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Memorial lacrosse game, scholarships honor coach By HANNAH FRAZER hannah@appenmedia.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — For the second consecutive year, the lacrosse community came together to honor the memory of Edward Venglik. Venglik, mostly known as Ed, was a lacrosse coach and father of three in Johns Creek. He coached most levels of the sport, with his commitment to athletes earning him the title Mr. Gladiator. Coach Ed’s legacy lived on as Newtown Park stands filled with community members, friends and
family of the Vegliks for a memorial lacrosse game Aug. 12. The field buzzed with energy and smiles as Ed’s two sons, Nicholas and Oliver, battled each other. Some of Ed’s former players, along with current high school and middle school lacrosse athletes, joined the brothers on the field. Luke Shusted, who grew up playing under Coach Ed, brought his best to the field. Shusted told Appen Media he learned valuable lessons from Ed while playing for the Georgia Blue
LUKE SHUSTED Former Johns Creek Gladiators lacrosse player
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Ed’s kindness and leadership as a coach truly created the best lacrosse experience I could have ever wished for.
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Edward Venglik’s sons Nicholas, crouched, and Oliver face each other in the memorial lacrosse game held at Newtown Park.
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — The Johns Creek Veterans Association will host a ceremony Aug. 24 to commemorate the third anniversary of the attack at an airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. FIELDS Thirteen U.S. Service members and more than 163 U.S. Afghan allies and civilians died as a result of the bombing on Abbey Gate at the Hamid Karzai International Airport (HKIA). The 10 a.m. event will be held at the Veterans Memorial Walk in the Afghanistan Plaza off Old Alabama Road. Maj. Gen. Arnold Fields, who retired in 2003 after nearly 35 years of active duty in the U.S. Marines, will be the guest speaker. The decorated veteran continued service after his retirement by accepting a presidential appointment as U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) in 2008. With offices in the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, and Arlington, Virginia, Fields was the first U.S. chief watchdog for waste, fraud, and abuse of more than $61 billion U.S. appropriated funds for Afghanistan Reconstruction.