HUDGENS WINNER’S SHOW: Meet Atlanta artist Lauri Stallings, hard at work producing work that won her the $50,000 Hudgens Prize in 2017. A new show featuring her work opens Aug. 11. More below in Today’s Focus. Photos provided.
IN THIS EDITIONTODAY’S FOCUS: Show for Lauri Stallings, 2017 winner of Hudgens Prize, opens Aug. 11
EEB PERSPECTIVE: August 28 Florida Primary Progressing Similarly to Georgia’s
ANOTHER VIEW: From Shining City on the Hill, to the City Crumbling on the Hill
SPOTLIGHT: Infinite Energy Center
FEEDBACK: Reasons for You To Vote Republican or Democrat in the Fall
UPCOMING: Groundbreaking is August 13 for new Lilburn Police Headquarters
NOTABLE: City of Lawrenceville Approves $152 million (10 Month) Budget
RECOMMENDED: MOD Pizza in Chamblee
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Sun Trust Bank, 14th in Size, Holds of 48 Million Shares of Coca-Cola:
MYSTERY PHOTO: The Trees Almost Hide This Issue’s Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: Community Foundation of Northeast Georgia Plans Celebration
TODAY’S FOCUSShow for Lauri Stallings, 2017 winner of Hudgens Prize, opens Aug. 11
Stallings, in a gallery
By Ife Williams
DULUTH, Ga. | Hudgens Center for Art and Learning will present the solo exhibition for 2017 Hudgens Prize Recipient Lauri Stallings. The exhibition runs from August 11 at 2 p.m. through October 20 and will be on display in the Fowler Gallery and Kistner Atrium of the Hudgens Center.
With its numerous live elements, the project encourages people 1 to 100 years old to respond freely and openly in a museum that is filled with oscillating rhythms. With this work, conceptual artist and choreographer Stallings continues research in choreography as a tool box devised to bring together things that normally never meet, and held together by a certain language of flesh, movement and ritual. The artist is motivated by a wish to connect to things outside what we can see and understand, both the strange and the stranger, and inspire a society.
There are five topics throughout the project that she feels are important:
- mounds and curves as portions in topography of the female body;
- color, which in this country has always been associated with social and cultural background;
- movement as a visual practice;
- empathy, as a new form of currency and exchange; and
- meeting beautiful strangers.
Stallings
Parallel to the work, a series of nighttime happenings, daytime shops, and community talks will take place. The work evolves as its own platform on multiple levels and as a continuous project altered daily for the public to be free.
With a cash award of $50,000 and an invitation for a solo exhibition for one artist, the Hudgens Prize is one of the largest art awards in the entire nation and is open only to Georgia residents.
The purpose of the competition is to elevate and promote the arts in Georgia, and to offer a transformational opportunity for the winning artist. The Hudgens Prize was last awarded in 2015 to Bethany Collins, who continues to receive nationwide recognition following her receipt of the award, including exhibitions in Chicago, Los Angeles and Atlanta.
According to Angela Nichols, director of Exhibitions and Public Programming at The Hudgens: “Lauri Stallings continues to push the boundaries between art and performance. She is completely transforming the gallery space and offering visitors a glimpse into her creative process; something truly magical.”
Atlanta-based Stallings has fostered an expanded practice that includes public choreographies, place building, green economy and collaborations with many communities. Founder of the non-profit, glo platform, Stallings is a 2016-17 MOCA GA Working Artist Fellow. She has exhibited and performed her work at Central Park in New York City; Art Basel Miami, South Beach; National Center for Civil and Human Rights, Atlanta; High Museum of Art, Atlanta; Howard Finster’s Paradise Garden, Summerville; Trinity Laban, London; Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta; Augsburg Opera Haus, Germany; Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw; and others.
The 2017 Finalists were selected by a jury of arts leaders from across the country representing a broad perspective: Cesar Garcia, director and chief curator, The Mistake Room, Los Angeles, Calif; Janet Koplos, art writer and critic, St. Paul, Minn.; and Diana Nawi, independent curator and former associate curator, Pérez Art Museum Miami in Miami, Fla.
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Florida’s Aug. 28 primary progressing similarly to Georgia’s
By Elliott Brack
Editor and publisher
AUG. 10, 2018 | The primary in the state of Florida will be held August 28. A situation there has developed similarly to what happened in Georgia.
Republican Adam Putnam, the state agricultural commissioner for eight years, announced early that he would run for governor, and was the odds-on early favorite and establishment candidate, it appeared.
Then a Yale plus Harvard law grad and former JAG and U.S. Navy SEAL officer, Ron DeSantis, jumped into the race. He’s been a congressman from northeast Florida since 2013, and a down-the-line supporter of President Trump. He seems to be picking up momentum. Then President Trump went to Tampa and endorsed him.
On the Democratic side, Gwen Graham, former U.S. Sen. Bob Graham’s daughter and one-term member of Congressman, seems to be leading on that side in recent polls, though independently wealthy former Miami Beach mayor Philip Levine entered the race, as did another wealthy south Floridian, Jeff Greene, who started blanketing the state with TV commercials.
Florida is different from Georgia, supposedly a swing state with Democrats actually outnumber Republicans in voter registration.
It all appears there’s a horse race in that state with President Trump having a favorite. And no telling what will happen before August 28. We’ll await anxiously.
SOMEONE SENT me this, and it may sounds like lots of people I have talked to:
“I keep imagining a time again when I’m in the voting booth and have two good choices.”
MANY OF US were saddened to attend the funeral this week of Bill Smith, whose charitable work in establishing, raising money and funding the WES (When Everyone Survives) Leukemia Research Foundation was exemplary. The Smiths lost a son to that disease. Just recently, on July 6, it was announced that the Foundation would donate $200,000 this year to four scientists to continue the story. Over the years, the Foundation has donated $1.7 million to this research.
Smith, 67, was once the Stone Mountain Ford dealer, and also operated Heritage Colonial Mercury dealership on Scenic Highway. What made his passing particularly sad was that he had remarried in May of 2018.
William Eugene (Bill) Smith: 1951-2018: May you rest in peace.
PET PEEVE DEPARTMENT: Readers may be astounded to know how many people in the public relations field take a mighty lazy approach to writing a press releases.
If we have seen one, we must have seen at least one a week, of the stories that begin this way: “This Company or That is pleased to announce……..”
Over and over we see stories starting off this way. “….pleased to announce.” It gets our goat. Yes, we change such releases sent to us. We simply make it read: “This Company or That announces…..” For that “pleased” business!
Besides it being a sloppy and lazy beginning of a story, let’s face it: the company itself cannot be pleased. (And maybe the company can’t even announce!) Maybe people in the company may be pleased because of the announcement, but a company is not a living, breathing person. We know that such an entity doesn’t have the means even to give a hoot.
All you PR scribes: get more creative!
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From shining city on the hill to the city crumbling on the hill
By George Wilson, contributing columnist
STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. | “The shining city on the hill under the Trump administration is becoming the crumbling city on the hill……”
We are starting to figure out the simple tactics of the great negotiator, Trump. First, he makes a preposterous, outrageous statement. Then he then backpedals and gives away the shop. Here are a few of his bombastic statements:
- The EU is our enemy;
- The press is the enemy of the people;
- The British prime minister wouldn’t follow my advice; and
- North Korea: Rocket man, we will destroy you.
Furthermore, this helps Trump control the news cycle and diverts public attention from real issues and problems in the nation. Even worse, it hides the damage this administration is doing to our environment, consumer protection laws, health insurance and education as the media chases his shiny bubbles of bull@&&*.
Backpedaling: With North Korea we have no time table, no agreement, no verification inspection program but, “We have solved the nuclear issue.’
Other tactics may also include:
- Change the subject;
- Blame it on someone else;
- Lie and deny. 4,229 lies so far according to The Washington Post and The New York Times that are fact checking his remarks and keeping a list.
In the meantime, Japan signs a large trade agreement with the Europeans (EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement) and the \Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP, 11 countries), another big trade agreement, is ratified without the United States.
In addition, China is extending its trade tentacles and influence in Africa, South America and the Far East. All of this taking place without the participation by the United States.
Trump’s amateur antics are causing our power, prestige and influence in the world to plummet and the world is starting to move on without us.
Finally, we are now seeing a sharp drop in foreign investment in the United States because of the political instability and uncertainty. Will the economy be next?
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Reasons for you to vote Republican or Democratic in the fall
Editor, the Forum:
There are anti-Trump people who will be highly motivated to vote. There are the high percentage of Republicans supporting Trump. The next governor will be chosen by those not in either group. They will choose by which national platform will serve Georgia best, the Obama administration or what we have seen from the Trump administration. Each candidate may throw in an issue or two that is local to sweeten the choice.
Both sides have given the outgoing Governor Deal high marks for his time at the helm of state. So as I look at the choices, as a Republican since Reagan, I went to the corresponding websites and found standard fare.
There are anti-Trump people who will be highly motivated to vote. These are the Republicans supporting Trump. The next governor will be chosen by those not in either group. They will choose by which national platform will serve Georgia best, the Obama administration or what we have seen from the Trump administration. Each candidate may throw in an issue or two that is local to sweeten the choice.
If one feels the eight years of the Obama administration were the best ever, vote D. If one feels the present Trump administration has improved things and has the country going in the right direction, vote R. The positions of the candidates match their national parties on the economy, defense, immigration, education, the second amendment, taxation, justices, education, health care, transportation, issue by issue.
It’s hard to get a clear picture on turnout, but that will be the determining factor in a very close race with big outside money. With so much focus on our election system, it will be watched even closer this time.
— Byron Gilbert, Duluth
Media need to jointly decry unwarranted attacks on the press
Editor, the Forum:
President Trump attacks the press frequently, even going to the extreme of labeling them “enemies of the American people.” It is time for the nation’s press to stand up and defend themselves and the essential role they play in our democracy. Their job is to report the news in an impartial manner and when they err, admit it. It is also their job to seek the truth wherever it may lead, however uncomfortable it may be. That is the essential service they provide to us as citizens of this country.
I would like to see a joint statement agreed upon by the publishers of major newspapers across the land, the heads of all the major television networks, both broadcast and cable, and other appropriate publications or news outlets be issued on the same day decrying the unwarranted attacks on the press and declaring such attacks as threatening a major tenet of our democracy. To the press, I say, “Stand up for yourselves. Stand up for freedom of the press.”
— John Titus, Peachtree Corners
What happened to statesmanship, loyalty, honesty and respect?
Editor, the Forum:
Concerning “The Buck Stops Here”: Rick Hammond, having lived through the Roosevelt/Truman era, (plus the loss of a son’s life in Viet Nam) has the erudition and experience may give one a different perspective from some others.
The “cute little references to money” are only another person’s interpretation and comparison of past and present times. Whether we believe the ‘fake’ information, or not, money appears to be the most important goal in politics. The campaign trail is paved with gold and talk is cheap!
What happened to statesmanship, loyalty, honesty, and respect? And the government of the people, for the people, and by the people?
Has respect for common human beings hit bottom? Should private citizens be chastised publicly for having different opinions?
Is it a presidential privilege to condemn certain people, groups, or countries because of different ideals and standards?
Have dictatorship and power tried once again to control of our country and is attempting world control?
I hope not! Make your vote count!!
— Betty Ritcey, Peachtree Corners
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UPCOMINGGroundbreaking is Aug. 13 for new Lilburn police headquarters
The City of Lilburn will hold a ceremonial groundbreaking for the new Lilburn Police Headquarters on Monday, August 13 at 6 p.m. The brief ceremony will take place at 4572 Lawrenceville Highway, the location of the new facility.
BM&K Construction was awarded the bid for construction of the project. The construction period for this $4,899,000 project is expected to last 12 months. Precision Planning Inc., who designed the structure, also designed the Lilburn City Hall – Library building, which was completed in 2016.
The new Lilburn Police Department and Municipal Court building is a budgeted project that is 100 percent funded through SPLOST. The Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax is a one-cent sales tax approved by voters to be used for special projects, such as police and fire stations.
Exhibit of 40 quilts at The Rectory in Norcross through Aug. 28
Celebrate the introduction of a new Art Exhibit at the Rectory! The Sacred Threads Exhibit is a major traveling display consisting of 40 quilts. The quilts featured represent the exploration of life’s journeys: Joy, Inspiration, Spirituality, Healing, Grief, Peace and Brotherhood. The opening reception is August 10 at 6 p.m.
This exhibit is open to the public and free of charge, and will be on display through August 28, so if you can’t make it to the opening reception, please consider stopping by another time! Call 678.421.2048 or 2049 to arrange access.
NOTABLECity of Lawrenceville approves $152 million (10 month) budget
The City of Lawrenceville has approved a $152-million 10-month budget for the 2019 fiscal year (Sep – Jun). This vote comes on the heels of Council’s decision to decrease the City’s millage rate and will invest nearly $29 million in capital projects over the next budget year. This vote was taken with significant input from the City’s ongoing Financial Citizen’s Review Committee.
Last year’s 12 month budge was $182 million. The city is changing its fiscal year to be in line with the July 1 date. It currently ends its fiscal year August 31. The move will help track the budget better as well as allows public meetings for the budget to be in the spring instead of the busy summer months. This council puts a lot of emphasis on budget involvement and engagement and having public meetings and input in the summer makes it hard to do that.
The budget focuses on continued support of all the City’s operations – police, administrative services, gas, water, electric and street utilities as well as the addition of seven new positions in key service areas. This focus on road maintenance and infrastructure improvements as well as cost of living increases were a part of this year’s budget as well.
- For more information on the City of Lawrenceville and how funds are invested back into the community, please visit the website at www.lawrencevillega.org.
New coding school to open in Peachtree Corners
Technology pioneers Dennis Hayes, left, and his former business partner Dale Heatherington chat before the ribbon-cutting at the Prototype Prime expansion announcement.
Peachtree Corners Mayor Mike Mason announced Aug. 2 that Prototype Prime would partner with Georgia Tech to offer a new coding school at company’s campus. The event, which drew Georgia Tech President Bud Peterson and several “pioneers” of Technology Park was held at Prototype Prime, the city-funded startup incubator in Technology Park Atlanta.
Peterson, left, accepts a key to the city of Peachtree Corners from Mayor Mike Mason.
“Partnering with Georgia Tech to provide a coding school here on the Technology Park campus is a natural fit,” said Mayor Mike Mason. “Tech Park has a long association with Georgia Tech as many of the early pioneers who established their businesses studied at Georgia Tech. And, of course, Paul Duke, considered the founder of Peachtree Corners, was a Georgia Tech graduate.”
Classes will begin in January 2019 in a specially-designed classroom in Prototype Prime’s newly expanded second floor. The Georgia Tech Boot Camp classes will offer 12- or 24-week programs that provide students with fundamental skills and knowledge on front-end and back-end web development.
Also celebrated at the event were Georgia Tech alumni who are synonymous with Technology Park. Dennis Hayes of Hayes Modems, Allen Ecker of Scientific Atlanta and Leland Strange of Quadram Corporation, were on hand to celebrate coding school announcement and the company’s 12,500 square-foot expansion.
The coding school is designed to allow students to gain experience, build a portfolio of projects or add to their skill set while in college. More information is available on the Georgia Tech website.
Zandstra to be Aurora Theatre’s new director of education
At the start of an ambitious 2018-19 season, Greta Zandstra will take the helm of Aurora Theatre’s vaunted education program full-time staff as director of education. She will oversee the extensive education department while helping to guide growth into the planned campus expansion set to open in 2020.
Zandstra
Aurora Theatre now boasts a staff of 21 employees, 13 apprentices and more than 300 part-time and contract workers.
Anthony Rodriguez, Aurora Theatre Producing Artistic Director says: “Greta comes to us with a wealth of experience for creating educational partnerships at all levels. Greta will continue to strengthen our great partnership with Georgia Gwinnett College, will focus on a creating a more competitive training program for our teens and will turn even the shyest child into a budding performer.”
Ms. Zandstra previously led the education departments at Temple Theatre in North Carolina, the Charlotte Shakespeare Festival and the Nebraska Shakespeare Festival. Greta received a bachelor’s degree from Saint Mary’s College-Notre Dame and earned her master’s degree at the University of Nebraska in Omaha.
As an experienced professional actor and director, highlights of her career include: June in the Sanders Family Trilogy (Temple Theatre); Gloria in Boeing Boeing (Maples Repertory Theatre); Olivia in Twelfth Night (Charlotte Shakespeare Festival); and Valentine in Two Gentlemen of Verona (BARE Theatre).
Deadline is Sept. 6 for openings for Suwanee Police Academy
Suwanee’s Citizens Police Academy provides area residents with a hands-on glimpse behind the badge and a better understanding of the risks and responsibilities of Suwanee police officers. The 10-week program will next be offered on Monday evenings, September 10-November 13, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Classes will take place at the Suwanee Police Substation/Training Center at 2966 Lawrenceville-Suwanee Road.
Applications are available at suwanee.com. Notarized applications are due September 6 at 5 p.m.
The academy offers classroom training and hands-on experiences in crime scene processing, traffic stops, building searches, crime prevention, and narcotics identification and provides an understanding of the day-to-day responsibilities of officers. The program is designed to open and maintain communication between citizens and the police department.
Classes are free and open to the public, but space is limited and priority is given to those who live and work within the City of Suwanee. A criminal and driver history background is required for all applicants. For additional information, contact Officer Richard Pope at rpope@suwanee.com or 770-904-7641.
RECOMMENDEDMOD Pizza in Chamblee
Reviewed by Chuck Paul, Norcross | There is a new fast casual pizza concept that just opened in Chamblee. It’s located on Peachtree Industrial Boulevard across from the Lowe’s. (This is a world-wide company, with other locations in Augusta and Dawsonville.) Think Moe’s SW for pizza lovers as you can choose from more than 30 toppings as you move down the ordering counter. But you pay one set price for your pizza or a variety of salads. I chose a Caesar Salad to accompany my pizza. The pizza was quite good. This shopping center also has a First Watch and Taqueria del Sol, in addition to a Whole Foods. The place was packed on Saturday afternoon.
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GEORGIA ENCYCLOPEDIA TIDBITSunTrust Banks, 14th in size, holds of 48 million shares of Coca-Cola
SunTrust Banks, based in Atlanta, was the 14th largest bank in the United States currently. From its beginning the bank earned a reputation as a trust for well-to-do clients, but it also played a crucial role in recapitalizing regional investment. The stability and growth of the bank, with branches and affiliates in seven states and the District of Columbia, serves as a measurement of the economic growth of the New South since the end of Reconstruction (1867-76).
SunTrust is the hybrid of several southern banks, but its oldest Georgia ancestor is the Commercial Travelers’ Savings Bank, founded in 1891 by Atlanta businessman Joel Hurt. Two years later Ernest Woodruff, then a board member, urged that the savings bank be reorganized as a trust and investment bank. The institution was duly renamed the Trust Company of Georgia, a title that would remain more or less unchanged until the 1990s.
Ernest Woodruff, a native of Columbus, assumed the presidency of the Trust Company in February 1904. This frugal son of a northern mill owner had a galvanizing effect on the young bank. Under Woodruff the company orchestrated a series of mergers that secured the bank’s position.
In 1910 he arranged the merger, for $3.5 million, of several small regional coal and ice companies to form the Atlantic Ice and Coal Company, which was the largest underwriting venture in Georgia history to that point. Within the same decade the bank engineered the reorganization of Atlanta Steel Company to Atlantic Steel and acquired the Empire Cotton Oil Company. In 1926 the Trust Company acquired the Continental Gin Company.
These ventures, however, were only the prelude to a larger, more historic venture. In 1919 Woodruff secured the underwriting of the first publicly traded stocks of Asa Candler‘s Coca-Cola Company.
The deal, brokered by Woodruff, left the bank in possession of what is today more than 48 million shares of the Atlanta beverage company. To this day the two institutions continue to work together, a relationship enshrined in SunTrust’s sometime nickname, “the Coca-Cola bank.”
In 1922 Woodruff gave up the presidency to become chairman of the board for the bank. The following year his son, Robert Woodruff, became the president of Coca-Cola, a position he held until 1955. Even today SunTrust continues to hold the only written copy of the original Coca-Cola formula in a vault at its main office in Atlanta.
- To view the Georgia Encyclopedia online, go to http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org
The trees almost hide this issue’s Mystery Photo
Look carefully at this house, this edition’s Mystery Photo. Though the trees almost obscure some of it, you may can figure out this historical landmark. Send your thoughts to elliott@brack.net, with your hometown.
Kim B. Shealy of Sugar Hill was first in to identify the last Mystery Photo. She wrote: “Skyscraper-the Burges Whale, is made out of five tons of plastic materials that washed up on the shores in Hawaii. It is on display in Bruges or Brugge, West Flanders, Belgium.” The photo was sent in by Jerry Colley of Alpharetta. (See close up of the materials of the whale.”
Others recognizing the mystery include Allan Peel of San Antonio, Texas; George Graf of Palmyra, Va.; Jim Savadelis of Duluth; Fran Worrall of Lawrenceville; and Lou Camerio of Lilburn.
Peel gave more detail: “The Mystery Photo from 8/6 is a Bruges Whale Sculpture in Bruges, Belgium picture of a 38-foot tall sculpture of a whale made from 10,000 pounds of plastic waste. The sculpture is called ‘Skyscraper.’ It is one of 15 impressive works of art by contemporary artists and architects worldwide who have erected sculptures throughout the historic city, as part of the Bruges Triennial 2018 celebration that runs from May 5 to Sept 16, 2018.
The theme for this year’s Triennial is ‘Liquid City’ and the artists were challenged to focus on the consequences of today’s liquid society, and to address the question of what the future holds for all of us.
The waterways that once earned Bruges its international renown, become a metaphor for ‘Liquid City’.
In response to the Triennial’s ‘Liquid City’ theme, the Brooklyn-based studio STUDIOKCA designed the 38-foot-tall sculptural whale composed. The studio, led by Jason Klimoski and Lesley Chang, wanted to address how cities from across the globe are contributing to the waste that has piled up in our oceans — the discarded plastic that is washing up on our shores and endangering and killing marine life.
In the designer’s own words … “right now there is 150 million tons of plastic swimming in the ocean, our oceans, the oceans we share … pound for pound that is more plastic waste swimming in the ocean than there is whales. So an opportunity like this to show the type of plastic and the amount of plastic that ends up in our oceans is really important” says Klimoski in a video created about the project.
Graf, of course, also contributes with this: “It is the Sculptured Whale, Bruges Belgium. STUDIOKCA, a Brooklyn-based architecture and design firm, has pulled over five tons of waste from the ‘plastic soup’ that is floating on the surface of the Pacific Ocean. This accumulation was used as a medium for their four story tall sculptural whale that now rise up out of the Bruges Canal. This colossal whale, ‘skyscraper,’ serves to both address the 150 million tons of plastic waste which remain, as well as emphasize the necessity for individual and collective action.”
CALENDAR
LUNCH AND LEARN about the history of the Atlanta Braves on Friday, August 10 at noon at the Georgia Archives in Morrow. Carolyn Serra, of the Braves staff, will talk of the heritage of the team and its Hall of Fame members. Lunch and learn programs are free and sponsored by the Friends of the Georgia Archives. No advanced registration is required.
HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE recycling will be held August 11 from 9 a.m. until noon at the Department of Water Resources Central Facility at 684 Winder Highway in Lawrenceville. Gwinnett residents can drop off five containers each of household hazardous waste for free. The event is limited to Gwinnett residents and proof of residency may be required. Materials accepted at the event include cleaners, batteries, fluorescent light bulbs and ballasts, lawn care products, oils, paints, and pesticides.
AUTHOR VISIT: Meet graphic novelist Kyle Puttkammer, owner of Galactic Quest comic shops in Buford and Lawrenceville, Saturday, August 11 at 11 a.m. at the Suwanee Branch of the Gwinnett County Public Library, 361 Main Street. Current graphic novels include Hero Cats of Stellar City, Midnight Over Stellar City, and The Adventures of Galaxy Man and Cosmic Girl.
BUTTON DOWN DASH will be Saturday, August 11 at the Gwinnett Chamber, sponsor of the race. It is a rolling 5K/10K course that starts and finishes on Sugarloaf Parkway. The finish is in the parking lot of the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce. It is also a Peachtree Road Race qualifier. Registration begins at 6:30. The 10K race begins at 7:30 a.m. and the 5K race begins at 7:45 a.m.
SOUTHERN WINGS BIRD CLUB will meet Monday, August 13 at 7 p.m. at the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center. Speaking will be Terry Johnson, wildlife biologist with the Department of Natural Resources for 35 years. He is the author of A Journey of Discovery, and reveals that there are really black blue birds, and whether animals can predict the weather. His talk will center on hummingbirds and how to attract them to your back yard. For more information, visit www.southernwingsbc.com.
GROUNDBREAKING at Graves Park Expansion, 1540 Graves Road, Norcross, will be Tuesday, August 14, at 9:30 a.m. Directions: From I-85 at Jimmy Carter Boulevard, go east to McDonough Drive, turn south until dead end. Turn left on Graves Road. Park is on the right.
THIRD ANNUAL GOOD2GIVE Celebration will be Saturday, August 18 at 6 p.m. at the Infinite Energy Forum’s Grand Ballroom. Sponsored by the Community Foundation of Northeast Georgia, more than 700 people are expected to attend. Five local nonprofits will be honored. For more information, visit cfneg.org.
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