PROPOSED PEACHTREE CORNERS CHURCH: This is a conception of how the Mary Our Queen Catholic Church will eventually look. The congregation plans a groundbreaking in the spring of 2017. Artifacts, including stained glass windows, from the former St. Gerard’s Catholic Church in Buffalo, N.Y. will be installed in the new building. Look below in Today’s Focus for more details on this anticipated building.
Former County Commission Chair Lillian Webb dies at 87
Lillian Webb, center, pictured in 2010 with state Rep. Tom Rice, left, and Pedro Marin, right, when a Norcross park was named in her honor. More.
Lillian Webb, pictured in 2013.
GwinnettForum learned Thursday of the passing of Lillian Webb, 87, former chair of the Gwinnett County Commission for eight years, and former 11-term mayor of Norcross.
She was named Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce’s Citizen of the Year in 2013. More.
The family will accept visitors on Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. at Crowell Brothers Home, while the funeral will be Saturday, September 17, at 2 p.m. at Norcross United Methodist Church, with burial following at Crowell Cemetery.
TODAY’S FOCUS: Mary Our Queen Catholic Church Plans New Building in Spring, 2017
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Oh, Many of Us Wish Back to the Better Days of Newspapering
ANOTHER VIEW: Progressivism and Checking Beyond the Edges in the Trump Arena
SPOTLIGHT: Heaven and Associates
FEEDBACK: Looking at People Not Voting, and Possible Makeup of Congress
UPCOMING: Suwanee Fest for 2017 Features Family of Super Heroes
NOTABLE: Gwinnett’s Jamie Cramer Named to State Palliative Care Board
RECOMMENDED: Piatto Restaurant, Duluth
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia State University Hold Southern Labor Archives
TODAY’S QUOTE: What September Brings Just About Each Year
MYSTERY PHOTO: These Rushing Waters May Throw You Off Base!
CALENDAR: Ninth Annual Rock’n Ribville, Saturday, September 17 on the Lawrenceville Lawn
Mary Our Queen Catholic Church plans new building in spring 2017
By Christine Norwood, Peachtree Corners | In 2008 Father David Dye, recently retired pastor of Mary Our Queen Catholic Church, desired to relocate St. Gerard Catholic Church from Buffalo, N.Y., The Buffalo church had been de-consecrated because of failing attendance, and sought a buyer.
Window from Buffalo church
However, Father Dye learned that the estimated cost of $16 million was prohibitive. Last year it was decided to scale back on the project and build a new church, one that closely replicated the 105 year old Buffalo church, at an estimated cost of $8.5 million. The local parish is now in a capital campaign to meet its goal and ground breaking is set for spring, 2017.
Today the Mary Our Queen (MOQ) church has a new pastor, Father Darragh Griffith. He feels extremely blessed that MOQ is giving the shuttered church in Buffalo a second life as a place of worship by removing artifacts and bringing them to the new Church. Already the altars, statues and 105 year old oak pews have been removed and transported to Peachtree Corners.
The St. Gerard magnificent stained glass windows are stored at Lynchburg Glass, in Lynchburg, Va., where any needed restoration will take place before they are installed in the new church.
Another window from St. Gerard’s.
These century old stained glass windows were by famed Buffalo Artist Otto Andrle. They are historically significant for their American origin at a time when most church windows were produced in Europe. Andrle, a long-time employee of the Buffalo Stained Glass Works, founded his own studio in 1913. In 1926, he completed the windows for Our Lady of Victory Basilica in Lackawanna, N.Y. This is probably one of the largest and most important installations of domestically produced stained glass in the country.
All these items were given to the glory of god by faithful Catholics a century ago. MOQ feels a calling to save these items from destruction and put them back to their intended purpose in a Catholic Church.
The members of MOQ recognize the new church to be built is more than just a building. The preservation of the unique artifacts from St. Gerard, plus the combination of a century-old classic design of a century-old church beautifully adorned as a place of Catholic worship, with modern day energy efficiency, will make it a draw for area Catholics to worship at the Peachtree Corners location.
On April 28 of this year, an Atlanta Journal Constitution article forecasted Gwinnett County to become the largest county by population in 2040, surpassing Fulton County, and have the largest population in the state. And Peachtree Corners is the largest city in Gwinnett County! Now think for a moment that Mary Our Queen is the only Catholic Church in the largest city in what will become the most populous county in the state of Georgia.
The members of Mary Our Queen are excited about the future of their new church and they expect an influx of new members to the parish, among them, many returning Catholics.
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Oh, many of us wish back to the better days of newspapering
By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Back a few years ago, I was optimistic about the future of newspapers. Since then, my faith in their future has continually declined. The impact of the Internet has been far worse than I had realized. What you are seeing with the Internet isn’t just affecting newspapers. How about banking? Insurance? Automotive sales? Retail …Walmart is fighting Amazon, etc. etc. etc.
Today many newspapers, particular metropolitan ones, have declined even more than I thought they would. What has disappeared in lineage from many big-city daily newspapers are multiple department store pages, classified advertising (especially real estate, autos for sale and job openings) and a good deal of national advertising.
However, recognize that not all newspapers are as affected as the metro dailies. Smaller community daily newspapers, such as those in Gainesville, Brunswick and LaGrange, continue to prosper.
And the weekly community newspapers are thriving, bustling, finding new income in the form of the advertising circulars, once the domain of the daily newspapers. Most are 100 percent local in news, too, and who can compete with that? Today many weeklies are thick with these supplements, a new revenue stream.
The total of newspaper pages in major dailies has seen a sharp decline in news content. Less advertising means fewer pages, and though the percent of news remains the same (traditional 60 percent ads to news), the number of stories has plummeted. Therefore, what news space remains is more valuable. Some previous features are no longer there.
This fall we are seeing another phenomenon. At one time, the busiest time of the week was between 10 p.m. to midnight, when many high school correspondents were phoning in the results of their football (or basketball) games. With most larger daily newspapers covering a wide area, that included many high schools. At these times, virtually everyone in the newsroom was taking down the rudimentary details of the many high school games, all rushing to meet deadline.
So what’s happened today? Today if you want, on Saturday morning, to read about the Friday football games, about the only way you can do so now is to go to the computer. The game results are not in the Saturday paper.
This gives the newspaper a double whammy. First, it doesn’t have to spend money for the newsprint to cover these games. And more importantly, it means that the overall newspaper deadline can be earlier, and for sure, late games won’t cause missing that press deadline and have its pressmen to work overtime, another savings.
And in some places, there’s not much about high school football in the Sunday paper, either. You are directed to the Internet for these stories. A pity. It’s like newspapers are chasing us away.
Another problem in newspapering today that old-timers must shudder about: some stories are not that…..in that they are advertiser-placed stories, which look like regular news stories, meaning that brings in new (much needed) revenue. The real dilemma here is that this causes more blur between news and advertising, which really becomes an ethical issue for the newspaper. Are they selling out? Boy! Would the old-time editorial writers hop on the newspaper’s ethical decision here!
A further decline. There is no longer a Newspaper Association of America, the trade group that was formed in 1887 to represent newspaper publisher interest. Yep, gone away. Actually, it’s changed its name to—-get this—-News Media Alliance!
While us old print-on-paper guys lament, we have to recognize that yes, we have new media, such as this GwinnettForum we produce. We just miss old-time newspapers!
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Progressivism and checking beyond the edges in the Trump arena
By Hoyt Tuggle | This is in response to Debra Houston. It is history and the current political situation from a different perspective.
Progressivism has been a significant component of the Democratic Party since Woodrow Wilson. This division within the Democratic Party has been pretty much an ongoing battle except for the FDR years. In modern times it surfaced between Jimmy Carter and the Democratic establishment. It accounted for as much of his failures as did anything.
The Reagan Democrats, outside of the South, surfaced in 1980 and 1984, eight years before Clinton was elected president. Clinton was a member of the Democratic Leadership Council, which was formed in 1985 to turn the Democratic Party away from its leftward lean of the 60s, 70s and 80s. He was no progressive as Hillary is now learning to her dismay. Progressive-ism did not grow under Bill Clinton, It actually shrunk. In spite of all the rhetoric to the contrary, the Family Medical Leave Act was probably Clinton’s signature Progressive legislation.
Jobs were lost not because the Democrats lied, they did, but because of productivity and automation. For example, we produce three times as many autos here in the U.S. as we did in the mid 1950s with one third as many workers. Most coal is dug by machines. Those jobs aren’t coming back and they didn’t go overseas.
Hillary is not a progressive. Nothing about her history is progressive. She has been forced to adopt Sanders’ progressive positions in order to keep his followers energized enough to vote in November.
For 24 years Hillary has been like a wall where you throw excrement at it hoping something will stick. Even if it doesn’t stick it leaves a stain. Later people look at the wall and say, “Damn, that’s a crappy wall.”
Her email server at home and the potential for abuse with the Clinton Foundation are legitimate issues to raise. All the rest have been “stains.” Ask Kevin McCarthy why he is not now the Speaker of the House. It is because he admitted that the Select Committee on Benghazi was created to bring down Hillary’s poll numbers. He was proud that it worked.
I do agree with Ms. Houston that The Donald is “jagged around the edges.” The problem with The Donald is that all you have is “edges;” there is no core. He doesn’t know how the FED works, he doesn’t know that we already have a court system in the military, he doesn’t know that Supreme Court Justices don’t sign bills, he doesn’t know that his revised immigration policy is exactly what Obama is doing now. He doesn’t know John McCain is really an American war hero, he doesn’t know a disabled person shouldn’t be mocked; he does know how to give illegal money from a foundation. Maybe he is like a preacher who is always preaching against a particular sin and ends up being exposed for that very sin. Since he cheats on foundation giving, as well as former wives, maybe he thinks all foundations cheat.
Having said all this, elections are no longer about convincing people on the other side to join you. It’s all about turning out your side. Obama did this in 2008 and 2012. We will see who does it best in 2016.
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Looking at people not voting, and possible makeup of Congress
Editor, the Forum:
Recently, a GwinnettForum comment was: “Lots of voters (are) just not happy with either political party candidates…..”
What I find unfortunate about the voting process from what he says is that if a large segment of the population refrain from voting because they do not like either candidate, it could lead to the election of a candidate by the motivated few who could trump (no pun intended) the marginal preferences of the many.
The size of the non-voter segment could be large when considering those who cannot vote for some reason, added to those who are apathetic, and those who refrain from casting their vote because they don’t like either candidate. This could skew those poll numbers we see. But I’ve been wrong many times before.
Now, another thought: the Republicans currently own a majority in the Senate and House. Since they assumed that majority, President Obama has been at loggerheads with the Republicans on almost all major domestic and international issues.
Presidential candidates like Ted Cruz seemed to wallow in his own ability to block President Obama’s appointments and legislation. I’d bet that most of the ideas that Bernie Sanders espoused during his campaign would never have seen the light of day in a Republican controlled Congress; and I’m concerned that Hillary Clinton will also be handcuffed if she wins.
We will have another four years of minimal legislation based on bipartisan compromises that water down the original intent. I’d like to hear a detailed strategy on how Hillary Clinton will get her agenda through a Congress controlled by Republicans who are all opposed to her agenda. If Donald Trump wins, I believe the Republicans will be confounded in how to handle his agenda since many leading Republicans have been lagging in or withdrawing their support for Mr. Trump.
— George Graf, Palmyra Va.
Dear George: Two return thoughts: Yep, if enough people did not vote, that could easily influence any election. It could happen here, though we suspect only a relatively small percent will actually stay away from the polls.
Your second point leaves out that no matter who wins, one of the Houses could go Democratic (more likely with a Clinton win). That would create a divided Congress, which in the past has usually given us better government. –eeb
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Suwanee Fest for 2017 features family of super heroes
This year’s Suwanee Fest is an event fit for a family of super heroes. The theme of this year’s annual celebration of community is “Super City, Super People,” and will be reflected throughout the weekend-long festival presented by 12 Stone Church.
The community festival – named Best Festival in 2015 by the Southeast Festival and Events Association – kicks off at 9 a.m. on Saturday, September 17 with a parade, led by a former Atlanta Falcons super hero, grand marshal Brian Finneran. The approximately one-mile parade travels up Main Street to Lawrenceville-Suwanee Road and then down Buford Highway to Town Center Park, where over 200 arts and crafts exhibitors and food vendors will be set up through Sunday evening. The event continues through 7 p.m.
The revamped family fun zone will feature plenty of complimentary activities for elementary school-aged children, including the opportunity to become an official, full-fledged super hero by completing the Suwanee Fest Super Hero Training Course. The area will feature a maze of laser beams, a weight lifting challenge, brick walls to break through and save the day, and the opportunity to be a hero for a child. Newly-minted super heroes will receive their own official Suwanee Fest super hero capes! The family fun zone also includes an array of entertainers, activities, and ticketed rides and games.
Also new to Suwanee Fest this year is the Stand at Attention Competition, benefitting programs that support military families and garnering national attention and resources for veteran suicide awareness. Stand at Attention is a fundraiser at which members of the armed services stand at attention, at length, in a public place for donations.
Off-site parking for the festival and free shuttle service will be provided from:
- Shadowbrook Baptist Church, 4187 Suwanee Dam Road;
- Shawnee North Business Center, 305 Shawnee North Drive (at Lawrenceville-Suwanee Road); and at
- Southeastern Freight, 3655 Windsor Park Drive (enter from Buford Highway only).
- Find more information, plus an interactive map, at suwaneefest.com.
Gwinnett Amateur Radio Society plans Sept. 17 activation
Throughout 2016, Amateur Radio will be helping the National Park Service celebrate their 100th anniversary. Hams from across the country will activate NPS units, promote the National Park Service and showcase Amateur Radio to the public.
On Saturday, September 17, with a rain date of September 24, Gwinnett Amateur Radio Society (GARS) will activate Abbotts Bridge Unit of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area. GARS will be operating from the pavilion. Start time will be approximately 10 a.m. through approximately 5 p.m. The world to be able to talk to someone at the park.
The public is invited. GARS will have both voice and digital communications. And with a little luck it will contact stations through Amateur Radio Satellites.
GARS is an amateur radio club serving Gwinnett County. During the 1990s, the club was the fastest growing club in the area, and has near 300 members. GARS members have diverse interests spanning the entire gamut of amateur radio from QRP (low power) to DX (distance), from Digital Data to Digital Voice, and from home made antennas to emergency communications.
Hardly a week goes by that GARS isn’t involved in some activity – whether it be sponsoring one of Field Days in the Southeast, working with the Boy Scouts in JOTA, teaching classes for new and progressive licensees, and other community services in both normal and emergency situations.
GARS encourages others to join and use these resources to help know what is going on in the local ham community. On Saturday mornings, it will have a club breakfast at the Golden Corral on Riverside Drive in Lawrenceville. To learn more about GARS, visit our web site at www.gars.org.
Gwinnett’s Cramer named to state Palliative Care board
Gwinnett County Senior Services Manager Jamie Cramer has been appointed by Governor Nathan Deal to serve on the Georgia Palliative Care and Quality of Life Advisory Council.
Being sworn in to a state board member are Hospice Medical Director for Affinis Hospice-Augusta, Sharon Beall, M.D., and Gwinnett County Senior Services Manager Jamie Cramer, taking the oath from Governor Nathan Deal. Also appointed to the board was Dr. Tammie E. Quest, director of the Emory Palliative Care Center for Emory’s Woodruff Health Sciences Center.
The committee members will meet with the Department of Community Health and ultimately make recommendations to the department and state legislators to policies changing and changes in the state law if needed to best meet the needs of Georgia’s citizens.
Cramer holds a master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling from Georgia State University and has been working in aging services as a Gerontologist Administrator for over 26 years. She is currently responsible for the leadership and oversight of social services programs for older adults in Gwinnett County and is a part-time Gerontology professor at Georgia State University. Prior to joining Gwinnett County in 2012, Cramer was the section manager with the Department of Human Services’ Division of Aging Services and the director of the Clayton County Aging Program.
Oceans exhibit opens Sept. 19 at environmental center
No matter where you live, everyone depends on the ocean and its resources for food, medicine, jobs, oxygen and much more. The Environmental and Heritage Center (EHC) invites guests to explore the science of watersheds, aquatic animals and oceans with a new exhibition entitled Ocean Bound!
An exhibit about the ocean opens September 19 at the Center, and will remain through January 4.
EHC Director of Programming Jason West says: “No matter where you live, everyone lives in a watershed. A watershed is an area of land that collects water and then drains or seeps into a marsh, stream, river, or lake and ultimately makes its way to a larger body of water like an ocean. So, since everyone lives in a watershed, everyone’s actions on land potentially affect our oceans.”
Ocean Bound! presents four themed exhibit clusters that highlight the science of watersheds, threats to watersheds, solutions to counter those threats and ways to implement change and protect watersheds.
The exhibit includes multiple hands-on stations that allow guests to interact with watersheds. Make it rain in a 3-D watershed model as well as pilot a full-size “submersible” from mountain stream all the way to the ocean, discovering eye-popping aquatic species and habitats along the way.
- For more information, visit www.gwinnettEHC.org.
Piatto Restaurant, Duluth
Reviewed by Cindy Evans, Duluth | Mark and I just ate at the new Piatto restaurant in downtown Duluth at 3140 Main Street recently. The service was great and the staff was very friendly and customer-focused. The menu was good. I ordered the Chicken Marsala with two sides (roasted veggies and a salad). It was tasty! My husband ordered their “Pasta of the Momenta” with Italian sausage. Which he enjoyed. When we go back, we’d like to try one of their delicious sounding pizzas!
An invitation: what books, restaurants, movies or web sites have you enjoyed recently? Send us your recent selection, along with a short paragraph (100 words) as to why you liked this, plus what you plan to visit or read next. –eeb
Georgia State University holds Southern labor archives
The Southern Labor Archives is committed to “collecting, preserving and making available the documentary heritage of Southern workers and their unions, as well as that of workers and unions having an historic relationship to the region.” Holdings are particularly strong in the areas of aviation, machinery, and aerospace; the textile and garment industry; building trades; the nursing profession; the communications industry; government, office, and retail workers; furniture and wood industries; and union activities in the Southeast.
The largest accumulation of labor records in the Southeast, the Archives includes materials dating from 1884 to the present and comprises union records, the personal papers of individuals, photographs, artifacts, periodicals, film and sound recordings, and oral history interviews.
Georgia State University (GSU) history professor Merl E. Reed realized the need for a labor archives in Atlanta when he learned about the Texas Labor Archives, housed at the University of Texas at Arlington. Reed collaborated with leaders in the local labor community, who in 1969 planned a dinner to honor the labor attorney Joseph Jacobs, with the proceeds earmarked for founding the Archives. Approximately 600 people attended, and the event raised $3,750 for the future Archives.
On April 28, 1970, GSU representatives, including Reed, history professor Gary Fink, and library administrators, along with local labor union representatives signed a memorandum of understanding establishing the Southern Labor Archives. The labor community pledged continuing financial support, and the university agreed to house and administer regional labor records at the library. In July 1971 David B. Gracy II, an archivist from Texas, became the first director of the Southern Labor Archives. The archives’ first significant collection, one box of material from William T. Clitheroe, a retired member of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, arrived on July 15, 1971.
Upon Gracy’s departure in 1976, Leslie S. Hough was hired as the Archives’ second director. Under his guidance, the collections continued to grow as did the Archives’ national reputation. Collections of note that came in under Hough’s administration include the records of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO), the papers of former U.S. Secretary of Labor W. J. Usery Jr., the records of the United Garment Workers of America, and the papers of Stetson Kennedy, a renowned investigative reporter and labor activist. In 1992 the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers made the Southern Labor Archives its official repository.
Hough left the Archives in 1992. After his departure the duties of the director were gradually assumed by the archivist for the collection. By 2015 the Archives housed more than 500 collections covering work and workers across the Southeast and the nation.
In addition to its papers and records collections, the Archives also collects oral history interviews with leaders of the labor movement, workers, and representatives from associated communities. Stories are recorded through interviews that are autobiographical in nature and cover the subjects’ personal backgrounds, work histories, and participation in the labor movement or their chosen professions.
In 2010 Georgia State University Library began a digitization program that provides online access to its collections. Selections from the Southern Labor Archives include the underground newspaper Great Speckled Bird, the records of PATCO, the Eastern Air Lines Digital Collection, and photographs and manuscripts documenting unions, work, and workers from across the Southeast.
- To view the Georgia Encyclopedia online, go to http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org
These rushing waters may throw you off base!
You might say this is a more traditional Mystery Photo for this space. And watch it, this one may be more tricky that you think. Send in your thoughts to elliott@brack.net and be sure to include your hometown.
What! Nobody recognized the cream puff Mystery Photograph that we threw you last edition? We didn’t think it was so hard, particularly since it is only about an hour from most of Gwinnett. Not only that, it was the focus of a recent GwinnettForum Recommendation, sent in by Paige Havens of Lawrenceville. It is the Dahlonega Spa! Isn’t the setting tranquil? We’re amazed that not a single GwinnettForum reader, where it’s difficult to stump this panel, was not dead-on this time!
Ninth Annual Rock’n Ribville, Saturday, September 17 on the Lawrenceville Lawn, from noon until 8 p.m. Join people at this city’s Downtown District, as it brings local businesses, a Kansas City BBQ Society (KCBS) National Competition and traditional Southern barbecue together with live music, arts, crafts and kid-friendly activities. Proceeds benefits the city’s police Benevolent Fund. For additional event details visit www.RocknRibville.com.
Panel Discussion on “Remembering Pat Conroy,” Saturday, September 17 at 1:30 p.m. at the Dunwoody Campus of Georgia State University, 2101 Womack Road, Building NC auditorium. John Pruitt will lead the discussion, with panelists Terry Kay, Daniel Sklar, Cliff Graubart and Bernie Schien. More info: http://www.atlantawritersclub.org.
“Ethics, Epidemics and Education” is the title of a symposium on Public Health on September 17 at the Georgia Archives in Morrow. It will bring together scholars to discuss topics as diverse as Zika, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, immunization, and the Tuskegee syphilis study. Another symposium is set for the day before, entitled “Ethics, Eugenics, and Public Health in Georgia.” Both include a tour of the Archives, a panel discussion and a reception. Georgia Humanities, a sponsor of the events, looks forward to presentations by Georgia Humanities Dr. Jodie Guest, professor of the Rollins School of Public Health and School of Medicine at Emory University, and Kaye Lanning Minchew, author of A President in Our Midst: Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Georgia. For more information, visit www.georgiaarchives.org/.
Gateway International Food and Music Festival will be on September 17 from 4-8 p.m. at Lillian Webb Park in Norcross. Held in conjunction with Welcoming America’s Welcoming Week, this event will showcase the region’s best multicultural talent and highlight the rich cultural contributions of Gwinnett’s diverse communities. For more information, visit aplacetoimagine.com.
30th Annual Japan Fest will take place September 17-18 at the Infinite Energy Center , 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway in Duluth. JapanFest Weekend will be from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Saturday) and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. For more information, call 404-842-0736 or visit japanfest.org.
Open House at Byrd and Flanigan Funeral Service in Lawrenceville on Sunday, September 18, from 1 until 5 p.m. The new funeral home is located at 288 Hurricane Shoals Road Northeast.
Library Temporarily Closing: Gwinnett County Public Library’s Suwanee Branch will be closed on Thursday, September 22 for the removal of the help desk. The branch will resume normal business hours on Friday, September 23. Book drops will remain open.
(NEW) RECYCLING: Saturday, September 24 is the date for Norcross’ Neighborhood Clean-up and Recycling Day. Residents and the public can bring in documents to be securely shredded. You can also haul in non-hazardous bulk items and recycle electronics. During the one-day event, the City of Norcross will also be accepting canned or non-perishable goods donations for the 2016 “Can” Do for Hunger Campaign.
Dedication of the new Baldwin Elementary School in Norcross will be Sunday, September 25, at 2 p.m. The school is located at 124 Price Place, on the space formerly occupied by Summerour Middle school, which has been re-constructed adjacent.
64th Annual Gwinnett County Fair opens September 15 and continues through September 25 at the Gwinnett County Fairgrounds, located off Sugarloaf Parkway near Georgia Highway 20 in Lawrenceville. For a list of daily activities at the Fair, go to: www.gwinnettcountyfair.com.
(NEW) Environmental Address by Gov. Nathan Deal, Tuesday, September 27 at 11:15 a.m. at the Infinite Energy Center Ballroom.The event is sponsored annually by Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful. To buy tickets at $50 each, visit: http://bit.ly/2cbjM7W.
Safety and Security – Postal Procedures for Mail Handling is the topic of a meeting on September 29 from 10 a.m. until noon. A US Postal Inspection Service Dangerous Mail Specialist will conduct training on the: prevention, recognition, mitigation, and initial investigation of mailed threats, explosives, and hazardous materials. For sworn and civilian personnel who handle incoming mail and investigate mail threats. The meeting will be at the Duluth Public Safety building, 3276 Buford Highway. For more information, contact dwoodruff@duluthpd.com.
Fall Challenge at the Tannery Row Artist Colony in Buford is continuing through October 10. This art exhibit is at the historic Tannery building at 554 Main Street in Buford, the home of 16 artist studios. Donna Biggee of Snellville has created a 30×30 inch painting, as a feature of the exhibition. The art center is open Tuesday through Saturday from noon to 5 p.m.
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