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Issue 12.76 | Friday, Jan. 18, 2013

TODAY'S FOCUS
:: Suwanee manufacturer marks 15 years

ELLIOTT BRACK'S PERSPECTIVE
:: President's program on shootings

FEEDBACK
::
Resolutions, more on 2nd Amendment

UPCOMING
::
Suwanee academy, toilet rebates

NOTABLE
:: Hill chairs GCVB; Solomon at AARP

ALSO INSIDE

IN THE SPOTLIGHT
:: The IMPACT! Group

GEORGIA TIDBIT
:: Wade in Agrarian Movement

LAGNIAPPE
:: Cool-weather beauty

GWINNETT CALENDAR
:: Lots of events on tap

TODAY'S QUOTE
:: What tests a person

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Winton Machine celebrating 15th year in Suwanee
By MADELINE BELFOURE
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SUWANEE, Ga., Jan. 18, 2013 -- Winton Machine celebrates its 15th year in the manufacturing business in 2013. A leading manufacturer of tube fabricating and semi rigid coax machines, Winton Machine is one of two U.S. headquartered tube fabrication manufacturing companies in Georgia, and one of a select few companies manufacturing semi-rigid coax fabrication equipment worldwide.

Winton Machine was founded in December 1997 by Lisa and George Winton, the company owners. The company started by designing and building dedicated hand benders. Over the next 12 months, it acquired chip cutting machines. A few short months later, Winton Machine received its initial machinery order and the company moved into its first manufacturing facility. In the past 15 years, the company has expanded using Small Business Administration (SBA) loans and has moved to larger facilities four times. Today Winton Machine employs over 20 people and has a 7,000 square feet facility on Satellite Boulevard in Suwanee.


George and Lisa Winton

George Winton, co-founder and president of Winton Machine, says: "We feel strongly about being a local manufacturer and bringing jobs to Georgia. Our company is built on integrity -- doing what is best for the customer -- and providing complete solutions. One of our key competitive advantages is that we are capable of modifying our existing machine designs as well as engineering new solutions."

Winton Machine designs and manufacturers all of its machinery onsite in Suwanee. The company, which started with building one machine, now manufactures over 100 different machines and has also developed its own proprietary software. The company continues to expand its core line of tube fabrication equipment by adding customer-requested features and creating engineered solutions. Winton Machine has delivered high quality, U.S. made machines to over 500 customers in the United States and around the world, from China, South Korea, Russia, and Israel to Mexico, Ecuador and Sweden.

Winton adds: "We build our machines with common components, including bearings, sensors and microprocessors, and work closely with dedicated distributors worldwide to provide fast and efficient service. What sets Winton Machine apart is our ability to design and test at our location as well as the company's dedication to building and servicing our machines."

Winton Machine specializes in several industries: HVAC/Refrigeration, Aerospace, Electronics, Microwave and Military. They serve key companies and organizations in the U.S. and around the world, including American BOA, CIBA Vision, Electrolux, General Electric, Graco, Lockheed Martin, NASA, Playworld Systems, Titan Tool, and the United States Army, Navy and Air Force.

In addition, Winton's bending technology helped build the Mars Rover. Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), the team who recently put the rover on Mars, used Winton's RD20 machine for the tube bending for the working heat rejection system in the car-sized rover.

Gwinnett-headquartered Winton Machine engineers high quality, American-made tube fabricating solutions and has manufactured over 100 different tube fabricating machines. Their web site is: www.wintonmachine.com.

ELLIOTT BRACK
President's comprehensive plan on gun control should be enacted
By
ELLIOTT BRACK
Editor and publisher

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JAN. 18, 2013 -- The United States agenda has moved from pure partisan politics over routine problem items like the budget, the war in Afghanistan and the economy, to another concern which we hope doesn't degrade into the partisan arena: the concern of our nation about mass violence and guns.


Brack

President Obama's key new mission is to get the Congress to become more reasonable and move forward on ways to make our country internally safer. The big stumbling block on the horizon is the National Rifle Association (NRA) and their intractable position on matters relating to gun control.

The Congress, and in particular the Republican-controlled house, seems to be a ventriloquist's dummy for the NRA, parroting the gun control forces. The Republicans seem not to realize that the mood of the country has shifted dramatically toward adopting positions more reasonable to control rampant shootings.

As Mother Jones says: "It is perhaps too easy to forget how many times" there have been mass shootings. In 2012 alone, there were 16 incidents of mass shootings, leaving at least 88 people dead.

Yes, some are in far-from-here places. But you must remember that the first mass shooting of 2012 came at a Korean health spa on Buford Highway in Norcross, where five people died last February.

Some of the other mass shootings in 2012 included:

  • February 27: three students in Chardon, Ohio, killed by a classmate.
  • April 2: in Oakland, Calif., seven killed at Oikos University.
  • May 29: in Seattle, Wash., six killed at a coffee shop.
  • July 9: in Wilmington, Del., three killed at a soccer tournament.
  • July 20: in Aurora, Colo., 12 killed and 58 wounded at a movie house.
  • August 5: in suburban Milwaukee, Wis., seven dead inside a Sikh Temple.
  • September 17: in Minneapolis, Minn., six dead at gunman's former work site.
  • December 11: in Portland, Ore., three die at Clackamas Town Center Mall.
  • December 14: in Newtown, Conn., 27 dead, including 20 first graders.

Then on Jan. 16, 2013, two are dead at a shooting at the Hazard (Ky.) Community and Technical College.

  • Read a Time Line of Worldwide School and Mass Shootings here.

Now comes President Obama, with a comprehensive plan to reduce such incidents. Highlights of his plan include:

  • Require criminal background checks for all gun sales.
  • Take four executive actions to ensure information on dangerous individuals is available to the background check system.
  • Reinstate and strengthen the assault weapons ban.
  • Restore the 10-round limit on ammunition magazines.
  • Protect police by finishing the job of getting rid of armor-piercing bullets.
  • Give law enforcement additional tools to prevent and prosecute gun crime.
  • End the freeze on gun violence research.
  • Make our schools safer with more school resource officers and school counselors, safer climates, and better emergency response plans.
  • Help ensure that young people get the mental health treatment they need. (Ensure health insurance plans cover mental health benefits.)

Will his plan work? We hope so. Will it be easy? No.

Yet the President has acted, calling on the Congress to take "common sense steps" to act. The president has said: "While no law or set of laws will end gun violence, it is clear that the American people want action. If even one child's life can be saved, then we need to act. Now is the time to do the right thing for our children, our communities, and the country we love."

We agree.

SPOTLIGHT
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FEEDBACK
When it comes to resolutions, scale back expectations

Editor, the Forum:

Getting or staying healthy is no small feat today. Yet obviously, the rewards of being healthy are unrivaled -- which generates the motivation behind New Year's resolutions, vowing that this year will be different.

Before considering a course of action, start by asking yourself what does being healthy mean to you? Is it having enough energy to do what you want each day? Is it being pain-free and feeling good most of the time? Adequate strength and/or range of motion? Reducing or avoiding medications? Managing your weight at a reasonable level? Or, slowing the impact of Father Time?

Next, clarify your incentives. How motivated are you? The reality is most people want to spend as little time and effort as possible. Few relish spending endless hours working out or otherwise caring for their body. And that's fine, so long as your strategy is to work smart instead of hard. With few exceptions, people only exercise regularly if they have an over-arching reason, i.e. they like hiking, horseback riding, playing with their kids, or working in the yard. Then exercise serves a higher purpose. No higher purpose, no ongoing motivation.

Accept where you are. Your weight is what it is, your fitness level is what it is, you have treated your body the way you have. Scale back your expectations. Demand less in the beginning. Exercising once a week for a whole year far outweighs the benefits of exercising three times a week for a month or two, then life takes over, you miss a week or so, and your program is in the dumper. It's about sustaining, not endlessly stopping and starting.

Consider your relationship with your body. What can you do, and how can you modify your thinking to get on a better page with it? Being healthy is a lifelong process, not a six week solution.

-- Will Nelson, Buford

Second Amendment backer wants these firearms regulations

Editor, the Forum:

I am a strong supporter of the Second Amendment, especially the first part that says "a well regulated militia." The key word in that amendment is regulation, which the courts have ruled that the government has a right to do when it comes to firearms.

We need to:

1. Close all loopholes at gun shows for background checks.
2. Limit the size of magazines.
3 Ban military style assault rifles.
4. Enforce and implement a national data base to check out all individuals who purchase guns from stores as well as private sales.

This is a common sense approach that will reduce mass gun violence over a period of time and does not infringe on any constitutional rights.

-- George Wilson, Stone Mountain

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UPCOMING
Suwanee offers Citizen's Police Academy Starting Feb. 19

Are you a cop show junkie? Can't get enough of the Law and Order, CSI, or NCIS programs? Well, you may be interested in a "behind the scenes" program being offered by the Suwanee Police Department, a hands-on, eight-week program that promises to be more realistic, personal, and impactful than watching a good television cop show.

The Suwanee Police Department will offer its Citizen's Police Academy from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday evenings beginning February 19 at the Police Training Center at 2966 Lawrenceville-Suwanee Road.

Those wishing to participate must provide notarized applications by 5 p.m. Monday, February 4. Applications are available at www.suwanee.com. Applicants must be at least 19 years old, and City of Suwanee residents receive priority placement.

The program offers participants a better understanding of the day-to-day functions, risks, and experiences of Suwanee police officers. Topics addressed include crime scene processing, traffic stops, building searches, crime prevention, and narcotics identification.

Commissioners extend toilet rebate program for residents

Gwinnett Commissioners approved an agreement with the Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District this week to continue Gwinnett County's participation in the toilet rebate program. Since 2010, Gwinnett residents have replaced more than 11,700 inefficient toilets, saving an estimated 221,800 gallons of water each day.

Toilets are the main source of water use in the home, accounting for nearly 30 percent of residential indoor water consumption. Some of the toilets manufactured prior to 1994 use up to seven gallons per flush. Heather Moody, water conservation coordinator for the Department of Water Resources, says: "As toilets age, they are also likely to develop leaks that can waste as much as 200 gallons of water per day, so replacing a home's older toilets with new WaterSense® labeled models will deliver significant water savings."

Water customers who participate in this program can receive a maximum $200 rebate if they replace up to two older, less-efficient toilets with WaterSense® certified toilets. Customers who own or rent a single-family home built in 1993 or earlier may qualify. Details about the program and how to apply are available at www.northgeorgiawater.org or call (404) 463-8645 for more information.

NOTABLE
GCVB Board Picks Kevin Hill of Hampton Inn as chairman

The Gwinnett Convention and Visitors Bureau (GCVB) announces changes to its board of directors for 2013.


Hill

The new chairman is Kevin Hill (General Manager of Hampton Inn Sugarloaf); Vice-Chairperson is Commissioner Jace Brooks; Treasurer, Marcy Adams (General Manager of Atlanta Marriott Gwinnett Place); and Secretary is Tony Contigiani (General Manager of the Hilton Atlanta Northeast).

Gwinnett County Commissioner Jace Brooks (District 1) was appointed to serve on the board on behalf of Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners. Brooks hails from Suwanee and served on the City Council for 10 years.

Norcross Mayor Bucky Johnson was appointed to the GCVB board to represent the Gwinnett Municipal Association. Johnson has served as the Mayor of Norcross since 2008.

Lois Solomon heads Gwinnett chapter of AARP

Lois Solomon has been installed as the 2013 president of the Gwinnett Chapter 2714 of the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), Inc. Ms. Solomon is no newcomer to fighting for the rights of seniors and community enhancement, having been a member for 16 years.


Solomon

Other officers of the chapter include Marvin Aikerson, Grayson; vice president; Catherine Stringer, Buford, secretary; and Mary Wilson, Lawrenceville, treasurer.

The Dacula resident is a heritage activist, historian and social worker. Her beliefs exemplifies the AARP mission and vision of a society in which everyone ages with dignity and purpose, with AARP helping people fulfill their goals and dreams.

She says: "AARP's mission is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for all as we age. We lead positive social change and deliver value to members through information, education, advocacy, social needs and service. We provide a link at the local level between members, communities, and AARP's programs and service."

The Gwinnett Chapter was incorporated in 1976. It meets the fourth Thursday of each month at the Delmar Gardens Senior Center, 3100 Club Drive in Lawrenceville. For more information, contact Ms. Solomon at 770-822-4046.

RECOMMENDED
Trinity
By Leon Uris

"Part fiction, part history, the story of Trinity is the story of Ireland. The 'trinity' here refers to the British, the Protestants of Ulster, and the Northern Irish natives who sided with the Brits. In other words, these three are the enemies of Ireland. Covering the period between 1885 to 1916 with many flashback stories about the 700-year British occupation, repression and degradation of the Irish, this book is more history than fiction. The story of the complete and utter debasement of the Irish native is a sad and painful one and - for an Anglophile like me - quite difficult to stomach. The problems were way more complicated than just the differences between the Catholics and the Protestants. When you finish reading Trinity, you will really have an understanding of the problems between the Irish and the British. I loved this book!"

-- Susan McBrayer, Sugar Hill

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GEORGIA ENCYCLOPEDIA
J.D. Wade participant in Vanderbilt Agrarian Movement
Part 1 of 3

A noted biographer, essayist, and literary-review editor, John Donald Wade is best remembered for his participation in the Vanderbilt Agrarian movement of the 1930s and especially his contribution to the symposium that was to become that movement's manifesto, I'll Take My Stand: The South and the Agrarian Tradition (1930). Wade, a Macon County native who spent much of his life in Georgia , was not as prolific as some of his Agrarian colleagues, notably Donald Davidson, John Crowe Ransom, Allen Tate, and Robert Penn Warren, and as a result did not attain their fame. Still, he exerted an influence over the Agrarian movement, as well as the larger sphere of American letters, that belies his relative obscurity.

A great-great-grandson of John Adam Treutlen, the first governor of Georgia, Wade was born on September 28, 1892, in Marshallville. The son of Dr. John Daniel and Ida Frederick Wade, he spent the first 18 years of his life in this rural central Georgia town, and its conservative agrarian values were to mark his work throughout his career. After earning a bachelor's degree from the University of Georgia in 1914 and a master's degree from Harvard University a year later, Wade went to New York City to begin work on a doctorate at Columbia University. After two years, his academic progress was deferred while he served as a second lieutenant in World War I (1917-18). He completed his doctorate in 1924.

Beginning in 1919, Wade taught at the University of Georgia while completing his dissertation, a lengthy work that would later be published as Augustus Baldwin Longstreet: A Study of the Development of Culture in the South (1924). At a time when philology had not yet relaxed its grip on academic writing, Wade's biography of Longstreet, the author of Georgia Scenes, broke new ground by blurring the lines not only between history and literary criticism but also between scholarship and literature. Vigorously researched, the book is nevertheless infused with humor and pathos, and it employs narrative devices verging on the novelistic, including imagined dialogue.

Biography soon became Wade's preferred genre, and he returned to it throughout his career. Sometimes called a modern Plutarch, he found the lives of important persons in the past to be exempla for living a good life. As a Ph.D. advisor, he pioneered the biographical dissertation and in so doing anticipated the interdisciplinary field of American studies.

(To be continued)

LAGNIAPPE
Cool-weather beauty


This gorgeous white camellia and her sisters seem to be blooming earlier this year because of the quirky weather we've been getting. Photo by Cynthia Bledsoe.

 

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TODAY'S QUOTE
The test is where you stand when it comes to challenges

"The ultimate test of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and moments of convenience, but where he stands in moments of challenge and moments of controversy."

-- Civil rights leader and minister, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929 - 1968), via Cindy Evans, Duluth.

GREAT GIFT
Looking for that perfect, unique gift?

Consider a book about Gwinnett history.

Previously out of print, Elliott Brack's 850-page history, "Gwinnett: A Little Above Atlanta," is now available again. Since its original publication, the book was declared the winner of the 2010 Award of Excellence for documenting Georgia history by the Georgia Historical Records Advisory Board. It is also the winner of the Gwinnett Historical Society's Whitworth-Flanigan Award for 2011 for preserving the history of Gwinnett County.

The book includes 143 demographic and historic tables, with more than 4,000 names in the index, and 10,000 names in the appendix.Two versions of the book are available. The hardback edition is priced at $75, while a softback edition is $40. Books are available at:

  • Atlanta History Center, Atlanta
  • Books for Less, Buford
  • Gwinnett Historical Society, Lawrenceville
  • Vargas and Harbin Gallery, Norcross

You can also order books through the Internet. To do that, go to www.elliottbrack.com to place your order. For mail orders, there is a $5 shipping and handling fee. Purchases are also subject to the 6 percent Georgia sales tax.

Or call me (Elliott Brack) at 770 840 1003 and tell me how to dedicate a book to a friend (or to you) as he adds his signature!

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GWINNETT CALENDAR

MLK Celebration in Gwinnett, Monday, January 20-21, put on by the United Ebony Society of Gwinnett County. On January 20 at 3:30 p.m. at Meadowcreek High School, there will be a program, with a theme of "character and service." On January 21 at 10 a.m., a parade will wind from the Gwinnett Historic Courthouse to Moore Middle School. For more information, phone 678-856- 7602.

"Flesh eating bacteria" is the subject of the Health To You general meeting at the Snellville Senior Center, on Wednesday, January 23, at 2 p.m. Presenting the program will be Dr. Karuna Kusan, chairperson of the Infection Control Committee at Eastside Medical Center.

(NEW) Bob, a new play, by American playwright Peter Sinn Nachtrieb, continues through February 10 at the Aurora Theatre in Lawrenceville. Armed with nothing but an unfailing optimism, Bob is the epic, fast-paced comedy of one man's desire for greatness. Performances are Wednesday through Saturday at 8 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Call 678-226-6222 or visit online for details.

(NEW) Civil War Lecture Series at the Lovett School, 4075 Paces Ferry Road in Atlanta, continues a series of four lectures, on Thursday, January 31, at 6 p.m. The next speaker will be Dr. George W. McDaniel, executive director of Drayton Hall, a National Trust historic site, in Charleston, S.C. His topic will be "The Civil War, Vietnam and the Shaping of Values." Reservations are requested via (404) 262-3032, ext. 1717.

(NEW) Water Conservation Workshop: 7 p.m. Feb. 7. at Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center, 75 Langley Drive in Lawrenceville. Attendees will receive indoor and outdoor water efficiency kits and a do-it-yourself home water guide. For more information about the workshop, send an email or call (678) 376-6722.

MORE EEB PERSPECTIVE

1/29: Senate job opening
1/25: Ultraconservative South
1/22: Buford, Sugar Hill
1/18: Obama's gun program
1/15: Falcons, six tidbits
1/11: Steele built schools
1/7: Malls in former Soviet union
1/4/13: Who is this famous guy?

12/28: Enjoying holiday cards
12/21: Fort Daniel, Chambliss
12/18: Ban assault weapons
12/14: Army-Navy game
12/11: Who stole American dream?
12/7: Lock 'em in a room
12/4: On Partnership Gwinnett

11/30: Hera Lighting
11/27: Voting out scalawags
11/20: Arts alive in Gwinnett
11/16: Hope Clinic needs help
11/13: Casino coming?
11/9: GOP and Georgia Dems
11/6: Early voting, more
11/2: Will Sandy impact election?

10/30: Georgia and GI Bill
10/26: Barge making name
10/23: Our 2012 endorsements
10/19: Pet peeves, more
10/15: Long plane flights
10/12: NO on Amendment 1
10/9: Elisha Winn Fair
10/5: Lots of construction
10/2: Texting while walking

9/28: WSB sets lower bar
9/25: State Archive fracas
9/21: Charter concerns
9/18: Benefits of living here
9/14: Continuing objectives
9/11: Trip to France, Spain
9/7: Community pride

8/31: Conversation on guns
8/24: More robocalls ahead
8/21: Newspaper museum
8/17: Seem easier to vote?
8/14: Western ridges, fall line
8/10: Runoff endorsements
8/7: New UGA health campus
8/3: Primaries raise more questions


FOCUS ARCHIVES

1/29: South: Gwinnett's judges
1/25: Calmes: Ballet semifinals
1/22: Sawyer: State of Gwinnett
1/18: Belfoure: Winton Machine
1/15: Ashley: Disabling phone GPS
1/11: Olson: Black artists featured
1/8: Malone: Gun control
1/4/13: Nelems: Unintended

12/28: Hester: New in tech
12/21: Wiggins: Recycle trees
12/18: Two canal cruises to take
12/14: C. Brack: Give a little
12/11: Goodman: Suwanee's art
12/7: Duke: Director of Encouragement
12/4: Dorough: Food co-op

11/30: McHenry: CID redevelopment
11/27: Sutt: Gwinnett arts' questions
11/20: Urrutia: Grad wins award
11/16: Collins: Las Vegas
11/13: Barksdale: Storm prep
11/9: Houston: Kettle Creek
11/6: Stilo: Christmas Canteen
11/2: Crews: View Point Health

10/30: Willis: Amendment One
10/26: Brown: Doc's research
10/19: Hudgens Prize jurors picked
10/15: Urrutia: $2 million gift to GGC
10/12: Young: Lilburn city hall
10/9: Long: Charter schools
10/5: Jones: PGA golf to return
10/2: DeWilde: Suwanee's red code

9/28: Stilo: Pinter's Betrayal
9/21: Love: Model for Nigeria
9/21: Walsh: Childhood obesity
9/18: Ashley promoted
9/14: Wiener: CID's initiative
9/11: Olson: $50K Hudgens contest
9/7: Stilo: Acting classes for all

8/31: Havenga: Great Days of Service
8/24: Griswold: Casino for OFS site
8/21: Brooks: Taking the Megabus
8/17: Summerour: Newspaper family
8/14: Sharp: Newport visit
8/10: Thomas: On schizophrenia
8/7: Carraway: Amendment wording
8/3: Willis: Ready for school parents?


CONTINUING OBJECTIVES FOR GWINNETT

Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests that Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. Read more.

  • Development of a two-party system for local offices
  • Transparent operations to restore faith in Gwinnett's County Commission
  • Moving statewide non-partisan judge election runoffs to the General Election
  • Light rail for Gwinnett from Doraville MARTA station to Gwinnett Arena
  • Extension of Gwinnett Place CID area to include Arena and Discovery Mills Mall
  • Banning of tobacco in all Gwinnett parks
  • Making Briscoe Field a commercial airport for jet-age travel
  • Approval of Educational SPLOST in 2013
  • More diverse candidates for political offices and appointment to local boards
  • Physical move of former St. Gerard's Catholic Church in Buffalo, N.Y., to Norcross
  • Creative efforts to support the arts in Gwinnett
  • Advancement and expansion of city and Gwinnett historical societies
  • Stronger regulation of late-night establishments with alcoholic licenses

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