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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
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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
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