Jonathan Phillips

Around 5:40 this morning Gwinnett firefighters responded to a two alarm blaze in downtown Norcross where they found a house over 100 years old fully involved in flames. Over 50 firefighters responded and the house partially collapsed. I arrived around 9:30 this morning and crews were still working on extinguishing hot spots. Thankfully no one was injured.

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Here are a few shots from sports assignments over the past couple of days. Baseball and soccer, two of Spring’s favorite sports…throw in some track and field and you get a trifecta.

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So the Gwinnett Braves have finally started their season. The minor league feeder team has a brand new stadium in Buford and a brand new look. The home opener week has been filled with ups and downs and I have been there covering it for the Post three times so far. Be forewarned this is a longer post but if you are a baseball fan, or even if you aren’t, I hope you enjoy.

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For all of you soccer fans out there here is a few photos from the Peachtree Ridge-Grayson girls soccer game on Tuesday. This was the first round of the state playoffs tournament and Grayson took the 3-2 win over the Lions.

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Yesterday I took the opportunity to go to the Dogwood Festival at Piedmont Park in Atlanta. Filled with music, food and of course art vendors were anxious to peddle their wares. Of note were a group of artists who performed body molds of people and their different body parts. A mother and father were cast together holding the mother’s pregnant belly.

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Well in actuality Miami is coming to me. In honor of my buddy Ryan coming to visit today I thought it appropriate that I finally post some photos from my visit down south in 2008. Having lived in South Florida for a while these are some of my favorite photos from one of the most populated cities in the U.S.

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Fire Explorers are high school students age 14 - 19 that are interested in becoming full fledged firefighters later on in life.  Gwinnett County has a class of 18 explorers this year that are learning those necessary skills.  Explorers learn the same techniques used by the full time men and women of the department.  Instead of going on Spring Break this past week a handful of the explorers decided that they would drill for an upcoming competition with other explorer programs around the state.

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With a little trial and error Thursday night I got to take a few photos that I really enjoyed shooting. If you have noticed most of the lights on the major interstates have been shut off to try and save their respective counties some money. The newly improved 85-316 interchange has greatly increased traffic flow for Gwinnett however it seems that there is some cause for concern for safety in regards to the decision to shut off these lights. So it seems, for the time being at least, that they have been switched back on.

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If you’ve heard the saying “The South will rise again” well on Saturday it almost did. I went to shoot the Confederate Memorial Services at Stone Mountain Park. This is the eighth year that they have been held here in front of “the world’s largest confederate monument” but this is the first chance that I have gotten to experience the show. Spectators, dressed in uniform or period dresses, came from Alabama, Florida, Tennessee and of course Georgia. There was gun and cannon fire, as well as speakers, a bugler, a bagpiper, infantry, more speakers, women in hoop skirts and a few yee-haws.

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So I have a few posts I’m very excited about but due to a few timing issues I have to wait a day or two. So in the meantime have some good eats to salivate over.

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