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TALK OF GWINNETT Sports Line News tips Reader Poll Tell the editor YTHIS WEEK'S QUESTION I Should abortion protests at private homes be prohibited? wimett ra Jl THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION Monday, April 2, 1990 mm (G Est 1 9 up tail 'and to let if 5 Merchants wait out road repairs Selling those wheels the average day, says one expert, nearly 5,000 people in metro Atlanta are trying to sell their jcars. So if you're looking to unload your wheels, you've got a lot of Competition from people like Shar-xm Doby (pictured here). To-, day's Smart Money page offers some tips on how you can leave all those competitors in the dust. Article, J7. a significant drop in sales since construction began in early March.

Mrs. Powell and other merchants on the old courthouse square go through at least one more month of inconvenience and possibly further loss of business from the improvements to Crogan, Pike, Perry Clayton streets. The state Department of Please see REPAIRS, J3 By Deborah Royston Staff writer When the dust settled from road improvements near Williams Dress Shop in downtown Law-renceville, Betty Powell borrowed a power blower and blasted the fallout from the front of her boutique. "It's just part of what we have to go through to get to beautification, so we have to be patient," said the Crogan Street merchant, who report 1L 1 -ttfl Cm lM.W 7 ed the will and 4 A costly phone call A Lilburn man unwittingly made a telephone call to arrange an alleged drug deal at a Howell Station apartment in Duluth that was being searched by police, Du-luth police said. The man was arrested and placed in Gwinnett County Jail shortly after Duluth police arrested two other men on drug charges at the same apartment complex.

Article, J3. 1 For erf sake 1 Five Forks Middle School teacher Becky Kenerly's collage featuring the faces of five nationalities was one of the most unusual of the works of visual art on display at the county courthouse last month. Although the exhibit is over, Mrs. Kenerly (shown here) wants her students to continue to learn from art. A profile Tuesday in Learning.

Him Carlson a heavy favorite Duluth senior Rob Carlson has established himself as a heavy favorite in both the shot put and discus at the Gwin nett County, Track Meet, which begins today at Parkview High. Carlson last weekend capped his great early season showings by setting a pair of meet records at the Nor-cross Relays, winning the shot with a throw of 58-3 and the discus at 167-2. Article, J4. Liberty County has a school named Button Gwinnett Elementary School located in Hinesville. Elliott Brack writes about a surprise "This Is Your Life" roast that, unlike some, didn't leave out good taste.

Column, J2. The Berkeley Lake City Council will be asked to vote tonight on a drainage plan to solve flooding problems. Article, J3. I By Deborah Royston Staff writer Lawrenceville's City Council is expected to approve tonight a $100,000 contract with an engineering firm to oversee the city's $1.2 million facelift of the bid courthouse square. The chairman of the city's Downtown Development Authority (DDA) said the action could mean a reprieve for merchants on the square who say that stalled road construction is hurting their business.

"Up1 to now, we've done everything on our own," said Jimmy Brannan, chairman of the seven-member DDA civic center site, site is being hailed by county officials as a boon to taxpayers. But for the handful of residents on the southeastern side of Pruett Road, where the bypass is to be built, the proposal is a nightmare. "I built this house. I was hoping to die here," said Mr. Sewell, 62, who believes that the county is deliberately paving over four houses on Pruett as a way of board that was reactivated last year to coordinate revitalization efforts after Gwinnett County government moved its headquarters to the Justice and Administration Center about a mile away.

Lawrenceville Mayor Bartow Jenkins said he expected the council to approve the contract, which has the backing of the DDA. The Arm, HOH Associates of Atlanta, would professionalize the renovation in Lawrenceville's central business district and "pick up the ball and run with it," Mr. Brannan said. HOH would complete preliminary Please see FACELIFT, J3 Officer answering call shoots woman Victim was advancing with rifle, police say By HollisR. Towns Staff writer A Lawrenceville woman was in critical condition Sunday night at Gwinnett Medical Center after being shot by a Gwinnett County policeman answering a domestic dispute call.

Mary Prevatte, 25, of 2565 Fair Oak Court, was in intensive care for treatment of a gunshot wound to the hip, said a spokeswoman at the Lawrenceville hospital. Gwinnett police said the incident occurred at 10 p.m. Saturday, wnen Officer J.W. Lundgreen went to the Prevatte home responding to a call that guns were being fired. Officer Lundgreen had gone to the Prevatte home a half-hour earlier, to investigate a reported quarrel between Mrs.

Prevatte and her husband, Donald, police said. This time, Mrs. Prevatte met Officer Lundgreen with a 30-30 lever-action rifle, police said. When Officer Lundgreen asked the woman to put the weapon down, she raised it to her shoulder and advanced on him, police said. The officer fired one shot from his 9mm service revolver, striking Mrs.

Prevatte in the hip, police said. Gwinnett police spokesman Larry Walton said it appeared that Officer Lundgreen had acted properly. However, the shooting will be investigated, standard procedure in all shootings involving police. Officer. Lundgreen could be placed on administrative leave until the investigation is complet-' ed, Mr.

Walton said. "There ere not a whole lot of questions," he said. "It was basically, when you come down to it, a simple kind of affair. "Aggravated domestic calls are one of the largest causes of officer injuries and death," he said. condemn homes consolidating property in front of the civic center site, near Old Peachtree Road and Interstate 85.

Commission Chairman Lillian H. Webb said the county tried to find alternate paths for the roadway but could not Other routes would hit other homes, she said. Please see COUNTY, JSK I in i I I If 10; I j) tV; Ben BaxterSpecial SCOUTS SHOW HIEYIM MERIT tt to OK swap for that the Gwinnett County Commission is to approve Tuesday, the county will condemn three to four homes along Pruett Road to make way for the Duluth Bypass, officials said Sunday. The trade of 45 acres of usable land, owned by the Eastern Airline Pilots Pension Fund, for the civic center in exchange for the construction of a planned county road into thg Sugarloaf Isaac Kinard (right) gets some help from Phil Keene in climbing an observation tower that they and members of Boy Scout Troop 99 in Lawrenceville were building Saturday as part of the 1 990 Scout Show at the Lawrenceville Fairgrounds. Kit Johnson of Snellville (top), dressed as a traditional Sioux dancer, takes a break between exhibitions.

Randy Kemper, 9, (above) a member of Cub Scout Pack 588 of Lawrenceville, tries to negotiate a "monkey bridge." The 1 990 Scout Show, traditionally the highlight of the scouting year, Includes more than 50 exhibits and displays created by boys and their adult leaders. It attracts more than 5,000 Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Varsity Scouts and Explorers. County expected By Douglas Lavin Staff writer i County commissioners are set Tuesday to approve an agreement that will end more than a year of dickering over a site for the proposed Gwinnett civic center and pave over Lawson Sewell's 13-. year-old home. As part of a land-for-roads exchange CALENDAR J5 CLASSIFIEDS J9 COMICS J6 MOVIE LISTINGS J8 SMART MONEY J7 SPORTS J4 TO SUBSCRIBE, CAU 322-4 1 41 I 77.