb the use HFCs.

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KICKOFF EDITION THE RUNDOWN A quick look at this weekend’s high school football in the Gwinnett area:

TODAY’S GAMES 7:30 p.m.

• Apalachee at Lanier • Athens Christian at Hebron Christian • Brookwood at Archer • Central Gwinnett at Berkmar • Collins Hill at Norcross • Dacula at Parkview • Meadowcreek at Duluth • North Gwinnett at Mountain View • Peachtree Ridge at Mill Creek • Prince Avenue at Providence Christian • Shiloh at South Gwinnett • Stephens County at Buford • Wesleyan at GAC

BY THE NUMBERS

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Wesleyan victory over tonight’s opponent, Greater Atlanta Christian, in 11 all-time meetings — 24-21 win in 2003

3

Wins over rival South Gwinnett in the past four seasons by Shiloh, which had lost 10 in a row in the series from 2001 to 2010

8

Straight quarters without a point for Norcross, which has been shut out in successive weeks by Peachtree Ridge and Mill Creek

PUNISHING PUNTER Collins Hill’s Snyder lets his physical play define him

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Knockdown blocks by Mountain View’s Jared Gee in last Friday’s victory over Duluth FANS CHOICE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Each week during the football season, the Daily Post will nominate four players for its Fans Choice Player of the Week. Online voting at www.gwinnettprepsports.com will begin by Monday morning and will end Thursdays at noon.

This week’s winner is: Who: Archer’s Ryan Morrell Class: Senior Position: Linebacker Noteworthy: Had 13 tackles and an interception in the Tigers’ 35-3 win over Dacula Coach Andy Dyer’s take: “Ryan has had a tremendous impact on our football team. He is a great young man and we are super proud of the way he has played.”

Results: Morrell (40 percent) beat out Central Gwinnett’s Nigel Adams (30), Lanier’s Juwuan Jones (25) and North Gwinnett’s Cade Fortin (5) in fan voting this week.

FLASHBACK On this week in 2004, Collins Hill tops South Cobb 70-68 in seven overtimes in the first round of the state playoffs by stopping a two-point conversion on Jordan Peyton’s pass deflection. … Bradd Schlosser throws for 364 yards and four TDs, two to current NFL tight end Jared Cook, in North Gwinnett’s 48-30 win at Harrison. … Steve Esmonde had two of Parkview’s four interceptions in a 41-7 rout of Roswell. … Mark Standridge rushes for 243 yards and three TDs as Buford defatted Chattooga 34-14. … Frank Domonousky returns an interception for a TD and runs for another score in GAC’s 24-0 win over Darlington.

By Paul Thomas • paul.thomas@gwinnettdailypost.com Collins Hill senior Robert Snyder would like to set the record straight.

He’s not a punter. He’s a linebacker — who just happens to punt.

“If it was up to him he’d give up the punting,” Collins Hill head coach Kevin Reach said. “But he’s not going to. He’s the best one we’ve got. He’s a linebacker. He’s definitely a linebacker first. He plays a little tight end for us every once in a while and then the third thing is probably a punter. He’s definitely a linebacker and he reminds me of that quite often,

‘Coach I’ll punt, but I’m a linebacker.’”

During pregame warmups when Snyder is on the field with the rest of the specialists he said opposing teams often assume he’s just the punter — despite his neck role and 6-foot-3, 215-pound frame.

They often trash talk him as if he is just a kicker.

Yet once the game begins they often realize that the Virginia commit is a bit more physical than your average kicker.

“I’ll joke around and be like, ‘I’m just a punter,’ when I make tackles and

stuff jokingly,” Snyder said. “It’s a fun thing because it’s something else to do.”

Prior to the season Snyder was selected as preseason all-county at punter by the Daily Post and all-state by Georgia High School Football Daily after averaging 40.5 yards per punt as a junior.

This year he leads the Eagles (4-5, 4-2 Region 7-AAAAAA) in tackles with 98 tackles, including 59 solo and 13 for loss. He also has an interception.

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Elite D at forefront of 7-AAAAAA title tilt Mill Creek, Peachtree Ridge set for epic region clash

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How hard will it be for Peachtree Ridge and Mill Creek to score tonight?

Ask the other six football teams in Region 7-AAAAAA. None of them have solved the dominating defenses of those two teams, who have combined to allow only 43 points in 12 region victories. Visiting Peachtree Ridge has surrendered just 4.3 points in region play, while host Mill Creek has given up only 2.8, with five shutouts in its

Peachtree Ridge’s Marquez Jackson (22) is tackled by Mill Creek’s Chase Turner (18) as Sidney Otiwu (35) pursues during last season’s matchup between the two teams. (Staff Photo: David Welker)

six 7-AAAAAA wins.

The team that manages the most offensively when the two stingy defenses square off tonight will be the region champion.

“On Friday night, every yard is going to be a premium on both sides because you’ve got two elite defenses out there,” Mill Creek head coach Shan-

non Jarvis said. “You don’t ever know in games like this what the score might be, but every yard is going to be a fight. It’s one of those games where every play could be the play that determines the outcome of the game, from the first quarter to the fourth quarter. You’ve got to keep that focus on every play.

Every play matters. Every play will have that playoff intensity.”

If not for the first half against Collins Hill — an eventual 42-17 win — Mill Creek has posted a shutout in every half during region play. Collins Hill also had the most success in region play against Peachtree Ridge, but still lost 28-13 last Friday.

It’s easy to see why most expect a very lowscoring game when Mill Creek (9-0, 6-0 region) and

Peachtree Ridge (7-2, 6-0) battle for the 7-AAAAAA title.

“Yeah, I do think (it will be low-scoring),” Peachtree Ridge head coach Mark Fleetwood said. “In these games, it looks like to me, the team that mentally can be the sharpest and stay away from penalties and turnovers, win field position and special teams, will win. Those are going to be really big factors.”

Fleetwood’s team shook off an injury-plagued 0-2 start to knock off McEachern 9-6, the beginning of seven straight victories.

The defense has given up only 32 points during that span.

Junior linebacker Breon Dixon is among the Lions’ top playmakers, with three

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Collins Hill, Norcross ramping up for state playoffs big plays have kind of hindered us this year. They’re the things we’ve got to eliminate.”

COLLINS HILL With the regular seaCollins Hill’s offense EAGLES (7-AAAAAA) son wrapping up tonight, struggled early on last Coach: Kevin Reach Norcross and Collins Hill week against Peachtree Record: 4-5, 4-2 are looking to gain a little Ridge as quarterback Drew Last week: Lost 28-13 momentum from their 7:30 Dinsmore threw a pair of to Peachtree Ridge p.m. matchup to carry into first-half interceptions.

NORCROSS BLUE the state playoffs.

But in the second half the DEVILS (7-AAAAAA) The winner will be the 6-foot-4 junior connected Coach: Keith Maloof Record: 7-2, 4-2 Region 7-AAAAAA No. 3 on touchdown passes of 30 Last week: Lost 24-0 to seed and the loser will be and 24 yards. He finished Mill Creek No. 4. with 145 yards passing as When: Today, 7:30 p.m.

The Blue Devils (7-2, he started in place of the Last Meeting: Norcross 4-2) have been shutout injured Monty Horn. won 20-17 in overtime Collins Hill’s Drew Dinsmore (12) will likely make his secthe last two weeks by Dinsmore will be tested last season ond straight start for the Eagles against Norcross (PhoPeachtree Ridge and Mill this week by the Blue Location: Norcross to: Kyle Hess) Creek. The Eagles (4-5, Devils loaded secondary High School 4-2) haven’t scored more to be hitting their stride obstacle for his defense that includes Georgia Tech than 17 points in their right before the playoffs will be to avoid giving up commit Jarret Cole, Iowa own losses, but both teams and that’s what you try to the big play. In the last big plays on defense. I State commit Kendrec have still played well on do. Get your team ready two weeks Collins Hill has think they’re good in the Gray, cornerback Kendrew defense. going into the playoffs.” given up five touchdowns secondary. They’re NorWynn (three interceptions) “We’ve got to clean up Collins Hill’s defense of 55 yards or more. cross. They might have and Da’Meon Williams on offense,” head coach has been the backbone of Even though Norcross gotten beat the last two who was offered by Duke Keith Maloof said. “We’ve the team. Seniors Tohas struggled on offense, games but they’re still Nor- and North Carolina this got to be productive on of- mon Fox (19 tackles for Reach said the Blue Devils cross. They’re very good week. fense and we’ve got to con- loss), Emmanuel Belmar have big-play capability defensively. Offensively at “The more time he gets tinue to play great defense. (14 tackles for loss) and with quarterback Baron times they can take one to in the pocket and the more Collins Hill’s record is no Robert Snyder (13 tackles Radcliff. Defensively the the house at any moment. comfortable he gets — beindication of how good for loss) lead a punishing Blue Devils are just as I think that’s the thing cause he’s got as good an they are, because they’re a front seven that has limited stout as the Eagles. that’s kind of hindered us. arm as I’ve ever coached in really good football team. opposing rushing attacks “They’re good defenI don’t think there’s been 27 years. I think his arm is Struggled early, but they’ve much of the year. sively,” Reach said. “I a lot teams that have been strong and he can zip it out been playing great the last Head coach Kevin think they’re like us, I able to run and drive the there with the best of them half of the year and seem Reach said the biggest think they make a lot of football on us. I think the — and every snap he takes

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under center (he’ll get better),” Reach said. “I think the Peachtree Ridge game was a real good game for him. He had played against Duluth and he came back in the second half and had a real good second half (against Peachtree Ridge).

Kind of got his juices flowing a little bit. I think the first half was kind of just getting the cobwebs out.

I think the second half he played real well, like we know he can play. We’re hoping to get all four quarters out of him this week.”

No matter the outcome tonight both teams will start the state playoffs on the road. They’re just hoping to get one final win in region play before they leave Gwinnett Coutny.

“You always want to get the win going into the playoffs and get the ball rolling,” Maloof said.

“That’s what we’ve been talking about. Talking about cleaning ourselves up and getting ourselves ready and playing better in certain phases of the game.

Our kids are playing hard, we’ve just got to string some things together.”

Buford set for ‘big’ region test

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DACULA AT PARKVIEW

By David Friedlander

Technically, nothing is guaranteed for the winner of tonight’s Region 8-AAAAAA game between Dacula and Parkview.

However, both the Falcons (5-4, 4-3) and Panthers (5-4, 3-4) know that any hopes of earning one of the last two state playoff berths from the region depends on a win.

And under the right set of circumstances — namely wins by favored Central Gwinnett and Archer over Berkmar and Brookwood respectively — tonight’s 7:30 kickoff at the Big Orange Jungle would essentially become a de facto playoff game.

“Our kids know the situation at hand even before this week came up,” Parkview coach Eric Godfree said. “We all want to extend our season (at least) one week. Nobody’s ready for the season to end yet.”

That’s true of both teams, as is the fact that both coaches know that their players can’t afford to be caught doing any scoreboard watching.

“There are a lot of different (playoff) scenarios,” Dacula coach Tommy Jones said. “And we’re just trying to focus on Parkview right now. It’s football, and it will come down to blocking and tackling and executing. I don’t think styles matter.”

Perhaps, but tonight’s game does feature a dramatic contrast in styles from both offenses.

The host Panthers can strike from anywhere, particularly through the air behind the arm of Jack

DACULA FALCONS (8-AAAAAA) Coach: Tommy Jones Record: 5-4, 4-3 Last week: Lost to Archer 35-3 PARKVIEW PANTHERS (8-AAAAAA) Coach: Eric Godfree Record: 5-4, 3-4 Last week: Lost to Central Gwinnett 28-14 When: Today, 7:30 p.m.

Last meeting: Dacula won 35-0 last year Location: Parkview High School Series History: 2014 — Dacula 35, Parkview 0 2013 — Parkview 28, Dacula 21 2012 — Parkview 26, Dacula 21 2011 — Dacula 31, Parkview 21 2010 — Parkview 7, Dacula 0 2009 — Dacula 9, Parkview 6, OT 2008 — Dacula 21, Parkview 0 2003 — Parkview 31, Dacula 0 *2003 — Parkview 21, Dacula 3 2001 — Parkview 31, Dacula 7 2000 — Parkview 14, Dacula 7 *Corky Kell Classic at Georgia Dome

The stakes for tonight’s game against Stephens County are enough to get Buford coach Jess Simpson’s attention.

To the winner of tonight’s 7:30 kickoff at Tom Riden Stadium go not only the Region 8-AAAA championship, but the region’s top seed in the Class AAAA state playoffs.

“It’s really good for both teams,” Simpson said. “It’s kind of like the tournament starts now. Getting the No. 1 season is big because we match up with a region (5-AAAA) that is arguably the best in the state with the likes of (top-ranked) Woodward Academy, (No. 9) Sandy Creek and Carrollton. So, this should be an interesting match-up.”

But the way Simpson sees it, the more important implication for tonight’s game is the measuring stick of where his No. 3 state-ranked Wolves (8-1, 6-0) stand heading into the postseason.

Not that he is unhappy with the way his team has been playing lately, winners of six straight region games by an average of 48.6 points since having its 42-game winning streak snapped by AAAAAA power McEachern back in September.

However, he also knows that Stephens County (8-1, 6-0) will pose by far the strongest challenge the Wolves have faced since that other group of Indians two months ago.

And as Simpson points out, they will pose the biggest challenge in every sense of the word, particularly on the line of scrimmage, which features no fewer than five players standing at least 6-foot-3 and weighing 290 pounds or more, led by Georgiacommitted senior Ben Cleveland (6-7, 320).

“What jumps out on you about them on film are their offensive linemen, tight ends and backs,” Simpson said of Stephens County. “Their offensive line is big. Their tackles are 6-6 and 6-7. They’ve got one guard who is 6-4 and another that’s about 6-3. They’re just big, physical kids. “(Season-opening opponent) Eastern Christian Academy (of Maryland) is probably who they remind me of the most size-wise.

It’s been a while since

STEPHENS CO. AT BUFORD STEPHENS COUNTY INDIANS (8-AAAA) Coach: Frank Barden Record: 8-1, 6-0 region Last week: Beat North Oconee 24-7 BUFORD WOLVES (8-AAAA) Coach: Jess Simpson Record: 8-1, 6-0 region Last week: Beat Madison Co. 49-8 When: Today, 7:30 p.m.

Last meeting: Buford won 56-0 last year Location: Buford High School Series History: 2014 — Buford 56, Stephens Co. 0 1949 — Buford 27, Stephens Co. 0 1946 — Buford 47, Stephens Co. 0

we’ve seen a team this big and this physical.”

Of course, Buford features some pretty good size of its own along both lines of scrimmage, such as senior offensive linemen Cooper Simpson (6-1, 260) and Innis Claud (6-2, 280) and recent N.C. State commit Shug Frazier (6-3, 310) along the defensive line.

More importantly, according to Simpson, the Wolves’ depth has gotten major boosts with the return of several injured players over the course of the past several weeks.

They will get a major piece of the puzzle tonight with senior running back/ defensive back Xavier Gantt in uniform and expected to play.

The Georgia Tech commit was not only the Wolves’ leading rusher a year ago, but also one of the team’s top lockdown cornerbacks on defense.

And after missing the bulk of the season since suffering a leg injury the opening week of the season, Simpson is overjoyed to have the big-play ability that Gantt possesses on both sides of the ball back at his disposal.

“It’s a big shot in the arm,” Simpson said. “He’s had a really good two weeks in practice, and it’ll be good to see what he can do.”

Jack Chambers (8) of the Parkview Panthers runs the ball up the field during last Friday’s high school football game against the Central Gwinnett Black Knights at Central Gwinnett High School in Lawrenceville. (Staff Photo: David Welker)

Chambers (1,745 total yards, 20 combined TDs) and favorite targets Johnathan Boyd (29-430, 3 TDs) and Tyler Fleetwood (19-304, 5 TDs).

Meanwhile, Dacula does much of it damage on the ground with a physical, pounding style and Georgia Tech commit Jakob Brashear (86-511, 6 TDs) and Ty Harris (86480) doing much of the heavy lifting.

But while both approaches could pose plenty of challenges for the respective defenses, Godfree agrees with Jones that the difference tonight may lie less in the teams’ respective approaches than their fundamentals.

“These are two very good football teams fighting for the playoffs,” Godfree said. “I really

think it will be like most games and come down to turnovers. If either team forces turnovers and gains field position, it could be a game-changer. It will take some first downs and avoiding turnovers for each team.”

Of course, there are other factors at play for Dacula that have nothing to do with football.

Twice in the last month, the Falcons and the entire Dacula community had to deal with the tragic deaths of schoolmates.

While Jones says his players have done their best to move on and return their focus to football, he’s not naive enough to believe that the emotions can be fully put behind them just yet.

“Obviously, our whole community in Dacula

has gone through a lot of adversity the last few weeks,” Jones said. “One thing I will say is I’m proud of the kids and the school. The love that’s been expressed for each other these past few weeks has been incredible. What you hope for is that this adversity is a rallying point (for the team), but really, this is much bigger than winning or losing a football game.”

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A look at this week’s football matchups (all games at 7:30 p.m. today unless otherwise noted)

APALACHEE AT LANIER APALACHEE WILDCATS (8-AAAAA) Coach: Steve Sims Record: 0-9, 0-8 region Last week: Lost 29-0 to Cedar Shoals

LANIER LONGHORNS (8-AAAAA) Coach: Korey Mobbs Record: 9-0, 8-0 region Last week: Defeated Winder-Barrow 48-21

Lanier locked up its second straight Region 8-AAAAA championship last week with a 48-21 win over Winder-Barrow. The Longhorns can lock up their second straight undefeated regular season this week with a win over Apalachee.

Lanier led by just seven at the half against Winder-Barrow, but sealed the deal with three late touchdowns from the Baity brothers. Marcella and Marcko Baity each scored three touchdowns in the win. Quarterback Tahj Tolbert was 12 of 16 for 309 yards and a touchdown, while also running for another score.

C.J. The Longhorns defense was stout again in the win. Tyler Taylor, DerBurress rick Brown and Juwuan Jones each had 12 tackles. Safety C.J. Burress had nine tackles(seven solos and one for loss). Burress has two picks on the season.

The Wildcats have struggled on offense this season, scoring more than nine points just once and shut out five times. Stephen Massillon is the leading rusher with 356 yards and two touchdowns. Apalachee has scored just one passing touchdown all year and junior Ethan Morris is the team’s leading receiver with 13 grabs for 119 yards.

Apalachee has been able to force 12 turnovers this season with six interceptions and six fumble recoveries. Ricky Wonzon, who also plays quarterback for the Wildcats, has an interception and two fumble recoveries. The team’s leading tackler, sophomore Jesse Moore also has two fumble recoveries and a pick to go along with his 66 tackles. Junior Will Smith has 60 tackles, an interception, a forced fumble and four passes defended.

Last Meeting: Lanier won 55-17 last season Location: Lanier High School

ATHENS CHRISTIAN AT HEBRON CHRISTIAN ATHENS CHRISTIAN EAGLES (8-A) Coach: Chris Williams Record: 5-4, 4-3 region Last week: Had a bye

HEBRON LIONS (8-A) Coach: Kevin Shaffer Record: 6-3, 4-3 region Last week: Lost to Athens Academy 42-12

The latest of many must-win games for Hebron this season is clearly the biggest one of all for the Lions to date as they seek the program’s first state playoff berth.

It’s a goal that is very much within reach, something coach Kevin Shaffer has not been shy about pointing out to the Lions this week in practice.

“If you look at the (GHSA’s power ranking) numbers, a win pretty much guarantees at playoff spot,” Shaffer said. “A loss still leaves us with a decent chance, but would put us in position to have to rely on at least Evan one team losing.

Barnes “The whole thing we’ve been preaching this week is that our destiny is in our own hands. At Hebron, football has never really been a big deal. We’re trying to get to the point where it is a big deal.”

If the Lions are going to get to that point this year, they will have to over an Athens Christian team also looking to take charge of its postseason.

The Eagles like to use a powerful offensive line, led by senior Austin McDaniel, to grind down opponents with its running game.

And Shaffer knows that if the Lions are to counteract that, they must play tough in the trenches behind the likes of senior Evan Barnes.

“They’re a big challenge,” Shaffer said of Athens Christian. “This week, we’re facing a big offensive line, and we have to match up with them in physicality and size-wise.”

Last meeting: Athens Christian won 46-7 last year Location: Hebron Christian Academy

BROOKWOOD AT ARCHER

CENTRAL GWINNETT AT BERKMAR

BROOKWOOD BRONCOS (8-AAAAAA) ARCHER TIGERS (8-AAAAAA) Coach: Phillip Jones Coach: Andy Dyer Record: 4-5, 4-3 region Record: 8-1, 6-1 region Last week: Lost to Grayson 50-10 Last week: Beat Dacula 35-3 Tonight’s contest clearly means more to Brookwood in terms of postseason implications, since the Broncos need a win just to have a chance at a state playoff berth, while Archer is locked into Region 8-AAAAAA’s No. 2 playoff seed.

Of course, Brookwood coach Phillip Jones doesn’t expect the Broncos will catch the Tigers merely going through the motions or looking forward to the playoffs.

“We’re tying not to focus too much on the (playoff) scenarios),” Jones said. “All we can control is what we do (tonight), and that’s our focus right Angelo DiSpigna now.”

Facing an Archer defense that has allowed a mere 19 points over the last five games, paced by Duke commit Dylan Singleton and Ole Miss-bound Donta Evans, Jones knows his offense will have its work cut out for it.

While quarterback tandem of Angelo DiSpigna and Tanner Winskie has been solid recently, Jones is certain the Broncos will have to be more multidimensional this week and try to get Jesse Brown and the running game some room to maneuver. “(Archer coach) Andy (Dyer) does such a great job over there,” Jones said of his coaching counterpart. “We’ve got an extremely tough task ahead of us. … We’ve got to find a way to run the ball better and score more points. (Struggles in the running game have) hurt us against some good run defenses the last two games, and we’re playing another good run defense this week.

“Jesse’s really good, but we’re a little young and inexperienced on our offensive line. We knew that coming in (to the season). We’re just working hard every day to try to get better.”

Last meeting: Archer won 49-31 last year Location: Archer High School

CENTRAL BLACK KNIGHTS (8-AAAAAA) BERKMAR PATRIOTS (8-AAAAAA) Coach: Todd Wofford Coach: Kenan Dever Record: 5-4, 4-3 region Record: 0-9, 0-7 region Last week: Beat Parkview 28-14 Last week: Lost to Shiloh 46-0 While a win won’t necessarily guarantee Central a playoff berth — it could be forced into mini-games by a three-way tie for third — it will guarantee the Black Knights at least one more chance to suit up.

To that end, coach Todd Wofford is urging his team to approach tonight’s game with Berkmar in an business-like manner.

“It’s a situation where we just have to take it game-by-game and let everything else fall into place,” Wofford said. “We’ve just got to take care of our own business, build momentum off that and not take anything for granted. … Just focus on the little things and take control.”

Major While Central is looking to secure its postseason chances and post Bellamy back-to-back winning seasons for the first time since 2005-06, Berkmar is simply trying to not only avoid having its current losing streak extended to 27 games, including its second straight winless season, but also find some positives.

One bright spot is that the Patriots do appear to finally be getting a little healthier with quarterback Jeremiah Scott being available for at least limited duty this week, while cornerback Negash Desta is playing back into better shape after returning from injury recently.

Coach Kenan Dever knows Desta’s impact could be particularly big, with the Patriots facing the Black Knights’ dynamic passing game, led by quarterback Micah Maxey and big-play receiver Major Bellmany.

“The biggest thing is that as well as they (Central) play offensively — and defensively, for that matter — we’ve got to play under control,” Dever said. “We’ve been up and down and some of our young guys are getting some playing time. For the future, that’s important to us.”

Last meeting: Central won 32-17 last year Location: Berkmar High School

MEADOWCREEK AT DULUTH

NORTH GWINNETT AT MOUNTAIN VIEW

MEADOWCREEK MUSTANGS (7-AAAAAA) Coach: Jason Carrera Record: 2-7, 0-6 region Last week: Lost to North Gwinnett 38-7

DULUTH WILDCATS (7-AAAAAA) Coach: Bob Swank Record: 1-8, 0-6 region Last week: Lost to Mountain View 42-10

Both teams enter tonight’s game looking to end the season on a high note.

For the visiting Mustangs, that means a chance to become the first Meadowcreek team to win as many as three games in a season since 2001.

To do that, coach Jason Carrera knows they will have to keep an eye on whoever is under center for Duluth, whether it is Isaiah Grim or Brandon Loftin, both of whom have shown capability of being able to make things happen on the ground in either scrambling or designed run Ettione situations in recent weeks.

Stuckey “They have an athletic quarterback,” Carrera said. “We have to contain him, not only when he’s throwing the ball, but when he’s scrambling.”

Duluth, meanwhile, is also looking to close out the season on a positive note, and also will be looking to find room offensively for its skill position players to operate.

But the key, according to coach Bob Swank, lies up front, where the Wildcats will have to deal with an improving defensive line led by Ettione Stuckey to create that room. “(The line) will be crucial on both sides of the ball,” Swank said. “When you look at us and Meadowcreek, we’re kind of similar. We both have some pretty good athletes, but when you look at us against the better teams in the region (7-AAAAAA), we’ve struggled on the lines. But against each other, it ought to be a pretty good match up.”

Last meeting: Duluth won 42-26 last year Location: Duluth High School

PRINCE AVENUE AT PROVIDENCE CHRISTIAN PRINCE AVENUE WOLVERINES (8-A) Coach: Jeff Herron Record: 9-0, 7-0 region Last week: Beat Lakeview Academy 56-0

PROVIDENCE CHRISTIAN STORM (8-A) Coach: Ken Robinson Record: 0-9, 0-7 region Last week: Lost to Towns County 21-14

In the finale of its second varsity season, Providence Christian sees were it wants to be across the field. Prince Avenue is undefeated this season, ranked No. 2 in Class A and one of the top contenders for a state title this season.

“What we need to do is to make sure we have the composure to keep fighting,” said head coach Ken Robinson, whose first college coach at South Carolina, Richard Bell, is the Wolverines defensive coordinator.

“The message this week, like always, is getting ready to play that great opponent.”

Mitchell Miller The Storm have been building and came achingly close to winning on three occasions this season. Their depth is better this year, but still has a way to go before reaching Prince Avenue’s level.

“Watching the video, it’s even closer than the scores,” Robinson said of the losses to Lakeview Academy, Hebron Christian and Towns County. “We’ve got to move on and help them get better.”

One of the really bright spots for Providence is sophomore Mitchell Miller, who last week rushed for 91 yards and a touchdown, then made eight tackles and returned a fumble 76 yards for a score on defense. Miller was a sixth-grader when the program started and Robinson said he has the potential to be one of the best in the state over the next two years.

“As a sixth-grader, I could make adjustments with him on the field,” Robinson said. “He has a great family and he’s a great kid and a great player — and he’s going to be even better.

“The first series against Athens Christian this year, Mitchell and Jeremy Hardnett were on the same side. Athens Christian did a motion and you see Jeremy and Mitchell point to each other. Mitchell picks it off and runs it back 49 yards. Those are the kind of things, from a coach’s perspective, that encourage you.”

Last meeting: Prince Avenue won 54-10 last year Location: Shiloh High School

NORTH BULLDOGS (7-AAAAAA) Coach: Bob Sphire Record: 4-5, 2-4 region Last week: Beat Meadowcreek 38-7

MOUNTAIN VIEW BEARS (7-AAAAAA) Coach: Nick Bach Record: 3-6, 2-4 Last week: Beat Duluth 42-10

A win over North Gwinnett in the season finale tonight would give Mountain View a school-record four victories this season.

A win for the Bulldogs would allow North to finish the season 5-5, avoiding its first losing season since 2003.

“It’s a great opportunity for the seniors,” Mountain View head coach Nick Bach said. “We have a great group of seniors. Our whole team is really going to fight very hard to give them a win on their way out. I’m sure North Gwinnett feels the same way about their seniors and the last game kind of thing. But our guys are very excited.”

Alex North head coach Bob Sphire echoed Bach’s sentiments that a win to Scott end the season wouldn’t just give positive momentum into next year, but that it would also send out the seniors on a positive note. Guys like Josh Imatorbhebhe, Matthew Andryusky and Delon Smith among others who have meant so much to the program.

Sphire said the key for his team will be controlling Mountain View quarterback Alex Scott.

The senior signal caller has thrown for five touchdowns and run for five more this season.

“I think the first thing that jumps out on their offense is they’ve got a big system quarterback who’s got the ability to make plays,” Sphire said. “They’ve got some skill guys out there, but (Scott) is a big physical guy, can get it down the field, can hurt you running. He’s got receivers he can get the ball to. Defensively, they’re really a veteran team. 11 of their top 15 guys on defense are seniors. They’ve got a lot of experience and everybody that lines up looks like he belongs that’s for dang sure.”

Location: Mountain View High School Last meeting: North Gwinnett won 35-14

SHILOH AT SOUTH GWINNETT SHILOH GENERALS (8-AAAAAA) Coach: Ryan Andrews Record: 2-7, 2-5 region Last week: Beat Berkmar 46-0

SOUTH COMETS (8-AAAAAA) Coach: John Small Record: 2-7, 1-6 region Last week: Bye week

After starting the season off with seven straight losses, Shiloh has the chance to end the season with three straight victories with a win over South Gwinnett tonight.

It would be the first three-game win streak for the Generals since 2012.

“It’d be great,” Shiloh head coach Ryan Andrews said. “Especially with the way we started, being so close to victories and not being able to finish. And then to do it against the school down the street that’s even better.”

DeCarlos A win would give South two straight wins to end the season and give Frazier it some momentum headed into next year. The Comets offense has relied on the rushing attack of Michael Stephens this year, as he’s run for 412 yards and two touchdowns.

“They’re a pretty well-coached team,” Andrews said of South. “I think Coach (John) Small has done a good job of that. They run the ball well … Malik Robinson is a pretty solid linebacker. I think they’re well-coached, I think they present some problems that we have to look at and hopefully we can do something Friday.”

Shiloh used a 33-point second quarter last week to pick up its second win of the season 46-0 over Berkmar. Receiver DeCarlos Frazier scored three touchdowns in the win, two receiving and one rushing.

“We’re starting to play with some confidence. We kind of started off sluggish and I don’t know if it was the weather last week because we didn’t get outside for two days. I don’t we just didn’t start off as fast as I would have liked to. But we ended up finishing pretty well.

We had a nice spirited talk at the end of the first quarter and in the second quarter we were able to put the game away.”

Last meeting: Shiloh won 14-3 last season Location: South Gwinnett High School

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GAC, Wesleyan clash decides region championship

By Paul Thomas

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WESLEYAN AT GAC

Greater Atlanta Christian and Wesleyan will close out the regular season at GAC tonight at 7:30 p.m. in a winner-take-all match up for the Region 6-AA championship.

The second-ranked Spartans (8-1, 6-0) are riding an eight-game win streak, while the No. 9 Wolves (8-1, 5-1) bounced back nicely from their first loss of the week last Friday with a 28-0 win over Holy Innocents’. The Spartans lead the all-time series 10-1.

“Obviously the first goal we set for our team this season was to win a region championship and now we’re one game away from that,” GAC head coach

WESLEYAN WOLVES (6-AA) Coach: Franklin Pridgen Record: 8-1, 5-1 Last week: Defeated Holy Innocents’ 28-0 GAC SPARTANS (6-AA) Coach: Tim Hardy Record: 8-1, 6-0 Last week: Defeated Lovett 34-7 When: Today, 7:30 p.m.

Location: Greater Atlanta Christian School Last meeting: GAC won 41-0 last season

faced this season.

The Wolves are allowing just 8.5 points per game this season behind the a strong linebacking crew led by John Morris, Drew Aspinwall and Ryan Weed.

“Wesleyan is a combination of two things: they’ve got good players and they’re well-coached,” Hardy said. “Some times you play a team that’s got a good group of guys that can play, but they’re disorganized or maybe a group that’s organized but not as sound. Wesleyan this year really has a good roster with good players and their coaches do a really nice job. Defensively, obviously, the proof is in the pudding. They’ve been solid. They’ve held all of their region opponents other than Lovett to single digits. So we recognize

Tim Hardy said. “So we’re excited about that opportunity and look forward to getting after it (tonight).”

Hardy said that Wesleyan is one of the more complete teams GAC has

that and see that. We’re excited about working that challenge and trying to find a way to be successful.”

The Spartans offense is led by quarterback Davis Mills. The 6-foot-3 junior has thrown for 1,538 yards and 14 touchdowns with just four interceptions this season.

Last week the GAC running back duo of Marcus young and Alex Rowe combined for 317 yards rushing, as Young scored twice in a 34-7 win over Lovett.

“Whatever they get we’ve got to make them earn it,” Wesleyan head coach Franklin Pridgen said. “We’ve got to make them drive the field, we’ve got to force them into situations where they have to execute consistently. We can’t let them score on

Snyder

•From Page 1B As a punter he’s averaging 34.6 yards per kick and has eight punts downed inside the opponents 20-yard line.

Last week, against Peachtree Ridge, Snyder had 19 tackles, 12 of which were unassisted.

“He’s kind of an oldschool guy, a throwback,” Reach said. “Plays through pain. He’s started 32 games going into this next one. He’s never missed a game. He’s always played through the pain. Him and Tomon (Fox) are probably the two leaders of that defense, but he kind of gets everybody set up. Just has great football savvy. He’s never been a big rah-rah guy, he kind of plays with his helmet and his shoulder pads.

“He’s not much of a talker, but he’s probably as intense as anybody I’ve ever coached.”

Snyder has started for Collins Hill at linebacker and punter since his sophomore season. His older

brother Chris was also a punter and linebacker for the Eagles.

After playing outside the last three years, the Eagles coaching staff moved him to inside linebacker prior to his senior year.

While athletic enough to play on the outside — he’s often left in man-coverage on running backs out of the backfield — the move inside has allowed Snyder’s ability to quickly diagnose what’s coming from opposing offenses to shine through.

“He’s smart, aggressive, great tackler, makes all the calls for us,” Collins Hill defensive coordinator Larry Massey said. “Gets us lined up. In the past we’ve lacked that individual that can do that. We’ve got one now, plus he’s a player, he’s an athlete. Kind of overlooked.

“He’s been outside and he’s a little big for that, but moving him inside he’s playing probably his natural position.”

College coaches have

taken notice of his play this season as well. Prior to the year Snyder had around 13 scholarship offers from a list of schools that included the Ivy League institutions, N.C. State, Iowa and Virginia.

In August he chose the Cavaliers because of the chance to get a terrific education and still play Power Five football in the ACC. As the season has gone on and there have been whispers that UVA head coach Mike London could be fired at the end of the season, Reach said more and more college coaches have begun to inquire about how open Snyder would be to other schools.

Snyder said for now he’s solid to Virginia, but would be open if a coaching change was made.

“There’s been talk about Coach London and if he’s going to stay,” Snyder said.

“I really like (Virginia) and our recruitment class, we have a group message and we’re a pretty close-knit group. So I’ll still be open

to others and see what happens at the end of this year with Virginia, but I’m pretty strong on going to Virginia.”

For now he’s just focused on helping Collins Hill make a run in the Class AAAAAA state playoffs. Despite an 0-3 start to the year the Eagles have clinched a playoff spot in Region 7-AAAAAA. A win over Norcross tonight would give Collins Hill the No. 3 seed.

Snyder and the other seniors helped keep the locker room focused and refuse to give up after the slow start. Now even with to straight losses and tough task in Norcross, Snyder said he likes the Eagles’ chances in the playoffs.

“I feel like our defense is playing great,” he said.

“They’ve been playing really good this whole year.

Our front seven is really good. Then if our offense puts it all together I think we can make a good run in the playoffs.”

Daily Post Picks The staff makes its predictions for this week’s prep football winners

WILL HAMMOCK

CHRISTINE TROYKE

DAVID FRIEDLANDER

PAUL THOMAS

SCOTT SMITH

DAVID WELKER

KYLE HESS*

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North

Peachtree Ridge at Mill Creek

Mill Creek

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Mill Creek

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Prince Avenue at Providence

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GAC

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GAC

Apalachee at Lanier Athens Christian at Hebron

Collins Hill at Norcross

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quick, big plays. We’ve got to be sure to make tackles. I don’t know what the weather will be like, but I think it could be slick and wet. Which means we’re going to have to limit our mistakes, we’re going to have to put them into some bad situations and force them into some uncertainty.

By that I mean we’re going to have to do some thing and show some things that we haven’t show before and hopefully slow them down both mentally and physically a little bit.”

On offense the Wolves will continue to rely on the rushing attack of senior Jordan Argilagos behind a senior-laden offensive line.

On defense, the Spartans are giving up just 14.7 points per game thanks to solid play by a veteran front seven that includes

•From Page 1B

lineman Ford Higgins and Brandon Washington and linebackers Aiden Jarrett, Connor Markham and Josh Pickens.

In addition to Argilagos, the Wolves offense relies heavily on sophomore quarterback Banks Ramsey, who Pridgen said has taken some big steps this season.

“I’ve been really impressed with the way that Banks Ramsey, our quarterback, has developed as a decision maker and the manager of our offense,” he said. “He’s just a sophomore and last year as a freshman he grew up a lot, and this year he’s taken further steps to protect the ball. He’s gotten so much better at reading defenses and making good choices, so I think that’s been a big point for us.”

Defense

interceptions, 15 1/2 tackles for losses and nine sacks. His 36 tackles are third on the team behind Deandre Byrd (49) and Matt Bell (39), and Bell is second on the team with 8 1/2 tackles for losses.

“They’re very athletic and fast on defense,” Jarvis said. “At every position, they have good players and they’re wellcoached.”

The Peachtree Ridge defense also thrives on turnovers, converting many of them into defensive points. They’ve returned six interceptions and a fumble for touchdowns already this season. Chad Clay and Nigel Warrior join Dixon with three interceptions each, and fellow top prospect Deangelo Gibbs has been logging heavy minutes in the secondary of late, too.

Avoiding those turnovers will be pivotal for a Mill Creek offense that seeks balance between the running of Joe Thomas and the passing of Cameron Turley.

“I believe we’re still plus-14 in turnovers and that’s a huge point of emphasis,” Jarvis said. “We had big problems last year early when we were 2-3, before we went on that run. We stressed ball security and turnovers.

It’s a huge emphasis in any of these games we play. You’ve got to be able to protect the football if you’re going to win any kind of championships.

Defense, special teams and protecting the football. The team that can do those three things the best will probably win.”

The Peachtree Ridge offense has evolved throughout the season, moving the ball well

lately via the running game. Marquez Jackson and Malik Staples have produced the most yards, but Warrior also has been a factor running the ball late in region play — he averages 13 yards per carry on his 12 attempts with a pair of TDs. Fred Payton has stabilized the Lions’ quarterback position, completing 61 of 94 passes (65 percent) for 760 yards with seven TDs to just one interception. He has to get the ball off quickly against a Mill Creek defense that has an astonishing 37 sacks, including 19 from defensive ends Tyler Vernon (11) and Peyton Moore (eight). Aaron Anderson (79 tackles), Micah Bull (70) and Sidney Otiwu (59) are the unit’s top three tacklers.

“They’re really aggressive and they’ve got really good team speed on defense,” Fleetwood said of Mill Creek. “Their secondary is good and they’ve gotten to the quarterbacks. Their pass defense is good because of their skill in the secondary, but the pass rush is what makes them so good against the pass.”

A Mill Creek victory would mean the program’s first No. 1 seed for the state playoffs and a region title. The Hawks tied for first in the region last season, but lost the head-to-head tiebreaker with North Gwinnett and fell to the No. 2 spot.

Peachtree Ridge is seeking its first region championship since 2008.

“Our goal each year is to try to win a region championship first and we’ve got that opportunity in the 10th game of the year,” Fleetwood said.

“Our focus is on that at this point.”

GETTING DEFENSIVE Points will be hard to come by tonight when Mill Creek and Peachtree Ridge play for the Region 7-AAAAAA title. Here’s a look at two stellar defenses: Mill Creek Peachtree Ridge 5 Shutouts 3 17 Pts allowed, region 26 2.8 Pts allowed per region game 4.3 18.7 Rushing yards allowed per game 61.2 102.9 Passing yards allowed per game 113.1 22 Turnovers forced 26 13 Interceptions 17 9 Fumble recoveries 9 49 Tackles for losses 59 37 Sacks 15

PEACHTREE RIDGE AT MILL CREEK Peachtree Ridge Lions (7-AAAAAA) Coach: Mark Fleetwood Record: 7-2, 6-0 region Last week: Beat Collins Hill 28-13 Mill Creek Hawks (7-AAAAAA) Coach: Shannon Jarvis Record: 9-0, 6-0 region Last week: Beat Norcross 24-0 When: Today, 7:30 p.m.

Last meeting: Mill Creek won 34-7 last year Location: Mill Creek High School

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5 p.m. — Lovett at Wesleyan 6 p.m. — Peachtree Ridge at Cobb Aquatic Center 6:30 p.m. — South, Central and Meadowcreek at Mountain Park 6:30 p.m. — Norcross and North at West Gwinnett Saturday 7:15 a.m. — Mountain View and Discovery at Collins Hill 7:15 a.m. — Shiloh, Archer, Berkmar and Grayson at Mountain Park 7:15 a.m. — Mill Creek and Parkview at West Gwinnett 10 a.m. — Wesleyan in Marist Dive Invitational 6:30 p.m. — Duluth, Dacula and Lanier at Mountain Park 6:30 p.m. — Brookwood, Collins Hill and Walton at West Gwinnett

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL

8 p.m. — Temple at Southern Methodist ESPN2 8 p.m. — Cornell at Dartmouth NBCSP

FIELD HOCKEY

1 p.m. — ACC tournament: Virginia vs. Syracuse. First Semifinal from Charlottesville, Va. FSSO 3:30 p.m. — ACC tournament quarterfinal, Second Semifinal: Teams TBA. From Charlottesville, Va. FSSO

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

7:30 p.m. — Mays vs. Stephenson PBS

NBA

8 p.m. — Miami at Indiana ESPN 8 p.m. — Atlanta at New Orleans FSSE 10:30 p.m. — Houston at Sacramento ESPN Saturday

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12:30 p.m. — NASCAR XFINITY Series: O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge, Qualifying NBCSP 2 p.m. — NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: AAA Texas 500, Final Practice NBCSP 3:30 p.m. — NASCAR XFINITY Series: O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge NBC

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9 p.m. — Premier Boxing Champions.: Kevin Bizier faces Fredrick Lawson. NBCSP

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COLLEGE HOCKEY

6:30 p.m. — Minnesota at Notre Dame NBCSP

NBA

7:30 p.m. — Washington at Atlanta FSSE

SOCCER

7:30 a.m. — English Premier League: AFC Bournemouth vs Newcastle United FC NBCSP 9:30 a.m. — Bundesliga: FC Bayern Munich vs VfB Stuttgart FS1 10 a.m. — English Premier League: Teams TBA NBCSP 10 a.m. — English Premier League: West Ham United FC vs Everton FC USA 12:30 p.m. — English Premier League: Stoke City FC vs Chelsea FC NBCSP

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Getting To Know … David Eaton It can be said that David Eaton’s career in basketball has come full circle.

After seven successful seasons at Wando High School in Mt. Pleasant, S.C., during which he guided the Warriors to three region championships and a state title, the 2000 Greater Atlanta Christian grad has returned to his alma mater to coach the team he starred for as a two-time member of the Daily Post’s All-County team. And he is working for his old coach, athletics director Tim Vick.

The 33-year-old Suwanee resident recently spoke with staff writer David Friedlander about a variety of subjects, including coming home, how much things have changed at the school and in Gwinnett County since he was here last and the anticipation of the beginning of the Spartans’ season.

DF: Do you almost get the “Welcome Back, Kotter” feeling coming back to where it all started for you?

DE: It’s really exciting. I definitely took that into consideration when I took the job. The school’s changed a lot, but the tradition of Christian education and the strong tradition of basketball is still the same as always. That was the big draw.

DF: Take me through what that phone call was like — when you get a call from your alma mater wanting to know if you’re interested in coming back to coach the program.

Was that almost strange?

DE: It was strange, but it was exciting also.

I was happy where I was (at Wando), and we had a good program. So, I didn’t expect GAC to call. It definitely threw my world upside down. You definitely start reconsidering things. I definitely wanted to come in here and check (the situation) out. I really came down here undecided. (But) after coming down here, it was an easy decision.

DF: Had you spoken with anyone from GAC much over the years before the job came open?

DF: You talked before about how much GAC had changed in a lot of ways since your days as a student. I have to think the biggest change is pretty obvious. As we stand here in the old (Bradford) gymnasium, it’s a world different from the new Long Forum that hosts home games now.

What was your reaction when you cast your eyes on that building for the first time?

DE: The Forum is amazGreater Atlanta Christian grad David Eaton is set for ing. That’s the Mecca of his first season as the Spartans’ boys head basketball (Gwinnett high school) coach. (Staff Photo: David Friedlander) basketball right there. This DE: I had been in cona successful one or to try coaching job in general, tact with GAC for a couple to maintain a successful and that arena, I think that’s of years. There are just a one? as good as you can get as couple of administrators DE: I guess they’re both a high school coach. … It who would come to South tough. At Wando, we had makes me excited to coach Carolina to a couple of the nothing. They’d won two in there and see my guys basketball games. I think games the year before I play in there. they knew that one day took over. So, that was a there (was) going to be a situation where we could DF: Of course, not just coaching change (when Ed- try out a bunch of things, with the gym and the die Martin left), and I think and if it doesn’t work, it arena itself, there’s also they were keeping their eye wasn’t working anyway. all the other stuff that on me and, I guess, keeping This is challenging, too. comes with it — the office me interested. They do a The program was already space, weight room, traingood job of keeping up great. How do you keep it ing facilities, etc. That with alumni in general. So, there? But at the same time, had to be a bit of an eye we had been in contact a I have a few ideas to make opener for you, too, espelittle bit, but nothing seriit better, I think. Somehow, cially compared to what ous.

I’ve got to implement those you had at Wando. things. But it is pressure.

DE: It was. I didn’t have DF: What about with You want the program to my own locker room at Tim Vick? get better, so it is a lot of Wando. We shared with the DE: No, not that much. stress. It’s competitive to wrestling team and B-team Tim Vick came to a state me, and it’s really fun, to football. The locker room tournament game we lost me, to do that. is amazing. … Just the and ended our year. So, I conditioning and workout knew maybe something DF: Now that you men- equipment, everything, it was going on. Then it was tion it, what were some just allows me to coach at a the principal, Scott Harsh, of the biggest challenges higher level. I love it. who actually made the you faced in building the phone call about how Edprogram at Wando?

DF: In addition to the die Martin had just stepped DE: Since the basketball school, I imagine metro down and, before the program hadn’t really done Atlanta and Gwinnett interview process, (he said) anything (to that point), County have changed a we’d really like to have you there was really no support lot since you lived here down here at GAC just to system. I was raising every last. I’m sure you’ve get a feel for where I was penny for the program visited here now and at. So, it wasn’t really a job myself. And really, I was then, but did it not really offer over the phone, but it just a young guy having hit you how much has was serious. to just come up with idea changed until you came after idea on how to get back for good?

DF: Since you bring up that program better. GAC DE: Atlanta was already Eddie Martin, he built the is (a situation in which) getting crazy, and traffic program up to heights it Tim Vick was a great high has gotten worse (laughs). hadn’t seen at least since school basketball coach.

I live in Suwanee, for exyou were a player, and The school supports every- ample, and back then, Sumaybe even longer than thing and they want to see wanee was not (very big). that. His are some awthis program do great. So, So, it has changed a lot. fully big shoes to fill. It’s it’s kind of (a situation in But one thing that hasn’t a much different situation which) I have more power, changed is that basketball than the one you walked but I’d better work harder is huge here. I really think into at Wando. Which at the same time. They sup- this is the highest level of do you think is tougher port so much that I’d better basketball you can get any— trying to build up a give it my all to make this where in the country, and struggling program into program the best it can be. I’m excited to coach in it.

Diamond Club names all-county team From Staff Reports The Gwinnett County Diamond Club has selected its best from the high school softball season, releasing a list of award-winners who will be honored at a banquet next week.

Brookwood’s Amanda Ablan was voted pitcher of the year by Gwinnett’s coaches and Archer’s Brittany Maresette was named player of the year. The offensive player of the year was Shiloh’s Adia Polk and the defensive player of the year was Mill Creek’s Hannah Adams.

The club also recognized its all-county players and scholar-athlete award winners. Those selections are as follows: All-County Region 8-AAAAAA • Conner Batchelor, Grayson • Madison Abell, Archer • Kayla Louie, Brookwood • Brinaya Bailey, Grayson • Katlyn Smith, Grayson • Asha Watson, Shiloh • Aleese Ingram, Shiloh • Jackie Mathers, South Gwinnett • Sydney Willhite, Archer • Jacqui Switzer, Archer • Alia Booth, Archer • Sabrina Sieber, Dacula • Elsie Isberaese, Dacula • Lexi Walker, Parkview • Hannah Turnbull, Parkview Honorable mention: Shauneyah Nichols, Shiloh; Anya Solomon, Shiloh; MacKenzie Michels, Parkview; Destiny Beckham, Parkview All-County Region 7-AAAAAA • Skylar Hayward, Mill Creek

FANS CHOICE FALL ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Who: Bailey Renfroe School: Wesleyan Sport: Cross country Class: Junior Highlights: Placed a team-best sixth in the Region 6-AA championships with a time of 18 minutes, 3 seconds Coach Chad McDaniel’s take: “Bailey has worked himself into a position to be one of the top runners in Class AA in his junior year, and I am so proud of him. He attacks hard training and has reaped the benefits of it, making our team better in the process. I am so thankful for Bailey’s continued growth as a runner and as a man.

He is a special kid, and I am honored to coach him.”

• Kylie Smith, North Gwinnett • Chandler Dennis, North Gwinnett • Makenna Dowell, North Gwinnett • Sydney Worthy, Duluth • Kelly Schmidt, Norcross • Aleix Hudson, Peachtree Ridge • Jaimie Hoover, Collins Hill • Emilie Lawrence, Mill Creek • Erin Wilbur, North Gwinnett • Courtney Roley, Mountain View • Kaylyn Anthony, Mill Creek • Kayla Nichols, Mill Creek • Ally Shores, Norcross • Lizzy Hellsten, Peachtree Ridge Honorable mention: Aalliya Bryant, Collins Hill; Haley Wallace, Duluth; Savanna Turvy, Peachtree Ridge; Megan Waldheim, Duluth; Sydney Grimes, Mill Creek; Kristen Rogers, Mountain View; Hailey Cronic, Mountain View; Hannah Laury, Norcross; Vanessa Bradford, Norcross; Lauren Ladzinski, Norcross; Bailey Martin, North Gwinnett All-County Class AAAAA-A • Peyton Wolfe, Buford • Cassie Henning, Wesleyan • Baylee Sexton, Buford

• Samantha Thomas, Buford • Kennedy Kotula, Buford • Amanda Briskin, Greater Atlanta Christian • Taylor Poisal, Hebron Christian • Athena Hawkins, Hebron Christian • Isabelle Petty, Lanier • Maygan Loparo, Lanier • Noelle Petty, Lanier • Abigail Roberson, Providence Christian • Emily Barnett, Providence Christian • Alyssa Bedard, Wesleyan • Jameson Kavel, Wesleyan Honorable mention: Logan Sonnon, Lanier Player of the Month Awards Archer: Brittany Maresette, Alia Booth Brookwood: Hannah Odum, Sarah Lynch Buford: Baylee Sexton, Samantha Thomas Collins Hill: Sophie Mooney, Aaliya Bryant Dacula: Haley Lambes, Sabrina Sieber Duluth: Megan Waldheim, Sydnee Worthy GAC: Amanda Briskin, Kristen Grimes

Grayson: Katlyn Smith, Conner Batchelor Hebron: Emily Chiacchira, Athena Hawkins Lanier: Noelle Petty, Isabelle Petty Mill Creek: Kayla Nichols, Sydney Grimes Mountain View: Hailey Cronic, Kristen Rogers Norcross: Lauren Ladzinski, Hannah Laury North Gwinnett: Rachel Smith, Emily Dennis Parkview: MacKenzie Michels, Lexi Walker Peachtree Ridge: Aleix Hudson, Lizzy Hellsten Providence: Liberty Schultz, Emily Barnett Shiloh: Adia Polk, Aleese Ingram South Gwinnett: Jackie Mathers, Xian Lopez Wesleyan: Alyssa Bedard, Cassie Henning Scholar-Athlete Award Archer: Leah Robinson Brookwood: Morriah Mackey Buford: Drew Puckett Collins Hill: Carrington Moore Dacula: Aly Lord Duluth: Annaleigh Autry GAC: Hannah Beasley Grayson: Carley Batchelor Hebron: Becca Wilson Lanier: Julianna Gracia Mill Creek: Makenna Mellott Mountain View: Erica Ebitz Norcross: Sarah Offner North Gwinnett: Savannah Chunn Parkview: Jessica Moody Peachtree Ridge: Savanna Turvy Providence: Samantha King Shiloh: Anya Solomon South Gwinnett: Re’Nyqua Farrington Wesleyan: Gabby Hernandez

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Grayson’s Erassa joins Atlanta club ships in track and cross country, earning Daily Post Continuing its pursuit of runner of the year honors. helping Atlanta based ath- He also won a national title letes chase their Olympic in track. dreams, Atlanta Track Club Following his success in has added middle- and high school, Erassa grew long-distance runner Kiru- into a standout athlete at bel Erassa to its elite team. Oklahoma State UniverErassa, a Grayson grad, is sity. He was an NCAA the latest of several recent Division I runner-up in recruits to Atlanta Track the 3,000-meter run in Club Elite.

2014 and was a seven-time Atlanta Track Club Elite All-American. Erassa was athletes train together and also a seven-time Big 12 represent the club at local, Conference champion regional and national races with six titles in track and as well as in the commuone in cross country. His nity. In addition to training personal bests include 3 and racing, Atlanta Track minutes, 58.76 seconds in Club Elite team members the mile and 13:27.55 in teach, engage with and the 5,000-meter run. help support the club’s Erassa is one of several more than 24,000 memtop athletes who recently bers. joined Atlanta Track Club “I am excited to return Elite, including Christy to my hometown to join Cazzola, a five-time Atlanta Track Club Elite,” NCAA Division III record said Erassa, who hopes holder and 17-time nathe training will help him tional champion who comearn an Olympic berth. “I peted for the University of have had a lot of success in Wisconsin Oshkosh. Matt the Atlanta area, and I am McDonald, a three-time looking forward to the op- NCAA national qualifier portunity to compete and in track and field and cross train alongside Georgia’s country at Princeton and top athletes with the supan Ivy League champion port of expert coaches and in the 10,000, also is on the entire Atlanta Track the new team, as is Andrew Club organization.”

McLain, a seven-time Born in Ethiopia, Erassa NCAA Division II Allbecame a U.S. citizen and American at Lewis Univergrew up in Georgia, where sity in Chicago and a Great he attended Grayson from Lakes Valley Conference 2007 to 2010. He won champion in the 5,000 and multiple state champion10,000.

From Staff Reports

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Lynch growing in limelight

By Stan Awtrey Staff Correspondent

When preseason practices began, Clinton Lynch was running third at one of the A-back positions.

The redshirt freshman from Norcross was having trouble keeping up and at times looked lost.

Things have certainly changed. Partially due to the injuries that have beset Georgia Tech at A-back and partially because of hard work and effort, Lynch has become a crucial piece of the offense for the Yellow Jackets.

“He’s had to play probably more than we thought he would as a redshirt freshman, but I think he’s probably benefited some from that,” coach Paul Johnson said. “Hopefully he’ll continue to grow and get better.”

Lynch still doesn’t get a ton of touches. Like most of the young players at that position, he’s still learning the plays and trying to grasp the blocking demands that are place on him. But when Lynch has been given the chance, he’s delivered some big plays.

Last week against Virginia he ran the ball three times for 63 yards and one touchdown and caught three passes for 69 yards and two touchdowns.

“He had three scores, he had a long run, made a really nice catch in the end zone on one and the other one he was kind of

Florida State was wasted in last week’s road loss to a two-win Virginia team in a half-empty Scott Stadium in Charlottesville.

Now the Yellow Jackets have to win their remaining three games (Virginia Tech, at Miami and Georgia) in order to be eligible for a bowl game.

Even if that happens, the team would be 6-6 and would likely be invited a lower-tier bowl game like Georgia Tech running back Clinton Lynch (49), a Nor- the Independence Bowl in cross grad, carries the ball during the first half against Shreveport, La., the Quick the Clemson Tigers earlier this season at Clemson Me- Lane Bowl in Detroit, the morial Stadium. (Reuters) St. Petersburg Bowl or the Birmingham Bowl. the guy on a little bit of a and hopefully he’s going trick play, a delay thing,” to continue to grow and Johnson the dean of Johnson said. get better as he plays,” ACC coaches His three carries against Johnson said.

With the announcement Virginia were for 9, 49 that Frank Beamer is stepand 5 yards. The 49-yarder A needed off week ping down after 29 years was a career high, besting If any team in the coun- at Virginia Tech, Paul the 45-yard touchdown try needed an off week, Johnson will become the run he had against Tulane. it’s Georgia Tech. The Yel- most tenured coach in the His receptions against the low Jackets have taken the ACC. Johnson is finishCavs were for 30, 17 and opportunity to take time ing his eighth season at 22 yards. off and try to get players Georgia Tech.

Lynch has six plays of healed for the stretch run.

“It just speaks to the 25 or more yards this sea“Certainly we’re pretty profession right now,” son, five of them in the last beat up and to this point he said. “I think that at six games. He has rushed we haven’t played very some of the schools in our 33 times for 312 yards, well at all,” Johnson said. league, since I came in, a 9.5-yard average, and “It’s kind of been one there’s been three coaches. three touchdowns — the of those years where it’s It’s a high-pressure, whatbest among the A-backs. been embarrassing the have-you-done-for-meHe’s caught seven passes way we’ve played. lately job. It’s amazing for 195 yards, a 27.9-yard “So hopefully we can what Frank accomplished average and three touchtake this bye week and at Virginia Tech and amazdowns — the most among heal up a little bit and get ing that he was able to the non-wide receivers. to work on some fundastay there that long.”

Lynch has rushed for mentals and come back Duke’s David Cutcliffe more than 50 yards in the and finish off the season was hired a few weeks aflast three games, includin a little better fashion. ter Johnson and is also in ing a career-best 67 yards Certainly that’s my goal.” his eighth season. Clemagainst Pitt.

All the ground the team son’s Dabo Swinney is in “He’s very competitive made up by beating No. 9 his seventh full season.

Bulldogs aim to regroup vs. Wildcats Faton Bauta last week imploded thanks to four The Georgia Bulldogs interceptions, specialhave scored 122 points teams mistakes and a secin their past two games ond consecutive game in against the Kentucky which the Bulldogs failed Wildcats — which might to score a touchdown. be the only comforting “We’ll do the things we thought for a program think we need to do to get reeling from a disastrous better as we go,” Richt month in which it tumbled said Tuesday, the 15-year from the national and Georgia coach brushing conference title races, its aside reports his job may offense lost its way to the be in jeopardy. end zone and its veteran The Wildcats also coach looked vulnerable. experienced an October The Bulldogs host Ken- to forget, losing their tucky on Saturday looking final three contests of the for anything positive after month and allowing 94 falling 27-3 to Florida last points in back-to-back week, as Georgia finished losses to Mississippi State October 1-3. and Tennessee after startCoach Mark Richt’s ing SEC play 2-1. surprising decision to start “I’m not trying to make third-string quarterback any excuses at all,” KenThe Sports Xchange

Grayson grad Kirubel Erassa has joined Atlanta Track Club Elite. (Special photo)

Basketball NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB Toronto.................5....0.. 1.000...... — New York..............2....3.....400........3 Boston.................1....3.....250.....3.5 Philadelphia.........0....4.....000.....4.5 Brooklyn...............0....5.....000........5 Southeast Division

W L Pct GB Atlanta.................5....1.....833...... — Washington..........3....1.....750........1 Miami...................2....2.....500........2 Charlotte..............1....3.....250........3 Orlando................1....4.....200.....3.5 Central Division

W L Pct GB Cleveland.............4....1.....800...... — Detroit..................3....1.....750........5 Chicago...............3....2.....600........1 Indiana.................2....3.....400........2 Milwaukee............2....3.....400........2 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division

W L Pct GB Memphis..............3....2.....600...... — San Antonio.........3....2.....600...... — Dallas...................2....2.....500........5 Houston...............2....3.....400........1 New Orleans........0....4.....000.....2.5 Northwest Division

W L Pct GB Minnesota............2....1.....667...... — Oklahoma City.....3....2.....600...... — Portland...............3....2.....600...... — Denver.................2....2.....500........5 Utah.....................2....2.....500........5 Pacific Division

W L Pct GB Golden State........5....0.. 1.000...... — L.A. Clippers........4....1.....800........1 Phoenix................3....2.....600........2 Sacramento.........1....4.....200........4 L.A. Lakers...........0....4.....000.....4.5 Wednesday’s Games Indiana 100, Boston 98 Washington 102, San Antonio 99 Atlanta 101, Brooklyn 87 Cleveland 96, New York 86 Houston 119, Orlando 114, OT Milwaukee 91, Philadelphia 87 Toronto 103, Oklahoma City 98 Phoenix 118, Sacramento 97 Portland 108, Utah 92 Golden State 112, L.A. Clippers 108

tucky coach Mark Stoops said this week, “but I know we can get things fixed.”

TV: Noon, SEC Network. LINE: Georgia -14 ABOUT KENTUCKY (4-4, 2-4 SEC): The Wildcats enter Saturday without leading rusher Stanley Williams (563 yards on 85 carries), who will miss the game with a right elbow injury; they’re hoping sophomore Mikel Horton can replicate his 109 yards gained last week against the Volunteers. Quarterback Patrick Towles ranks fourth in the SEC in passing yards (1,914) but has thrown six interceptions in his past four games.

ABOUT GEORGIA (5-3, 3-3): Richt did not indicate whether Bauta,

former starter Greyson Lambert or backup Brice Ramsey would start at quarterback — although Lambert and Ramsey reportedly have taken most of the first-team snaps this week — but somebody has to take command of an offense that collapsed after the season-ending knee injury to tailback Nick Chubb. The Bulldogs, who averaged 45.5 points in their first four contests, have totaled just four field goals in the past two games and have scored only one touchdown in the past 10 quarters. Sony Michel finished with just 45 yards rushing against Florida, after racking up 145 yards against Tennessee and 87 vs. Missouri.

SPORTS AT A GLANCE Thursday’s Games Oklahoma City at Chicago, late Miami at Minnesota, late Charlotte at Dallas, late Utah at Denver, late Memphis at Portland, late Today’s Games Toronto at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Washington at Boston, 7:30 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.

Milwaukee at New York, 7:30 p.m.

Miami at Indiana, 8 p.m.

Atlanta at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Detroit at Phoenix, 9:30 p.m.

Denver at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

Houston at Sacramento, 10:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Minnesota at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Orlando at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Washington at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

New Orleans at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Brooklyn at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m.

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

Memphis at Utah, 9 p.m.

Golden State at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

Houston at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

Football NFL AMERICAN CONFERENCE East

W L T Pct PF PA New England.. 7... 0... 0.1.000...249...133 N.Y. Jets.......... 4... 3... 0...571...172...139 Buffalo............. 3... 4... 0...429... 176...173 Miami.............. 3... 4... 0...429...154...173 South

W L T Pct PF PA Indianapolis.... 3... 5... 0...375...173...203 Houston.......... 3... 5... 0...375... 174...205 Jacksonville.... 2... 5... 0...286...147...207 Tennessee...... 1... 6... 0.. .143...125...159 North

W L T Pct PF PA Cincinnati........ 7... 0... 0.1.000...198...132 Pittsburgh........ 4... 4... 0...500...168...147 Baltimore........ 2... 6... 0...250...190...214 Cleveland........ 2... 6... 0...250...167...216 West

W L T Pct PF PA Denver............ 7... 0... 0.1.000...168... 112 Oakland.......... 4... 3... 0...571...178...173 Kansas City.... 3... 5... 0...375...195...182 San Diego....... 2... 6... 0...250...191...227 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East

W L T Pct PF PA N.Y. Giants...... 4... 4... 0...500...215...208 Philadelphia.... 3... 4... 0...429...160...137

Washington..... 3... 4... 0...429...148...168 Dallas.............. 2... 5... 0...286...133...171 South

W L T Pct PF PA Carolina.......... 7... 0... 0.1.000...191...136 Atlanta............ 6... 2... 0...750...213...173 New Orleans... 4... 4... 0...500...213...234 Tampa Bay...... 3... 4... 0...429...163...199 North

W L T Pct PF PA Green Bay...... 6... 1... 0...857... 174...130 Minnesota....... 5... 2... 0.. .714...147...122 Chicago.......... 2... 5... 0...286...140...202 Detroit............. 1... 7... 0.. .125...149...245 West

W L T Pct PF PA Arizona........... 6... 2... 0...750...263...153 St. Louis.......... 4... 3... 0...571...135...125 Seattle............ 4... 4... 0...500...167...140 San Francisco.2... 6... 0...250...109...207

Thursday Cleveland at Cincinnati, late Sunday Green Bay at Carolina, 1 p.m.

Washington at New England, 1 p.m.

Tennessee at New Orleans, 1 p.m.

Miami at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

St. Louis at Minnesota, 1 p.m.

Jacksonville at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.

Oakland at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at Tampa Bay, 4:05 p.m.

Atlanta at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.

Denver at Indianapolis, 4:25 p.m.

Philadelphia at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Monday Chicago at San Diego, 8:30 p.m.

College Football Schedule Today SOUTH Rice (4-4) at Texas El Paso (3-5), 8 p.m.

Temple (7-1) at Southern Methodist (1-7), 8 p.m.

WEST Brigham Young (6-2) at San Jose State (4-4), 11:30 p.m.

Saturday EAST Akron (3-5) at Massachusetts (1-7), Noon Texas Tech (5-4) at West Virginia (3-4), Noon Notre Dame (7-1) at Pittsburgh (6-2), Noon North Carolina State (5-3) at Boston College (3-6), 12:30 p.m.

Wisconsin (7-2) at Maryland (2-6), 3:30 p.m.

SOUTH

Charlotte (2-6) at Florida International (4-5), Noon Vanderbilt (3-5) at Florida (7-1), Noon Kentucky (4-4) at Georgia (5-3), Noon Duke (6-2) at North Carolina (7-1), Noon UL Lafayette (3-4) at Georgia State (2-5), 2 p.m.

Idaho (3-5) at South Alabama (3-4), 3 p.m.

Virginia (3-5) at Miami (5-3), 3 p.m.

UL Monroe (1-7) at Troy (2-6), 3:30 p.m.

Cincinnati (5-3) at Houston (8-0), 3:30 p.m.

North Texas (1-7) at Louisiana Tech (6-3), 3:30 p.m.

Marshall (8-1) at Middle Tennessee (3-5), 3:30 p.m.

Arkansas (4-4) at Mississippi (7-2), 3:30 p.m.

Florida State (7-1) at Clemson (8-0), 3:30 p.m.

New Mexico State (1-7) at Texas State (2-5), 4 p.m.

Connecticut (4-5) at Tulane (2-6), 4 p.m.

South Carolina (3-5) at Tennessee (4-4), 4 p.m.

Old Dominion (3-5) at Texas-San Antonio (1-7), 7 p.m.

Navy (6-1) at Memphis (8-0), 7 p.m.

South Florida (4-4) at East Carolina (4-5), 7:30 p.m.

Auburn (4-4) at Texas A&M (6-2), 7:30 p.m.

Kansas (0-8) at Texas (3-5), 8 p.m.

Louisiana State (7-0) at Alabama (7-1), 8 p.m.

MIDWEST Florida Atlantic (2-6) at Western Kentucky (7-2), Noon Central Florida (0-9) at Tulsa (4-4), Noon Penn State (7-2) at Northwestern (6-2), Noon Illinois (4-4) at Purdue (2-6), Noon Syracuse (3-5) at Louisville (4-4), 12:30 p.m.

Eastern Michigan (1-8) at Miami (Ohio) (1-8), 2:30 p.m.

Rutgers (3-5) at Michigan (6-2), 3:30 p.m.

Texas Christian (8-0) at Oklahoma State (8-0), 3:30 p.m.

Iowa (8-0) at Indiana (4-4), 3:30 p.m.

Michigan State (8-0) at Nebraska (3-6), 7 p.m.

Iowa State (3-5) at Oklahoma (7-1),

7 p.m.

Minnesota (4-4) at Ohio State (8-0), 8 p.m.

WEST Stanford (7-1) at Colorado (4-5), 1 p.m.

Colorado State (3-5) at Wyoming (1-8), 3 p.m.

Arizona State (4-4) at Washington State (5-3), 3:30 p.m.

Army (2-6) at Air Force (5-3), 3:30 p.m.

Utah State (5-3) at New Mexico (44), 3:30 p.m.

UCLA (6-2) at Oregon State (2-6), 4:30 p.m.

Hawaii (2-7) at UNLV (2-6), 6 p.m.

Utah (7-1) at Washington (4-4), 7:30 p.m.

Arizona (5-4) at Southern California (5-3), 10:30 p.m.

California (5-3) at Oregon (5-3), 10:30 p.m.

Hockey NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal............. 14...11....2.....1... 23...51..26 Ottawa............... 12.... 6....4.....2... 14...37..37 Tampa Bay......... 14.... 6....6.....2... 14...34..36 Boston................11.... 6....4.....1... 13...42..36 Detroit................ 12.... 6....5.....1... 13...30..31 Florida............... 12.... 5....4.....3... 13...34..26 Buffalo................ 12.... 5....7.....0... 10...28..35 Toronto............... 12.... 2....8.....2..... 6...26..40 Metropolitan Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA NY Rangers....... 12.... 8....2.....2... 18...36..23 NY Islanders...... 13.... 7....3.....3... 17...38..31 Washington.........11.... 8....3.....0... 16...36..28 Pittsburgh........... 12.... 8....4.....0... 16...27..22 New Jersey........ 12.... 6....5.....1... 13...29..31 Carolina............. 12.... 5....7.....0... 10...26..34 Philadelphia....... 12.... 4....6.....2... 10...24..37 Columbus.......... 13.... 3..10.....0..... 6...30..48 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Dallas................. 13.. 10....3.....0... 20...46..37 St. Louis............. 13.... 9....3.....1... 19...36..31 Winnipeg............ 13.... 8....4.....1... 17...40..35 Minnesota...........11.... 7....2.....2... 16...35..32 Nashville.............11.... 7....2.....2... 16...32..25 Chicago............. 13.... 7....5.....1... 15...33..32 Colorado............ 12.... 4....7.....1..... 9...33..36 Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Los Angeles....... 12.... 8....4.....0... 16...29..25 Vancouver.......... 13.... 6....3.....4... 16...38..29 San Jose............ 12.... 6....6.....0... 12...33..33 Arizona...............11.... 5....5.....1....11...30..32 Edmonton.......... 13.... 5....8.....0... 10...36..41

Anaheim............ 12.... 3....7.....2..... 8...17..31 Calgary.............. 13.... 3....9.....1..... 7...30..56

Wednesday’s Games Winnipeg 4, Toronto 2 St. Louis 6, Chicago 5, OT Pittsburgh 3, Vancouver 2 Anaheim 3, Florida 2, SO Thursday’s Games Tampa Bay at Buffalo, late Boston at Washington, late NY Islanders at Montreal, late Winnipeg at Ottawa, late Nashville at Minnesota, late Philadelphia at Calgary, late Colorado at Arizona, late Columbus at Los Angeles, late Florida at San Jose, late Today’s Games Detroit at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Chicago at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Carolina, 7 p.m.

NY Rangers at Colorado, 9 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Edmonton, 9 p.m.

Columbus at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

Transactions BASKETBALL National Basketball Association DALLAS MAVERICKS—Signed head coach Rick Carlisle to a five-year, $35 million extension.

DENVER NUGGETS—Signed PF Kostas Papanikolaou. Waived SG Nick Johnson and PG Erick Green.

PHILADELPHIA 76ERS—Signed PG Phil Pressey.

FOOTBALL National Football League DETROIT LIONS—Fired general manager Martin Mayhew. Fired team president Tom Lewand. Promoted chief financial officer Allison Maki to interim president. Promoted vice president of pro personnel Sheldon White to interim general manager.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS—Added RB Austin Johnson to the practice squad. Cut T Bryan Witzmann.

NEW YORK GIANTS—Activated TE Jerome Cunningham from the practice squad. Added DB Dax Swanson to the practice squad. Placed DE Owamagbe Odighizuwa on IR/Designated for Return.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS—Acquired WR Jacoby Jones off waivers from San Diego Chargers. Cut WR Tyler Murphy. Waived RB Dri Archer.

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Kenseth hit with stiff penalty Hard work pays

By Jonathan Ingram The Sports Xchange

There was good news this week in NASCAR and then there was the other news.

The good news was that four-time champion Jeff Gordon has advanced to the final round of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup at the HomesteadMiami Speedway in three weeks. No matter who else joins the popular Gordon, set to retire at the end of the season, the Championship round has gained a special aura as he tries to win a title under the Chase format for the first time.

The other news has also enjoyed widespread circulation: former champion Matt Kenseth has been suspended for two races for intentionally crashing leader Joey Logano at the Martinsville, Va., race, thus enabling Gordon to win. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver lost his initial appeal on Thursday and NASCAR Chief Appellate Officer Bryan Moss upheld the verdict later in the day.

There are a multitude of implications for what is a landmark action by NASCAR in an attempt to preserve the integrity of the Chase’s new format, which has three elimination rounds followed by a final championship race.

Is this the end of “Boys Have At It,” a slogan introduced by NASCAR officials several seasons ago after the incessant meddling of officials over driver contact had begun to stymie the racing?

The oft-quoted phrase delivered by Robin Pemberton was the sanctioning body’s way of confirming a new era of safety had been established with the Car of Tomorrow, new seats and head restraints

plus SAFER barriers. So, officials turned drivers loose when it came to contact during races.

When Logano summarily plowed into Kenseth at the Kansas Speedway in Round 2 of the Chase, the ensuring discussion didn’t mention safety very often, although the accident took place at 180 mph. Rather, the argument turned on whether Logano intentionally hit Kenseth and if so what warrants a driver ramming the rear bumper of the leader?

NASCAR officials decided it was hard racing. Kenseth ultimately decided Logano didn’t deserve to be the champion under such circumstances and paid him back at Martinsville.

The opinion here is that Logano might have avoided the fiasco had he acknowledged he hit Kenseth intentionally, instead of couching it under “hard racing.” He could be forgiven for getting frustrated that Kenseth made it so difficult to pass him. And he could be forgiven for not waiting for another opportunity — given that he may well have been faster — in the final five laps.

Instead, Logano didn’t man up and offer at least some remorse and instead acted the role of entitled young star, an image that has dogged his career.

Logano had an opportunity to have it both ways — to behave like a champion while serving notice that drivers risked consequences if they incessantly blocked him. As it was, Logano never did prove he had the faster car. Currently last among the eight remaining drivers in points headed into Sunday’s race at the Texas Motor Speedway, Logano is in the precise circumstances as Kenseth was

at Kansas — he likely must win in Texas or Phoenix to get into the next, and final, round.

Has NASCAR now put the Big Chill on drivers doing everything within their power to win a race in the closing laps — when it’s generally understood by drivers that the only rules are the ones they make and enforce themselves?

NASCAR fined Gordon in dollars and points after a similar payback of Clint Bowyer in 2012, which resulted from an incident earlier in that season at Martinsville where Bowyer made a bizarre banzai attempt at race’s end that ruined Gordon’s chances for victory. That decision made sense given Bowyer’s extreme takeover attempt, maybe, but it was not much different than Logano effectively ending Kenseth’s title hopes at Kansas.

There’s the real rub: NASCAR more or less condoned Logano taking Kenseth — one of his chief competitors — out of the title hunt. What’s to prevent other drivers in the future from being the first one to get his licks in, then let officials throw the flag on the second incident because it’s easier to see the payback intent?

That would be especially true of a driver in Logano’s position. He had already won a race in Round 2 and had nothing to lose by taking Kenseth out of contention.

There was a lot of discussion about skullduggery after the Talladega Superspeedway round, when many suggested that Kevin Harvick intentionally caused a wreck on the final restart to advance his ability to make it to Round 3. NASCAR decided it could not judge Harvick’s

intent and that his actions did not seem out of the ordinary given a lack of conclusive evidence. So NASCAR’s current suspension does not suspend the specter of drivers doing whatever it takes to survive the Chase.

Another conclusion is obvious: the pressure on drivers is enormous under the new Chase format, young and old alike. The usually mild-mannered and well disciplined Kenseth blew up during the Chase last year when he headlocked Brad Keselowski in the garage after the Charlotte race and again this year at Martinsville after contact with Keselowski that led to dumping Logano into the wall a few laps later.

At Talladega, when Dale Earnhardt Jr. lost to Logano by about a foot and therefore failed to advance to Round 3, he almost seemed relieved to let the Chase pressure fall by the wayside.

Prior to the start of the Chase in Chicago, nearly every one of the 16 eligible drivers who had spent 26 races valiantly trying to get into the playoffs talked about the pressure once they started. Harvick, the defending champ, characterizes the current Chase format as a matter of survival.

Although he was not likely to catch Gordon for a record number of consecutive starts, Kenseth’s streak will end at 577 races.

Gordon, meanwhile, will continue building on his remarkable record of 794 straight starts and having never missed a single start in his Sprint Cup career.

He now has his sights set on start number 797 at Homestead, where he likely will have to win the race to win the title.

off for Martinez

By Reid Spencer

performs the same role for Suarez’ No. 51 Kyle Busch Motorsports Truck Series When Pedro Martinez team. moved from San Antonio, As Suarez was learning Texas, to his new home in English, Martinez was part Mooresville, N.C., NASof his support group.

CAR racing was the last of “There’s only a few Hishis concerns. panics in the sport,” said The 8-year-old rising Martinez, who like Suarez fourth-grader was more is a product of NASCAR’s interested in other sports, Drive for Diversity proand those interests carried gram. “I understand how him though South Iredell it’s hard for him. There’s High School as a soccer a language barrier there, player, wrestler and boxer. just the way you have to It wasn’t until friends explain stuff to the crew persuaded him to attend chief. I think the hardest a race at Charlotte Motor part is the language barSpeedway that Martinez rier and having to explain first became acquainted yourself really well.” with NASCAR. And then Eduardo “Eddie” Trohe was hooked. conis, a native of Mexico, “What I liked about it also was a vital part of was the competition, the Suarez’ early success, adrenaline rush,” Martinez because he could comtold the NASCAR Wire municate with the driver in Service in advance of his Spanish. home race this weekend at “They really wanted me Texas Motor Speedway. to be a part of his team He decided to become a this year — be a coach, part of it. give a little advice … and Martinez used his when he had a hard time athletic ability to develop understanding because skills as a tire-changer. He of the language barrier,” was a quick study, and he said Troconis, who served found a way to translate his as a race engineer for the background in other sports No. 51 team earlier this into his new vocation. season.

“The soccer part is the “At the beginning of the footwork,” Martinez said. year, he spoke very little “The wrestling is the con- English, but now he can centration and how well carry himself. When he you prepare for the weekwas trying to express what end, and then the boxing the car was doing, that’s skills are just your handwhat I was there for.” eye coordination basically Now that Suarez has — when you change tires improved his Englishand you hit the lug nuts.” language proficiency And Martinez’ Hispanic dramatically, Troconis background also proved has moved on to a crew useful, when Mexican driv- chief’s role with KBM’s er Daniel Suarez advanced No. 54 Toyota, with drivto the NASCAR Xfinity ers Christopher Bell and and Camping World Truck Gray Gaulding. But he still Series. Though Martinez lends engineering support currently changes tires to the No. 51 team, and he for BK Racing in the remains close with Suarez Sprint Cup Series, he also and Martinez.

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BY THE UNDERSIGNED AT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, ONE GEORGIA CENTER, 600 WEST PEACHTREE ST., NW, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30308 UNTIL 11:00 A.M.,NOVEMBER 20, 2015 AND PUBLICLY OPENED. 2.969 MILES OF MILLING, INLAY AND PLANT MIX RESURFACING ON US 23/SR 13 BEGINNING EAST OF SR 20 AND EXTENDING WEST OF SAWNEE AVE. (E) CONTRACT TIME : 10/31/2016 PROPOSAL GUARANTY : 5.00% DISTRICT OFFICE : GAINESVILLE PRICE OF PLANS : DBE :5.00 PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS MAY BE INSPECTED AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE AS INDICATED. COPIES OF THE STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS ($35.00) MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE STATE TRANSPORTATION OFFICE ENGINEER AT ONE GEORGIA CENTER, 600 WEST PEACHTREE ST., NW, IN ATLANTA, TELEPHONE NUMBER (404) 631-1215.

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MCCULLOUGH TOWING 4431 BUFORD HWY NORCROSS, GA 30071 770-263-8483 11/2/15 NOTICE OF ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLE The following vehicle, advertised to O.C.G.A.Code Section 40-11-12, is being stored at 4431 Buford Hwy, Norcross, Ga. 30071. 770263-8483.

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

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Southwestern right-of-way of Beaver Ruin Road and the Southeastern right-of-way line of Pinnacle Way; thence running along the Southeastern right-of-way line of Pinnacle Way the following courses and distances: South 68 degrees 49 minutes 40 seconds West 144.04 feet to a point; South 68 degrees 13 minutes 54 seconds West, 183.59 feet to a point; South 58 degrees 50 minutes 16 seconds West, 390.54 feet to the point of beginning; thence leaving the Southeastern right-of-way line of Pinnacle Way and running South 13 degrees 55 minutes 19 seconds East 350.10 feet to a point; thence South 68 degrees 44 minutes 31 seconds West a distance of 426.91 feet to a point on the Easterly right-of-way line of Pinnacle Way (80 foot rightof-way) thence running in a Northwesterly, Northerly and Northeasterly direction along said right-of-way line which turning into the Southeastern right-of-way line of Pinnacle Way along an arc, an arc distance of 340.16 feet to a point, said arc being subtended by a chord bearing North 17 degrees 34 minutes 43 seconds East, having a chord distance of 323.34 feet; thence continuing along the Southeastern right-ofway line of Pinnacle Way North 49 degrees 12 minutes 35 seconds East 265.26 feet to the point of beginning.

Also known as Gwinnett County Map & Parcel R6213 066. will expire and be forever foreclosed and barred on and after the 4th day of December, 2015. The tax deed for which this notice relates is dated the 3rd day of June, 2014. Said tax deed is recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Gwinnett County, Georgia, in Deed Book 53001 at page 256. This property may be redeemed at any time before the later of (1) 5:00 pm on December 4, 2015 or (2) 30 days after you receive this notice. To redeem, you must pay the redemption price as fixed and provided by law to the undersigned at the following address: Andrew Desmond, Manager PFS Group LLC P.O. Box 1413 Stockbridge, GA 30281 ardesmond@aol.com Please be governed accordingly.

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

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TO: 1. TRANSWESTERN PINNACLE CENTER LAND, LLC 2. CAPITAL EQUITY TAX FUND, IV, LLC 3. CITY OF NORCROSS 4. GWINNETT COUNTY 5. STATE OF GEORGIA 6. ALL RESIDENTS/OCCUPANTS/TENANTS 7. ALL PERSONS HAVING ANY RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST IN OR LIEN UPON THE BELOW DESCRIBED PROPERTY: Take notice that: The right to redeem the following described property, to wit: All that tract or parcel of land lying and being in Land Lots 213 and 225, of the 6th District, Gwinnett County, Georgia and being more particularly described as follows: To find the point of beginning, begin at a point located at the intersection of the S

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PUBLIC AUCTION Notice is hereby given that Extra Space Storage will sell at public auction, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at location indicated: 2790 Braselton Highway Dacula, Ga. 30019, 678482-1715 on November 11, 2015 at 3:30 PM UNIT 414 Mckinnon Lakeshia- Household items UNIT 605 Janet Cayon – Household items UNIT 802 Dwight WilliamsHousehold items UNIT 509 Irma GaitonBoxes UNIT 827 Irma GaitonHousehold items UNIT 327 Irma GaitonHousehold items UNIT 173 Jennifer KitchensHousehold items The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

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MCCULLOUGH TOWING AUCTION LIST 4431 BUFORD HWY. NORCROSS, GA 30071 770-263-8483 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH 2015@ 1:00PM 2000 Audi A6 WAUED64BXYN103768 2003 BMW 325i WBAET37463NJ34085 2003 Buick Rendezvous 3G5DA03E93S579340 2003 Chevrolet Suburban 3GNEC16Z23G130975 2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer 1GNDS13SX62242412 2003 Dodge Stratus 4B3AG42G83E194396 1996 Ford F-150 1FTEX15N2TKA03759 2002 Ford Taurus 1FAFP52U92A149318 1997 Honda Civic 1HGEJ8240VL072177 2000 Honda CR-V JHLRD2849YC003670 1994 Honda Accord JHMCD5551RC097223 2004 Honda Pilot 2HKYF18454H547952 2011 Kia Rio KNADH4A35B6737931 2005 Mercedes Benz S430 WDBNG70J55A438693 2000 Nissan Maxima JN1CA31D8YT740115 2003 Nissan Altima 1N4AL11D43C282963 2002 Nissan Maxima JN1DA31D22T426858 2001 Pontiac Grand Prix 1G2WK52JX1F227478 2005 Toyota 4Runner JTEZU17R550052734 2005 Toyota 4Runner JTEZU14R158036133 1995 Toyota Avalon 4T1GB10E8SU049254 2003 Volvo S40 YV1VS295X3F931952 2005 Volvo XC90 YV1CY592851145998 2003 Volvo S60 YV1RS61T632258491 929-292506, 11/6,13

NOTICE OF SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY GEORGIA SELF STORAGE ACT (210-215) ATLANTA PEACH MOVERS, INC Notice is hereby given that the undersigned selfstorage units will be sold at a public sale by competitive bidding, in their entirety to the highest bidder, on or after, November 21, 2015 to satisfy the lien of the Lessor, with Atlanta Peach Movers, Inc as managing agent for Lessor, for rental and other charges due from the undersigned. The said property has been stored and is located at the respective address below. The sale will be held at the address listed below and will begin at 9 a.m. or after on said date and will continue hour by hour until all units are sold.

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2003 CHEVROLET TRAIL BLAZER 1GNES16S436243172 WILL BE AUCTIONED ON NOVEMBER 12, 2015 AT 10 AM at 3344 LANGLEY RD SW, LOGANVILLE, GA 30052 --7115 929-291172, 10/30,11/6 PUBLIC AUCTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OCGA 40-11-2, MARKERT MOTORWORKS, WILL HOLD AN AUCTION FOR THE FOLLOWING VEHICLE(S).

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PUBLIC NOTICE A 2006 Nissan Maxima Maroon VIN:1N4BA41E36C857711 Tag: NONE was initially removed from 1121 Indian Trail Rd. Norcross, GA 30093 at Abbotts Glen Apts. It will be considered abandoned on 9/7/2015. It is presently in possession of Eagle Towing, Inc. Attempts to locate the owner have been unsuccessful. The vehicle is deemed abandoned under O.C.G.A. 40-11-2 and will be disposed of if not redeemed. This notice is given pursuant to Georgia Law. Any claims for this vehicle should call Eagle Towing at (770)279-1646.

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PUBLIC NOTICE The following vehicle(s) have been impounded at Quick Drop Impounding, (2481 Old Covington Hwy SW Conyers GA 30012) and will be deemed abandoned if not redeemed within one week from this ad’s date.

2007 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER White TAG# CBT 7520 GA V.I.N. # 3A4FY48B87T518252 removed from 2910 BUFORD DR BUFORD GA .

929-292653, 10/6,13 NOTICE THESE VEHICLES WILL BE SOLD FOR PUBLIC OUTCRY FOR CASH AT STATEWIDE WRECKER SERVICE LOCATED AT 2775 SIMPSON CIRCLE, NORCROSS, GEORGIA AT 10:00 A.M. ON NOVEMBER 14, 2015. THE FOLLOWING VEHICLES ARE DECLARED ABANDONED AND FORECLOSED VEHICLES PURSUANT TO OCGA 40-11-5.

ESTOS VEHICULOS SERAN VENDIDOS AL PUBLICO POR DINERO EN EFECTIVO EN STATEWIDE WRECKER SERVICE LOCALIZADO EN 2775 SIMPSON CIRCLE, NORCROSS, GEORGIA A LAS 10:00 A.M. EN 14 NOVEMBRE 2015 . LOS

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PUBLIC SALE In accordance with the provisions of State Law, there being due and unpaid charges for which the undersigned is entitled to satisfy an owner and/or manager’s lien of the goods hereinafter described and stored at Uncle Bob’s Self Storage located at: 2655 Langford Rd. Norcross, Ga. 30071, 770-2420468; And, due notice having been given, to the owner of said property and all parties known to claim an interest therein, and the time specified in such notice for payment of such having expired, the goods will be sold at public auction at the below stated location(s) to the highest bidder or otherwise disposed of on TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2015, @ 10:00 AM. SPACE NO.; CUSTOMER NAME; INVENTORY

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Duties include perform precision smoothing, sharpening, polishing, or grinding of metal objects or materials. The employer will provide workers at no charge, all tools, supplies, & equip. req. to perform the job. Employer guarantees to offer work for hours equal to at least ¾ of the workdays in each 12 wk period of the total employment period. Transport (including meals and; to the extent necessary, lodging) to place of employment will be provided, or its cost to workers reimbursed, if the worker completes ½ of the work period.

Return transport will be provided if worker completes employment period or is dismissed early by employer.

Apply at your nearest SWA office, typically: Georgia Dept. of Labor 3879 Covington Hwy. Decatur, GA 30032 Job# 8350453 Ad pd by E.O.E.

Construction Workers 48 temp/full time Construction Workers needed for S&D Drywall and Construction, Inc. Duluth, GA @ sddrywallconstruction@yahoo.com, from 01/01/16-09/30/16 to work mult worksites within Gwinnett and Cobb Counties, transport provided to and from worksites from a central location, no education req., 6 mo. exp. req. $13.38 hr. no O/T 7am-4pm Mon-Fri. wkly pay all deductions required by law will be made. Duties include assist in constructing, erecting, installing, and repairing structures aligning, straightening, or squaring forms and fixtures. Duties also include using, supplying or holding materials, tools and cleaning work area. The employer will provide workers at no charge, all tools, supplies, & equip. req. to perform the job.

Employer guarantees to offer work for hours equal to at least ¾ of the workdays in each 12 wk period of the total employment period. Transport (including meals and; to the extent necessary, lodging) to place of employment will be provided, or its cost to workers reimbursed, if the worker completes ½ of the work period.

Return transport will be provided if worker completes employment period or is dismissed early by employer.

Apply at your nearest SWA office, typically: Gwinnett Career Center, 2211 Beaver Ruin Rd. Ste. 160, Norcross, GA 30071 Job# 8351451 Ad pd by E.O.E.

Laborers 55 temp/full time Laborers needed for S&D Drywall and Construction, Inc. Duluth, GA @ sddrywallconstruction@yahoo.com, from 01/01/16-09/30/16 to work mult worksites within Gwinnett and Cobb Counties, transport provided to and from worksites from a central location, no education req., 6 mo. exp. req. $13.38 hr. no O/T 7am-4pm Mon-Fri. wkly pay all deductions required by law will be made. Duties include perform tasks involving physical labor in commercial projects: loading and unloading of construction materials, equipment, tools, preparing and cleaning sites by moving and removing obstacles, picking up debris and cleaning job sites. The employer will provide workers at no charge, all tools, supplies, & equip. req. to perform the job. Employer guarantees to offer work for hours equal to at least ¾ of the workdays in each 12 wk period of the total employment period. Transport (including meals and; to the extent necessary, lodging) to place of employment will be provided, or its cost to workers reimbursed, if the worker completes ½ of the work period.

Return transport will be provided if worker completes employment period or is dismissed early by employer.

Apply at your nearest SWA office, typically: Gwinnett Career Center, 2211 Beaver Ruin Rd. Ste. 160, Norcross, GA 30071 Job# 8352261 Ad pd by E.O.E.

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The City of Forest Park is accepting applications for fulltime Certified and Non-Certified Police Excellent Officers.

Benefits. Add’l pay for: College Degrees, Police Experience, Bilingual and Special Police Certifications.

For add’l info call: Job Line (404) 608-2309 or Visit www.forestparkga.org Apply: 785 Forest Parkway, F.P. E.O.E. LAWNCARE TECH / HELPER Must have clean GA driver’s license & pass drug screen. Medical & 401K. Lawrenceville.

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A well-established, Neurology practice located in Northeast Georgia, seeks an Office Manager.

Primary responsibilities include revenue cycle management and oversight of practice operations.

Suitable candidates should have strong billing, personnel management, and communication skills.

Five or more years of medical practice management experience required, Neurology experience preferred.

Competitive salary and benefits offered.

Interested candidates should email resume and salary history to neuro@pyapc.com.

REGISTERED NURSE Great opportunity to work for Amedisys Home Health. We are seeking a Registered Nurse for our Covington Care Center. This individual will cover the Jasper and Butts County area. Great company with competitive wages and great benefits.

Please contact Amanda Weber at 262-439-1583 for more information.

PRODUCTION PLANNER Murrelektronik in Suwanee seeks a full time Production Planner. should Candidate have 2-4 yrs. of related exp. & able to manage inventory levels & internal shipping needs. Previous exp. in a fast-paced environment, knowledge of PC, SAP & windows based software with a Bachelor’s degree in Business or related field would be preferred.

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NEW LISTING! PEMCO HUD HOME CASE#105-127668 10109 ALLEN DR. S.W. 2BR/1.5BA $40,000 UNINSURED • EHO Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealtyprofessionals.com COVINGTON, GA 30014

UNDER CONTRACT! PEMCO HUD HOME # 105-378481 200 CHIMNEY CT. Well-Kept 3BR/2BA Ranch On 1 Acre Lot. $79,000 INSURED W/ESCROW EHO Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealtyprofessionals.com COVINGTON, GA 30014

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LAKE SINCLAIR! $50K REDUCTION! 176 Twisting Hill Rd. Beautiful Lake Front Property On Deeded Lot! Inground Salt Water Pool, Detached 2 Car Carport, Front/ Back & Side Porches!

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CONYERS, GA 30094 COMMERCIAL LISTING! NEW LISTING! 2302 S.E. EBENEZER RD Great Commercial Property In High Traffic Area Of Rockdale County At The Corner Of Ga Hwy 138 & Ebenezer Rd With Double Road Frontage $1,500,000 • EHO Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealtyprofessionals.com REAL ESTATE FOR RENT

WOODED PRIVACY Only One of These!!!

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UNDER CONTRACT! PEMCO HUD HOME #105-734948 5369 Rabbit Farm Rd. 3BR/1.5BA, FULL UNFINISHED BASEMENT $135,000 INSURED W/ ESCROW • EHO Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealtyprofessionals.com FARMS, LOTS & ACREAGE FOR SALE COMMERCE: 27 ACRES, 10 miles off I-85 at Commerce/ Tanger Outlet, Exit 149, approx. 750 ft. of paved road frontage on dead end road. Wooded with good building sites.

Convenient to shopping & restaurants. $5500/ acre. 706-789-2710/ 706-340-3056 JACKSON CO. 17.4 acres in Southern Jackson Co. near Maysville, 10 mins. to I-85. Great home site with excellent hunting.

678-551-5765 LAKE/RIVER/COASTAL PROPERTY FOR SALE

SOUTH CAROLINA, LAKE KEOWEE Waterfront Cotttages Gated, Luxury Amenities! Lodge, Pool, Fitness Center, Boat Slips & more.

Other New & Resale Cottages From $130’s to $299’s!

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805-689-2233.

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Five Forks Baptist Church Annual Fall Festival & Christmas Bazaar 2697 Five Forks Trickum Rd. Crafts, decorations, cake walk...

Sat, 11/7, 9am-2pm AUCTIONS COLBERT, GA 30628

HUGE ESTATE AUCTION 9:30AM SAT., NOV. 14 GATES OPEN AT 8AM 1900 SMITHONIACOLBERT RD. COLBERT, GA. 30628 JD 450H crawler, JD6403 tractor w/cab, Hitachi excavator, Liebherr 622 loader, bottle collection, 2002 Harley w/ 3300 miles, custom chopper, Ford 8N, JD G, farm implements, cars, trucks, trailers, antique farm collectibles and LOTS MORE! Photos Gallery at WWW. SAMWILL AUCTION.COM SAM WILLIAMSON

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770-513-3151 ROOMMATE WANTED /ROOM FOR RENT LAWRENCEVILLE Room for Rent $525 / mo. Sugarloaf Mills area. Near Gwinnett Transit. Quiet neighborhood. Ideal for student & others.

678-825-2656 COMMERCIAL RENTALS

Gwinnett, Lawrenceville RECORDING STUDIO SPACE AVAILABLE Office/Warehouses 1200 up to 18000 sf Mike 404-375-5438.

MONROE, 30656 OFFICE BUILDING FOR RENT Hwy 81. Features: 10 offices, reception area & more. 6’ security fence & parking.

Call 478-202-0917 MONROE, 30656 WAREHOUSE FOR RENT Hwy 81. 20,000 sf/ security fence, 440-3 phase power, tractor trailer accessible.

Call 478-202-0917.

GARAGE SALES DACULA Yard Sale Sat. 11/7, 8-2. 2795 Crystal Ridge Dr. off Harbins Rd. Furn., jewelry, action figure collectibles, hshld. items, clothes, misc.

SNELLVILLE, 30078 Garage/Moving Sale Fri. & Sat, 9-3. 2260 Burlington Lane. Furn., antiques, pictures, art, craft supplies, clothing, hshld. goods & more!

10:00 am MADISON LIONS CLUB BUILDING (beside Wal-Mart) 1391 Fairground Rd MADISON, GEORGIA Over 1000 lots to be sold of American, English, German & French furniture, Victorian, period antiques, painted & inlaid furniture, primitives, mid-century, fine furniture, cupboards, kitchen & china cabinets, secretaries, bookcases, chests, tables, chairs, antiques, pottery, stoneware, glassware, quilts, garden planters & accessories, lamps, collectibles, sterling/ gemstone jewelry, Oriental rugs, Fenton, clocks, cast iron, country items & more! www.bhantique auctions.com

(434) 251-5769 STEVE BURKE Auctioneer #NR3155 APPLIANCES

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

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

Dishwasher $100 & up. Different colors.

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Tim 404-205-2222 REFRIGERATOR KENMORE, SIDE BY SIDE, Like New! White, Ice & Water Dispenser, $250. (404) 324-2896 FIREWOOD

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

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CAT D6N, 2009 Cab/air, 6 way blade, 6300 hours, new system one undercarriage, very good condition. $115,000. 770-318-4893

Seasoned Oak & Hickory. Free delivery.

Call for prices.

770-962-8744 678-557-8536

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LAWN MOWER SNAPPER - Riding, Used. Includes bagger, electric start, heavy vinyl cover. $495 OBO. 770-922-3808

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KIA SOUL WAGON, 2011 Molten, Stk#5X0004A $9,500 877-698-5030

BMW Z3, 2000 Convertible for sale.

Good condition.

126,700 miles. $4,500 or best offer. 2.3L 6 cylinder engine, manual transmission.

Call 678-451-6221

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FIREWOOD Select, Seasoned Hickory & Oak, $180/Cord or $120/Half Cord.

Delivered. MORE FOR YOUR MONEY! Gary, 404-772-1268

VEHICLES

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2015 • B9 VEHICLES

LEXUS GX 460, 2012 Knight’s Armour Pearl, Stk#U40536 $42,990 770-680-1000

LEXUS RX 350, 2015 Claret Mica, Stk#U40596 $43,990 770-680-1000

MISC. FOR SALE

CATERING! LACE TABLECLOTHES

FURNITURE/ HOUSEHOLD GOODS

CHEVROLET CRUZE, 2013 Champagne Silver Metallic, Stk#640087A $11,800 877-698-5030

White & off-white.

Fits 6 & 8 ft. tables.

Call 678-625-8100.

BED SET: Queen size, headboard, dresser & mirror; china cabinet w/ glass front; end tables; electric dryer. Make Offer! 770-873-4503

LEXUS CT 200H, 2011 Starfire Pearl, Stk#G151938A $20,990 770-680-1000

LEXUS IS 250, 2012 Matador Red Mica, Stk#U40485 $24,993 770-680-1000

MAZDA MAZDA5, 2012 Metropolitan Gray, Stk#D570399B $11.500 877-698-5030

CLOTHING Women’s Clothing and Accessories, Sizes 12-14. Nothing Over $12. Call 770-918-9254.

Death In Family Must Sell Drastically Reduced Prices: King BR set: dresser w/ mirror, 2 nightstands w/drawers, $350. New Queen Mattr/Box Spgs & metal frame, $150.

Beige patio set w/46” round table, 2 lounge chairs, 1 upright chair, $75. Canvas lounger, $25. New Amana Washer & GE Dryer $300, 2 ceramic tile top end tables, $40.

Call 615-788-8473

PETS/LIVESTOCK FORD FOCUS, 2013 Sterling Grey Metallic, Stk#540663A $11,400 877-698-5030

ADOPT A PET PIT PUPPY 7 mos. old, red & white female. FREE TO GOOD HOME ONLY! 678-900-4870

ENTERTAINMENT CENTER Solid cherry.

Doors slide into sides.

Holds 32 in tv. Storage drawer in bottom plus room for dvr, radio, etc. $250. 770-339-1939

LEXUS ES 300H, 2013 Silver Lining Metallic, Stk#U40586 $33,990 770-680-1000

VEHICLES

LOFT BED FOR TWEEN Tween Loft Bed for sale. Purchased from GA Baby and Kids originally $2200 asking $700. Bed has 4 stair drawers plus 5 drawers at end of bed. Under bed has 3 shelves for storing items. Also has desk with 3 drawers and chair. Above drawers at end of bed piece is broken, but does not stop drawer from being used. Must pick up, no delivery. Feel free to ask questions.

770-356-3005

HONDA CIVIC COUPE, 2012 Polished Metal Metallic, Stk#510043A $13,000 877-698-5030

CAT D6H Farm owned, 7200 hrs, straight blade with tilt, open rops with sweeps, 80% undercarriage, good condition. $38,500. 770-318-4893

LEXUS RX 350, 2013 Obsidian, Stk#U40574 $37,990 770-680-1000

LEXUS ES 350, 2014 Obsidian, Stk#G152070A $35,990 770-680-1000

BMW Z3 ROADSTER, 2000.

99K MILES • $6950.

Fabulous and priced way under the market.

Automatic trans, silver with black convert top and leather. Super CarFax, babied and beautiful. Comparable cars are selling for over $9000. Drive daily and it is very collectable and should appreciate in price while you are having fun.

770-882-4605.

HEAVY EQUIPMENT

LEXUS IS 250, 2015 Atomic Silver, Stk#G150285L, $35,990 770-680-1000

MERCEDES 450SL, 1980.

KIM BASINGER’S CONVERTIBLE. (DOCUMENTED OWNERSHIP). Movie star owned with only 89K miles. Two tops and exceptional. NADA and Hagerty Old Car Value Guide value is $17,500-$34,000 plus $5000-8000 CELEBRITY BONUS. Super buy as fun and great investment car that is rising fast in price, only $12,500.

Call 770-873-2627

BUY OR SELL YOUR VEHICLE TODAY!

LEXUS ES 330, 2006 Very well maintained, one owner. Dark blue.

All maint. records. Runs great. $6000 OBO. 404-271-8912

LEXUS GS 350, 2013 Obsidian, Stk#U40579 $40,990 770-680-1000

MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS, 2004.

Elderly owner, like new, new tires, leather and loaded. None better. $4795. 770-616-7399

MERCEDES BENZ R-CLASS, 2007 Silver, Stk#540441A $11,000 877-698-5030

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VOLVO XC90, 2005 T5 108K 2 OWNER MILES. Gorgeous silver SUV with black leather. Exc. CarFax. Babied and beautiful priced way under the market for a low miles super desirable XC90. Only $6950 770-873-2627.

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WOW CAR. Lady owner had leg operation and cannot drive 5 speed anymore. Super example, 2+2. Very desirable collectible 80’s car. Gorgeous red body and T Tops. Drive it daily or for fun while it goes up in price. Avg. price on AutoTrader is over $10,000. Exceptional and original.

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NISSAN ALTIMA, 2011 Stk#570361B $11,500 877-698-5030

I AM SOLICITING FINANCING to directly purchase, lease purchase, or rent to own, a new or used, nice, clean, full width, 41 feet or longer 5th wheel camper with multiple slide out sections. Must be fully equipped, ready to set up and be occupied in a camper park.

Credit is poor but rent is paid on time as I work to improve my financial life. Phone Larry at 470.248.5275 leaving your name, financial institution and a phone number. My attorney will review all paper work.

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MERCEDES-BENZ 450SL, 1976 Convertible driven only 3,200 miles per year. Meticulous aircraft engineer owned. Near perfect white body, tan leather interior and looks new.

Extensive records.

White hard top and black soft top. Drive daily or win trophies.

NADA and Hagerty value $18,600-34,500.

Fabulous and priced way under the market at only $10,900.

Call 770-895-7161

LEXUS RX 350, 2014 Satin Cashmere Metallic, Stk#U40581 $38,990 770-680-1000

HONDA CIVIC SEDAN, 2014 Taffeta White, Stk#8358 $14,000 877-698-5030

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HONDA PILOT, 2004 Excellent condition, one owner. Gold. All maint. records. Runs great. $5500 OBO. 404-271-8912

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10 GREAT TV SPECIALS FEATURING THE ‘PEANUTS’

The beloved “Peanuts” characters may be making their big-screen debut this weekend, but Charlie Brown and the gang have graced the small screen numerous times, especially around the holidays. Here is a list of 10 TV specials featuring the “Peanuts:” 1. “A Charlie Brown Christmas” (1965) 2. “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” (1966) 3. “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving” (1973) 4. “It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown” (1974) 5. “Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown” (1975) 6. “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” (1985) 7. “Happy New Year, Charlie Brown!”

(1986) 8. “It’s Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown” (1992) 9. “A Charlie Brown Valentine” (2002) 10. “I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown” (2003)

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Friday, Nov. 13 • Aurora Comedy Nights — Aurora Theatre is hosting Aurora Comedy Nights with headliner Mia Jackson on Nov. 13 and 14.

• Kelley Swindall and Ira Wolf — Kelley Swindall and Ira Wolf will perform at 8 p.m. at Red Clay Music Foundry in Duluth.

Saturday, Nov. 14 • “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” — The Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta is presenting “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” Nov. 12 through Dec. 27.

• The Kevin Prater Band — The Kevin Prater Band will perform at Everett’s Music Barn in Suwanee. The doors open at 6 p.m. and the show starts at 8 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 15 • “Mythbusters: Jamie and Adam Unleashed” — The live show “Mythbusters: Jamie and Adam Unleashed,” starring Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage, will be at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta.

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Taziki’s Mediterranean Cafe 1095 Old Peachtree Road in Suwanee 678-804-4580 www.tazikiscafe.com

Taziki’s Mediterranean Cafe in Suwanee offers a menu with classic Mediterranean dishes, like the Mediterranean salad with salmon (center) and chargrilled lamb feast (left), along with a few Southern staples like the chicken salad and company plate. (Staff Photos: Katie Morris)

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Open Since: July Founders: Keith and Amy Richards Location: Taziki’s shares a free-standing building with Juice Bar located off of Old Peachtree Road near I-85.

Hours: Taziki’s is open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Monday through Saturday and from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sunday.

Atmosphere: Taziki’s offers patrons a cross between fast-casual and casual dining concepts.

Upon entering, customers head to a counter at the rear right of the restaurant to order their meal and then choose a seat. The meal is then delivered to the table by a Taziki’s staffer, who also refreshes drinks throughout the meal and buses the table.

The cafe has an open, spacious dining area with high ceilings and numerous windows allowing in plenty of natural light.

The crisp, clean color palate features sea foam green tones accented with tan stonework and canvas photographs illustrating the Mediterranean region.

There is also a gated patio with lighting and

ON THE MENU • Mediterranean Salad — Mixed lettuces with garbanzo beans, roasted red peppers, red onions, diced tomatoes, roasted pecans and feta, served with Taziki’s homemade balsamic vinaigrette. $6.79 • Grilled Beef Tenderloin Gyro — Grilled beef tenderloin with Taziki sauce, tomatoes, mixed lettuce and grilled onions served with a choice of basmati rice, roasted new potatoes, pasta salad, fresh-cut fruit or tomato and cucumber salad. $8.99 • Chicken Salad and Company — Homemade chicken salad paired with choice of any two: pimento cheese, pasta salad, fresh-cut fruit or tomato and cucumber salad. $8.99 • Chargrilled Lamb Feast — Fresh, grilled lamb seasoned in-house and served with homemade skordalia sauce and Greek salad with choice of basmati rice or roasted new potatoes. $12.49 • Grilled Veggie Plate — Grilled zucchini, squash, red peppers, red onions, asparagus and tomatoes, served over basmati rice with a garden salad. $8.99

umbrellas to provide diners with shade on sunny days.

Menu: Taziki’s offers a menu with classic Mediterranean dishes — such as hummus, Greek salad and dolmades — along with a few Southern favorites like chicken salad and pimento cheese.

Taziki chefs focus on quality and freshness and many of the menu items are prepared fresh daily, according to Dean Robb, Vice President of Company Operations.

The meats are cut daily, sauces are made-fromscratch every day and the food is prepared-to-order, so customers are able to

make modifications to suit their dietary needs, Robb said. A popular item on the menu is the salmon salad with Atlantic salmon seasoned and chargrilled then served on choice of Greek, Mediterranean or ceasar salad. Another customer favorite is the chicken salad and company which gives diners the chance to create their meal, choosing two — pimento cheese, pasta salad, tomato and cucumber salad and fresh-cut fruit — to go with the homemade chicken salad.

Taziki’s offers vegetarian and gluten-free options, a kid’s menu and

Taziki’s Mediterranean Cafe in Suwanee offers patrons a casual dining experience with an open, spacious dining room featuring a crisp, cool color palate, pictured above.

Taziki’s also offers a gated patio for outdoor dining, pictured at left.

daily specials. Beverages include soft drinks, iced tea and bottled water as well as wine and beer.

Something You Might Not Know: Taziki’s has locations across the coun-

try including three locations in the metro Atlanta area — Alpharetta, Sandy Springs and Suwanee — with locations in Toco Hills, Lenox Square and Decatur coming soon.

According to Robb, they are working to expand Taziki in Suwanee’s catering services, so customers can expect to see delivery become available in the next few months.

Buford, 678-714-0505, www. umamiasiancuisine.com

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Hi-Life Restaurant The restaurant has a classy, charming environment with white linen tablecloths, black cloth napkins, fresh flowers on each table, rich wooden accents throughout and jazz music playing softly in the background. Executive Chef and General Manager Dontrell Ham describes HiLife’s menu as new American, continental cuisine that incorporates fresh, seasonal products, so the lunch and dinner menus are updated around three times a year.

3380 Holcomb Bridge Road, Norcross, 770-4090101, www.hiliferestaurant. com

Epicurean Cafe Epicurean Cafe has a casual, cheerful environment.

The cafe offers lunch and dinner menus featuring contemporary American cuisine with a focus on quality and freshness, with everything made in-house from scratch.

A popular dish on the menu is the Asian Style Sticky Chicken served over broken rice grits with a parsley salad and pickled red onion salad.

2650 Olde Towne Parkway, Duluth, 678-799-6176, www. facebook.com/EpicureanCafeAtl

Rustic Couch Rustic Couch offers a drink menu with coffee, espresso drinks and bubble and milk teas as well as a food menu with small and large dishes. Many of the menu items are a fusion of concepts, such as the Rustic Java that offers the best of both worlds to bubble tea drinkers and coffee lovers.

4500 Satelite Boulevard, Suite 1370, Duluth, 678-8895399, www.facebook.com/ therusticcouch

GWINNETT TASTES A selection of local eateries recently featured in the Gwinnett Daily Post: Chinese Dhaba Chinese Dhaba has a quick, casual concept where customers order at a counter in the rear of the dining area, choose a seat and then the food is brought to the table.

Chinese Dhaba specializes in authentic Indian-Chinese cuisine, which is based off of a popular concept often offered by street vendors in India.

3083 Breckinridge Boulevard, Suite 130, Duluth, 678682-8599, www.chinesedhaba.com ArtBar at Sonesta Gwinnett Place ArtBar has a casual yet chic dining atmosphere that’s perfect for guests looking to unwind with a drink or share an intimate, up-scale meal with friends, family or colleagues. ArtBar is a gastropub featuring up-scale cuisine with a Southern flare with a seasonal and yearround menu, as well as an extensive beverage menu with cocktails, craft beers, whiskeys and bourbons.

1775 Pleasant Hill Road, Duluth, 770-923-1775, ext.

3899, www.sonesta.com/ gwinnettplace Papa Jack’s Country Kitchen Papa Jack’s is a cafeteriastyle restaurant where diners walk down the line and choose items to create their meal as a staff member fixes their plate. Papa Jack’s specializes in Southern comfort foods offering lunch and dinner menus, featuring meat

and two veggies platters, and a breakfast menu.

7437 Spout Springs Road, Suite B, Flowery Branch, 770-965-7007, www.papajackscountrykitchen.com Pat’s Eatery Pat’s Eatery is a familyowned restaurant that offers patrons a casual dining experience, offering both breakfast and lunch menus as well as a special Sunday brunch buffet. The morning menu offers traditional, Southern breakfast fare and the lunch menu features a selection of soups, deli and grilled sandwiches and salads. Executive Chef Justin Knowles is working on creating a dinner menu of New American cuisine.

2625 Old Winder Highway in Braselton, 706-684-0093, www.patseatery.com Goad Barbecue Company Goad Barbecue Company offers a menu of traditional west Texas barbecue, which has a unique flavor that’s infused during the slow-smoking process. According to the Goads, the menu is based on cowboy food which was cooked over a campfire in cast iron. Customers can also find 15 different pies on Mrs. Goad’s Homemade Fried Pies menu: all of the fried pies are made from scratch, with unique offerings like the Elvis and Bourbon Pecan.

722 Collins Hill Road, Suite N, Lawrenceville, 678218-0398, www.goadbbq. com Cafe Crepes Square Cafe Crepes Square offers a menu of dessert crepes, parfaits and specialty bever-

ages including smoothies, hot or cold espresso drinks, teas and non-alcoholic mocktails like the Blue Lemonade, Mojito and Yes Bomb.

Customers can choose a specialty crepe or create their own, choosing from a variety of ingredients like mixed fruit, peanut butter, whipped cream, tree nuts, honey, chocolate chips and more.

80 Horizon Drive, Suite 301, Suwanee, 678-979-8287, www.facebook.com/CrepesSquare Indian Grill Indian Grill specializes in authentic Indian cuisine and offers a variety of dishes from various regions of the country. The sizable dinner menu offers a variety of traditional Indian dishes like the customer favorite Chicken Tikka Masala, Butter Chicken, Chicken 65 and the tandoori Shashlik Special.

Indian Grill also offers home delivery service, with customers able to place their takeout order online.

2051 Beaver Ruin Road, Norcross, 770-417-8338, www.indiangrillnorcross.com Umami Umami offers Asian fusion cuisine that features Japanese, Korean, Thai and Vietnamese dishes. A lunch menu is offered from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. featuring numerous sushi specials, a hibachi special and Woki Kitchen entrees such as mango chicken, pad Thai chicken, black bean salmon and more. The extensive dinner menu offers an array of elegantly plated appetizers, soups, salads, sushi and entrees.

3290 Buford Drive, Suite A,

Magnolia Bakery Cafe If you have a craving for a Southern-style, home-cooked meal, then Magnolia Bakery Cafe is right up your alley.

The breakfast menu features a selection of omelets along with a breakfast sandwich, buttermilk pancakes, French toast and the Southern staple, biscuits and gravy.

5175 S. Old Peachtree Road, Peachtree Corners, 770-449-1861, www.MagnoliaBakeryCafe.com Universal Joint Universal Joint has a casual, neighborhood restaurant feel where locals can meet up and hang out while sharing a cool drink and bite to eat. The menu features traditional American grill cuisine including items such as burgers, tacos, wings and salads.

181 W. Pike St., Lawrenceville, 770-299-1898,

Café Raik Cafe Raik has a quick, casual atmosphere. The dining area features clean, modern decor with a neutral color palette illuminated by the natural light allowed in by the front wall of windows. The menu features fresh Mediterranean cuisine created by co-owner Usman, who puts his culinary talents to work in the cafe’s open-concept kitchen.

1160 Old Peachtree Road, Duluth, 770-476-7595, www. caferaik.com Baby Al’s Chicago Dog Baby Al’s has a fast, casual environment that’s ideal for grabbing a quick bite while on the go. The menu includes Chicago-style cuisine created by co-owner T.L., who drew on his many years of experience working in the food industry in his hometown.

Some popular items are the Chicago Dog and Italian Beef.

529 Indian Trail Road, Lilburn, 678-400-7571, www. babyals.com

Niekro’s at Coolray Field Niekro’s offers a fusion of ballpark and southern cuisine, including items such as Fried Green Tomatoes and Grandma’s Banana Pudding along with a traditional Ball Park Frank.

A customer favorite is the “Knucksie” Sandwich, an open-faced sandwich with a skillet cornbread base, stacked high with barbecue pork, carmelized onions, pickles and coleslaw, then drizzled with two barbecue sauces.

2500 Buford Drive, Lawrenceville, 678-277-0300, www.gwinnettbraves.com Luv-a-Bowl Luv-a-Bowl specializes in acai bowls, which are made with the frozen pulp of the acai berry blended with various fruits into a thick smoothie you can eat with a spoon. The super-thick, nutrient-rich smoothie is then topped with granola, fresh fruits and drizzled with honey.

9700 Medlock Bridge Road, Suite 104, Johns Creek, 770-495-7722, www. luvabowl.net

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Lionheart Theatre recreates the ’60s with latest show It’s the early 1960s — a big city corporation teems with sexy secretaries, corporate ladder-climbers and personal angst. Add in showstopper songs, gags and laughs and you could call it “Mad Men: The Musical.”

Even though “How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying” predates “Mad Men” by about half a century, the show will still captivate modern audiences like the popular TV series.

“Even though it was written 55 years ago, the humor and the situations have held up,” said director Myrna Feldman. “All the jokes are still funny, and so many of the situations in the story line still happen today.”

“How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying,” with songs by Frank Loesser and a libretto by Abe Burrows, opens Friday at the Lionheart Theatre in Norcross and will run through Nov. 22.

The musical originally opened on Broadway in 1961 and was based on the 1952 satirical book “How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying: The Dastard’s Guide to Fame and Fortune,”

by Shepherd Mead. It was also made into a movie in 1967.

The show follows J. Pierrepont Finch, an ambitious window washer who uses a

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Lionheart Theatre actors Loren Collins and Amy Dawson rehearse for ‘How To Succeed in Business without Really Trying,” playing Nov. 6-22 in Norcross.

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Holley Calmes how-to book to try to transform himself into a tycoon.

He soon bluffs his way into a job in the mail room at World Wide Wicket Company, where he catches the eye of secretary Rosemary Pilkington.

Through schemes and dumb luck, Finch impresses boss J.B. Biggley while getting the better of Biggley’s lazy nephew, Bud Frump.

Aspiring to live the Don Draper dream, Biggley tries to hold onto his sexy mistress, while balancing Rosemary’s dream of the white picket fence life with Finch.

“You ask people what they think about the ’60s, and most will say Vietnam, student unrest on campus and assassinations,” Feldman said. “But at the turn of the decade, with a new young president in the White House, there was actually a lot of optimism, and that’s when this takes place.”

The cast and crew had a lot of fun scrounging through vintage shops, attics and garages for period clothing and props, but they had no difficulty finding era-accurate materials to use on stage. Feldman designed the set with a “mod” color scheme.

Mid-20th-century graph-

ics were developed by Rick Thompson, stage construction was created by Tim Link and Billy Valentine provides the musical direction.

Lionheart has another event planned that promises to tickle the taste buds in addition to the funny bone.

The theater company and celebrity chef Nona John-

son are offering a special champagne brunch before the show from noon to 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15.

“How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” will play Nov. 6-22 on Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults and $12 for students,

and the price includes a dessert. Tickets are available at www.lionhearttheatre.org.

For more information, contact Lionheart Theatre at 770-885-0425.

Holley Calmes is a freelance writer and public relations consultant specializing in the arts. Email her at hcalmes@mindspring.com

BY VENUE — ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT GWINNETT AURORA THEATRE 128 E. Pike St., Lawrenceville 678-226-6222 www.auroratheatre.com • Nov. 13 and 14: Aurora Theatre’s Comedy Nights with Mia Jackson • Nov. 19 — Dec. 20: “Christmas Canteen 2015” • Nov. 27 — Dec. 20: Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” • Nov. 28 — Dec. 19: “The 12 Dates of Christmas” HUDGENS CENTER FOR THE ARTS Gwinnett Center, 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Suite 300, Duluth 770-623-6002 www.thehudgens.org • Through Dec. 19: “Works by Warhol: From the Cochran Collection” • Through Dec. 19: The Hudgens 4th annual Juried Member’s Exhibition • Ongoing: Selected works from the permanent collection on display

SYLVIA BEARD THEATRE Buford Community CenKUDZU ART ZONE ter, 2200 Buford Highway, 116 Carlyle St., Norcross Buford 770-840-9844 770-945-6762 www.kudzuartzone.org www.bufordcommunitycen• Through Nov. 21: “A ter.com Touch of Red” exhibition • Nov. 20: James • Nov. 21: “Crazy Canvas” Gregory: The Funniest Man November Session with in America Micah Goguen TANNERY ROW LIONHEART THEATRE ARTIST COLONY 10 College St. N.W., 554 West Main St., Buford Norcross 770-856-8145 678-938-8518 www.tanneryrowartistcolowww.lionhearttheatre.org ny.com • Today through Nov. • Through Dec. 3: 8, Nov. 13-15, Nov. 19-22: “Homegrown” “How to Succeed in Busi• Dec. 5-6: Art Ramble/ ness Without Really Trying” Open House Nutcracker”

NEW DAWN THEATER Mall Corners, 3650-A Satellite Blvd., Duluth 678-887-5015 www.newdawntheatercompany.com • Nov. 13-15, 20-22: New Dawn Kids presents “Alice in Christmas Land” • Nov. 15: Duluth Main Street Symphony • Nov. 18-19: Notre Dame Academy’s Production • Nov. 21: Steve McKee Christmas Concert

INFINITE ENERGY THEATER 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth NEW LONDON THEATRE 770-813-7500 2338 Henry Clower Blvd., www.gwinnettcenter.com Snellville • Through Nov. 7: Geor770-559-1484 gia Christian Dance Theatre www.newlondontheatre.org presents “Star of Wonder” • Nov. 20 — Dec. 6: “The • Nov. 21-22: Southern Velveteen Rabbit” Ballet Theatre presents “The Polar Express” R. ALEXANDER FINE ART • Nov. 24: Susan Cham5650 Peachtree Parkway, bers Dance Company Peachtree Corners presents “A Christmas Carol 770-609-8662 — The Musical” www.ralexanderfineart.com • Nov. 27-29: Northeast • Through Nov. 30: “Not Atlanta Ballet presents “The Your Granny’s Still Lifes”

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• Nov. 13: Clifford the Big com Red Dog • Nov. 9: Magic Monday: • Nov. 14: Je’Caryous Nature Walk, MMH Lecture: Johnson’s “Things Your Man Barbara Shapiro Won’t Do” • Nov. 11: Veteran’s Day • Nov. 17: ArtsBridge — program Feet Don’t Fail Me Now • Nov. 12: MMH Lecture: • Nov. 20: Impractical Peter Guralnick, Sam PhilJokers “Where’s Larry” Tour lips starring The Tenderloins • Nov. 17: Cherokee Gar• Nov. 21: Trevor Noah den Library Lecture: Sara L. • Nov. 27: Mo Funny for Van Beck Your Money • Nov. 18: Livingston Lec• Nov. 28: Craig FerguATLANTA ture: Betty Caroli son ALLIANCE THEATRE • Nov. 22: Storm the 1280 Peachtree St. N.E., Capital FOX THEATRE Atlanta 660 Peachtree St. N.E., 404-733-4650 CENTER FOR Atlanta www.alliance theatre.org PUPPETRY ARTS 404-881-2100 • Through Nov. 15 : “Play 1404 Spring St. N.W., foxtheatre.org the Play with Cat the Cat” Atlanta • Through Nov. 8: Rodg• Through Nov. 8: “Tell 404-873-3391 ers and Hammerstein’s Me My Dream” www.puppet.org “Cinderella” • Nov. 19 — Dec. 24: “A • Through Nov. 8: “The 3 • Nov. 11: Giada De Christmas Carol” Little Pigs and More” Laurentiis • Nov. 27 — Dec. 19: • Nov. 12 — Dec. 27: • Nov. 15: Mythbusters: “Merry %#!*ing Christmas” “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Jamie and Adam UnReindeer” leashed ATLANTA BOTANICAL • Nov. 17: Shaping GARDENS CHILDREN’S MUSEUM Sound: Dance Reimagined 1345 Piedmont Ave. N.E., OF ATLANTA • Nov. 25-27: Cirque Atlanta 275 Centennial Olympic Dreams Holidaze 404-876-5859 Park Drive, Atlanta • Nov. 28:“The Hip Hop www.atlantabg.org 404-659-5437 Nutcracker” • Nov. 14 — Jan. 9: Holiwww.childrensmuseumat• Nov. 29: Mighty Mo day Garden Lights, Holiday lanta.org and More Model Train Show The Museum is tem• Nov. 21 — Dec. 27: porarily closed, but it will FERNBANK MUSEUM OF The Botanical Express reopen on Dec. 12.

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‘Cinderella’ brings new take on classic tale

By Katie Morris

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When audiences attend “Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella” at the Fox Theatre, they can expect all the magical moments, including a pumpkin turning into a carriage and Cinderella’s tattered dress transforming into a beautiful ball gown.

But in addition to all the familiar fairy tale moments, audiences will meet contemporary takes on the classic characters.

“It’s the same fairy tale we all know and love,” said Kaitlyn Davidson who plays Cinderella. “It’s the same (Rodgers and Hammerstein) music but the script has been revised: it’s a new script by Douglas Carter Beane, and it’s very clever and witty but still has a lot of heart and is very romantic but there are some twists and turns.”

Audiences will get to know a compassionate, courageous Cinderella who is kind to others no matter how they treat her.

“And I think she’s got a little bit of spunk,” Davidson said. “And she travels on her journey of believing in herself and discovering what it is she stands for and who

Above, Paige Faure plays Cinderella in the arms of the Prince, played by Andy Jones, in “Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella.” The Cinderella role is now played by Kaitlyn Davidson. At right, Adrian Arrieta, Paige Faure and Blakely Slaybaugh perform in the national tour.

— it was also adapted into a TV movie in 1997 starring Whitney Houston as What: Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderthe Fairy Godmother and ella” Brandy as Cinderella.

Where: Fox Theatre, In 2013, the show made 660 Peachtree Street its Broadway debut bringN.E. in Atlanta. ing the beloved score from When: Through Nov. 8 the ’50s — including songs Tickets: Start at $33 like “In My Own Little More Info: www.foxtheCorner” and “Impossible/ atre.org It’s Possible” — to modern audiences. she wants to be in this world, The show is still set in and that she has to fight for a fairy tale world and tells her dreams.” the classic story of a young The popular Rodgers and woman who transforms Hammerstein title was writ- from a servant into a printen for TV, debuting in 1957 cess, but according to Andy and starring Julie Andrews Jones, who plays the Prince,

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this updated version features relatable characters that have been developed beyond the traditional archetypes.

“We have a Prince, who is normally a stick figure that is there to be married, but in our version, luckily for me, he’s been fleshed out a little bit into a person with the responsibility to rule and the need to figure out how,” Jones said.

While there’s romance, Jones said the story goes beyond love at first sight and there isn’t just a focus on outward appearances.

“In our story it’s about two people finding each

other and making each other better and I think that’s more captivating, and I also think it’s an important message for young girls and boys,” Jones said. “That love isn’t about marrying some just because — it’s about finding someone who makes you better.”

The show’s underlying themes serve to make the magical moments — like Cinderella’s ruined dress transforming into a beautiful ball gown before the audiences’ eyes — more powerful for Jones.

“It’s all the more exciting because this girl transforms

physically in her dress as she is getting the courage to be who she wants to be and as she’s geeting the courage to stand up for herself,” he said. “It’s a transformation in a lot of ways, and it’s even more powerful because what you’re seeing in front of you is physically impossible.”

The national tour of “Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella” will play through Sunday, Nov. 8, at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta as part of the 2015/2016 Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Atlanta series. For more information, visit Foxtheatre. org/Cinderella.

Fernbank promoting science with hands-on expo Saturday

By Katie Morris katie.morris @gwinnettdailypost.com

Have a youngster at home who’s aspiring toward a career in science? Well, they can try their hand at a variety of fields on Saturday during Fernbank Museum of Natural History’s annual Science at Hand Day. Visitors can investigate what it’s like to be a scientist through hands-on activities and will have the chance to talk one-on-one with scientists and community volunteers.

From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the museum’s Great Hall will be filled with an array of activities, including the chance to explore chemistry with Clayton State University’s Chemistry Club through experiments such as making elephant toothpaste and homemade silly putty.

Georgia State University’s astronomy club will demonstrate the inner workings of rocket design and the importance of rockets in astronomical research, and the psychology department will host a learning and development lab with visual illusions, point light displays and more.

Emory University’s Herbarium will give visitors the chance to try out a botanist’s toolkit, color prints of local medicinal plants and play a

The blue iguana is one of many reptiles often seen at Repticon, a reptiles and exotic animals exposition at the Gwinnett County Fairgrounds on Nov. 14-15. (Special Photo)

Repticon returning to Gwinnett with reptiles, other exotic animals

By Polly Ouellette

perts will occur throughout the event to both entertain and educate visitors. Some The usual conglomerademonstrations and talks tion of reptiles, amphibians will feature live animals, and other creepy crawlies giving the opportunity for will arrive Saturday at the the bravest of the attendees Gwinnett County Fairto interact with them. grounds for this year’s In addition to attending Repticon. seminars, enthusiasts can Repticon, a nationwide purchase animals, merchanpromoter of reptile and dise, cages, live and frozen exotic animal expos, will feeders, supplies and more be at the fairgrounds in from over 60 vendors and Lawrenceville on Nov. 14 breeders. Curious visiand 15, offering both fun tors can also handle exotic activities and an educational animals and receive expert experience to Gwinnett advice from the numerous families. professionals. Free-entry The exposition will raffles will be held throughfeature vendors, breeders out both days of the event, and educators focusing on giving guests several opporreptiles, amphibians, inver- tunities to win prizes. tebrates, spiders and small Attendees are also invited exotic animals. to bring their own animals At this year’s Repticon, to the show — each person seminars by industry exmay bring up to two aniStaff Intern

Fernbank Museum of Natural History in Atlanta will offer a variety of hands-on activities Saturday, Nov. 7, during its annual Science at Hand Day. (Special Photo)

global plant game.

Georgia Tech’s Human Factors and Ergonomics Society will explore the good and bad designs of everyday devices to see how ergonomics can positively impact daily life in a space race. Georgia Tech students will also host an interactive stem cell plinko game showing how scientists control stem cell differentiation.

Fernbank Ultimate Naturalist youth volunteers will explore various science topics, from nanotechnology to shells, and the Society of Physics Students from

Georgia State University will have a 3-D printer, a digital microscope and other physics gadgets.

All Science at Hand Day activities are included with museum admission and are free for members. Tickets are $18 for adults, $17 for students and seniors, $16 for children ages 3 to 12 and free for children 2 and younger.

Fernbank Museum of Natural History is located at 767 Clifton Road N.E. in Atlanta. For more information, visit fernbankmuseum. org or call 404-929-6300.

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Doors open at 10 a.m. on both Nov. 14 and 15; the event ends at 5 p.m. on Saturday and 4 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children ages 5-12 and can be purchased at the door.

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Suwanee Wine Fest offers ‘something for everyone’

By Katie Morris

TIPS FOR WINE TASTING

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It’s common for novice tasters to be intimidated by a wine festival, but you don’t have to be a connoisseur to attend — in fact, a festival can be the perfect place to learn a thing or two about wine.

“Don’t be scared to come experience it if it’s not normally your type of thing,” Karl Furem of Beverage Superstore said.

“This is a great way to introduce yourself or open up your horizons toward wine.”

Suwanee Wine Fest returns to Town Green Park on Saturday bringing a world of wine to newcomers and wine lovers alike.

Presented by The Fresh Market and organized by the team behind the popular Suwanee Beer Fest, the festival allows tasters to sample more than 150 blends from around the world.

Furem has 14 years experience in the alcohol industry and is an Assistant

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Nov. 6

The Macon CentrePlex is hosting a Senior TripChristmas in the South with pickup at 8 a.m. at George Pierce Park Community Recreation Center and at 8:30 a.m. at Bethesda Park Senior CenterGet. The event allows participants to get a head start on holiday shopping and will feature unique art, gourmet food, craftspeople and diverse entertainment. The cost is $41 which includes admission to the event and a lunch buffet.

For more information, visit gwinnettparks.com.

Nov. 7

Pinckneyville Park Community Recreation Center will host a Holiday Market and Pottery Sale starting at 10 a.m. Guests can get their holiday shopping started early with supplies from artists and crafters across Gwinnett. Pinckneyville Park is located at 4650 Peachtree Industrial Boulevard in Berkeley Lake. For more information, visit gwinnettparks.com.

The Mall of Georgia presents their Kidgits Cookies with Santa at 2 p.m. Kids can enjoy various holiday crafts and activities like making their own ornament and writing a letter to Santa all while enjoying cookies and time with Santa. The Mall of Georgia is located at 3333 Buford Drive in Buford. For more information, visit simon.com.

Nov. 14

McDaniel Farm Park is hosting its Holiday on the Homefront 1861-1865 at 10 a.m. Guests can experience what the holidays were like in the 1860s through a living history demonstration. McDaniel Farm Park is located at 3251 McDaniel Road in Duluth. For more information, visit gwinnettehc.com.

Nov. 21

The Mall of Georgia will present their Holiday Spectacular Event from 5 to 9 p.m.

The event features a holiday parade and a 50-foot tree lighting. Towards the end of the event, guests can view the Movie Under the Stars presentation featuring “Elf.” The Mall of Georgia is located at

Wendy Lenox, Sandra Hobson and Jill Lyrberg stomp grapes at the 2013 Suwanee Wine Fest. (Photo: Tyler Estep)

Manager with an emphasis on wine for Beverage Superstore in Suwanee. He worked with festival organizers to create this year’s wine-tasting menu and said festival goers can expect a broad sampling of wines, from South American and French wines to California varietals and dessert wines, with several new additions to the lineup.

“There’s definitely something for everyone,” Furem said.

Furem encourages attendees to not only taste their favorite

varietals but also step out of their comfort zone during the festival.

“This is a really neat way for people to branch out and try several things they would not normally try,” he said. “It’s so hard to commit to buying a bottle of wine to try something or paying what they charge at a restaurant for a glass of wine.”

He also recommends bringing a notebook to write down festival favorites or keep a phone handy

for capturing photos of the wine labels. According to Furem, bottles aren’t available for purchase during the festival but many of the wines can be purchased locally or special ordered.

While years ago enjoying a nice glass of wine with dinner carried an air of sophistication — and often times a hefty price tag to boot — wine has become a casual beverage to be enjoyed during a variety of occassions, mirroring the popularity of craft beer.

“So many people are drinking wine now that didn’t used to and so many young people are dinking wine, and there’s so much really nice wine at an affordable price out there now,” Furem said.

But those searching for high-end wines can still find them at Suwanee Wine Fest because Furem has included some upscale blends on the VIP tasting menu.

Karl Furem, assistant manager and wine expert for Beverage Superstore, offers advice for tasting wines during Suwanee Wine Fest: • When you first get the glass, look straight down into it then hold it up to the light and get a side view to look for clarity and color, which differs depending on the variety.

• Before tasting, take a few good smells of the wine; Furem advises taking your time during this step because those initial flavors help set the tone for the tasting.

• Swirl the wine around in

In addition to wine tastings, the festival features live music from local bluegrass band Pullin’ Strings, who will play a set of original tunes mixed with bluegrass hits by artists such as Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash. Local vendors and artists will showcase their works, and The Fresh Market will provide food samples prepared on site.

There will also be a special tent where beer lovers and college football fans can catch the day’s biggest games while tasting craft brews.

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the glass a few times to get it moving and open up the flavors.

• If a red is too cold or a white is too chilled, cup the glass with your hand to warm it up, which will also help open up the flavors.

• When you take the first sip, don’t immediately swallow — swish the wine around your mouth for a moment, coat your tongue and focus on using all of those taste buds.

“You’d be surprised what you can pick up,” he said.

• Take a drink of water to cleanse your palate in between tastings.

can be purchased for $110 and include one-hour early entry to the event, access to a private dining and tasting tent, higher-end wines, gourmet catered food from The Fresh Market and a goody bag.

A part of festival’s proceeds will be donated to benefit Annandale Village, a local nonprofit providing care and life assistance to adults with disabilities and traumatic brain injuries.

Annandale Village will also feature its second annual Extra Mile Run/Walk 5K at Suwanee Town Center Park before the Suwanee Wine Fest begins.

Suwanee Town Center Park is located at 330 Town Center Avenue in Suwanee.

For more information about Suwanee Wine Fest, visit suwaneewinefest.com.

HOLIDAY EVENTS 3333 Buford Drive in Buford.

For more information, visit simon.com.

The City of Peachtree Corners is hosting its Christmas in the Corners parade and festival from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. with the parade starting at 10 a.m.

The parade can be viewed from anywhere along The Corners Parkway as you follow Santa all the way to Candy Cane Lane. There will be arts, crafts, food and more. The Corners Parkway is located on Woodhill Drive at The Corners Parkway in Peachtree Corners.

For more information, visit christmasinthecorners.com.

Braselton Brothers Department Store building is hosting the Braselton Lighting of the Tree at 10:30 a.m. The event features local entertainment, music and a special guest who will light the tree. Braselton Brothers Department Store building is located at 9924 Davis Street in Braselton. For more information, visit downtownbraselton.com.

The Southeastern Railway Museum welcomes guests to see the arrival of Santa Claus at 11 a.m. Refreshments, cookies and hot chocolate will be available as Santa arrives on the train between 1 and 1:30 p.m. The Southeastern Railway Museum is located at 3595 Peachtree Road in Duluth. For more information, visit southeasternrailwaymuseum.com.

Nov. 26

Lawrenceville will present its Annual Lighting of the Tree at 5 p.m at the Gwinnett Historic Courthouse. The event includes live music, holiday festivities, face painting, food vendors and more.

Santa’s much awaited arrival will be capped off by the lighting of the historic downtown Lawrenceville Christmas tree. The Gwinnett Historic Courthouse is located at 185 Crogan Street in Lawrenceville. For more information, visit lawrencevillega.org.

Nov. 27

The Loganville Town Green will host its tree lighting on Town Green at 6 p.m. Guests must bring their own lawn chairs as seating is very limited. The Loganville Town Green is located at 235 Main

lights, as well as a 4-D Ice Age experience, North Pole favorites, a Snow Angel Palace and more. Stone Mountain Park is located at 1000 Robert E. Lee Boulevard. For more information, visit stonemountainpark. com.

The Bowl at Sugar Hill City Hall is hosting its ice skating rink on selected times and dates from Nov. 13 through Feb. 28. The Bowl at Sugar Hill is located at 5039 Wess Broad Street in Buford. For more information, visit icerinkatsugarhill.com.

Lake Lanier Islands will host their Magical Nights of Lights every night from Nov. Taylor Spence, from left to right, Jenna Scott and Rachel Smith skate on last year’s 20 to Jan. 3. Millions of twinnewly created ice rink behind city hall in Sugar Hill. The ice rink is set to return to Sugar kling lights are on display as guests drive through the magiHill on Nov. 13. (Staff Photo: David Welker) cal experience. At the end, the family can enjoy Santa’s Street in Loganville. For more Suwanee Town Center Park Buford Holiday Parade and information, visit loganoffers their “Jolly Holly-day” Festival from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Holiday Village and meet Santa Claus himself. Beginvilleevents.com. at 6:30 p.m. Multiple choon Main Street in Downtown ning at 11 a.m. during these ruses from various elementary Buford. There will be stage Dec. 1 dates, guests can enjoy Lanier schools will be performing and performances, vendors, shopThe City of Lilburn is hostSanta will light the Christmas ping, giveaways, holiday treats Islands’ Winter Adventure ing a tree lighting at 7 p.m. in which features a snow-packed tree at the event. For free and a large parade that steps front of the Lilburn City Hall winter play land. Lake Lanier admission, this family-friendly off at 11 a.m. For more inforlocated at 76 Main Street in Islands is located at 7000 event will feature crafts and mation, visit www.visitbuford.

Lilburn. For more information, Lanier Islands Parkway in activities. Suwanee Town Cen- com. visit cityoflilburn.com.

Buford. For more information, ter Park is located at 330 Town The Downtown DevelopDec. 4 visit lanierislands.com.

Center Avenue in Suwanee. ment Authority of Norcross is Bogan Park and Aquatic The Southeastern Railway For more information, visit hosting its Historic Norcross Center presents its “Puddle Museum hosts its Polar Exsuwanee.com.

Holiday Tour of Homes on Ducks and Polar Bears” at press Experience on selected Collins Hill Park and Aquatic Dec. 5 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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For more information, ter Wonderland Dance with a classic holiday tale. For only visit historicnorcrossholidayDJ, hot chocolate bar, a family the pool, make crafts, enjoy $25 and free admission for snacks and drinks and go for tourofhomes.com. photo booth and more. Bogan a swim. The Collins Hill Park The Simon Kidgits Club will children 2 and under, atPark and Aquatic Center is tendees will receive cookies, and Aquatic Center is located host its Breakfast with Santa located at 2723 North Bogan hot chocolate and a special at 2225 Collins Hill Road in at the Mall of Georgia at 8:30 Road in Buford. For more inholiday gift. The Southeastern Lawrenceville. a.m.

Guests are invited to formation, visit gwinnettcounty.

Railway Museum is located Norcross Cultural Arts and enjoy crafts, breakfast and a com. at 3595 Peachtree Road in Community Center will host meet-and-greet with Santa Bethesda Park and Aquatic Duluth. For more information, Center will host its Senior Holi- its Community Christmas Tree Claus himself. Admission is visit southeasternrailwaymuLighting at 7 p.m. in Thrasher free for Simon members, and day Luncheon at 11:30 a.m. $5 for non-members. The Mall seum.com.

The annual luncheon features Park located at 10 College The McDaniel Farm offers Street. Local choir groups will of Georgia is located at 3333 a catered holiday meal by the Candlelight Tours on selected be performing, and Santa will Buford Drive in Buford. For Master’s Table and provides dates between Nov. 28 to Dec. arrive for his workshops. Hot more information, visit simon. guests with a live musical 21 at 7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. com. performance by The Continen- Cocoa and cookies will also The 1930s McDaniel Farm be provided while supplies Ongoing tals. The Bethesda Park and presents costumed, guided last. For more information, visit Stone Mountain Park is Aquatic Center is located at tours as guests have the opaplacetoimagine.com. hosting Stone Mountain 225 Bethesda Church Road in Dec. 5 Christmas from Nov. 7 through portunity to discover historic Lawrenceville. For more infortraditions and customs around The Buford Business AlJan. 2. Guests are invited to mation, visit gwinnettcounty. the holiday season at the liance will host the Historic enjoy over two million holiday com.

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Ellie Goulding to bring ‘Delirium’ world tour to Alpharetta

By Katie Morris

katie.morris @gwinnettdailypost.com

On Friday morning, Ellie Goulding fans can not only snag a copy of her new album but also tickets to see her in concert.

The British singersongwriter recently announced the dates for the

North American leg of her Delirium World Tour with tickets going on sale Nov. 6 — the same day Goulding drops her latest album “Delirium.”

The tour is set to kick off April 1 in Vancouver, winding its way across the country before making a stop at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park in Alpharetta

on June 6.

Tickets range from $29.50 to $59.50 and go on sale Friday, Nov. 6, at 10 a.m. at Ticketmaster and the venue box office.

Since Goulding’s debut release “Lights” and its 2012 followup “Halcyon,” she has sold more than 6 million albums and 20 million

singles worldwide, and this year’s hit single “Love Me Like You Do” from the “Fifty Shades of Grey: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” hit No. 1 in 70 countries.

The British singersongwriter is touring in support of her third studio album, “Delirium,” British singer Ellie Goulding performs during the MTV which features the single EMA awards at the Assago forum in Milan, Italy, Oct. 25.

“On My Mind.”

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‘Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse’

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Pass: The chemistry between the three lead scouts is very believable.

These actors do a good job balancing scenes of sincerity along with the moments of deep sarcasm and biting humor. Each one of them has a distinct enough personality that you come away remembering the characters and what makes them unique.

Fail: I found the last thirty minutes to be overly violent almost to the point of distraction. The many exploding body parts were unnecessary and the gratuitous zombie nudity was over the top. Be prepared for many onscreen deaths and lots of fake blood.

Cloris Leachman has a small role and she makes the most of it. David Koechner really goes for it as Scout Leader Rogers. His scenes are scattered throughout the movie — including a brief moment in the middle of the credits — and he hams it up to full effect.

But it’s really the three leading scouts that do the heavy lifting here and they do not disappoint.

If you love zombie flicks, this one is surely not one of the best, but it is probably one of the funniest. It was surprisingly enjoyable to watch (with the exception of the too-long, overly violent final act), and actually had positive undertones about having confidence in yourself as well as the meaning of true friendship.

There is no reason to spend the big bucks on this one to see it in the movie theater. Wait for the DVD and invite some friends over to enjoy it.

Know that it is really best-suited for adults, as it is rated R (for language as well as gratuitous violence and zombie boobs).

Two of my favorite scenes involved music … in one, we are treated to at least a minute of Dolly Parton’s hit song “9 to 5” (I won’t spoil how it is used). In another, a couple of the scouts and a zombie duet briefly on Britney Spears’ “…

Baby One More Time,” and it was a riot.

Overall, I enjoyed this movie more than I thought I would. It is hardly a title that everyone needs to add to their library, but it was a fun 90-minute diversion on a rainy afternoon.

Pass: With all of the recent efforts to capitalize on the currently popular zombie sub-culture, this one floats to the top for being saturated with the kind of scenes that attract fans of that genre. Plenty of disgustingly bloody scenes and bodies being mutilated by the “Heroes,” with one of a few excuses for what they consider funny.

Fail: A wasted excuse for entertainment, this is one film that will likely become a cult classic. However, anyone not associated with the cult will likely be repulsed. A very narrow target audience and not my brand of entertainment.

This is a tie between Logan Miller as the rude, often crude and obnoxious “scout” that does manage a few funny moments and Sarah Dumont as the obligatory eye candy stripper (cocktail waitress) in the Daisy Dukes wielding a 12-gauge shotgun and blowing the heads off of various members of the attacking mobs.

Rob Zombie would be proud.

Any fan of blood, guts and gore, mixed with a very crude and totally inappropriate excuse for humor who enjoys watching reruns of the enormous collection available of this type of movie and will pause, rewind and replay the most disgusting scenes, and there are plenty to go around.

Don’t walk, RUN from this totally vile excuse for entertainment that’s mostly infused with enough bad language and suggestively inappropriate moments that would make the most foul-mouthed comedian blush.

I am really sorry that I wasted my time and money on this movie. I am sure that there are people out there that will enjoy this type of nonsense, but I really hope that they don’t live in my neighborhood.

The writers and producers should have a sign on their lawn saying “Don’t trick-ortreat at this house.”

Pass: Fast pacing, decent scripting, lots of dark humor and a movie that doesn’t take itself very seriously.

Fail: Pervasive language, violence, sexual references and LOTS of blood and mayhem. Not for the squeamish or easily-offended.

All three actors (Tye Sheridan, Logan Miller and Joey Morgan) did a pretty good job with their lead roles as Scout nerds Ben, Carter and Augie. As they embark on their last overnight camp out together, these lifelong buddies have to fight for their lives (and enlist the aid of a stripper) to combat the ghouls who’ve suddenly come out of nowhere.

“Walking Dead” addicts will enjoy how “Scouts Guide” sends up both genres of zombie flicks and teen horror films. “Scouts Guide” also steals liberally from 2004’s “Shaun of the Dead” with its portrayal of everyday losers forced to become heroes in order to save their town from a zombie outbreak.

Wait for the Blu-ray. And rent or download “Shaun of the Dead,” which is much funnier and (slightly) less gross.

I must say that I was afraid I was taking one for the team when I signed up to review this film. It gets better (and messier) as it goes along. If you hang with “Scouts Guide” long enough — and just watch it as a pure diversion — it delivers with lots of biting wit (ugh… pun intended).

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Test your 2. Name two women who film knowledge with have starred opposite Bradley Cooper in feature films Michael Clark two or more times each.

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1. What was the occupa5. Name someone to tion of the Edward Norton receive seven or more acting character in “Fight Club”?

Oscar nominations before A: Insurance adjuster winning one (does not in2. Name a movie featurclude honorary Oscars). ing Lindsay Lohan where The first person (located she played multiple charac- within the U.S.) to respond ters. with all of the correct anA: “I Know Who Killed swers receives a prize of an Me” and “The Parent item or items (movie T-shirts, Trap” hats, posters, etc.). The 3. Name two movies winner also gets their name Quentin Tarantino wrote but published in the next Weekdidn’t direct. end section. Please email A: “From Dusk ’til your answers, along with Dawn” and “True Royour name to clarkwriter@ mance” mindspring.com. Include 4. What is the non“Gwinnett Daily Post Trivia professional common bond Contest” in the subject line. shared by: John Candy, In the event no one answers Peter Jackson, Piper Perabo, all of the questions correctly, Dermot Mulrony, Rob the person with the most Schneider, Michael Landon, correct answers submitted Lee Grant, Jane Pauley and by 6 p.m. the Monday after Dan Rather? the contest is posted will be A: All were born on Hal- the winner. Only one winner loween per household is eligible for 5. Name the last movie to each 30-day period.

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Your opinion of “Vacation” will depend entirely on the level of “twisted” in your sense of humor. Far more demented and graphic than any of the other franchise installments, “Vacation” stars Atlanta native Ed Helms stars as the adult Rusty Griswald who, along with his wife (Christina Applegate) and two sons, heads off on a cross-country trip to “Wally World.” Offering up superb support are Chris Hemsworth as a self-absorbed weatherman and Leslie Mann as his wife (also Rusty’s sister). If you’re unsure, watch the red-band trailer

(which doesn’t contain all of the jokes). If you like it, you’ll like the movie.

Technical specs: aspect ratio: Widescreen (1.85:1/1080p), audio: English (DTS-HD MA 5.1), dubbed Chinese, French Portuguese and Spanish, subtitles: English, Portuguese and Spanish.

Special Features: • Additional DVD disc and UltraViolet copy • 3 Featurettes • Gag reel • Deleted scenes (Warner Bros., $44.95)

COMING SOON TO OWN • “Mr. Holmes” (Nov. 10) — The retired Sherlock Holmes (Ian McKellen) is determined to solve one last mystery; Laura Linney also stars. (PG) • “Terminator Genisys” (Nov. 10) — He’ll be back, all right: Arnold Schwarzenegger returns in a reboot of the sci-fi saga. (PG-13) • “Trainwreck” (Nov. 10) — A sports doctor (Bill Hader) prompts a free-spirited journalist (Amy Schumer) to consider commitment. (R and unrated versions: AS, N, P) • “We Are Your Friends” (Nov. 17) — A young disc jockey (Zac Efron) falls for the girlfriend of his new mentor (Wes Bentley). (R: AS, N, P) • “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.” (Nov. 17) — Henry Cavill and Armie Hammer assume the roles of newly partnered spies Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin.

(PG-13: AS, N, V) • “American Ultra” (Nov. 24) — Not

realizing he’s a CIA operative with deeply implanted spy skills, a slacker (Jesse Eisenberg) is targeted for elimination. (R: AS, P, GV) • “Ricki and the Flash” (Nov. 24) — A would-be rock star (Meryl Streep) is summoned home to deal with her troubled daughter (Mamie Gummer, Streep’s actual offspring). (PG-13: AS, P) • “Minions” (Dec. 8) — The animated “Despicable Me” characters get their own movie, taking them to 1960s-era New York and London; voices include Sandra Bullock and Jon Hamm. (PG: AS) • “Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation” (Dec. 15) — Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) is an agent without an agency after the CIA shuts down his team. (PG13: AS, P, V) • “Zoo: Season One” (Dec. 1) — CBS’ miniseries, based on a novel cowritten by James Patterson, puts animals on the warpath around the world; James

Wolk and Kristen Connolly star. (Not rated: AS, P, V)

NOW SHOWING Recently reviewed films by movie critic Michael Clark now playing in metro area theaters • Burnt (R) — 3 stars Bradley Cooper (“Aloha”) stars in his second straight box-office bomb as a hot-

head American chef trying to rebuild his career in London after flaming out years earlier in Paris. It’s not great but it’s also far from the total disaster many have unfairly labeled it.

• Room (R) — 3 ½ stars The on-fire Brie Larson

plays a single mother who along with her toddler son (a scarily brilliant Jacob Tremblay) have been living full time in a 10’ x 10’ room for five years. Why they’re there and how they perhaps get out makes the second half a

complete nail-biter.

• Truth (R) — 2 ½ stars A severely miscast Robert Redford co-stars as newscaster Dan Rather in this drama about the botched CBS “60 Minutes” story about George W. Bush’s record

while a member of the National Guard. Cate Blanchett as Rather’s producer turns in her usual perfection.

• Time Out of Mind (NR) — 2 ½ stars Richard Gere is in serious Oscar-seeking mode

playing a homeless man in this dramatically iffy, oddlydirected art-house downer.

Co-stars Ben Vereen, Jena Malone and Kyra Sedgwick all outshine the leading man who just seems to be trying too hard.

8C • FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2015

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Good grief, it’s a good movie ‘Peanuts’ stays true to characters, classic humor

Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the rest of the Peanuts gang are looking forward to their all-new CGI motion picture. (Special Photo: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation)

The Peanuts Movie (G) The Peanuts Movie (G) 3 outHHHH of 4 stars

newest arrival to the neighborhood, a red-headed girl named Frieda. Meanwhile, For the first time ever, Snoopy becomes smitten Snoopy, Charlie Brown with a pretty pooch named and the rest of the gang Fifi (voiced by Kristin CheBy Jon Gallo we know and love from Movie Critic noweth) who loves flying as Charles Schulz´s timeless much as he does.

“Peanuts” comic strip will Everything changes, even Save for the brighter be making their big-screen what’s been untouched for colors and 3-D imaging, debut in The Peanuts Movie. (Special Photo: 65 years.

Peanuts remains true to Twentieth Century Fox That’s how long it has its core. It’s not like the Film Corporation) been since “Peanuts” first latest Muppets or Teenage appeared in newspapers’ Mutant Ninja Turtles movies comic sections, introducing where characters have been us to Charlie Brown and updated for today’s world. beginning America’s love Simpsons,” “Beavis and brother’s, father’s or even countries and in 21 languag- century as he did with the Charlie Brown doesn’t have affair with a boy who could Butt-head,” “Garfield,” “The your grandfather’s “Peaes — has always been more Dr. Seuss classic “Horton a cellphone, Peppermint never kick a football or win Smurfs” and Alvin and the nuts.” Charlie Brown and amusing than funny, which Hears A Who!” in 2008.

Patty doesn’t text, Marcie a baseball game.

Chipmunks — it was only a his crew are larger than life, describes “The Peanuts Martino, Craig and still reads hardcovers, and Decades came and went, matter of time before Holly- transformed into computerMovie” perfectly, just as late Bryan’s biggest success was well, Franklin is still the only but Charlie Brown, Pepper- wood dusted off the franchise animated, 3-D kids without creator Charles M. Schulz turning a “Peanuts” comic minority, as Peanuts wasn’t mint Patty, Linus, Schroeder and put it on the big screen. losing their identities. Charlie would have wanted. strip that took seconds to going to change for the sake and perhaps the most famous Depending on your age, Brown is still follicly-chalWith Shulz’s son, Craig, read or a TV special that of the times — or a rebirth. animated canine of all time, “Peanuts” is a comic strip or lenged and lacks confidence. and grandson Bryan serving was filled with commercials “This is just a one-movie Snoopy, remained forever in a bunch of cartoon kids who Schroeder still plays a mean as screenwriters and produc- into a 93-minute film that deal,” Craig Schulz told their neighborhood, playing appear on holiday specials. piano, Linus still won’t give ers, “The Peanuts Movie” engages today’s kids, as well reporters. “We didn’t want in the geometrical confines So it’s probably no coinciup his blanket, Lucy still was going to stay true to as the parents who grew to get caught up in making of the nearly 18,000 strips dence “The Peanuts Movie” picks on Charlie, Pig-Pen its roots. Collaborator Paul up reading Peanuts in the films just to earn money. that ran from 1950-2000 hits theaters today, coincidstill stinks and Snoopy and Feig, who was behind the hit Sunday paper.

It’s not a franchise by any before living on forever in ing with the 50th anniversary Woodstock still don’t think comedy “Bridesmaids” in “The Peanuts Movie” is means. My goal was to make reprints. of the first airing of the fran- the rules apply to them.

2011, provides humor while powered by two story lines, one good ‘Peanuts’ movie.”

But like seemingly chise’s holiday staple: “A Peanuts — even at its director Steve Martino uses both involving love. Charlie And that’s exactly what every cartoon — “Teenage Charlie Brown Christmas.” height when it ran in over the same magic touch to Brown — finally! — devel- he did.

Mutant Ninja Turtles,” “The But this movie isn’t your 2,600 newspapers in 75 bring Peanuts into the 21st ops a full-blown crush on the (Twentieth Century Fox)

‘Suffragette’ tackles historic event with fictional figures Suffragette (PG-13) (PGSUFFRAGETTE 13) 3 outHHHH of 4 stars

By Michael Clark Movie Critic

You know something is amiss when a movie that is based on a true story doesn’t open with the text “based on a true story.” This can be for one of two reasons: either there is too much fictional content included or the filmmakers aren’t fully emotionally or intellectually confident with the material.

In the case of “Suffragette” it’s both but it didn’t have to be that way. Actual events that transpired in England just over a century ago are more than engrossing enough for a great story; none of which needed any type of embellishment.

All of the main characters are fictional and only one of them (Helena Bonham Carter as Edith) is based on a real person. The only two non-fictional characters with speaking parts have two scenes each totaling less than 15 minutes.

This leaves the burden on carrying the film on Carey Mulligan who is more than up to the task. Mulligan has appeared in about a dozen productions and never fails to impress, even when the movies (“The Great Gatsby,” “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps”) do not.

Mulligan plays Maud, a second generation laundry worker and mother whose

Brendan Gleeson, above, stars as inspector Arthur Steed in “Suffragette.” At right, Carey Mulligan, left, and Anne-Marie Duff star as Maud Watts and Violet Miller, respectively.

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husband Sonny (Ben Winshaw) is employed by the same company. Neither of them makes much money but at least he — as a delivery man — is out in the open air. Maud works 10-hour shifts under abhorrent conditions but never complains and together they have a happy, well-adjusted son.

One day with the urging of co-worker Violet (AnneMarie Duff, Julia Lennon in “Nowhere Boy”), Maud goes to a secret meeting organized by Edith at her place of business — a pharmacy that doubles as a clinic. It is there where they and other women discuss plans to further swell the growing suffragette movement in the fight to make it legal for women to vote.

Edith and others like her are the field generals as it were who follow the strict

orders of movement founder Emmeline Parkhurst (Meryl Streep), an upper-crust sort that is viewed as a quasimessiah by her believers and a pesky instigator by her detractors — most of them men.

While having the luxury of living in guarded seclusion with minimal fear of apprehension or bodily harm, Parkhurst thinks nothing of instructing the women to commit multiple acts of civil disobedience that range from standard protests to vandalism and attacks that today would be considered terrorism.

Recognizing that the organization is unabashedly militant and unwavering in their goals, Maud at first keeps a low profile but after her first arrest (and beating by the police), she jumps into the deep end of the pool

and more or less never looks back.

Needless to say this gives Sonny cause to make decisions he’d rather not that will become irreversible. It also comes as bad news for Steed (Brendan Gleeson), a detective who likes Maud and tries to sway her away from further involvement.

For the longest time screenwriter Abi Morgan (“Shame,” “The Iron Lady”) and director Sarah Gavron (her collaborator on “Brick Lane”) aren’t sure whether they’re making “Norma Rae” or “Selma.” Either would have been fine but mixing them together probably wasn’t the way to go.

Just the minimal amount of on-line research indicates there were plenty of other non-fictional figures in addition to Parkhurst and Emily Davison (Natalie Press) to

make a completely different film where all of the characters were real and the “based on a true story” graphic could have been (rightfully) affixed.

As it ended up, “Suffragette” is a well-executed production with appropriately distressed visuals and costumes that is more revisionist than needed and unnecessarily melodramatic.

The studio and the filmmakers took an enormously important moment of early 20th century history and turned it into a grand, earnest though it may be — soap opera. The meticulous attention to detail and heavy emotional manipulation will certainly cause some audiences to confuse intent with

content.

The two most effective scenes in the film occur in the last act; one featuring Maud and Sonny and the other with Maud and Davison, the latter which actually happened at a horse race attended by King George V. Without giving anything away, it finally — whether on purpose or not — gave the suffragette movement national and international attention and (slowly) forced the British government to change their laws regarding voting rights. It was the first domino to fall and — as hard as it is to believe — there are many other dominos the world over that are still standing.

(Focus Features)

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2015 • 9C

Same song and dance

Daniel Craig stars as James Bond in “Spectre.” (Special Photos: MGM/Columbia)

‘Spectre’ another variation of the tired Bond blueprint Spectre (PG-13) SPECTRE (PG-13) 2 1/2HHHH out of 4 stars

By Michael Clark Movie Critic

It shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone that “Spectre” — the 24th installment in the James Bond franchise — is a lot like most of the other 23.

Part of what makes the Bond films special in the eyes and hearts of so many fans is unapologetic familiarity; they provide reliable cinematic comfort food and rarely take any chances. For non- or incidental viewers these same characteristics that thrill the faithful are tired and old hat. How many times can you hear “dry vodka martini shaken not stirred” or “Bond, James Bond” before the shtick starts to wear thin?

Beginning with “Casino Royale” the franchise took a decidedly darker and more serious tone that continued with “Quantum of Solace” and “Skyfall.”

While the hiring of Daniel Craig as the new 007 was good news for many (mostly younger) audience members, it was met with clipped disdain by a large faction of those lifelong fans of Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton and Pierce Brosnan.

Not only is Craig the first blonde Bond, he lacks the flip, debonair attitude as

Daniel Craig, starring as James Bond in “Spectre,” surveys the area from a damaged plane. Léa Seydoux, above right, plays Madeleine Swann in the action adventure.

his predecessors and is far too sullen, joyless and icily detached. He’s certainly not your father’s (or even your grandfather’s) Bond.

Returning “Skyfall” director Sam Mendes is again at the helm and he more than delivers with the visuals. The pre- and opening title sequences are as brilliantly conceived and executed as any in the Bond canon and sets the tone for what should have been as good if not better production than “Skyfall.” But once Sam Smith’s thin and reedy theme song ends and the rest of the 138-minutelong movie begins, an unmistakable air of creative exhaustion and desperation sets in.

The committee of four screenwriters — all very capable guys when work-

ing alone — are operating on auto-pilot and working from the tried and true Bond blueprint.

Quippy, double-entendre banter — check. Hot babe who hates Bond then falls for him — check. Evil villain who wants to rule the world — check. Muted, burly henchmen — check.

Chase/fight scenes taking place on planes, trains and automobiles — check.

Pyrotechnics rivaling those caused by nuclear weapons — triple check.

In all fairness deep story and contemplative drama is not why most people see Bond flicks, but “Spectre” seems unusually low on originality even for an action/spy movie. Without giving anything away, an old Bond nemesis — dating back a half century

— is given a quasi-origin story, which is OK, but said bad guy (Christoph Waltz) doesn’t show up in earnest until well past the one-hour mark. Not seeming to recognize one of the oldest rules in the movies (a story is only as good as the villain), this is almost unforgiveable and given how great Waltz (“Inglourious Basterds”) is at being bad, it was a huge wasted opportunity.

When Waltz isn’t in the picture — which is most the time — the filmmakers include still photos of the villains from all of the Craig-era films making a connection to the title entity; a secret international evil organization that suggests an odd hybrid of the Cosa Nostra, Skull & Bones and the United Na-

tions.

Also an “Inglourious” cast member, French chanteuse Lea Seydoux shows up (again late) as Dr. Swann, the daughter of a man with whom Bond had a childhood connection.

One of the few Bond girls whose intellect matches her stunning looks, Seydoux appoints herself well, meaning she makes much of her inane dialogue sound sexy and isn’t afraid to tussle while wearing a silk evening dress. Said dust-up occurs on a train between Bond, Swann and a guy that’s a cross between Odd Job from “Goldfinger” and Jaws from “The Spy Who Loved Me.” Appearing early on in what is little more than a glorified, palpably embarrassing cameo, Monica

Bellucci plays the widow of someone or another who is “comforted” post funeral by Bond on multiple levels. At age 50 (and looking every day of it), Bellucci is the oldest Bond girl ever and during recent interviews was quite adamant in identifying her character as a “Bond woman.” Whatever.

“Spectre” wraps up on a huge whimper; a tacked-on scene including a classic car that hints that the next installment of the franchise might find Bond drifting toward something resembling domesticity. While original it could be just the latest in a string of character modifications that have all but turned James Bond into just another generic, interchangeable studioassembled action hero.

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Silverman’s throttling performance fails to save solemn film I Smile Back (R) I SMILE BACK (R) 2 outHHHH of 4 stars

By Michael Clark

Movie Critic

If you’re familiar with her Comedy Central series, her stand-up or her always colorful interviews, you’re already aware that comedienne Sarah Silverman has a dark side.

If you aren’t completely convinced, check out her single scene appearance in the documentary “The Aristocrats” — the girl is capable of mining some truly disturbing depths.

Silverman isn’t the first person known mostly for comedy on the small screen to tackle heavy drama on the big screen, and she certainly won’t be the last. But she’s one of the few women to do so and her performance in “I Smile Back” is nothing less than throttling.

Unfortunately, it takes place in a movie that’s all over the tonal and narrative map and is totally undeserving of her talents.

Taking place somewhere in the Northeast, Silverman plays Laney, the wife of writer Bruce (Josh Charles) and the homemaker mother of two seemingly normal kids. Judging by the look of their home, the family is doing quite well and even though (by most standards) Laney seems to have it all, she suffers from depression and lifelong “daddy issues.”

Instead of her prescribed meds, she drinks heavily, snorts coke and is having an affair with a close friend of the family.

Considering its ultrashort running time of just 85 minutes, it’s a mystery why first time feature director Adam Salky takes his sweet time with the pace and lets the camera linger longer than it should. This is all the

more baffling as Salky’s resume consists mostly of short films — the type of production which requires strong focus and tight editing. His choice to “stop” the story rather than opting for a conclusion or ending that provides some kind of narrative closure is the last of many bad choices.

Adapted from the book of the same name by Amy Koppelman (who cowrote the screenplay with Paige Dylan), “I Smile Back” opens cold, keeps an arm’s length approach for its duration and includes virtually every imaginable “addict/burnout” film cliché.

Because Silverman is so convincing it makes the wan material feel all the more flimsy and recycled, and coupled with the ultra-downbeat nature of the story, “I Smile Back” is going to have a tough time pulling in anyone who isn’t already a Sarah Silverman, pictured above, stars as Laney in Broad Green Pictures’ “I Smile dedicated Silverman fan. Back.” Skylar Gaertner, top, plays Laney’s son Eli and Josh Charles, above, plays her (Broad Green Pictures) husband Bruce. (Special Photos: Broad Green Pictures)

10C • FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2015

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‘Agent X’ ready to deploy Sharon Stone stars in, produces new show

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David Cross (left) and Bob Odenkirk star in “With Bob & David,” premiering Friday, Nov. 13, on Netflix. (Special Photo: Your TV Link)

‘Bob and David’ reunite

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feminism to modern television and science fiction, all done before a studio Bob Odenkirk and David audience and with a Monty Cross want to make it clear Python influence very that in no way will their much in evidence. new Netflix series “With “That was the greatest Bob & David” resemble show ever and still is,” their previous sketch Odenkirk said. comedy effort “Mr. Show.”

“The difference is going Except for one thing. to come about basically in “The part where David the fact that we’re older,” and I do a show and we’re Cross (“Arrested Developfunny,” Odenkirk (“Better ment”) explained. “It’s still Call Saul”) deadpanned. us and it’s still us working “That’s the part we’re together and with a number bringing back.” of the old cast and a numThe new series, which ber of the writers, which drops with four half-hour we’ve wanted to do. Not episodes and an hour-long to re-create ‘Mr. Show’ at “Making of” special on all. We were very specific Friday, Nov. 13, reasabout making some difsembles much of the cast ferences. I don’t think it’s and creative team of the wholly different. It looks Emmy-nominated 1995-98 different, I think. It feels HBO cult favorite — indifferent.” cluding regulars Paul F. Part of that can be owed Tompkins, Jill Talley, Jay to the fact that this was Johnston, John Ennis and created for a streaming Brian Posehn and co-exec- service, which didn’t bind utive producers Mark Riv- the creative team to the ers and Dino Stamatopou- rules of a traditional cable los — in skits that parody or broadcast network. everything from organized “I think we entered religion and third-wave into it with the spirit that Your TV Link

we could do anything we want,” Odenkirk said. “It has a new name, it has a new place to exist, Netflix. We don’ t have a time limitation at Netflix like HBO or a network would have. You don’t have to get it done in a certain number of minutes, and we just didn’t want to feel like we owed anything to the old show because this was new. It has a new name and we intended to do it new.

In the end, we ended up working with a lot of the old writers and a lot of the old cast because we all got along so well and we were doing great together. But we never felt the responsibility to do any of that s---.

“And in fact,” Odenkirk continued, “the pieces sometimes connect up, sometimes they don’t. It doesn’t have an opening with a song and it kind of goes its own way any which way it wants to go.

And in that way it’s different because there were rules at ‘Mr. Show’ and we don’t have rules now.”

Sharon Stone knows and has worked with so many politicians, she already had a lot of her research done to play a vice president.

Still iconic for her “Basic Instinct” and Golden Globe Award-winning “Casino” performances two decades later, the actress is tackling her first weekly television role since 1983’s “Bay City Blues.”

She’s also an executive producer as TNT’s “Agent X” premieres with back-toback episodes Sunday, Nov. 8, casting her as a newly installed second-in-command who secretly has a secret agent (Jeff Hephner, “Boss”) at her disposal … as have vice presidents before her, as her right-hand man (Gerald McRaney) explained.

“We’re just pounding to be good,” Stone said, adding that she’s been “a giant pain in the rear” in her producing capacity. She mused that she likes the show’s conceit that vice presidents covertly have been sending spies around the world to take care of dirty work: “Now we know why we like Joe Biden so much. He’s been kicking a-under the cloak of darkness.

I think it’s absolutely adorable. It’s fun and exciting, and it holds what we might say is a certain kind of lurid possibility.”

Jamey Sheridan (“Law & Order: Criminal Intent”), Mike Colter (“The Good Wife”) and — as the president — John Shea also star in “Agent X,” and for added evidence of the impressive casting around Stone, look no further than James Earl Jones (“my friend for 30 years,” Stone notes) as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Also noteworthy:

Sharon Stone stars in “Agent X,” premiering Sunday on TNT. (Special Photo: Your TV Link)

Olga Fonda (“The Vampire Diaries”) as a Russian spy who engages in some entertaining court-and-spark with Hephner’s John Case.

“He’s so charming and attractive and interesting,” Stone said of Hephner, “and he’s such a good actor.

He’s just got it all. We’ve just been so lucky (with the cast), and because we’re shooting in town (Los Angeles), we’ve been blessed with the most magnificent crew.”

Stone didn’t deny she’d like “Agent X” to have the effect of encouraging “Americans to embrace women in positions of political power,” and she said with a hearty laugh, “I think it’s time, because it’s clear that the men have been killing us. If we would like to live a little longer and stop having so many wars … I love what the Pope said, that we are part of our environment. That’s a beautiful way to look at things, and I think

women have an easier time addressing that. I also think women are a little more nurturing, by nature, and less inclined to make the first choice to kill.”

In many scenes of “Agent X,” the positioning and lighting (and hairstyle) make it hard to deny the resemblance of Stone’s widowedby-mystery Natalie Maccabee to a certain current political candidate, and the star allowed she’s “a big fan of Hillary Clinton. I don’t like the fact that she has to pander to be liked, when I think respect and admiration are bigger keys to a presidential candidate.”

Long associated with politicians through her global work with peacekeeping campaigns and the AIDS research foundation amfAR, Stone admitted “Agent X” is a big step in recharging her career after dealing with a health crisis (a subarachnoid hemorrhage) and raising adopted children.