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Regional Roundup: Murders in Buford Related to Drug Deal, Strongest Cheerleader Says No to Steroids, and (Video!) an Interview With A Famed Georgia Groundhog

A look at top headlines from Patches around the region.

-- Dacula Patch

Police have charged a Lawrenceville man in connection with a .

Haile Lewis, 23, of Lawrenceville, has been charged with one count of murder, one count of aggravated assault and one count of violating Georgia’s controlled substances act as a result of what police describe as a failed drug deal.

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The incident remains under investigation.

 

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– Athens Patch

The University of Georgia is known for producing strong football players. Some set records, others don’t. Now, however, a female UGA cheerleader from Fayetteville is being touted as college cheerleading’s strongest.

Anna Watson, who likes to spend time in the weight room, has bench pressed 155 pounds and dead lifted 230 and squatted 255 pounds. She’s so strong that a company offered her $75,000 to do fitness modeling for them—provided she would take Anavar, a legal steroid.

No, thanks, Anna said. She said she was worried about the possible side effects when she decides to have children.

 

- Lilburn-Mountain Park Patch

Patch caught up with groundhog General Beauregard Lee, Georgia's official weather prognosticator, at in Lilburn.

Organizers are busy getting his white-columned mansion, Weathering Heights, spruced up for the big day, when hundreds of visitors will turn up to see whether Beau predicts an early spring or six more weeks of winter.

The general himself was pretty relaxed, and didn't seem too bothered about the big day. After all, he's been doing this for years, and the National Weather Service has given him two commendations for his accurate predictions.

Beau is expected to make his prediction about 7:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 2, at the Yellow River Game Ranch. Organizers advise that visitors should get there by 7 a.m. The address is 4525 Highway 78, Lilburn.


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