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City Council hires manager from Alabama

BY CURT YEOMANS curt.yeomans@gwinnettdailypost.com

Maxwell High School of Technology students inspect a car on Wednesday afternoon looking for different types of steering systems. They wore shirts donated by Fenski Automotive, one of four local automotive businesses that donated shirts to Maxwell students to encourage them to dress professionally as they transition to a career. (Staff Photo: Keith Farner)

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Businesses donate shirts to Maxwell automotive services classes

BY KEITH FARNER

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Peachtree Corners is one step closer to having a new city manager.

The city council voted to hire Anniston, Ala. City Manager Brian Johnson to fill the post on Tuesday night, according to city officials.

Although the employment agreement with Johnson still has to be finalized, Mayor Mike Mason said officials in the young city are looking forward to Brian working with him.

Johnson “We are extremely pleased to have such a consummate professional join us,” Mason said in a statement.

“The city will certainly benefit from the wealth of experience that Mr. Johnson brings to Peachtree Corners. Mr. Johnson’s appointment is subject to the approval of an agreement which is expected to be finalized by the end of the week.”

With an an employment agreement still pending, Mason added that a start date has not yet been set for Johnson, although officials hope to announce that date soon.

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Gwinnett families to celebrate national afterschool event

BY KEITH FARNER keith.farner@gwinnettdailypost.com

LAWRENCEVILLE — Walk into the automotive services area at Maxwell High School of Technology and it might as well be any number of automotive businesses around Gwinnett.

Dressed in four sets of matching shirts, about half with their name on a chest patch on a buttoned-down shop shirt, and any of the students could pass as local professional mechanics or technicians.

For teachers at Maxwell, and local businesses who serve on the school’s advisory council, that’s the idea.

“The whole deal is to look like a technician, feel like a technician, model the industry,” said Max Chavex, an auto services teacher at Maxwell. “So (we are) making the transition from school to industry really similar. They’re representing the company. They’re the face of automotive now.”

Four local automotive businesses — Jim Ellis Buick GMC Mall of Georgia, Nash Chevrolet, Hennessy Automotive Group and Fenski Automotive — do-

Mark Christian, director of service operations at Jim Ellis Buick GMC Mall of Georgia, poses for a picture with Maxwell High School of Technology students after Jim Ellis was one of four automotive businesses that donated T-shirts or shop shirts to Maxwell students to encourage them to dress professionally as they transition to a career. (Special Photo)

dent could have four shirts to wear daily. Nash, Jim Ellis and Hennessy provided 50 Visit gwinnettdailypost.com for a photo gallery. shop shirts each, per class — the same shirts their techninated T-shirts and shop shirts cians wear — for students to for the students to wear as wear on special occasions, they work on cars in their interviews, such as when automotive services classes guest speakers visit or on at Maxwell. The shirts went Fridays. Shop shirts are emto three classes and 150 broidered with the student’s students. name and the Maxwell AutoFenski, Jim Ellis and Hen- motive logo. nessy donated 240 T-shirts “A lot of these (students) each, per class so each stuare proud of the shirts and MORE ONLINE

they wear them all day long,” said Chavez, who said it has helped develop camaraderie and teamwork.

Chavez took the idea to the advisory council and the aforementioned businesses jumped at the opportunity to donate to the school. Chavez added that word has spread so much that he already has 12 sponsors lined up for next year.

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A crowd of Gwinnett families is expected at a evening rally tonight to promote safety for children coming home from school.

The Lights on Afterschool rally is a national event, but the local destination will be from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Lenora Park in Snellville.

Live Healthy Gwinnett will host Walk Among the Stars, a free outdoor Hollywood-themed festival that celebrates the importance of afterschool programs.

Children and adults who attend this year’s event are encouraged to dress as their favorite movie characters. The event will include interactive games, hayrides, STEM activities, face painting, inflatables and crafts.

The Gwinnett event will be one of more than 8,000 events across the nation that emphasize the importance of keeping the lights on and the doors open after school.

Lights on Afterschool is organized by the Afterschool Alliance, a nonprofit public awareness and advocacy organization that focuses on all children having access to quality afterschool programs.

Community partners involved in this year’s event include J.M. Tull-Gwinnett Family YMCA, Challenge Island, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta-Strong4Life, GUIDE Inc., Gwinnett County Public Library, Gwinnett 4-H, Gwinnett County Parks and Recreation, Future Men of Distinction, Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta, Learning Hive Kids Club and Gwinnett County Health and Human Services.

Gwinnett giving nonprofits $400,000 grants for chronic care Goal to relieve nonemergency demand on ERs

BY CURT YEOMANS

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A pair of local nonprofit healthcare groups are getting some extra help from county leaders in an effort to relieve some pressure on local hospitals.

County commissioners agreed on Tuesday to split $400,000 between the Norcross-based

Good Samaritan Health Center of Gwinnett and the Lawrenceville-based Hope Clinic Inc. The grant money is intended to be used for chronic care assistance so that the clinics can handle more cases of residents with chronic disease.

The idea according to county documents is that making it possible for residents to get treatment for those diseases

early on at these clinics, they’ll be less likely to need to visit a hospital later on. That preventative care would, in turn, relieve pressure on local emergency rooms.

“These grants will provide people with resources to manage chronic diseases better and hopefully reduce calls for on site emergency medical services, transport and hospital

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will get $300,000 while the Good Samaritan Health Center will get the remaining $100,000.

The Hope Clinic plans to use its money to support its Chronic Care — Chairman Charlotte Nash Management Program, which works with patients who have diabetes, emergency room visits,” see if this can offer some heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterChairman Charlotte Nash relief.” said in a statement. “We The county is entering ol, arthritis, atrial fibrilstudied our ambulance into subsidy agreements lation, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, usage statistics and with both clinics to looked at similar moves provide the chronic care See GRANTS, Page 7A in other communities to assistance. Hope Clinic These grants will provide people with resources to manage chronic diseases better and hopefully reduce calls for on site emergency medical services, transport and hospital emergency room visits.”

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Man serving six life sentences loses appeal He appealed the trial court’s ruling to the appellate court. His attorneys said Cisneros didn’t receive A man involved in seva fair trial. They said he eral violent home invasions was improperly convicted in Gwinnett in 2004 lost as a party to the crime of his appeal to the Supreme sexual battery based solely Court of Georgia, according on testimony from his acto a news release from the complice. high court on Monday.

Also, one of his lawyers The court upheld the said the trial attorney should Georgia Court of Appeals’ have acknowledged a Codecision to convict Gustavo lombian alternate juror who Cisneros for armed robbery, challenged the accuracy of a burglary, aggravated sexual courtroom translator. battery and sexual battery.

During the trial, two In 2008, a trial jury co-defendants who testified acquitted Cisneros of a for the state said Cisneros few counts but found him sometimes was the driver guilty of 19 offenses for his and lookout. One co-defeninvolvement in seven gang- dant said he, Cisneros and related home invasions. A the others were part of the Gwinnett judge handed him Latino gang “PL-14.” six life sentences plus more The high-profile case than 200 years. At the time, involved “markedly similar” Cisneros was in his late home invasions, according teens. to the release.

BY ERIKA WELLS

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Prosecutors said masked gunmen broke into several homes from Gustavo February to Cisneros April 2004.

During the robberies, they tied up their victims with shoelaces and string, and stole gold jewelry, money, electronics and more.

Witnesses said the men carried semiautomatic pistols, shot several people, sexually assaulted women and threatened to kill children. The men terrorized residents, shooting one man five times during one incident and sexually abusing a mother in front of her children in another.

In April 2004, police set up surveillance at the

Willow Trail and Clairmont Spring apartment complexes after receiving a tip for a Duluth resident whose home was near one of the invasions.

When police searched the complexes, they found items including cash, guns, jewelry and ski masks.

Cisneros eventually was arrested, and police said he gave inconsistent stories about where he’d been during the robberies. He was convicted and is in Wilcox State Prison in Abbeville.

The Court of Appeals reversed eight convictions involving three of the home invasions due to lack of, or insufficient evidence.

The appellate court found there was sufficient evidence to convict him for burglary and armed robbery for the home invasions on Glenwhite Drive in Du-

luth and Sandune Drive in Norcross.

In May 2016, Cisneros appealed to the Supreme Court of Georgia, which agreed to consider the appellate court’s decisions.

Ultimately, the high court agreed with the appellate court’s ruling.

Chief Justice Hugh Thompson explained in a unanimous 26-page opinion, according to the release.

A defendant can’t be convicted of a felony based only on testimony from an accomplice, according to state law. Instead, the state had to provide evidence that supported what the accomplice said.

The court ruled Cisneros’ similar ways of committing the crimes were consistent with how the accomplice described Cisneros’ in-

volvement in the incidents at Glenwhite Drive and Sandune Drive.

His attorneys said he shouldn’t have been convicted of sexual battery as a party to the crime because there was no proof that he knew the men’s intentions or helped them.

The opinion says that the jury was allowed to convict Cisneros of the charge because he knew his “co-conspirators intended to commit a brutal home invasion … where they likely would use threats, intimidation and physical coercion.”

The high court decided there wasn’t evidence that the Spanish interpretation interfered with the trial. It did not prevent Cisneros, who spoke English, from offering his defense or incorrectly relay a witness’ testimony.

for Gwinnett County Fire and Emergency Services. Shoring equipment, load-bearing harnesses, scene lighting, Georgia’s emergency tri-band radios, equipment management and homeland maintenance and replacement security officials are giving and shipping costs for the Gwinnett County public Georgia Search and Rescue safety agencies $50,000 in Truck will also be covered by grants to help with search and the grant, according to county rescue and bomb detection documents. efforts.

“This team is a highly speCounty commissioners cialized group that performs agreed to accept the grants technical rescues in settings from the Georgia Emergency such as confined space, high Management Homeland angle, building and trench Security Agency on behalf collapse,” fire Chief Casey of Gwinnett’s fire and police Snyder told commissioners. departments on Tuesday.

“This is part of the unit that One grant is worth $44,000 was deployed during the and will be used to buy recent Hurricane Matthew in search-and-rescue equipment south Georgia.”

The other grant is worth $6,000, and that money will be used by the police department to buy supplies and equipment for its Hazardous Device Unit’s K-9. The dog is used by the unit to detect explosive devices and materials, according to county documents.

“We receive regular support from GEMA for our Hazardous Devices Unit K-9,” police Chief Butch Ayers said. “The grant will be used to fund dog food, veterinary care and dog supplies.”

County documents show the money will also be used to pay for grooming and health evaluations and screenings.

UGA Gwinnett campus Gwinnett fire, police receive to host open house event state homeland security grants

BY KEITH FARNER keith.farner @gwinnettdailypost.com

The Gwinnett campus of the University of Georgia is scheduled to have an open house from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday where more than a dozen graduate pro-

grams will be represented.

Representatives from admissions and financial aid offices are also set to be there to talk with prospective students about programs offered. Brief tours of the campus will also be available.

Parking is free, and

a light breakfast will be provided.

UGA’s Gwinnett Campus is located at 2530 Sever Road in Lawrenceville, at exit 109 off Interstate 85.

Any additional questions can be directed to Ben Hall, assistant director, at bhall84@uga.edu.

Armed robbery suspects use stolen debit card at shoe store FROM STAFF REPORTS Suspects who made purchases from a shoe store in Stone Mountain with a stolen debit card Sept. 3 are on the run, police said Monday.

Two men used the Bank of America card they stole during an armed robbery earlier that evening, according to a Gwinnett County Police Department news release. They were seen on video surveillance at Foot Locker at 5246 Memorial Drive.

The victim had met the two men at 1835 E. Park Place Blvd. in Stone Mountain to try to sell them wristwatches at about 6 p.m., police department spokesman Cpl. Deon Washington said.

One of the suspects pulled out a handgun and demanded the victim’s property. The suspects took the victim’s cellphone, wallets, several watches and about $250, Washington said.

They got away in a gold Infiniti car.

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Gwinnett police need help identifying two suspects who allegedly robbed a victim at gunpoint Sept. 3 at about 6 p.m., and shortly after used the victim’s Bank of America card to make purchases at Foot locker in Stone Mountain. (Special Photo)

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Organic gardening has become quite popular among many gardeners, but, a considerable amount of confusion exists about exactly what it is and what it is not.

Organic gardening is utilizing a combination of methods and strategies to produce healthy plants. It requires a thorough understanding of the ecological relationships among soil, plants and other organisms in the garden.

Contrary to popular belief, organic gardening is neither a method of pest control nor is it avoiding the use of all chemical pesticides.

Organic gardening requires a long-term outlook on soil preparation. The development of healthy fertile soil will help provide the plants with the necessary nutrients.

Organic gardeners use natural organic fertilizers and mineral amendments to improve the overall quality and fertility of the soil. Most synthetic fertilizers provide nutrients that are immediately available to the plant. However, they do not contribute to the overall health and long-term fertility of the soil. Organic matter in the soil is important because it breaks down and releases nutrients for the plants to utilize. It also improves the soil’s water and nutrient-holding capacity as well as providing a habitat for beneficial microorganisms.

Organic matter in the soil can be increased by the addition of manure, topsoil, peat moss, compost and other suitable materials.

Gardening in Gwinnett

Tim Daly Pest control begins by purchasing healthy plants that are free of insects, diseases and are of high quality. Encourage beneficial insects, such as lady beetles, lacewings and certain species of wasps to stay in your garden. Certain herbaceous plants, such as dill, wild mustards, yarrow and others provide shelter and food for these beneficial organisms.

They should be planted among your vegetables.

Choose a plant that has varieties with known resistance to diseases and insects as a method to reduce pests.

For example, some varieties of tomatoes have been bred to have resistance to certain fungal diseases.

Remove and dispose of plant material, such as leaves, branches, and fruit that has fallen to the ground. Reduce the incidence of disease by keeping the leaves and stems of the plants as dry as possible. Use drip irrigation rather than watering overhead to reduce the number of time plants remain wet and also to conserve water.

There are several organic

pesticides available. Botanicals, such as rotenone, pyrethrum, and neem oil products, are plant-derived materials.

Microbial pesticides that control certain insect pests are formulated from microorganisms or their by-products.

An example is Dipel, which contains a species of bacteria that target certain caterpillar pests. Minerals, such as sulfur and copper, are the primary organic materials used to control fungal and bacterial diseases. Always remember that even if a product is considered to be organic, it is still a pesticide. Exercise caution when using these products.

Some organic pesticides are as toxic as or even more so than many synthetic chemical pesticides.

Organic gardening has both its positives and negatives. Understanding the basics of this practice and what it involves will help you succeed in having healthy, productive plants. If you are interested in learning more about this subject, Gwinnett County Extension will have a class on organic gardening on Monday, from noon to 1 p.m. in the secondfloor conference room of the Gwinnett County Government Annex Building, 750 S. Perry St., Lawrenceville, GA 30046.

Timothy Daly is a County Extension Agent with the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension, Gwinnett County. He can be reached at 678-377-4011 or tdaly@ uga.edu.

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Grieving widow can’t cry DEAR DR. ROACH: My husband of 53 years died six years ago. Since that time, I have been unable to cry. I have always cried easily and found it a tremendous help in minimizing sadness, stress and pain. In the past six years, there have been many sad situations in which I could not cry. I am 85 years old.

I look forward to hearing from you.

— D.S. ANSWER: The inability to cry sometimes occurs in people with profound grief. I have read explanations for this, such as suppressing one’s emotions, or shock or a type of denial. For many, crying is a release of emotions and is part of the process of grieving. After a loss, some people feel a sense of unreality, and the acceptance and crying come much later.

Although I can’t foresee what will happen to you, I do think that finding someone to listen to your story of the good times and bad with your husband will be very valuable. That person might be a family member, a friend, a member of the clergy or a professional mental-health specialist.

Six years is a long time for grief, and I worry about depression, which would require treatment (though not necessarily medication).

DEAR DR. ROACH: Does emotional stress cause your hair to fall out?

Is that hair loss reversible?

— J.S. ANSWER: There are many different types of hair loss, and one of them, alopecia areata, has been linked in many (but not all) cases to emotional stress.

Alopecia areata appears to be an autoimmune disorder: One in 50 people will be affected during their lifetime. Most commonly, there is a circular area of complete hair loss that develops over one to a few weeks. In 10 percent of cases, it will involve the entire scalp (alopecia totalis) or all scalp and body hair (alopecia universalis).

Fingernails often are affected at the same time, usually with pits in the nails.

About 50 percent of people will see regrowth of the hair within a year.

Small areas of hair loss can be treated with steroids, either by topical injection or a cream applied to the affected area. Immunotherapy (using an allergen, which provokes an inflammatory response) is effective in about half of cases.

There are many options for dealing with emotional stress, including psychological counseling, but I don’t know if that will help the chance of hair regrowth.

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 Drive, Orlando, FL 32803. Health newsletters may be ordered from www. rbmamall.com.

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TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1944, U.S. forces landed on Leyte Island, beginning a months-long campaign to free the Philippines from Japanese control.

In 1947, the House Un-American Activities Committee opened its first hearings on communist influence in the film industry.

In 1977, three members of the band Lynyrd Skynyrd were killed (along with their road manager and the two pilots) when their chartered plane crashed in Mississippi.

In 2011, ousted Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi was captured and killed by rebel forces in Sirte, Libya.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891), poet; Bela Lugosi (1882-1956), actor; Art Buchwald (1925-2007), columnist; Joyce Brothers (1927-2013), psychologist/columnist; Mickey Mantle (1931-1995), baseball

player; Jerry Orbach (1935-2004), actor; Tom Petty (1950- ), singer-songwriter; Danny Boyle (1956- ), film director; Viggo Mortensen (1958- ), actor; Snoop Dogg (1971- ), rapper/actor; John Krasinski (1979- ), actor.

TODAY’S FACT: Only four nations in the world currently self-identify as communist states: China, Cuba, Laos and Vietnam.

TODAY’S SPORTS: In 1968, American Dick Fosbury won a gold medal and set an Olympic record when he high-jumped 7 feet 4 1/4 inches at the Olympic Games in Mexico City, marking the international debut of his signature jump style, the “Fosbury Flop.”

TODAY’S QUOTE: “You can’t make up anything anymore. The world itself is a satire. All you’re doing is recording it.” — Art Buchwald

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Parents of troubled boy worry about disclosure Dear Amy: We had a very difficult summer. We had to send our 14-yearold son out of state to a wilderness program because of his substance abuse, defiance and highrisk behavior. We were totally caught off guard by the substance abuse issue.

We are first-generation immigrants and were not exposed to drugs growing up in our birth country.

Our child spent 11 weeks at the program, during which we learned more about his behavior (drugs as well as alcohol, stealing to support his habit and so on). It was shocking and unbelievable.

He worked hard to overcome this behavior and picked up a good set of coping skills. He has since transitioned to a small residential therapeutic treatment center where he will get continued help while completing his schoolwork.

When his friends (the ones we want to keep him away from), as well as other, well-meaning friends, ask about him, what do I say?

Right now I simply state that he is at a private school. Some accept the answer, and others continue to probe.

I say that the details are not important and walk away. We as a family have gone through too much pain. All this probing only

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Amy Dickinson makes it worse.

I want our child to choose when (and if) he wants to share his story with others.

What is your advice?

— Pained Parents Dear Pained: This is your family’s business, and it should be up to you to choose what you want to disclose (and to whom).

One way to handle this is to be deliberately vague but also polite (making a statement and then walking away is impolite and may raise more questions).

You can say, “‘Steve’ is in a boarding school that seems to be a really good fit for him, and we’re feeling great about his progress. Thanks for asking.”

If people continue to ask questions and it makes you uncomfortable, you can say, “You are kind to care, but we’re keeping things private. Why do you ask?”

You may find that other parents have had similar experiences to yours; if you find other people you can open up to, they might

be compassionate and helpful resources.

Dear Amy: I’ve been divorced for three years. My new boyfriend moved in two years ago.

He moved from out of state. He didn’t have a job and didn’t look for one for almost a year. He has NEVER given me any money toward rent, utilities, internet, etc. He rarely helps with groceries.

In his defense, he used to own a mortgage company and is now driving a school bus for $18K per year.

He doesn’t seem to be trying to get a better job, and he is more than capable. He also claims to have $50K in credit card debt, but in the past year and a half, he has purchased things for himself, and yet he claims he doesn’t even have $20/month to give me to go toward the quarterly trash bill.

We didn’t discuss finances before he moved in, and I knew that he was coming in without a job, but I’m really starting to resent him.

My family and friends think he’s taking advantage of me.

What do you think?

— Wondering Dear Wondering: I’m expressing my own surprise that you would welcome someone to move in with you without

discussing finances beforehand. And now, after two years, your partner’s willingness to contribute to the household is still a mystery to you.

So talk about it. Put your household bills and expenses on the table and figure out how (or if) you will share them.

If he is unable (or refuses) to contribute anything, and if this is a deal breaker for you, then you should be brave enough to say so.

Dear Amy: “Homeowner” wrote to you about a potentially tragic accident at his home, when a toddler ended up in his pool.

The parent who fished the baby out had his smartphone destroyed in the process.

I liked your idea to contact the manufacturer to see if they would replace the phone, gratis.

— Fan Dear Fan: I figured it was worth a shot; manufacturers might find this quick-thinking act of bravery something to celebrate.

You can contact Amy Dickinson via email: askamy@amydickinson.com.

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You’ll learn readily and experience all sorts of personal changes this year. Your interest in others and in different cultures and lifestyles will help you make choices that will lead to better health, less stress and new beginnings. Stick to your budget and enjoy the journey.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Express your thoughts and feelings, and react graciously to constructive criticism.

Don’t feel the need to do what others say, but do consider incorporating suggestions that work for you.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24Nov. 22) — You’ve got everything going for you, so don’t falter now. Your actions should be calculated and precise, but not pretentious. Doing what you want without an audience will lead to success.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Stay neutral, no matter what happens today. The less you divulge about your particular views, the easier it will be to keep the peace and manipulate the situation at a crucial moment.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Ulterior motives, emotional manipulation and poor information will surface if you don’t take a time-out to digest what’s transpiring. Nothing is as bad as it seems, so chill out.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 19) — Making travel plans or reuniting with old friends will lift your spirits. Self-improvement projects will make you feel good about your appearance and potential.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Look for an opportunity to get ahead. Good fortune is within reach if you don’t get sucked into other people’s dilemmas.

Protect against insult or injury.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — A change will result in good fortune and new opportunities.

Discuss your thoughts and plans with a loved one in order to come up with a good solution and a workable plan.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — A clear mind will lead to good choices.

Don’t let others’ actions phase you. If you follow your instincts, you will enjoy the benefits of a winning situation.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Don’t question what you need to do; just do it. It’s important to put the past behind you so that you can move forward without hesitation, worry or regret. Love is highlighted.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Emotions will flare up, and restraint and discipline will be required.

Find unorthodox solutions instead of getting angry and making matters worse. Choose love and peace over chaos.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Business or pleasure trips will give you greater insight into ways you can exploit your skills, knowledge and expertise. Mix business with pleasure in order to advance.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) — Put everything you’ve got into doing the best job possible. Don’t let an emotional incident make you less productive or cause damage to your reputation. Be true to yourself.

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world&nation world Villages on road to Mosul rigged with bombs

Trump refuses to say he’ll accept results

By Stephen Collinson CNN

SHEIKH AMIR, Iraq — A deep tunnel, booby trapped with an improvised explosive device, burrows under houses at the entrance to the village.

Nearby, an anti-personnel mine lies half buried in a dirt road.

Residents began returning on Wednesday to the village of Sheikh Amir on the road to Mosul, recaptured overnight by advancing Kurdish fighters in the early days of the biggest advance that has been launched against Islamic State.

Donald Trump on Wednesday refused to say he would accept the result of next month’s presidential election.

“I will look at it at the time,” Trump said when challenged during the final presidential debate on his claims that the election is “rigged” against him.

He added: “I will keep you in suspense.”

The comments at the Las Vegas showdown marked an extraordinary departure from one of the most fundamental principles of American democracy: the peaceful transfer of power after an election. The reSurveillance show marks were also a dramatic Russian warships, departure from the first hour reported for Syria of the debate, where Trump showed unusual restraint as OSLO — The Norwegian he and Clinton engaged in military has released pictures substantial policy discustaken by surveillance aircraft sions over issues such as the of a fleet of Russian warships Supreme Court, the Second sailing in international waters Amendment and gun rights. off the coast of Norway and Hillary Clinton, the reported to be heading to Democratic nominee who Syria. is leading Trump in most Photos of the vessels, polls, said the Republican which include the aircraft nominee’s remarks were carrier Admiral Kuznetsov “horrifying.” and the Pyotr Velikiy battle “You are not up to doing cruiser, were taken near Anthe job,” Clinton said, claimdoya island, in northern ing that every time events Norway on Monday. do not turn out in his favor, A spokesman for the Nor- Trump claimed things were wegian military intelligence “rigged” against him. She service said the country’s highlighted Trump’s past armed forces frequently comments lamenting results releases such footage, while of the Iowa caucuses, legal newspaper VG quoted General Morten Haga Lunde, head of the service, as saying the eight ships involved “will probably play a role in the deciding battle for N.C. offers reward Aleppo.” in arson at local Russia’s TASS state news Republican office agency said in July, citing WINSTON-SALEM, a source, that the Admiral N.C. — North Carolina Kuznetsov would take part will pay up to $5,000 for in the Russian operation tips leading to the arrest and in Syria from October to January. The warship would conviction of those responsible for the weekend arson carry 15 Su-33 and MIGand graffiti attack at a local 29K jet fighters and over Republican Party headquar10 Ka-52K, Ka-27 and -31 ters, the state’s governor said helicopters, it said. on Wednesday.

Local, state and federal Gunman kills two, investigators are searching for suspects after they said a wounds three in device commonly described Afghan capital as a Molotov cocktail was KABUL — A gunman, thrown through a window of reportedly in an Afghan the Orange County Repubarmy uniform, shot dead lican Party headquarters in two American advisers and Hillsborough on Sunday. wounded three on WednesThe glass bottle containday near a base outside the ing a flammable liquid Afghan capital before being ignited inside the strip-mall killed himself, officials said. office, burning furniture The American deaths and campaign signs before included one soldier and one extinguishing. A swastika and civilian, while one soldier the message “Nazi Republiand two civilians were incans leave town or else” were jured and in stable condition, spray-painted on a nearby the U.S. military command building. in Kabul said.

“The firebombing of a “The two individuals local political headquarters were killed during an attack was clearly an act of intiminear a coalition base by an dation, and I’m going to do unknown assailant, who everything I can to find the was later killed,” it said in individual or individuals who a statement. “They were committed this assault on conducting duties as part of our democracy,” Republican the larger NATO mission to Governor Pat McCrory said train, advise and assist the in a statement announcing the Afghan security services.” reward money.

About 13,000 international troops and thousands of Ga. man to be civilian contractors remain executed for 1997 in Afghanistan to train and assist government forces killing of officer battling Taliban insurgents ATLANTA — On who seek to reimpose fundamentalist Islamic rule 15 Wednesday Georgia plans to years after they lost power in execute a man who opened a U.S.-led military interven- fire on Atlanta police with an tion.

AR-15 rifle in 1997, killing — From wire reports one officer and critically

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Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Hillary Clinton take part in their third and final 2016 presidential campaign debate, moderated by Chris Wallace (C), at UNLV in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Wednesday.

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judgments against him — even Trump’s complaints when he did not win an Emmy.

Trump seemed to lose his cool as the debate went on, harshly criticizing Clinton and occasionally getting testy with the debate moderator, Chris Wallace of Fox News. The debate began to take a turn when Trump and Clinton clashed over the Republican nominee’s relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Clinton blasted Trump as a “puppet” of Putin and directly called on him to condemn what she said was a Russian effort to use cyber

attacks to influence the election in her opponent’s favor.

Trump replied that Putin had no respect for Clinton or President Barack Obama.

“That’s because he would rather have a puppet as president of the United States,” Clinton said, implying that Putin wanted Trump to win the election.

“No puppet. You are the puppet,” Trump said.

Trump said he had never met Putin but allowed that the Russian leader had said nice things about him, and said it would be good if Washington and Moscow worked together to fight ISIS.

people ‘Workaholics’ star Anders to topline new Fox comedy LOS ANGELES — Fox is developing a comedy from “The Office” alums Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky with “Workaholics” star Anders Holm attached to star, Variety has learned.

With Holm’s lead casting, “Workaholics” could be nearing its end. The Comedy Central series has been renewed for an upcoming seventh season, which premieres in January 2017, and stars of the fan-favorite series have alluded to Season 7 being its last, though there’s no official word at this point.

“Pigeon,” which landed a put pilot commitment, follows Simon Pigeon, a private eye, played by Holm, who is uniquely suited to detective work, but ill-equipped to manage his personal life.

The 30-minute singlecam comedy hails from ABC Studios. Eisenberg and Stupnitsky created the project and will serve as writers and exec producers, along with “Workaholics” exec producer Isaac Horne, who is reuniting with Holm on “Pigeon.”

Holm will also serve as an EP.

But he added: “This is not my best friend.”

Clinton and Trump also bitterly sparred over the theme of who is qualified to be President. Wallace pressed Trump on why so many women had come forward to accuse him of sexual assault if the allegations were not true.

Trump said the claims had been “largely debunked.”

“I think they want either fame or her campaign did it,” Trump said, referring to New ‘Willy Wonka’ film in the works the women that came forward after he said at the last LOS ANGELES — After debate he had never been helping build the “Harry abusive to any women.

Potter” franchise and rebooting it with “Fantastic Beasts Contract talks between the and Where to Find Them,” Association of Pennsylvania producer David Heyman and State College and University Warner Bros. are re-teaming Faculties and Pennsylvania’s to revive another classic State System of Higher Edu- character.

Sources tell Variety that cation have been going on for Warner Bros. has acquired two years.

About 100,000 students at the rights to the “Willy Wonka” IP from the Roald schools from West Chester University near Philadelphia Dahl Estate and is planning a new movie centered around to California University outside Pittsburgh were ques- the eccentric character.

Heyman will produce with tioning whether to go to class, as school officials urged them Michael Siegel, who is the manager of the Dahl Estate.

Evelyn Poole-Kober views the damage caused in an ar- to do despite the strike.

Kevin McCormick is exec sonist attack on local offices of the North Carolina Reproducing. “The Secret Life publican Party in Hillsborough, N.C., on Tuesday. (Re- Retrial opens for uters/Chris Keane/File Photo) of Pets” scribe Simon Rich is man accused of penning the script. Courtenay Valenti and Jon Gonda are wounding another after they air travel by requiring airlines 1979 murder overseeing the project for the to refund baggage handling had given his intoxicated NEW YORK — A New studio. fees if luggage is “substangirlfriend a ride home. tially delayed” and requiring York City jury heard the Gregory Paul Lawler, 63, opening arguments on online travel agents to prois scheduled to be executed ‘Guardians of the Wednesday in the retrial of vide neutral search results. by injection at 7 p.m. at The government also said a man charged with kidnap- Galaxy 2’ debuts a state prison in Jackson. ping and killing a 6-year-old first sneak peek it would probe a long-time The execution would be the Etan Patz in 1979, a notoriseventh this year in Georgia, practice by some airlines LOS ANGELES — The ous case that drew national matching Texas for the most of preventing various travel guardians are back in busiwebsites from showing their attention to the plight of death sentences carried out ness and battling baddies missing children. fares to gauge the impact on in a state in 2016, according in the first sneak peek for Pedro Hernandez, 55, is consumers. to data from the non-profit “Guardians of the Galaxy on trial in a state court for The effort in the waning Death Penalty Information the second time in the death Vol. 2.” After all, “the galaxy days of President Barack Center. of the boy, who disappeared won’t save itself.”

There have been 16 execu- Obama’s administration The teaser debuted on in lower Manhattan 37 years is aimed at responding to tions in the United States in Wednesday morning — an ago. complaints from consum2016, compared to 28 last hour after the film’s poster Hernandez’s first trial year, the center’s data shows. ers that range from delayed reveal. ended last year with the or damaged baggage and Lawler was sentenced to In between action-packed judge declaring a mistrial. wheelchairs, to pricey adddeath in 2000 after being Jurors deliberated for 18 days scenes of chaos and destrucons like payments for seat found guilty in the murder tion, set to Blue Swede’s without reaching a verdict. assignments. of officer John Sowa, 28. A Eleven of them had voted to 1968 earworm “Hooked on second officer, Patricia Coca Feeling,” Dave Bautista’s convict, while one held out ciolone, survived the shooting Drax teaches Chris Pratt’s with a shattered pelvis, dam- Faculty strike hits for acquittal.

Star-Lord a thing or two A former delicatessen 14 Pennsylvania aged intestines and permaworker, Hernandez confessed about love. nent brain injury. She testified state colleges “There are two types of to the crimes in 2012, but his at Lawler’s trial, according The faculty at 14 of beings in the universe: Those defense attorneys say he is to a Georgia Supreme Court Pennsylvania’s state colwho dance and those who do mentally ill and falsely consummary of the case. leges walked off the job on fessed under police coercion. not,” he says. “I get it, yes. I Wednesday after long-runHe could face life in prison if am a dancer, Gamora is not,” White House ning negotiations on pay and convicted.

Star-Lord responds. seeks to improve benefits broke down, leaving “You just need to find a Patz vanished as he walked some 100,000 students in the alone for the first time to a woman who is pathetic … air travel efforts lurch. like you,” Drax clarifies, school bus stop in the SoHo WASHINGTON — The Some 5,500 professors before forcing a bear hug on neighborhood on May 25, White House announced efand other workers began the 1979. him.

— From wire reports forts on Tuesday to improve strike at 5 a.m.

— From wire reports

Coke and Pepsi sponsor groups trying to wean U.S. off soda

By Ronnie Cohen

Aaron, a student at Boston University School of Medicine and Harvard Law School, wrote Coca-Cola and PepsiCo made intended to curb consumption of the report with Dr. Michael donations to nearly 100 influensugary drinks and stem the rising Siegel, a professor at the Bostial U.S. public health organizatide of obesity, according to a ton University School of Public tions from 2011 to 2015 in an recent study in American Journal Health. effort to silence groups that might of Preventive Medicine.

“The health organizations otherwise push for laws regulat“Although soda companies themselves have a duty to stop ing soda, researchers contend. say they’re beneficent, this study accepting this money,” Aaron Over the same five-year shows what they really care about said, because it creates a conflict period, the two beverage giis improving profit — not public of interest. ants lobbied against at least 28 health,” lead author Daniel Aaron Recipients of the beverage soda taxes and other measures said in a telephone interview. giants’ corporate philanthropy Reuters

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included trusted medical groups and government agencies, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Medical Association, the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the study found.

“These are really powerful medical groups,” Aaron said.

“The fact that they’re accepting money from soda companies may influence doctors and policy.”

In fact, the report argues, the

donations may have already influenced at least some of those groups.

Save the Children, for example, stopped promoting soda taxes in 2010 after taking more than $5 million from PepsiCo in 2009 and while seeking a major grant from Coca-Cola, the study points out.

Save the Children has denied that corporate support influenced its decision to quit promoting soda taxes.

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Trump still has an outside shot

WASHINGTON — With the final presidential debate behind us, voters may be less committed to one or the other candidate than the numbers suggest.

And this, my fellow sufferers, could bode better for Donald Trump.

Lest you suddenly seek the highest perch from which to hurl yourself, this is strictly my personal unscientific prediction, based on instinct, experience and conversations with hundreds of voters across the country. This isn’t to say Trump will win, but it might give pause to those insisting the election is rigged.

By most accounts, the election is all but over.

Poll after poll shows Hillary Clinton winning.

The Upshot, a New York Times polling site, puts Clinton’s chance of winning at 92 percent, leaving Trump at just 8 percent. At this stage, according to the site, the chance of Kathleen Clinton losing is “about the same Parker as the probability that an NFL kicker misses a 31-yard field goal.”

The Upshot’s figures are reached through a complex melding of ratings from many polling groups and provides side-by-side comparisons of other forecasts that use different methodologies. Among them, for example, FiveThirtyEight uses statistical models; the Cook Report relies on expert opinion and reporting; and PredictWise uses data from betting markets.

The Upshot is worth checking out, if only to feel statistically significant.

Or perhaps to feel there’s no reason to vote.

If the statisticians, prognosticators and risk takers seem to have already figured it all out, why bother? Then again, models only work if people behave as they tend to and — crucially — if they tell truth when polled, give or take a hedge here and there.

In a campaign season featuring daily tallies on which candidate is the biggest liar, why would everyday Americans feel any compunction about offering non-truths? More likely, voters may feel embarrassed by what they really believe.

For the record, Trump wins at liar’s dice — by a long shot, according to PolitiFact. At last count, Clinton has told the truth 65 percent of the time, compared with Trump at 12 percent.

Clinton’s statements have been “mostly true” 73 percent of the time compared with Trump’s 33 percent. In the “pants-on-fire” category, meaning not just false but a bald-faced lie, Clinton scores 6 percent to Trump’s 52 percent.

At least he’s winning at something.

None of the above means anything to Trump’s true believers, who, apparently, can’t be lied to often enough. Similarly, Clinton fans can perfume any scent of corruption, including recent revelations about questionable relationships among the State Department, the FBI, Clinton charities and the Democratic nominee’s war chest.

Just days before a debate that had people buying Purell by the gallon, The Washington Post learned that a top State Department official tried to pressure the FBI into lowering the classification on one of Clinton’s emails. Although Clinton had left State by the time this happened, there can be little question that this was attempted to benefit the former secretary.

At the same time, USA Today revealed Tuesday that at least a dozen companies that lobbied the Clinton State Department also gave up to $16 million to Clinton charities. At least four of the lobbyists employed by these companies have also raised at least $100,000 each for Clinton’s White House bid.

The latter apparently is legal, while the former is still being investigated. But like Trump’s legal, if often shady, dealings, some of Clinton’s associations and loyalist interventions carry an odoriferous whiff. These sorts of high-level maneuverings are, besides, the provenance only of the wealthy and powerful — and would at any other time in modern history leave most Americans cold.

For now, “most” may be merely “many,” but these voters, assuming they vote, could create havoc in the corridors of commentary. They are people who deeply dislike both candidates equally, which is not the same as being an “undecided.” Undecideds are still waiting for some magical spark that will guide them to the truth. “Dislikers” have formed their opinions but, given their obviously good character, could suffer a rush of conscience at the last moment, thinking: To not vote is to cede power to the extremists.

The Dislikers and the Undecideds together form the Unknowables — this election’s monstrous, unquantifiable X factor. Most of them, I predict, will fall for Trump — not because he’s the better candidate but because nearly three-quarters of Americans think the country is galloping in the wrong direction, the usual remedy for which is to switch horses.

In other words, it’s a pretty good guess — and even NFL great Adam Vinatieri has missed a 31-yard field goal.

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

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The left is fooling the masses, selves The greatest moral claim of the political left is that they are for the masses in general and the poor in particular. That is also their greatest fraud. It even fools many leftists themselves.

One of the most recent efforts of the left is the spread of laws and policies that forbid employers from asking job applicants whether they have been arrested or imprisoned. This is said to be to help ex-cons get a job after they have served their time, and ex-cons are often either poor or black, or both.

First of all, many of the left’s policies to help blacks are disproportionately aimed at helping those blacks who have done the wrong thing — and whose victims are disproportionately those blacks who have been trying to do the right thing. In the case of this ban on asking job applicants whether they have criminal backgrounds, the only criterion seems to be whether it sounds good or makes the left feel good about themselves.

Hard evidence as to what actual consequences to expect beforehand, or hard evidence as to its actual consequences afterwards, seems to have had very little role in this political crusade.

An empirical study some years ago examined the hiring practices of companies that did a background check on all the employees they hired. It found

invested in blaming racism that mere facts are unlikely to change their minds.

Just as those on the left were not moved by hard evidence before they promoted laws and policies that forbad employers to ask about job applicants’ criminal records, so they have reThomas mained unmoved by more recent Sowell studies showing that the hiring of blacks has been reduced in the wake of such laws and policies. that such companies hired more Moreover, the left is so blacks than companies which invested in the idea that they are did not follow that unusual helping the disadvantaged that practice. they seldom bother to check the Why? This goes back to actual consequences of what decision-making by human bethey are doing, whether that is ings in general, with many kinds something as specific as banning of decisions in general. Since we questions about criminal behavseldom have all the facts, we are ior or something as general as often forced to rely on generaliz- promoting the welfare state. ing when making our decisions.

In the vision of the left, the Many employers, aware of welfare state is supposed to be a higher rates of imprisonment step forward, in the direction of among blacks, are less likely “social justice.” Tons of painto hire blacks whose individual ful evidence, from both sides backgrounds are unknown to of the Atlantic Ocean, that the them. But those particular emwelfare state has in fact been a ployers who investigate everystep backward toward barbarism one’s background before hiring — among low-income whites in them do not have to rely on such England and ghetto blacks in the generalizations.

United States — does not make The fact that these latter kinds a dent in the beliefs of the left. of employers hired more blacks The left’s infatuation with suggests that racial animosity is minimum wage laws has likenot the key factor, since blacks wise been impervious to factual are still blacks, whether they evidence that the spread and have a criminal past or not. But escalation of minimum wages the political left is so heavily have been followed by far higher

rates of unemployment among young blacks, to levels some multiple of what they were before — and to a racial gap in unemployment among the young that is likewise some multiple of what it was before.

Those who doubt this need only turn to the data on page 42 of “Race and Economics”

by Walter Williams, or to the diagram on page 98 of “The Unheavenly City,” written by Edward Banfield back in 1968.

The facts have been available for a long time.

Surely the intelligentsia of the left have access to empirical evidence and the wit to understand such evidence. But the real question is whether they have the stomach to face the prospect that their crusades have hurt the very people they claim to be helping.

Examining hard evidence would mean gambling a whole vision of the world — and of their own role in that world — on a single throw of the dice, which is what looking at hard evidence amounts to. The path of least resistance is to continue going through life feeling good about themselves, while leaving havoc in their wake.

Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305. His website is www. tsowell.com.

Teacher-prep regulations overlook admissions CHICAGO — After years of negotiations and input from education interest groups, teachers and their unions, the U.S. Department of Education recently released its revised Teacher Preparation Regulations, designed to help ensure that students get the best new teachers possible.

The idea is that if teacherpreparation programs transparently report on a variety of performance metrics — such as placement and retention rates of teachers in their first three years in the classroom (including in high-needs schools), as well as feedback from new teachers and their employers on the effectiveness of their training — the data will help improve the efficacy of these programs.

And there’s no question that they need improvement.

In 2013, the National Council on Teacher Quality put out a seminal report that found only 10 percent of 1,200 teacher-preparation programs nationwide were adequately training people to succeed in the classroom. More recently, a 2015 NCTQ report found that standards for training new teachers are inconsistent — even within the same prep programs.

After investigating 13 institutions that offered both undergraduate and graduate degrees in education, the NCTQ found that even on the same campus, some programs allow certain students to graduate with glaring omissions in their training, such

came from rigorous and successful teacher-prep programs.

But if a new teacher ends up in a district that has a wide range of student achievement due to socioeconomic factors, then, just based on student performance, he or she may unfairly look like a weak teacher from a poor Esther program.

Cepeda And though the guidance doesn’t say that student-learning outcomes must be illustrated as not taking a single course in through test scores, it’s easy to classroom management or intro- imagine states cheaply resorting ductory special ed. to using them.

Gathering and publishing In a statement, American more data may eventually push Federation of Teachers President teacher-prep programs to provide Randi Weingarten remarked: more rigorous core-subject “The final regulations could knowledge and pedagogy trainharm students who would ing. What is less clear, however, benefit the most from consisis whether one key provision tent, high-quality standards for of the regulations — judging teacher-preparation programs. … programs based on the learn(They) will punish teacher-prep ing outcomes of students who programs whose graduates go are taught by graduates of those on to teach in our highest-needs programs — can do what it schools, most often those with promises: improve the quality of high concentrations of students new teachers. who live in poverty and EnglishIt’s a marvelous idea, obvilanguage learners — the exact ously. But it doesn’t take into opposite strategy of what we account that any given student is need.” an accumulation of good or bad Even worse is that the final learning and study habits that regulations left out more strinhave been hardwired since birth gent admission standards. through whatever grade a teacher According to NCTQ Presihappens to teach. dent Kate Walsh, higher college If new teachers land jobs at admission standards were not wealthy schools with children included because of institutions’ who have been groomed for concerns that raising standards college since they were in utero, would impact diversity. “Not then high student performance only is this common complaint makes it look as though these denigrating to African-American teachers are gifted educators who and Hispanic students — imply-

ing that a teaching career is only available to them if standards are kept intolerably low — but the consequence of an open-door policy sounds a death knell for programs’ ability to raise the rigor and quality of instruction,” she wrote on the NCTQ website.

I couldn’t agree more. The fact is that nothing impacts student achievement as much as teacher quality. But diversity — certainly a worthy and important goal for teacher ranks — has been politicized and overprioritized in education policymaking circles.

In an interview, Walsh told me, “Not doing something about standards risks perpetuating a cycle of underperformance among minorities. Some people made the decision that having teachers look like students is sufficient to boost student achievement, and there’s very little evidence to support that. Teacher diversity is important to minority kids’ future — it’s just not the most important thing.”

Highly competent teachers are the most significant factor in diverse learners experiencing better educational outcomes. The new regulations provide an excellent start toward this goal. But until we make the leap to more demanding admission standards for teacher-prep programs, K-12 students with the biggest need for exceptionally knowledgeable and well-trained teachers will remain left behind.

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

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Perdue praises Trump’s support for congressional term limits Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump generated some talk this week with his announcement that he supported congressional term limits, but it’s music to U.S. Sen. David Perdue’s ears.

Perdue, R-Ga., has been a strong supporter of Trump, but he’s also been an advocate for term limits. Trump said in a speech in Colorado on Tuesday that he supports setting term limits of three two-year terms for U.S. representatives and two six-year terms for U.S. senators.

“When I ran for the United States Senate in 2014, I promised Georgians I’d fight for term limits,” Perdue said in

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in elected office for at least 20 years, including a group of 36 who have been in office for at

Curt Yeomans a statement on Wednesday. “When I took office last year, I immediately co-sponsored a Constitutional amendment doing just that. Today, I’m proud of Donald Trump for coming out in support of term limits for members of Congress.”

Perdue, a first-term senator, said 60 out of 100 senators have been

more concerned about the next generation than the next election.”

Gwinnett Republicans hosting Chili Cook-Off Saturday Republicans across Gwinnett County will be David cooking something up Perdue this weekend at Thrasher least 30 years.

Park in Norcross.

“That must change if The county’s Repubwe are going to change lican Party will host its the direction of our annual Chili Cook-Off country,” he said. “Career from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at politicians created the the park, which is located moment of crisis America at 1 Park Drive in Norfaces today. They aren’t cross’s historic district. the ones who are going to This year’s event theme solve it. Term limits will is Get Out the Vote, help break this vicious rally vibe because of the cycle of gridlock that is upcoming presidential crippling Congress from election, and party ofgetting things done. ficials said attendees will “It’s time to finally have a chance to get their make sure Washington is picture taken in front of a

Duluth small business takes top honors at Pinnacle Awards From Staff Reports

Business of the Year Twelve local small busiwinner. nesses and entrepreneurs The took home some hardware firm was and bragging rights this recogweek for successes they’ve nized by achieved in the commuRoger Green the chamnity. ber helpThe Gwinnett Chaming more ber handed out its annual than 1,800 clients plan for Pinnacle Small Business retirement while managAwards during a ceremony ing about $385 million in at the Small Business assets. It will now comSummit presented by pete for the U.S. Chamber Roswell-based PurchasDream Big Small Business ing Alliance Solutions at Award. the Infinite Energy Center “I believe it takes the on Tuesday. The awards collaboration of many, are designed to recognize including colleagues, excellence and achieveclients and family for ment in Gwinnett’s small a business to achieve business community. success, and I am truly “We are honored to honored to receive this celebrate and recognize distinguished award for the region’s top small busi- our accomplishments,” nesses and individuals that Green Financial Recontribute greatly to our sources founder and CEO local economy,” Chamber Roger Green said in a President Dan Kaufman statement. said in a statement. “These “Gwinnett County has businesses, led by riska thriving collection of takers and visionaries, are entrepreneurs and small essential to creating jobs businesses and I’m proud and sustaining economic to be a part of a commugrowth.” nity, which encourages The big winner at the and celebrates the succeremony was Duluthcess of its businesses.” based Green Financial Other winners at the Resources LLC, which ceremony included: was named the overall • Small Business of the Small Business of the Year Year, 0-5 Employees: The Award winner, as well as Martin Birkbeck Agency the Family-Owned Small of American Family Insur-

ance; • Small Business of the Year, 6-24 Employees: Cartridge World Lawrenceville-Buford/Hamilton Mill; • Small Business of the Year, 25-plus Employees: Halski Systems; • Home-based Small Business of the Year: Organized Chick LLC; • Minority-owned Small Business of the Year: The Schoolhouse Preschool Academy; • Small Business Resource Champion of the Year: ACE Women’s Business Center; • Rising Star Small Business of the Year: Team Ryan Automotive Service and Repair; • Young Entrepreneur Small Business of the Year: Sterling Rose Consulting; • Woman-owned Small Business of the Year (a tie): Office Creations and Vitality Med Spa; • Pinnacle Small Business Award Fan Favorite: Espeuté Productions.

More than 600 nominations were submitted for a Pinnacle Small Business Award, according to Stephanie Hannum, a Chamber spokeswoman.

For more information, visit www.gwinnettchamber.org.

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Eugene Carlson

Richard Howard

Mr. Eugene Edward Carlson, age 64, of Jefferson, Georgia, who passed away on Friday, October 14, 2016.

Richard Howard, age 70, of Buford, GA passed away Wednesday, October 19, 2016. He was preceded in death by his parents, Robert Lee and Helen Mae Howard; sister, Helen Joyce Garrison; brother-in-law, William Bunch; sister-in-law, Dee Howard. Mr. Howard is survived by daughters and sons-in-law, Carrie Sarita and Eddie M. Dutton, Buford, GA, Stephanie and Lance Karl, Canton, GA; grandchildren, Brittany Franklin, Alexandra Franklin, C. J. Karl, Kaleigh Karl, Karoline Karl; sister, Patricia Bunch, Amissville, VA; brothers, Robert Lee Howard, Jeffersonton, VA; Raymond and Ann Howard, Fredericksburg, VA; William D. Howard, Buford, GA; several nieces, nephews, and cousins. Mr. Howard was born on October 12,

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Gordon Lee Gresham Gordon Lee Gresham, age 75, of Loganville GA, passed away on October 17, 2016. Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, LLC, “A Family Company”, Snellville Chapel 770-979-3200 has been entrusted with the arrangements.

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Wallace Seymour Wallace “Wally” Seymour, age 81, of Lilburn GA, passed away on October 18, 2016. Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, LLC, “A Family Company”, Snellville Chapel 770-979-3200 has been entrusted with the arrangements.

•From Page 1A Johnson could not be reached for comment on Wednesday.

Peachtree Corners’ pick for its new top administrator has been the city manager for Anniston for the last three years. Prior to that, he was the city manager for Garden City near Savannah for six years. He also holds undergraduate and master’s

Trump tour bus.

Elected officials and candidates for elected office will also be on hand to speak to attendees.

It will cost $10 for adults to try the chili $5 for kids, and anyone interested in entering their own blend can do so for $20. Tickets and entry sign up can be purchased at https://squareup.com/ store/gwinnett-republican-party.

Gwinnett offering Saturday voting this weekend Voters who may not have been able to wait in the long lines seen at the Gwinnett County Elections and Registration Office this week because of work will have a chance to cast their ballot this

weekend.

The elections office will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday for the first of two Saturday voting opportunities ahead of the Nov. 8 general election. On Wednesday morning, county spokesman Joe Sorenson said 1,584 people voted on Tuesday, bringing the total for the first two days of early voting to 3,164 ballots cast in this election, with voters having to wait hours in line to cast their ballots.

The elections office is located at 455 Grayson Highway in Lawrenceville.

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

Johnson degrees in political science and public administration from the University of Georgia.

He served in the Navy from 1995-99, and in the Army from 2001-05, and has 18 years of experience in management at the federal and local levels, according to information released

by Peachtree Corners earlier this month.

The Anniston Star

reported this week that Johnson was involved in cutting Anniston’s expense in this year’s budget while revenue was raised to keep the city from dipping into its financial reserves.

The newspaper also reported that he was involved in the city ending civil service oversight for Anniston government employees except for fire and police department workers.

Maxwell High School of Technology students inspect a car on Wednesday afternoon looking for different types of steering systems. They wore shirts donated by Fenski Automotive, one of four local automotive businesses that donated shirts to Maxwell students to encourage them to dress professionally as they transition to a career.

(Staff Photo: Keith Farner)

•From Page 1A At least three representatives from the businesses have visited with students, including owner Joe Fenski, who gave an inspirational message about going to a similar vocational program and how he started his business.

“They hear from other people that have been through the path that they’re about to embark

•From Page 1A kidney disease, dementia and strokes.

Clinic officials have outlined several goals they’d like to help patients accomplish through the program in their grant application.

They explained the goals require longtime participation in the program by patients, pegging the participation at a year or longer to meet the benchmarks.

These goals include a 15 percent reduction in total cholesterol, 15 percent reduction in Hemoglobin A1c, or blood sugar, levels and at least a 5 percent reduction in weight. Staff would help by working with patients on their diets, exercise, stress relief, dental care for the uninsured, medications, lab work, medication management education and providing eye and foot care for diabetes patients.

“Hope Clinic’s excellently trained, physicianled staff has the demon-

Success on,” Chavez said.

For the students like Mill Creek High School senior Bryan Henderson, the shirts help develop pride in their work, and match the environment in the professional shop.

“Somebody’s willing to give me this shirt, somebody’s willing to give me this uniform, I need to take pride in it and the ability to use it,” he said.

“It gives you a purpose

that you’re actually part of something rather than just showing up in your clothes. … You feel like you’re part of a company.”

Mountain View High School senior Laura Brown said the students can work without worrying about getting their other clothes dirty.

“If you wear this shirt, who cares, it’s black,” she said. “If you get oil on it, it’s black.”

Grants strated ability to manage chronic illness as well as prevent onset of new diseases, especially in low income populations,” clinic officials wrote in their application. “Hope Clinic directly impacts the demand on hospital and emergency resources by preventing the worsening of illness, exacerbation of disease and inevitable hospitalizations when illness is left untreated.”

Meanwhile, Good Samaritan’s grant application shows it plans to use its money to relieve the use of hospital emergency rooms for dental care. The nonprofit explained it has spent more than $2.5 million in community development block grant and other grant funding to pay for what it calls “the brick and mortar portion” of its expansion and relation project.

Clinic officials said they have also spent $272,694 to buy dental equipment as well as putting other money into

technology upgrades and additional labor and operating costs. They added that oral diseases, such as dental cavities, gum disease and oral cancers, can be tied to chronic diseases and medical issues such as diabetes, heart disease and strokes.

“There is not a charity dental practice in Gwinnett County operating on a scale that can meaningfully impact the unmet need for charitable dental services,” clinic officials wrote in the application. “Gwinnett Medical Center personnel advise us emergency dental care is one of the most frequent inappropriate uses of its emergency departments’ services.

“We are confident when our dental clinic is fully staffed, either volunteer or paid dentists, we can serve 45-50 dental patients each day, potentially resulting in more than 12,000 uninsured people receiving dental care each year.”

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The Home Teams

Gladiators

Falcons

Georgia

Georgia Tech

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL

7 p.m. — Miami at Virginia Tech ESPN 10:15 p.m. — BYU at Boise State ESPN

MLB

8:25 p.m. — NLCS Game 5: Chicago Cubs at Los Angeles Dodgers FS1

NFL

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SOCCER

3 p.m. — UEFA Europa League: Manchester United FC vs Fenerbahce SK FS1

WNBA

8 p.m. — Finals Game 5: Los Angeles at Minnesota ESPN2

In Brief Brookwood’s Cohen commits to Florida State swimming Brookwood senior Maddy Cohen announced her commitment this week to the Florida State women’s swimming program.

Cohen, who trains locally at SwimAtlanta, has won the past two state championships in the 100 freestyle in Georgia’s largest classification. She also was state runner-up in the 100 backstroke as a junior, in addition to sweeping the Gwinnett championships in the 50 and 100 free.

As a sophomore, Cohen was the state and county champ in the 100 free, and also was third at state and county champion in the 100 back. She was voted Gwinnett swimmer of the year that season by the Gwinnett County Swimming and Diving Booster Club.

North’s Liz Blumthal commits to East Carolina lacrosse North Gwinnett senior Liz Blumthal has made a commitment to the East Carolina women’s lacrosse program.

Blumthal was a team captain, team offensive MVP and an all-county midfielder last season, when she had 47 goals, 38 ground balls, 17 caused turnovers and 36 draw controls. She also earned all-county honors as a sophomore after posting 47 goals, 10 assists and 29 draw controls.

Blumthal also maintains a 3.9 GPA.

Grayson to honor former head coach Mickey Conn on Friday night Grayson will honor former head football coach Mickey Conn on Friday night by naming the high school’s fieldhouse in his honor.

Former players, families and community members are invited to a drop-in reception honoring Conn, who now coaches at Clemson, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the Grayson commons area. The dedication ceremony with Conn will begin at 7:10 p.m., just before the Rams’ home football game with Newton.

Conn, a South Gwinnett grad, was the only head football coach in Grayson history until he resigned after last season to take a job at Clemson. Conn started the program in 2000 and went 137-48 as the Rams head coach, winning seven region titles and the 2011 state title with a 15-0 team. Eight of his last nine teams won double-figures games, including a 2015 team that went 13-1 and lost in the Class AAAAAA semifinals.

— From staff reports

Sports Calendar

WRESTLING

Ongoing through Nov. 6: Mountain View youth wrestling is accepting registration for the upcoming season at www.mountainviewyouthwrestling.com. Practices will begin Nov. 7 and will be held Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays in the Mountain View High School wrestling room. Kindergartners through fifth-graders practice from 6 to 7 p.m., and middle school grades practice from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

LACROSSE

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

Feedback

and girls ages 3 to 18 at Gary Pirkle Park. Early registration deadline is Friday and saves on fees. All skill levels are welcome. To register, go to www.i9sports.com or call 678-472-2142.

Ongoing through Nov. 5: The Gwinnett Lacrosse Academy will host its Winter Indoor Lacrosse League and clinics at Siverbacks Sports Arena in Suwanee and the South Gwinnett Athletic Association Dual Deck in Snellville. Instructional League for grades 1 to 5 starts Nov. 12 and Indoor Lacrosse League for grades 6 to 8 (middle school boys) starts Nov. 6. Go to www.gwinnettlacrosseacademy.com for more information.

• Will Hammock, Sports Editor: will.hammock@gwinnettdailypost.com • Christine Troyke, Staff Writer: christine.troyke@gwinnettdailypost.com • David Friedlander, Staff Writer: david.friedlander@gwinnettdailypost.com • Paul Thomas, Staff Writer: paul.thomas@gwinnettdailypost.com • Scott Smith, Senior Correspondent: scott.smith@gwinnettdailypost.com • To report scores, call 770-339-5850

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Brookwood-Parkview rivalry revived Just two seasons ago, Parkview beat Brookwood in football and it hardly mattered.

It certainly meant a lot to the two high schools involved — the annual Battle of Five Forks-Trickum always does in any sport — but outside of the neighborhood rivalry, the game barely drew notice.

Parkview was on its way to a 4-6 season, its first under new head coach Eric Godfree. It came on the heels on a 3-7 mark in 2013 and was part of a stretch from 2009-14 when the Panthers won more than five games in a season just once.

Brookwood finished 2014 with a 2-8 mark, its worst record since 1986, and saw a 12-year run of playoff appearances come to an end. The Broncos rebuilt the next season with

ville means something to not just the playoff race, but also for the Region 7-AAAAAAA championship.

Both teams are 5-2 and Brookwood is unbeaten in region play, tied with the state’s fourth-ranked team, Will Norcross. Parkview is just Hammock a game behind at 2-1 in the region, with the lone loss a new head coach, Philip coming to Norcross.

Jones, and finished 4-6, but It all sets up for a fun out of the playoffs. showdown in the annual Godfree got Parkview, rivalry, with Brookwood his alma mater, back in the looking to respond from playoffs last season, his a lopsided loss in the second in charge. Brookmatchup last season and wood will be back in the set up a de facto region postseason this year, too, championship game the also under an alum in his following week against second season, Jones.

Norcross. Parkview also With the improvements can jump back in the rethose two coaches and gion title chase, and move their staffs have made, closer to a home playoff the Brookwood-Parkview game, with a victory over rivalry is relevant again. the Broncos. A big crowd Friday’s matchup in Snell- is expected again, with the

usual attendance boosted

by Brookwood celebrating the 20th anniversary of its first state title.

There hasn’t been a ton to celebrate in recent seasons by either side as the series lost some of its luster. Young kids at other Gwinnett schools now have no idea about the slugfests that Brookwood and Parkview, the standard-bearers of Gwinnett County Public Schools football for decades, used to have. A few seasons out of the playoff spotlight can make teams forgotten pretty quickly.

But both programs are back on solid footing now, and so is the county’s most well-known rivalry.

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

GWINNETT GRADS

Harold Wells enters GWU hall of fame

By Will Hammock

was also named Big South Conference Defensive Player of the Year in 2004.

Wells also scored eight One of Berkmar’s most touchdowns on 17 career accomplished two-sport carries as a short-yardage athletes was inducted into fullback. the Gardner-Webb (N.C.) After college, Wells Athletics Hall of Fame this went on to a successful past weekend. professional career in the Harold Wells had an out- Arena Football League for standing college football the Columbus Destroycareer at Gardner-Webb, ers. He finished his career where he played defensive as that franchise’s leadline from 2001-04. Playing rusher and was twice ing both noseguard and named to the AFL Alldefensive end, he was a Ironman Team.

Division I-AA All-AmeriAs a high-schooler, can in 2003 and 2004, and Wells was a standout in a first-team All-Big South both football and basketConference selection his ball. He played on Berkfinal three seasons. mar’s back-to-back state Wells’ best season came championship basketball in 2004, when he was teams in 2000 and 2001. named NCAA Division Wells was joined in this I-AA Defensive Lineman year’s Gardner-Webb class of the Year by the Football by four others, including Gazette and became the baseball player Blake Lalli, first consensus Division who had a standout 2016 I-AA All-America in Big season with the Gwinnett South Conference and and Atlanta Braves.

Gardner-Webb history.

He led the nation with FOOTBALL 22.5 tackles for losses that season along with a Quick hits career-high 86 total stops, Grayson grad David three forced fumbles and Kamara is one of the key 12 quarterback hurries. He players in the secondary will.hammock@ gwinnettdailypost.com

at Tennessee State. The senior, a transfer from Ole Miss, has 15 tackles (12 solos), 3 1/2 for losses, one sack, two pass breakups and two forced fumbles. … Mill Creek grad John Russ made his 41st consecutive start for Mercer last Saturday, rallying the Bears past West Carolina 38-24. Down 14-3 early in the third quarter, Russ threw two touchdown passes in the third quarter and a third in the fourth. He has now thrown a TD in 36 of his 41 career games. He completed 18 of 32 passes for 224 yards, and also ran for 60 yards, in the win over Western Carolina. …

Mercer also got seven tackles (five solos) and a pass breakup from Brookwood grad Zach Jackson.

SOCCER Coulombe earns prestigious honor Duluth grad Shannon Coulombe, a 2016 North Georgia grad, made it to the second round of selections for the NCAA Woman of the Year. She was one of just 142 wom-

en nationally to receive the honor.

The NCAA Woman of the Year program has recognized graduating female student-athletes for excellence in academics, athletics, community service and leadership since its inception in 1991. A record pool of 517 candidates were chosen this year during the first round, then it was pared down to 142.

Coulombe graduated from UNG after three seasons as a member of the nationally ranked women’s soccer program. She was a three-time member of the PBC Presidential Honor Roll and served as vice president of the UNG Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. She is working as a graduate assistant for the UNG women’s golf program this fall.

Gwinnett Grads is a column that runs on Thursdays spotlighting achievements of past Gwinnett standouts. Coaches and parents are urged to send suggestions via email to will.hammock@gwinnettdailypost.com.

IN FRONT OF THE CAMERAS A quick look at where to watch former Gwinnett standouts on TV in this week’s college football action: TODAY 7 p.m. — Miami (Fla.) at Virginia Tech, ESPN Norcross’ Christopher Herndon (No. 23) is a tight end and Peachtree Ridge’s Tyler Murphy (No. 32) is a defensive back for Miami. Collins Hill’s Emmanuel Belmar (No. 40) is a linebacker and Norcross’ D’Andre Plantin (No. 62) is an offensive lineman for Virginia Tech.

7:30 p.m. — Troy at South Alabama, ESPNU Central Gwinnett’s Josh Marshall (No. 25) is a defensive back, North Gwinnett’s Kyler Knudsen (No. 40) is a defensive back and Collins Hill’s Justin Wyatt (No. 86) is a wide receiver for Troy. Konnor Houston (No. 92) is a defensive lineman for South Alabama.

FRIDAY 10:30 p.m. — Oregon at California, ESPN Collins Hill’s Chris Palmer (No. 51) is an offensive lineman for Cal. SATURDAY Noon — North Texas at Army, CBS Sports Network Lilburn resident Marcus Hyatt (No. 1) is a defensive back, Collins Hill’s Rhyan England (No. 20) is a defensive back, Peachtree Ridge’s Tyler Campbell (No. 22) is a running back, Buford’s Cooper Simpson (No. 79) is an offensive lineman, Norcross’ Emmanuel Aka (No. 96) is a defensive lineman and Loganville resident J.D. Mote (No. 98) is a punter for Army.

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

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

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

Noon — N.C. State at Louisville, ABC Buford’s Shug Frazier (No. 90) is a de-

fensive lineman for N.C. State. Peachtree Ridge’s Malik Staples (No. 31) is a running back, Mill Creek’s Robbie Bell (No. 75) is an offensive lineman and Parkview’s G.G. Robinson (No. 94) is a defensive tackle for Louisville.

Noon — Oklahoma State at Kansas, FS1 Parkview’s Chris Carson (No. 32) is a running back for Oklahoma State. Shiloh’s Marnez Ogletree (No. 10) is a cornerback for Kansas.

Noon — Texas at Kansas State, ESPN2 Norcross’ Jordan Noil (No. 4) is a defensive back, Buford’s Ryan Mack (No. 13) is a defensive back and Central Gwinnett’s Tyler White (No. 37) is a linebacker for Kansas State.

12:30 p.m. — Syracuse at Boston College, WUPA Collins Hill’s Jonathan Thomas (No. 23) is a linebacker, Mountain View’s Kielan Whitner (No. 25) is a defensive back and Central Gwinnett’s George Morris (No. 27) is a running back for Syracuse.

Suwanee resident William Harris (No. 8) is a defensive back, Duluth resident Max Richardson (No. 52) is a linebacker and Grayson’s Bryce Morais (No. 90) is a defensive lineman for Boston College.

3 p.m. — Colorado at Stanford, Pac 12 Network Brookwood’s Afolabi Laguda (No. 1) is a defensive back and Collins Hill’s Casey Marksberry (No. 17) is a quarterback for Colorado.

3 p.m. — North Carolina at Virginia, Fox Sports South Collins Hill’s Tomon Fox (No. 12) is a defensive end, North Gwinnett’s Donnie Miles (No. 15) is a safety, North Gwinnett’s Jaye Stackhouse (No. 27) is a safety, Buford’s Mikey Bart (No. 45) is a defensive end and Buford’s Nick Polino (No. 58) is an offensive lineman for UNC. Peachtree Ridge’s Jordan Ellis (No. 10) is a running back, Wesleyan’s Jordan Mack (No. 37) is a defensive back, Collins Hill’s Robert Snyder (No. 52) is a linebacker, Parkview’s Juwan Moye (No. 95) is a defensive end and Central Gwinnett’s Darious Latimore is a cornerback for Virginia.

3:30 p.m. — Memphis at Navy, CBS Sports Network Archer’s John Gillis (No. 4) is a cornerback, Brookwood’s Josh Brown (No. 42) is a running back, GAC’s Ford Higgins (No. 75) is an offensive lineman and Mountain View’s Kendel Wright (No. 76) is an offensive lineman for Navy.

3:30 p.m. — Purdue at Nebraska, ABC Lanier’s Tario Fuller (No. 25) is a running back for Purdue. Grayson’s Mohamed Barry (No. 7) is a linebacker for Nebraska.

3:30 p.m. — TCU at West Virginia, ESPN2

Norcross’ Ridwan Issahaku (No. 31) is a safety for TCU. 4 p.m. — Middle Tennessee at Missouri, SEC Network North Gwinnett’s John Urzua (No. 19) is a quarterback, Buford’s Dale Craig (No. 39) is a linebacker, Norcross’ Jahmal Jones (No. 43) is a defensive end, Peachtree Ridge’s Daniel Stephens (No. 66) is an offensive lineman, Mill Creek’s Josh Fannin (No. 72) is an offensive lineman, Buford’s Matt Bonadies (No. 99) is a punter, North Gwinnett’s Justin Alabi is a linebacker and South Gwinnett’s Xavier Dupree is a wide receiver for Middle Tennessee. North Gwinnett’s Nate Brown (No. 7) is a wide receiver and Buford’s Thomas Wilson (No. 8) is a safety for Missouri.

6 p.m. — Arkansas at Auburn, ESPN Lanier’s Derrick Brown (No. 5) is a defensive lineman, Archer’s Kyle Davis (No. 11) is a wide receiver, Duluth resident Nick Ruffin (No. 19) is a safety, Brookwood’s Keenan Sweeney (No. 42) is a fullback, Mill Creek’s Kaleb Kim (No. 54) is an offensive lineman and GAC’s Darius Slayton (No. 81) is a wide receiver for Auburn.

7 p.m. — East Carolina at Cincinnati, CBS Sports Network Norcross’ Kevin Mouhon (No. 48) is a linebacker for Cincinnati.

7:30 p.m. — Michigan State at Maryland, Big Ten Network Brookwood’s Nick Tompkins (No. 32) is a running back for Michigan State. North Gwinnett’s Jalen Brooks (No. 43) and Collins Hill’s Brett Shepherd (No. 53) are linebackers for Maryland.

7:30 p.m. — Mississippi State at Kentucky, SEC Network Norcross’ Nathan Swanson (No. 59) is a long snapper, Sean Samuel (No. 93) of Snellville is a lineman and South Gwinnett’s Stephen Adegoke is an athlete for Mississippi State.

7:30 p.m. — Tennessee State at Vanderbilt, ESPNU Grayson’s David Kamara (No. 3) is a defensive back for Tennessee State. North Gwinnett’s Caleb Scott (No. 9) is a wide receiver, Parkview’s Bryce Lewis (No. 30) is a defensive back, Shiloh’s Darion DeBrossard (No. 70) is an offensive lineman, GAC’s Devin Cochran (No. 77) is an offensive lineman and Norcross’ Jared Pinkney (No. 80) is a tight end for Vandy.

8 p.m. — Oklahoma at Texas Tech, Fox Peachtree Ridge’s Orlando Brown (No. 78) is an offensive tackle for Oklahoma.

Grayson’s Zach Barnes (No. 12) is a defensive lineman for Texas Tech.

9 p.m. — Ole Miss at LSU, ESPN Archer’s Donta Evans (No. 35) is a linebacker for Ole Miss. Buford’s Blake Ferguson (No. 50) is a long snapper for LSU.

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Seniors lead Wolves’ quarterfinal charge

By Christine Troyke

Schultz to escape the jam.

Kerpics was struggling with her control in the PEACHTREE CORinning, but buckled down NERS — Jameson Kavel and got two quick strikes led off Game 1 with a on the Storm’s leadoff stand-up triple, and it hitter. Schultz battled just got better for Westo foul off four straight leyan. pitches before missing on The Wolves’ offense another outside offering. blitzed Providence Kerpics finished with Christian in the fourth nine strikeouts in the inning and run-ruled the win.

Storm 12-0 in the opener Kavel continued to be of their Class A seconda thorn in the Storm’s round playoff series. side, legging out a throw Wesleyan completed to first to lead off the the sweep with a 9-0 win third. The senior stole in the nightcap and adsecond and scampered vanced to Columbus for to third on a wild pitch. the state quarterfinals.

Jennifer Nolan’s RBI to “She makes us go,” the gap in right-center Wolves head coach Mary scored Kavel for a 3-0 Stephenson said of Kalead. vel. “That’s something Wesleyan salted away she’s been doing for four the win with four runs in years. She’s just good the fifth. all the time and a great Providence finished leader. She’s a kid who with a 13-14 record after makes everyone around running into one of the her better and she’ll do state’s top teams in the whatever we need. second round. Barnett “She’s talented. She did a yeoman’s job in works hard. But the botGame 2 and struck out Wesleyan’s Cassie Henning (6) makes contact in Class nine over seven innings tom line is she cares so A state softball playoff game against Providence. (Phomuch more about this in her final high school to: Jamie Akoubian) team going to Columbus appearance. She is than any of the many hitters and struck out 22 out four over four inheaded to Samford next individual accomplishin the Storm’s first-round nings for the win. The year. ments she’s achieved. sweep of Walker. Molly junior also hit an RBI “We knew it was a tall Duke is really lucky.

Legg came in in relief, triple. task,” Storm head coach They’re getting not just but couldn’t rein in the “It doesn’t matter who Preston Smith said. “We a great player. They’re Wolves either. she’s up against or what knew they could hit. I getting a great kid.”

Wesleyan batted she’s doing, Cassie is also knew that I had EmKavel launched a 2-2 around in the inning and going to beat you,” Steily Barnett in the circle pitch to the right-field Childers’ second triple phenson said. “She just and I knew she could wall and immediately of the inning brought has that mentality. The keep us in games — she was brought home on Barnett back out with the whole team feeds off of has all season and she Jahni Kerr’s sacrifice fly. damage done. her confidence.” has her whole career. She The Wolves (25-4) “She really broke Providence sent gives us a chance and continued to be aggresout,” Stephenson said Barnett back out to start that’s all we can ask. She sive on the basepaths and of Childers. “She had a Game 2 and once again did that today. banged out four triples, good region tournament Wesleyan jumped in front “That is a really good including one by senior and her bat really started 1-0 with a leadoff hit hitting team that kept Julia Childers, which led to get hot. Her bat has from Kavel. Henning’s chipping away at her. off the decisive fourth in- really come alive, and rip up the middle scored There was just one inning. Childers ended up that is huge for us. We’re Kavel from second and ning in each game that with three triples in the blessed to have six sethe Wolves tacked on we didn’t necessarily doubleheader. niors and they’re all great another run in the second make great plays in the Four consecutive leaders for us. But to do inning on an RBI from field and that hurt us. In hits to lead off the inwhat she did in her last Madison Kerpics.

Game 1, it was 3-0 going ning chased Providence two home games is pretty Providence loaded the into the fourth. I told starter Emily Barnett, neat.” bases in the second, but them after the game, that who pitched a pair of Cassie Henning threw Kerpics got a big swing- team takes advantage of complete-game twoa one-hitter and struck ing strike on Liberty every mistake.” christine.troyke@ gwinnettdailypost.com

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Buford sweeps to reach Elite Eight From Staff Reports BUFORD — Buford advanced to the Elite Eight for the 12th consecutive season on Wednesday as the Wolves defeated South Effingham 15-2 and 2-1 in the Class AAAAA state tournament.

Logan Caymol was the winning pitcher in the first game for Buford (28-2). Mariah Wicker had two hits and four RBIs to pace the offense. Katie Perkins also had two hits, including a game-winning triple while Samantha Thomas connected on her fourth home run of the season and Arielle Oda drove in two runs.

In the nightcap, Kelsey Bennett hit a home run in the top of the seventh to break a 1-1 tie and make a winner of Ansley Byers in the circle. Bennett was playing in her first game since having her forearm broken early in the season when she was hit by a pitch.

SOFTBALL SOFTBALL Parkview sweeps LILBURN — Parkview swept North Cobb 8-1 and 10-2 to advance to the finals of the Class AAAAAAA tourna-

ment next week in Columbus.

MacKenzie Michels was the winning pitcher in both games for the Panthers (26-9).

In the opener Hannah Turnbull and Allison Barfield each had three hits to lead the offense. Destiny Beckham recorded two hits and stole two bases. Jahne Bowen also had two hits and drove in three runs.

In the clincher the Panthers belted out 17 hits. Morgan Schultz had four hits and an RBI and Bowen had three hits and drove in a pair of runs.

Beckham and Turnbull each had two hits in the onslaught.

North Gwinnett advances to Columbus CANTON — North Gwinnett defeated Cherokee 7-3 and 9-1 to win their secondround matchup of the Class AAAAAAA tournament and advance to the finals in Columbus next week. Chandler Dennis was the winning pitcher in both games for the Bulldogs (24-7).

In the opener Erin Wilbur hit two home runs, a three-run and a solo shot, to lead the offense. Makenna Dowell and Allison Roach each had a hit and RBI. In the clincher, Emily Brown had three hits while Wilbur and haley Griffith each had two hits and drove in a run.

Bailey Martin added a home run for North who is making a second consecutive trip to the Elite Eight.

Collins Hill falls SHARPSBURG — Collins Hill fell to East Coweta 4-1 and 7-2 in the Class AAAAAAA state softball tournament on Wednesday. The Eagles season ends at 16-18.

GGC gets first win over a ranked team From Staff Reports LAWRENCEVILLE — The Georgia Gwinnett women’s soccer team won its first contest over a top 25 opponent in program history on Wednesday, upsetting No. 12 Cum-

berland (Tenn.) in a 3-1 victory.

Nicole Rodriguez scored an unassisted goal first. Lauren Moss then scored on an assist from Nikki LeFevre. In the second half Cairlin Berry scored GGC’s (87-1) third goal.

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