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Gainesville High’s team bonding has turned around season, sports, ib THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2018 | $1.00 | GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA | gainesvilletimes.com Veteran blending love of service, Van Gogh into mosaic at Quinlan parklet. get out, 6a Honestly Local Ej ELECTION 2018 Kemp Abrams says not BY BILL BARROW AND BEN NADLER Associated Press ATLANTA — Republican Brian Kemp’s campaign declared vic tory Wednesday in the Georgia governor’s race, though Democrat Stacey Abrams insists that enough ballots remain to leave open the declares himself winner so fast; some provisional ballots still to be counted possibility of a runoff. The Associated Press has not called the contest. Ryan Mahoney, a top Kemp campaign adviser, told reporters in a conference call that the numbers show Abrams can’t win and a run off won’t happen. Mahoney says Kemp is certain of victory and pre paring to take office in January. “We are declaring victory,” Mahoney said. Another campaign official, Austin Chambers, added: “The message here is pretty sim ple: This election is over, and the results are clear.” Kemp, Georgia’s secretary of state, was not on the call. Other elected officials swiftly moved to back Kemp’s claim, with U.S. Sen. David Perdue saying in a press release that “Georgians sent a clear message that they are committed to keeping our state on track,” and Georgia Speaker of the House David Ralston said, “I know Governor Kemp will be an invalu able partner in the work ahead.” ■ Please see ELECTION, 8A Statewide Brian Kemp: 50.33% Stacey Abrams: 48.72% Ted Metz: 0.95% With 100 percent of precincts reporting; provisional ballots remain. Hall County Brian Kemp: 73.3% Stacey Abrams: 25.5% Ted Metz: 1.2% Keeping Brenau kind AUSTIN STEELE I The Times Katelyn Zeller, a freshman at Brenau University majoring in theater, scrubs the spot where a no-dumping sticker will be placed as a part of a service project on Wednesday, Nov. 7. Students enrolled in Brenau’s first year courses are participating in various service projects across campus as a part of Keep Brenau Kind. University ‘service day’ educates students in field BY JOSHUA SILAVENT jsilavent@gainesvilletimes.com Alexis Trammell, a freshman at Bre nau University, went back in time as she placed the first adhesive marker next to a sewer grate on the Gainesville cam pus Wednesday, Nov. 7. The circular marker reads, “No Dumping” across the top, and “Drains To Lake” below the image of a fish. “It always kind of bothered me when I was little to see impure water ... so when I found out we could do something about it, I thought it would be a really cool opportunity,” Trammel, a musical theater major, said. Hundreds of Brenau freshmen wear ing themed tie-dyed T-shirts got “in the field” experience during a service project day Wednesday that offered stu dents the opportunity to learn about the work of the Salvation Army, Northeast Georgia History Center and military veterans’ services, for example. University officials said the ser vice-oriented lessons were part of the school’s “Keep Brenau Kind” theme for this academic year. Working with officials from the city of Gainesville and the nonprofit Chat tahoochee Riverkeeper, Trammell and dozens of her peers broke into groups with maps in hand showing the location on campus of sewer grates and pipes. Stormwater here empties into Lime stone Creek on its way to Lake Lanier. Dale Caldwell, headwaters director at the Riverkeeper’s Gainesville office, said having students place the mark ers would help educate the community about the importance of stormwater drain management and the harmful impacts that dumping pesticides, litter and other chemicals or garbage into sewers can have on the lake’s health. “That’s the really important part,” Caldwell added. “Stormwater doesn’t magically disappear.” Nor is it treated before emptying into the lake. ■ Please see BRENAU, 8A City buys land back from Koch Foods BY MEGAN REED mreed@gainesvilletimes.com The Gainesville City Council voted unani mously Tuesday to purchase 41 acres of prop erty from Koch Foods in Gainesville Industrial Park West after the poultry company never developed the land according to contract. Koch bought the land from the city in 2006, under the condition that the company would start work on the property within two years of the purchase and finish building within one year of starting. Over the next few years, the city granted Koch four extensions, giving them extra time to start developing. The final extension, which Koch got in 2013, gave the company an extension until August 2014. The company never developed the land. Then, in July, the city filed a lawsuit against ■ Please see KOCH, 8A Freeman reflects on 42-year career in aging services BY JEFF GILL jgill@gainesvilletimes.com Decades ago, Pat Freeman balked when she was first asked by her boss to move from a job working with youth to one focused on aging. But then, “I started think ing about how I was raised and how important my grandpar ents were,” she said. Freeman hesitated no more, instead embarking on a career in aging services that has lasted 42 years, the last 21 as head of the Legacy Link Area Agency on Aging, which opened in Gainesville but has been based the past few years at 4080 Mundy Mill Road in Oakwood. She was recognized for her service Wednes day, Nov. 7, by the Legacy Link board at the agency’s Thanksgiving luncheon. She received a Lifetime Achievement Award in appreciation for her “visionary guidance and outstanding leadership.” Freeman ■ Please see FREEMAN, 8A INSIDE 0 *40901 06835 8 Advice 5B Bridge 5B Business 4B Calendar 2A Classified 7B Comics 6B Get Out 6A Lottery 2A Opinion 4A Our Region 8A Sports 1B TV/puzzles 5B WEATHER 2A High Low 59 49 Lake Lanier level: 1,069.38 feet Full pool 1,071. Up 0.06 feet in 24 hours DEATHS 9A Patrick O’Hara Benton, 84 Edith S. Chambers Virginia Anding La Charite, 81 Michael Ellison Sr., 62 Mark David Farley, 61 Louie Hamm, 71 Troy Harris, 49 Tamla Horsford, 40 Robert Woodrow Jett Jr. Thomas Reams Johnson, 82 Toney Alexander Johnson, 65 Robert Vincent Longo, 57 Chris Mangum, 53 Richard D. Snyder, 93 Carolyn S. Stacy, 76 Billy Claude Stinchcomb, 34 Gregory Clyde Walters, 66 Joseph Yarberry, 58 : We're all grown up. \ yl !' . 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