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FOCUS: Gwinnett benefits from having private special needs school
By Jamie Hamilton | Since 1987, Special Needs Schools of Gwinnett (SNSG), which is not part of the Gwinnett County Public Schools, has served the special needs community in Gwinnett and surrounding counties through their PreK-12 School and Young Adults Learning Life Skills (YALLS) Program. It currently enrolls nearly 100 students, ages 3 to 40.
FOCUS: Is the United States moving toward autocracy?
By John Titus | Increasingly, I am concerned by the challenges facing our nation in the coming years. Most issues are ones that are debated as to which approaches are the best – progressive or conservative. People of good will can often reach compromises which allow solutions to emerge, and progress made. The challenges to which I refer are much more fundamental and involve the norms underlying our democracy.
FOCUS: Blind Norcross grad wins perfect job at Library of Congress
By Timothy Jones | During my freshman year at Mercer, a student journalist once interviewed me. I told her that I wanted to eventually be somewhere serving God. If someone had told me then I would be serving Him in Washington, D.C.–making music available to the blind through braille music—I would never have believed it.
FOCUS: Care partners in life, and now with Alzheimer’s
By Rick Krause | Sandy and I have been married nearly 52 years, no children, and we are generally inseparable in our life and activities. We enjoy traveling, chiefly road trips in North America, but numerous trips internationally. We like sightseeing, camping, backpacking, birding, botanizing; and hobbies, collecting, reading, sports, and more.
FOCUS: Leaders celebrate innovative new facility, The Water Tower
By Deborah Tuff | County leaders rolled up their sleeves to cut the ribbon for and celebrate the completion of The Water Tower – an innovative center in Gwinnett, bringing education, co-working and research together under one roof. It is the first facility of its kind in the world as it conducts research on the water and wastewater industry, and also helps train water technologists of the future.
FOCUS: Duluth grad is co-host of podcast in Los Angeles, Calif.
By Shyla Nambiar | Every year, hundreds of people flock to Los Angeles to pursue acting careers. A few, with talent, determination, and luck, succeed. Monica Padman, a Gwinnett County native, is one who beat the odds to become a success. She is co-host of a popular podcast, Armchair Expert, hosted by Hollywood actor Dax Shepherd, husband of actress Kristin Bell.
Gwinnett Forum | April 19, 2024
“I won’t take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth.”
–American Poet and Biographer Carl Sandburg (1878-1967).
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Continuing objectives
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests that Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His list:
- Move statewide non-partisan judge and school board elections to the General Election.
- Adoption of the 2023 Transit Plan for Gwinnett.
- More creative efforts to support the arts in Gwinnett.
- Advancement and expansion of city historical societies.
- Require establishments that serve alcoholic beverages to halt sales of such products at 1 a.m., and close by 2 a.m.
- Require the Georgia Legislature to meet only once every two years.
- 21st century salary for the Gwinnett County Commission members.
- Remove chewing gum on sidewalks at entrances of post offices and other governmental buildings.
- Eliminate single-use plastic packaging and straws in Gwinnett and require instead the use of paper products.
- Condos instead of apartments for Gwinnett.
Interested in Gwinnett history?
Now re-printed in its third edition, Gwinnett: A Little Above Atlanta, the award-winning history of Gwinnett County, is once again available for purchase. It sold out of its first two printings. The book won the 2010 Award of Excellence in Documenting Georgia History from the Georgia Historical Records Advisory Board. The book is available at Old Town Antiques at 93 Main Street in Lilburn.
- The history of Gwinnett is also available as an e-book from Amazon or Barnes and Noble for $9.95.
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