News for Friday, June 24, 2005

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Woman faces frustrations in flooding

LAWRENCEVILLE - Carmen Durham of Dogwood Forest said she is worried she will come home one day, find that water has pooled up under her house, and it has just floated away.

People Briefs

Franklin Graham not dwelling on father's final tour

Camp teaches children basics of chess

STONE MOUNTAIN - Jocelyn Torres, 7, of Stone Mountain is the only girl at chess camp this year who doesn't know how to play the game. That's changing fast.

World Briefs

G-8 nations agree on key issues

Nation Briefs

Police search for three missing boys

Standdown focuses on safety

LAWRENCEVILLE - For three days, Gwinnett County firefighters have put a special emphasis on safety in a nationwide standdown from nonemergency-related activities.

Lasso yourself a good time at Lawrenceville rodeo

Riders will be looking for their eight seconds tonight at the Cruce Brothers PCA Championship Rodeo, which kicks off at 8 p.m. at the Gwinnett County Fairgrounds in Lawrenceville.

ECHL shuffles divisional alignments

The Gwinnett Gladiators will play in the largest, by far, division in the newly aligned ECHL during the 2005-06 season.

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Baseball

Getting to Know … Robert Matthews

Shiloh's Robert Matthews, 27, is preparing for his third season as head football coach of the Generals. A 1996 Duluth grad, Matthews was a walk-on on the Georgia football team for three seasons before becoming an assistant with Oconee County. From there he coached at Camden County and North Gwinnett before taking over the Shiloh program in 2003. His wife, Laura, is currently an assistant coach on the UGA women's golf team and is an accomplished amateur golfer - she was named All-SEC four times while at Georgia and finished second in the Canadian Ladies Amateur four times as well.

Police Reports

Woman charged with prostitution

Dissenters are undermining war on terror

Bill O'Reilly

Overheated rhetoric doesn't change need for reform

Kathleen Parker

UGA's Swain wants to quiet critics

ATHENS - The kitchen? Really? The kitchen?

Lonzo Akin

Lonzo Judson Akin, 80, of Duluth died June 22, 2005. L. J. graduated from Chamblee High School in 1941 and Auburn University in 1949. He was a member of the ...

Ruth Grisham

Ruth Elizabeth Grisham, age 79 of Maysville, formally of Sautee and Toccoa, passed away on June 21, 2005. Arrangements by Barrett Funeral Home, Cleveland 706-865-3101.

Carmen Sandoval

Carmen “Bita” Sandoval, age 86 of Lilburn, GA died June 22, 2005. She was preceded in death by her husband, Angel Sandoval and is survived by her daughter ...

Andrew Richardson, Jr.

Andrew J. Richardson, Jr. age 83 of Loganville, GA the “last of the old time train masters” died at his daughters home in Loganville, June 22, 2005. He ...

Darrel Malcom

Memorial Services for Darrel T. Malcom, 48, of Snellville will be held on Saturday June 25, 2005 at 12 noon from the Chapel of Wages & Sons Funeral Home Stone ...