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FOCUS: Bet you have had these types of robo calls!

FOCUS: Bet you have had these types of robo calls!

By Raleigh Perry  |  Since I am home all the time and within an arm’s reach of the telephone, I will answer 99 percent of the calls.  Today there are two calls on specific topics that are of interest to me.  

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by · March 5, 2024 · Today's Focus
BRACK: Some extended car warranties are probably pure scams

BRACK: Some extended car warranties are probably pure scams

By Elliott Brack  |  Scammers don’t quit.  For about the 10th year, we’re in receipt of a letter again from the “Vehicle Notification Department” out of Plano, Texas offering to sell us a vehicle maintenance service contract on an automobile.   

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by · November 2, 2021 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
NEW for 10/26: On county fire department, Sugar Hill, Alexander Stephens

NEW for 10/26: On county fire department, Sugar Hill, Alexander Stephens

Click here to read the latest edition. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Gwinnett’s Fire Department marking 50th anniversary
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Sugar Hill’s downtown has amazing growth in 10 years
ANOTHER VIEW: Stephens’ “Cornerstone” speech part of today’s thinking
SPOTLIGHT: Mingledorff’s
FEEDBACK: Questions high density housing apartments with high fees
UPCOMING: County needs poll workers; plans three hiring events
NOTABLE:  Peach State Credit Union marks 60th year; Contributes $360,000 
RECOMMENDED: They Called Us Enemy by George Takei
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Right to vote for women in Georgia was slow process
MYSTERY PHOTO: Another lighthouse for you to determine its location
LAGNIAPPE: Check out photographs of inside the new Aurora Theatre
CALENDAR: Ribbon cutting today at Crooked Creek Water Reclamation Facility

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by · October 26, 2021 · Full issues, Uncategorized
NEW for 12/1: From vote-counting to junk calls

NEW for 12/1: From vote-counting to junk calls

Click here to read the latest issue. In this edition:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Remembering vote counting in the ‘60s and sometimes bedsheet ballots 
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Sunday afternoon junk call interruption really steamed me!
SPOTLIGHT: E.R. Snell Contractor, Inc.
FEEDBACK: Appreciates recent column about a dog scammer in Virginia
UPCOMING: Suwanee renovates old city hall, to get three story mural 
NOTABLE: Gwinnett budget for 2021 totals $1.9 billion, up 3.7 percent
RECOMMENDED: Thank you, Jeeves, by P.G. Wodehouse
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Jeanes Supervisors in Georgia help improve African American schools
MYSTERY PHOTO: Simple frame building has some clues as the Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Wetlands cleanup produces 9,650 pounds of trash
CALENDAR: Deck the Halls coming to Duluth this Saturday, December 5

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by · December 1, 2020 · Full issues
NEW for 11/20: Watching the recount; Dog scam; Civility

NEW for 11/20: Watching the recount; Dog scam; Civility

Click here to read the latest issue. In this edition:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Watching the recounting at the Gwinnett Elections Office
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Even when searching for a dog, be careful, scams abound
ANOTHER VIEW: Here’s one suggestion for us to have a more civilized society
SPOTLIGHT: Renasant Bank
FEEDBACK: Cites COVID-19 cases rates compared with other countries
UPCOMING: Sugarloaf CID starting campaign to reduce vehicle break-ins
NOTABLE: GGC English professor using her expertise…..for costuming 
RECOMMENDED: Deep South by Paul Theroux
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Timberlands, then and now, are a major crop for Georgia
MYSTERY PHOTO: Lot and lots of stone is a clue for this Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: It’s coming December 3 to Braselton: The Cravin’ Bacon event

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by · November 20, 2020 · Full issues
NEW for 5/1: New scam; Sugarloaf’s name; Doing something

NEW for 5/1: New scam; Sugarloaf’s name; Doing something

Click here to read the latest issue.Inside this edition:
TODAY’S FOCUS: New Telephone Scam Afoot; Targets Elderly, So Hang Up on ‘Em 
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Sugarloaf Parkway: Name Came from the Rollins Farm Horse Stables
ANOTHER VIEW: Each Should Do Something To Bring Us Through Pandemic
SPOTLIGHT: Lail Family Dentistry
FEEDBACK: It Might Help Us All in These Times To Simply “Rant!”
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Bar Association Releases Poll on Judicial Qualifications
NOTABLE: GACS Teacher Drives 245 Miles Delivering Bags to Students
RECOMMENDED: Book on CD Review:  Sister Queens by Julia Fox
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Forester Leon Neel Was Leading Advocate for Ecological Management
MYSTERY PHOTO: More Than You Might Imagine in Today’s Mystery Photo

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by · May 1, 2020 · Full issues, Uncategorized
8/13: More phone scams; GGC’s new president; Civil War battles

8/13: More phone scams; GGC’s new president; Civil War battles

Click here to read the latest issue. Inside this edition:
TODAY’S FOCUS: New Phone Scam about Cancer Afoot, Again Targeting the Elderly
EEB PERSPECTIVE: GGC President Focuses on Students, Seeking Campus Filled with Joy
ANOTHER VIEW: Reflecting on Civil War Battles during the Heat at Manassas
SPOTLIGHT: Infinite Energy Center
FEEDBACK: It’s Not a Gun Problem That We Have, but a Culture Problem
UPCOMING: Aquatic Centers Have Extended Hours and Are Open until Labor Day
NOTABLE: Institute of Transportation Engineers Honors Duluth Resident 
RECOMMENDED: Lazy Dog Café, in Peachtree Corners
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Some Works by Early Georgia Artists Still Hang in Museums in State
MYSTERY PHOTO: Mountain Town Is Mystery Photo for This Edition
LAGNIAPPE: Stunning Butterfly Photograph
CALENDAR: Puppets Coming This Friday to Lilburn Farmers Market

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by · August 13, 2019 · Full issues
6/25: On scams, Senate “grandees” and women’s health care

6/25: On scams, Senate “grandees” and women’s health care

Click here to read the latest edition. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: The Elderly Are More Likely To Be Scammed, So Watch Out!
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Remembering Who Runs the U.S. Senate: The “Grandees”
ANOTHER VIEW: Keep Women’s Health Care Out of Politics, or Suffer Consequences
SPOTLIGHT: MTI Baths Inc.
FEEDBACK: When Needs To Re-read a Paragraph, Blames Really Poor Editing
UPCOMING: Activities Begin at 5 p.m. on July 3 for Norcross Red White and Boom! 
NOTABLE: Peachtree Corners Dedicates Veterans’ Monument at Town Center
RECOMMENDED: Dis Member and Other Stories of Mystery and Suspense By Joyce Carol Oates
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Brumby’s Neighbor Newspaper Group Once Had 500,000 Circulation
MYSTERY PHOTO: Stately Columned Southern House Is This Edition’s Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Lawrenceville Campground Meeting Now in its 187th Year of Services
CALENDAR: Discovery Gardens Neighbors’ Night Out is Thursday, June 27 from 6 to 8 p.m. 

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by · June 25, 2019 · Full issues
HOUSTON: LAN line phone customers have their own callers who abuse them

HOUSTON: LAN line phone customers have their own callers who abuse them

By Debra Houston | In a more innocent age, the family phone was our friend. It seldom rang, and when it did, you’d say, “Honey, could you get that?” Now you say, “Wait! DON’T!” The modern LAN (Local Area Network) phone has become a nuisance and a thief.

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by · November 17, 2015 · Another View
10/9:  On nonprofits, candidates, bridge, progressives

10/9: On nonprofits, candidates, bridge, progressives

Click here to see the full edition. Inside:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Non-Profit Organizations Are Force To Be Reckoned With

EEB PERSPECTIVE: Two Republican Candidates To Visit Gwinnett on Saturday

ANOTHER VIEW: Progressives Must Start from Bottom to Win Races

UPCOMING: Flu Season Coming, So Move Soon to Get a Flu Shot

RECOMMENDED RESTAURANT: Three Lil’ Pigs, Buford

GEORGIA TIDBIT: It’s Apple Time; Learn More about the Georgia Apple Crop

TODAY’S QUOTE: When You Think About This, Well….It’s Forever

MYSTERY PHOTO: New Photograph Comes without a Lot of Clues

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by · October 9, 2015 · Full issues