5/4: Three-time winner; Georgia’s elections; Immigration support

NOW AT HOME:  Portraits of the namesake of the City of Norcross, Jonathan Norcross and his second wife, Mary Ann, now are in Norcross City Hall. Mayor Craig Newton, center, flanked by Norcross residents Elliott Brack and Johnny Lawler, thanks former Mayor Gary Cobb for donating the portraits: “Norcross has a rich history, and these two portraits simply accentuate that history. It’s great having the portrait of the city’s namesake and his wife hanging right here in City Hall.”  Cobb received the portraits from Christine McLasson, who was Jonathan Norcross’ great-great granddaughter, when she moved to California. Cobb took the portraits to upon retirement to Hartwell, Ga., where they have been for 17 years, before his recent move to DeLand, Fla. Cobb says:  “It just seemed like these portraits should belong in City Hall.”

TODAY’S FOCUS: Parker Jennings of GACS Completes Hat Trick with Third Shuler Award

EEB PERSPECTIVE: Here’s a Reflective Look at this 2018 Georgia Elective Season

ANOTHER VIEW: Here’s a Fact: Most Americans Support Immigration to This Country

SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Gwinnett College

FEEDBACK: Appreciates Long Tenure of Superintendent Alvin Wilbanks

McLEMORE’S WORLD: The Whole Plate

UPCOMING: Many Opportunities for Advanced Voting in Gwinnett This Election

NOTABLE: Lawrenceville Begins Work on Corridor to Georgia Gwinnett College

GEORGIA TIDBIT: Through Internet, Georgia Citizens Have Equal Access to Information

MYSTERY PHOTO: As They Say, Things Are Not Always What They Seem

CALENDAR: Attend a Workshop on How To Administer an Estate

Jennings of GACS completes hat trick with third Shuler Award

By Margie Asef

NORCROSS, Ga.– It’s a theatrical “hat trick” for Parker Jennings of Greater Atlanta Christian School (GACS) as she just scooped up her third consecutive statewide Shuler Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress. This year she won the award  for her role as Eliza Doolittle in GACS’s 2018 production of My Fair Lady. Parker is the first-ever individual recipient of three straight Shuler Awards.

Jennings

Jennings and her mother, Kathy Daly, live in Norcross. Her father is Michael Jennings of Atlanta.

Fashioned after Broadway’s Tony Awards, the Georgia High School Musical Theatre Awards – Shuler Hensley Awards celebrate excellence in high school musical theater. The Awards are named in honor of actor/singer and Georgia native, Shuler Hensley, winner of the prestigious Tony Award, Outer Critics Circle Award and Drama Desk Award. The program embodies a spirit of camaraderie and celebration for the arts in high schools across Georgia. The Shulers are a part of the National High School Musical Theatre Awards – The Jimmy Nederlander Awards.

Parker Jennings won the 2017 Shuler Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress for her role as Dorothy Brock in the GACA’a performance of 42nd St. She also won a Shuler Award for Best Performance by a Supporting Actress in 2016 for her role as Mrs. Banks in Mary Poppins. Her latest role, and the performance that landed her the 3rd Shuler award, is that of Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady. Parker said this was her all-time favorite role to play because “Eliza is messy and unapologetically herself. She is fiery and strong.”

Having switched schools a lot when she was younger, Parker arrived at GACS in ninth grade. She said she chose GACS for its strong theater program as she looked around in middle school for the schools in the state with the best theater programs.

Parker plans to study musical theater at the Boston Conservatory this Fall but looks fondly back on her years at GACS. “I love this school, and I’m so thankful for what it’s done for me. Mrs. (Kristy) Winkes, GACS theatre director, has been the biggest blessing of my high school career. I would not be as strong of a performer without her. She has really pushed us all,” she said.

Parker’s next “big show” at GACS is going on now, May 3-6, with her role in Singin’ in the Rain.

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Winning Georgia High School Musical Theatre Award scholarships through the Shuler’s Arts Bridge Program were Parker Jennings of GACS; Ava Williams of Providence Christian Academy; and Jonathan Marciniak and James Sterner of the Artios Academies of Sugar Hill;

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Here’s a reflective look at this 2018 Georgia elective season

By Elliott Brack
Editor and Publisher, GwinnettForum

MAY 4, 2018  |  Today let’s take a look at the Georgia political scene for 2018.

Some of you have asked why GwinnettForum did not question these gubernatorial candidates in recent weeks as we spoke with many candidates.  We figure the voters know more about the governor’s  race than any other race in Georgia right now. So, we sought input only from candidates from lieutenant governor on down.

Usually voters know very little about other statewide races, except for the governor’s race. So providing information on campaigns for lieutenant governor, secretary of state, labor and insurance commissioner and the superintendent of schools can be more important to readers. These races just do not make it to most voter’s radar.

This year Georgia also has two seats in contention for Public Service Commissioner.

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WHILE THE MAY 22 primary voting is most important to our state, there does not seem to be a lot of overall interest in the races this year, though in the last few days a few more tidbits of information has dribbled out which might indicate otherwise.

But in general, the election season to most people seems…..just ho-hum.

But you can bet it’s important to the candidates.

Some say Casey Cagle seems the overall favorite for governor. But even Cagle is saying that with six candidates in the race, he probably won’t win the Republican nomination on the May 22 ballot. And if one of the other five candidates on the GOP ticket runs strong, who knows?  We might have a political horse race on the July 24 runoff date.

The other candidates in the race are Secretary of State Brian Kemp, State Senator Michael Williams, former Senator Hunter Hill, businessman Clay Tippins,  and one other with not much publicity, Eddie Hayes.

The biggest flap so far has been a “misfiring” on the part of Brian Kemp. We had thought him to be the second strongest candidate in the race. But then he got a little “cutesy” in a television advertisement. It’s getting him some ink, but you wonder if it is hurting him, so that one of the other contenders might edge him for second place and get to the runoff.

As for the Democratic candidates, of the “Two Staceys,” we had thought that Stacey Abrams would be the stronger candidate. But she seems to have lots of picky problems nipping at her heels, while it appears that Stacey Evans is coming on a little stronger.   The outcome may rest on which segment among the Democrats comes out strongest to support one of the two Staceys.

We don’t know why, but somehow we think that Casey Cagle is vulnerable, and might not win the election. He’ll probably get into a runoff, but is he strong enough to win the nomination? Or strong enough to defeat the Democratic nominee?

Lots can happen. November is a long time off.

ACCORDING TO our Georgia election rules, on the May 22 primary, you will be picking people as judges at the time when the least people vote. That’s right, we don’t elect judges in the General Election, but do so during the primary.

We’ve long suggested it would be better to elect judges in the General Election. It’s one of GwinnettForum’s “Continuing Objectives.”  But sadly, we still vote on judges during the primary vote. We look for a champion legislator to propose changing our rules to that we elect judges when most people vote!

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Here’s a fact: Most Americans support immigration to this country

By Jack Bernard

PEACHTREE CITY |  President Trump is faced with a real dilemma. President Obama’s DACA Executive Order protecting the Dreamers was, and still is, widely popular.

The Dreamers, illegals who were brought over as children before 2007, are generally productive individuals with no criminal record. However, Trump abolished Obama’s Executive Order effective in March, getting credit with his shrinking base and a black eye with the rest of America.

President Trump has also stated repeatedly that he wants to build a border wall. He has lied to us countless times, saying Mexico will pay for it and our citizens want it.

But, that is not what most Americans think. Per a Feb. 6, 2018 Quinnipiac Poll, 59 percent of Americans do not want a wall at all. Clearly, most of the public believes that building the wall is just another of Trump’s wild notions with no basis in reality, and not only, probably won’t stop illegal migration.

Much of the opposition is based on pragmatism. As Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano so aptly put it: “Show me a 50-foot wall and I’ll show you a 51-foot ladder.’’

An August 2017 Harris Poll found much the same, with 53 percent of taxpayers disapproving of Trump’s handling of immigration.

Further, a July 2016 Gallup study examined long-term trends in immigration. It found that in 2016, 38 percent of Americans wanted a decrease in immigration versus 33 percent in 1965. However, more relevant is the fact that in 1965 only 7 percent of Americans wanted immigration increased…and that number has now tripled to 21 percent. Demographically, even 20 percent of non-Hispanic whites now want immigration increased. The percentage of Americans now seeing immigration as “good” is an amazing 72 percent, up from 62 percent in 2001.

So much for Fox News touting the supposed groundswell against immigration. It’s only their viewers composing the groundswell.

In his 2007 State of the Union address, President George W. Bush outlined a comprehensive strategy, including securing borders and assimilating illegals. It is sad that his party (and mine) did not support his very reasonable solution to the immigration crisis, which has just gotten worse due to Congressional inaction.

It is even sadder that GOP elites and the current President continue to believe that the solution is building a wall. Knowing Trump, and his desire to win regardless of the cost to our nation, who knows what the final Dreamers outcome will be?

Why do Americans view immigration so positively? The truth is that we are a nation of immigrants. It is past time that our President, the son and husband of immigrants, also realizes this fact.

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Appreciates long tenure of Superintendent Alvin Wilbanks

Editor, the Forum:

Alvin Wilbanks, superintendent of Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS) has been a friend of ours since he came to Gwinnett in 1984 to run Gwinnett Tech, at that time a part of GCPS. After several false starts, the school board finally chose Alvin in 1996 to replace Alton Crews, another remarkable GCPS superintendent, due to his untimely death.

Through several local, state and federal administrations, each with their own “can’t miss plan for school improvement,” Alvin has consistently done one thing, and done it well: educate children. Under his management, GCPS has grown dramatically in enrollment, employees, facilities and most notably, cultural diverseness. Throughout, GCPS has been recognized repeatedly by numerous independent state, regional and national education associations as not just one of, but in many cases, the best public school system in America.

Whether working with him, for him or as “clients,” having had two kids who were very well educated in the Gwinnett system, we have never, ever doubted that Alvin’s primary objective has been to do what is or was best for the hundreds of thousands of kids who passed through GCPS during his tenure.

We would like to see him there for another 25 years, but even the legendarily indefatigable Alvin Wilbanks will one day step aside. Til that day and beyond, we will always appreciate his commitment to his kids, his leadership and his dedication to constant improvement. Gwinnett County and Georgia are clearly better places because of him.

— Mike and Betty Dominy, Braselton

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Many opportunities for advanced voting in Gwinnett this election

There are many opportunities for voters to cast their ballot this season in Gwinnett.. This is the first election year after the Census notified Gwinnett County they meet the threshold for compliance with Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act requiring both English and Spanish language voter registration and elections materials.

Georgia law allows people to vote ahead of Election Day through Advance Voting.  This take place in Gwinnett from April 30 to May 18 (except Sundays) from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Gwinnett Board of Voter Registrations and Elections Office, 455 Grayson Highway, Suite 200, Lawrenceville.  There is no voting on the Monday before Election Day.

To provide voters additional opportunities to cast their ballot, the Elections Office is opening seven satellite locations for Advance Voting on Saturday, May 12 and from May 14 to May 18 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The additional satellite locations are:

• Bogan Park Community Recreation Center, 2723 North Bogan Road, Buford;
• Dacula Park Activity Building, 2735 Old Auburn Avenue., Dacula;
• George Pierce Park Community Recreation Center, 55 Buford Highway, Suwanee;
• Lenora Park Gym, 4515 Lenora Church Road, Snellville;
• Lucky Shoals Park Gym, 4651 Britt Road, Norcross;
• Mountain Park Activity Building, 1063 Rockbridge Road, Stone Mountain; and
• Shorty Howell Park Activity Building, 2750 Pleasant Hill Road, Duluth,

Voters can also request an absentee by mail ballot. A completed application must be received before an absentee ballot can be issued. To request an application by mail or fax, complete the form online or contact the Voter Registrations and Elections Division at 678-226-7210.

Suwanee citizens will be looking down for art pieces this year

Longtime Suwanee residents keep their eyes on tree branches in the spring, to search for pieces of the city’s annual Art on a Limb program. However, this year treasure hunters need to look down, not up.

Fairy door

Suwanee Events and Outreach Manager Amy Doherty says: “We decided to change matters this year by choosing fairy doors as out art piece.”

A fairy door is a tiny door most commonly found among the roots or in the knot of a tree. They’re gateways where imaginations can work in magical realms….and through which fairies can visit us.

Through the Art on a Limb program, the City of Suwanee hides two pieces of art along one of the greenways or within city parks each day through May. Those who find the art pieces get to keep them. The fairy doors were created by Bloomington, Ind. artist Tommie Smith.

Lawrenceville begins work on corridor to Georgia Gwinnett College

The City of Lawrenceville, together with contractor Georgia Development Partners, have begun construction of the 2.2-mile linear park that will connect Georgia Gwinnett College with the Downtown District. The scope of work includes construction of roadways and streetscapes in the immediate downtown and train depot areas. Road and lane closures are expected for the next several months along Clayton Street, Perry Street and Depot Street in the Downtown and historic Train Depot areas.

Plans for the 2.2-mile linear park include a two-lane road, multi-use trails, bike paths, roundabouts and attractive landscaping features. The corridor will begin at the intersection of Georgia Highway  316 and Collins Hill Road and runs parallel to Northdale Road, in between Northdale and North Clayton Streets. Phase One construction is expected to be complete in late fall of 2018. For more information on the City of Lawrenceville, please visit www.lawrencevillega.org.

County OKs contract to TSW Inc. for new library branch in Snellville

County commissioners approved a contract Tuesday with TSW, Inc .of Atlanta to design a new branch library as part of a joint project with the city of Snellville.

The library will occupy about a third of the new Market Building in the city’s planned Towne Center development on Wisteria Drive. The city will use the remaining space for a public market, restaurants, shops and other public, civic or educational uses. An intergovernmental agreement signed last summer spelled out how the two governments will share design, construction and operation of the facility.

Gwinnett County’s share of the design will be $338,416, which includes a portion of the design fee for a parking deck to be built as part of the project. The city approved $922,890 for its share of the design costs on April 23. The SPLOST-funded, 22,000-square foot library branch will replace the existing library branch at 2740 Lenora Church Road.

City officials are targeting mid-2019 to break ground on the project once design plans and a new intergovernmental agreement with Gwinnett County for construction is negotiated.

Snellville Commerce Club awards students with $1,000 scholarships

The Snellville Commerce Club has awarded two area students with $1,000 scholarship checks recently. South Gwinnett’s recipient was Arnesha Clark. Brookwood’s winner was Philena Yang.

Each year, the Snellville Commerce Club, the business arm of Snellville Tourism and Trade, awards two $1,000 scholarships to a student active in either FBLA or the DECA program from Brookwood and South Gwinnett high schools. Students must demonstrate academic success and have been engaged in the community.

Clark

Arnesha Clark is a student athlete and AP scholar who is secretary of the FBLA and an officer of the DECA program. She is also a cheerleader. She is involved in many volunteer and community service centers around Gwinnett County. She is involved with the Snellville Youth, Commission as a youth ambassador for the city of Snellville and serves as Mayor Pro Tem. She is also a second-year Explorer in the Sarah Care of Snellville Explorer Scout Program.

Miss Clark is a violinist and is a principal player in the first violin section of the orchestra. She also mentors younger girls and has helped clean up and repaint the school. She volunteers at the Snellville Food Co-op. She is planning on attending Georgia Southern University and majoring in biology and attending the Nursing Program.

Yang

At Brookwood High School, Philena Yang  serves as the co-president of the FBLA and is a member of the BETA Club. She has been accepted to Georgia Tech to obtain a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science with the end goal of also attaining a Master’s Degree in Management Information Systems at the University of the Georgia. Her goal is to become a Computer Systems Analyst.

Miss Yang took first place in the FBLA 2018 Regional Leadership Conference. She is very involved serving as Camp Director at Crews STEM Technology Camp, tutors students, volunteers at Camp Invention and manages 30 students through the camp day. While keeping a 4.0 GPA, she is the campaign leader that organizes activities for the March of Dimes. She also volunteers with the Adopt-A-Road Program and cleans the roads outside of Brookwood High School.

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Through Internet, Georgia citizens have equal access to information

(Continued from previous edition)

GALILEO (GeorgiA LIbrary LEarning Online) is a World Wide Web–based virtual library, and thus technology is integral to its very existence. For many institutions and libraries, GALILEO represented the first opportunity to use the emerging Internet and Web technologies to access information anywhere in the institution. Since its inception GALILEO use has increased to up to 600 simultaneous GALILEO user sessions throughout the day.

GALILEO has two server sites that provide mirroring and redundancy: the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens and Georgia State University (GSU) in Atlanta. Mirroring (exact duplication of information) is intended to keep GALILEO accessible to users in the event that one site is temporarily unavailable.

GALILEO has more than fifty databases that are maintained locally, including digital collections and licensed products. The full-text titles available in GALILEO databases are estimated to number more than 9,000, but this number fluctuates depending upon vendor/publisher contracts.

GALILEO manages authentication and menuing for multiple local, Internet, and licensed resources and multiple institutions through the Web interface. This authentication system covers institutional profiles, records for licensed products, locally loaded “free” databases, evaluated Internet sites, and vendor records.

GIL distributes the catalogs of all university system institutions, the Georgia Department of Archives and History catalog, and the System Union Catalog from Georgia State University, the University of Georgia, Georgia Health Sciences University, and the Georgia Institute of Technology. GIL employs Endeavor’s Voyager software.

GALILEO’s greatest success lies in having made universal information access a reality in Georgia. Because GALILEO is available in public libraries, it supports the state’s commitment to lifelong learning among its citizens. GALILEO has become an indispensable research tool, and its use has exploded since its launch.

Remote access to GALILEO has given Georgia’s citizens more equal access to information. Students of small or remote educational institutions and residents of economically depressed areas in Georgia can now use resources once available only in more affluent regions. Distance learners can conduct research in a fully functioning virtual library that can be reached from any computer with Internet access.

The resources available through GALILEO have grown dramatically, which has enabled libraries throughout Georgia to distribute their resources for the greatest possible benefit. Libraries and K-12 media centers are no longer limited to the size of their physical collections; every institution now has access to thousands of full-text journals and electronic books that were unavailable before GALILEO.

Since its inception the essence of GALILEO has been the spirit of collaboration. GALILEO has crossed many administrative avenues, encouraging unprecedented cooperation among numerous groups. As GALILEO has evolved, strong partnerships have been forged among many diverse entities, and GALILEO strives to remain as responsive as possible to all constituents.

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As they say, things are not always what they seem

This mystery may not be what it seems. First, identify where this photo was taken, then describe what it is. Once you come up with an answer, send all to elliott@brack.net, and include where you live now.

What we thought would be difficult, the Mystery Photo for the last edition turned out easy for several readers. Fran Worrell of Lawrenceville was first in identifying a mansion in Port Townsend, Wash., which was sent in by John Criminger of Lawrenceville. She writes: “This week’s mystery photo is the Ann Starrett. Built in 1889 by George Starrett as a wedding gift for his wife, the 5,800-square-foot home is renowned for its Victorian architecture, frescoed ceilings and a three-tiered floating staircase that leads to a rare solar calendar that’s illuminated by the sun four times a year. The house was purchased last year by a couple who plan to use it as a private residence. The previous owners operated it as a boutique inn. It’s said that the mansion is haunted by George and Ann Starrett, as well as their child’s nanny; who, according to some visitors, has been known to make pictures fall, turn off lights, and thump guests on the heard if they make offensive remarks.”

Others recognizing it were Lou Camiero, Lilburn; Ruthie Lachman Paul, Norcross; and Susan McBrayer of Sugar Hill, who says: “I’ve been there but not inside it. It was a B&B when Tim and I were exploring the Olympic Peninsula a number of years ago. The Port Townsend landmark is renowned for its architecture, frescoed ceilings and a mysterious three-tiered, free-floating staircase, which leads to a rare solar calendar that’s illuminated by the sun four times a year.”

Allan Peel, San Antonio, Tex. told us: “This 1899 Queen Anne beauty was a true labor of love of a man who adored his wife. George Starrett added the most wonderful artistic additions that are unique as they are beautiful. This mansion was one of the first built on the west coast with forced air heating. The woodwork decor throughout the house is amazing. The free-standing staircase that coils up in the entrance hall, just inside the lobby is a real work of art, and wasn’t built like the normal staircase of the era. Its structural design still stumps architects today, wondering how it was built to be so sturdy. The crown jewel of the mansion, however, is the fabulous solar solarium; located in its eight-sided dome tower, dedicated to Ann.”

George Graf of Palmyra, Va. adds: “George Starrett hired the very creative New York artist, George Chapman, to design and implement a solar calendar for this inside space, using ‘Ann’s likeness’ to depict ‘The Four Seasons,’ and ‘Four Virtues,’ in this solar calendar. George Chapman created ‘Frescoes of angelic maidens painted in Ann’s image,’ to represent each of the four seasons and the virtues. George Chapman also ‘installed Ruby’ colored glass in each of the tower’s small dormer windows. When the sunlight shines through the ruby red glass, on the first day of each of the four seasons, a ruby red light shines directly on George Starrett’s image of his angelic beloved, Ann, that so beautifully represents each season, “recalling George’s passion for Ann, the woman he loved.”

Annual Gala of the Norcross High School (NHS) Foundation for Excellence is Friday, May 4. The event will be at Atlanta Tech Park, 107 Technology Parkway, at 7 p.m. The Gala will also honor NHS Hall of Fame inductees: Elizabeth Frisbee, NHS Math Teacher and Department Chair; Gina Parrish, NHS Drama Instructor; and Harris Patel, NHS alumnus and certified Physician Assistant and Athletic Trainer. For more information, visit www.norcrosshighfoundation.org.

(NEW) Free Comic Book Day: Gwinnett County Public Library will host two events:  one with Andy Price and another with Drew Geraci.  Price is a world renowned illustrator and artist best known for his work on the My Little Pony series.  Geraci is a comics professional inking Batman and Spiderman.  Meet Andy Price and Drew Geraci on Saturday, May 5.  Each will be at a different time and location:

• Andy Price at 10 a.m. at Galactic Quest, 116 East Crogan Street, Lawrenceville; and
• Drew Geraci at 9:30 a.m. at Galactic Quest, 4264 Sudderth Road, Buford.

Both events are free and open to the public. For more information, call 770-978-5154 or visit www.gwinnettpl.org.

Wind Orchestra of the Gwinnett Symphony presents Wildflowers on Sunday, May 6 at 7 p.m. at the Discovery High School Theatre, 1335 Old Norcross Road in Lawrenceville. The music for this concert is fitly named, because it has just as much variety and beauty. Music will be from Grainger, Schoenberg and Marquez. For more information, visit http://www.gwinnettsymphony.org/concerts/page43/.

Groundbreaking and Expansion of Peachtree Christian Hospice will be Monday, May 7, at 11 a.m. Dignitaries will join Peachtree Christian Health leadership, donors and key community stakeholders to celebrate the launch of the new construction phase. Event is open to the community. For more information, contact Anne Mancini at 770-403-4581.

(NEW) Death of a loved one?  Knowing what to do when death happens can make the time a little less confusing.  Join Gwinnett Library to learn what is necessary to administer an estate, who you need to notify, what legal forms you should complete, veterans’ benefits, and more.  This seminar is on Wednesday, May 9 at 10 a.m. at the Buford Senior Center, 2755 Sawnee Avenue, Buford.  This class is free and open to the public. For more information, visit www.gwinnettpl.org or call 770-978-5154.

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