WATER INNOVATIONS: Gwinnett County is moving toward the head of the class when it comes to water quality, treatment of waste water, and now, with the groundbreaking of a Water Innovation Center. The Center, located adjacent to Interstate 985, shares space with the existing world-class F. Wayne Hill Water Resources Center, near the Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center. The $60 million project, funded by the Department of Water Resources, will not use any property tax monies for its construction. It seeks to become an international destination for water applied research, technology development, workforce development and public engagement. The facility will have laboratories, classroom and conference space and a three story demonstration bay.
Next issue of GwinnettForum will feature political endorsements
The October 16 edition of GwinnettForum will be the issue which will list its endorsements in the General Election. There are 44 offices open for voters to choose candidates listed on the Gwinnett ballot, of which 33 have opposition. In addition, there are four state referendums, three Constitutional Amendments and two local referendums on the ballot, one concerning a Gwinnett School Bond and the other earlier Sunday liquor sales.
TODAY’S FOCUS: Some Georgia Artist To Win Fourth Annual $50,000 Hudgens Art Prize
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Slight Possibility Georgia’s Political Season Could Extend to December
ANOTHER VIEW: Overcoming Income Inequality and Other Workable Ideas
SPOTLIGHT: MTI Baths Inc.
FEEDBACK: Lilburnite Has Enjoyed Several Major Purchases Through Craigslist
UPCOMING: Lopez Home, Hit by Fire in 2009, To Be Feature of Lilburn Home Tour
NOTABLE: Time Coming Close for Payment of Gwinnett Property Taxes
RECOMMENDED: Stone Mountain Highland Games
GEORGIA TIDBIT: The Chicago Defender Is Big Influence on The Great Migration
MYSTERY PHOTO: It’s a Quiet, Peaceful Setting for This Issue’s Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: New Gwinnett Bicentennial Photo Exhibit at Collins Hill Library
Some Georgia artist to win 4th annual $50,000 Hudgens art prize
By Angela Nichols
DULUTH, Ga. | Artists in Georgia are again eligible for a $50,000 prize through Gwinnett’s Hudgens Center for Art and Learning. The prestigious Hudgens Prize Visual Arts Competition returns this year with the cash award of $50,000 plus a solo exhibition for one talented artist. Open only to Georgia residents, the Hudgens Prize is one of the largest visual art awards given in the entire nation. The purpose of the competition is to elevate and promote the arts in Georgia, as well as to offer a transformational opportunity for the winning artist.
Ifi Williams, director of The Hudgens, says; “We are beyond thrilled to launch the fifth cycle of The Hudgens Prize. It is such an impactful award and democratic process which we are really most proud. We have another distinguished group of jurors for this cycle and we want to expose them to as many Georgia artists as possible.”
The Hudgens Prize was last awarded in 2017 to Atlanta artist Lauri Stallings.
The Hudgens Prize competition is open to any individual artist living as a full-time resident in the state of Georgia, age 18 and up. Visual artwork of any medium will be considered. Works previously exhibited at the Hudgens are ineligible for inclusion in Hudgens Prize Exhibitions and all work must have been completed within the last two years. Entry requires a $30 non-refundable fee, and entitles each artist to submit up to ten examples of their work.
Competition entries are to be submitted online via digital upload, and will be accepted until October 15, 2018. Artists may visit the Hudgens’ website to access the application link.
The Jury Panel for the 2019 Hudgens Prize are:
- Glenn Adamson, senior scholar, Yale Center for British Art. New Haven, Conn.
- Anne Ellegood, senior curator, Hammer Museum. Los Angeles, Calif.
- Amber Esseiva, assistant curator, Institute for Contemporary Art, Virginia Commonwealth University. Richmond, Va.
Jurors will review the images and artist statements, and will select four artists who will be introduced Saturday, November 3 at the 2018 Hudgens pARTy. Each will receive a $1,500 cash stipend to help cover exhibition-related expenses for participation in the 2019 Hudgens Prize Finalists Exhibition.
The Hudgens Prize will be awarded based on studio visits and the works on view in the Finalists’ Exhibition. The $50,000 prize winner will be announced at the 2019 Hudgens pARTy, which will take place on October 5, 2019.
For more information and the full Rules of Entry, please visit www.thehudgens.org.
- To apply, click here.
TIMELINE OF 2019 HUDGENS AWARD CYCLE
2018
October 15 Deadline for Entries (11:59 p.m.)
Jury Reviews Submissions
October 30 Artists notified by email of jurors’ selections
November 3 Finalists Introduced at Hudgens pARTy
2019
Aug. 10-Oct. 25 Hudgens Prize Finalists Exhibition
August 10 Opening Reception
August/Early September Finalists Programming – Studio Visits, Gallery Talks, etc.
September 18-20 Jury Panel Conducts Studio Visits & Public Programming
October 5 Hudgens Prize Award Announced at 2019 Hudgens pARTy
October 25 Finalists Exhibition Closes
2020
July Community Studio Visit to Hudgens Prize Winner’s Studio
August-October Hudgens Prize Recipient – SOLO Exhibition
TBD Public Programs
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Slight possibility Georgia’s political season could extend to December
By Elliott Brack
Editor and publisher
OCT. 12, 2018 | Competitive election races may stir interest in politics, but you can also bet that it can also turn off people — with the continued barrage of political advertising, some of it hard-hitting. They may end up voting while pinching their nose.
Well, if you see a breather after the November 6 election from electioneering, you could be wrong.
You see, we could have runoffs in five different statewide races if there are close races. The reason: the Libertarian Party of Georgia is fielding candidates in five races. If this party scores heavier than it has before, and if there is a tight race between the Democratic and Republican contender, yessiree, we’re into more politicking. There would have to be a runoff for the General Election, which would be on December 4, 2018. So, another month of candidates breathlessly attacking one another.
(In addition there could be a runoff in the three Congressional Districts where there are Libertarian candidates. But that federal runoff isn’t until January 8, 2019. Whew!)
The five statewide races where three parties have candidates are:
Governor: while Democrat Stacey Abrams of Atlanta and Republican Brian Kemp of Athens are the two major candidates, leading the Libertarians in this race is Ted Metz of Atlanta.
Secretary of State: the two major contenders are Brad Raffensperger of Johns Creek, the GOP nominee, against former Democratic Congressman John Barrow of Athens. But there is also Smythe Duval of Cobb County, whom we’ve talked to, the Libertarian, in this race.
Commissioner of Insurance: with this being an open seat and no incumbent, there should be a lot of interest in this race. Jim Beck of Carrollton is the Republican Party’s nominee, while Janice Laws is the Democrat. Then there is Donnie Foster, of Atlanta, the Libertarian.
There are two seats on the Public Service Commission for voters to decide this election. Both have Libertarian candidates:
PSC Post 2: Chuck Eaton is the Republican candidate, while Lindy Miller of Decatur is the Democratic challenger. The third member of the race is libertarian Ryan Graham of Atlanta.
PSC Post 4: Tricia Pridemore of Marietta carries the Republican banner in this race, challenged by Dawn A. Randolph of Stockbridge for the Democrats. John Turpish of Cobb County is the Libertarian candidate.
The Libertarian Party also has three candidates running for the U.S. Congress (Districts 5, 9, 13), and three persons seeking seats in the Georgia House of Representatives.
Libertarians have been slowly gaining more recognition in Georgia, though few anticipate that they will win any race. However, they have made enough of a splash in previous voting that their statewide candidates can get on the ballot much easier than before.
Libertarians generally believe in a limited government, and advocate civil liberties under the rule of law with an emphasis on economic freedom. They are fiscal conservatives, and adopt a laissez-faire approach to government.
Classical liberalism is a political ideology and a branch of liberalism which advocates “civil liberties under the rule of law with an emphasis on economic freedom.”
So, though we all look for the November 6 General Election to tone down the Georgia political rhetoric, there’s a slim possibly, with closely-divided races, that we could see the political season extended into December.
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Overcoming income inequality and other workable ideas
By George Wilson, contributing columnist
STONE MOUNTAIN, GA. | Jeff Bezos of Amazon announced that the company would raise its minimum wage for all United States employees to $15 an hour — a move that will impact more than 350,000 full-time, part-time and temporary workers.
Jeff Bezos made the right decision. Many have been harsh critics of the wage and employment practices of Amazon. In doing the right th
ing, the decision could very well be a shot heard around the world because there is no reason why other profitable corporations should not follow his lead.
The time is now for Wal-Mart, McDonald’s and the fast food industry, the airline industry, and the retail industry generally to start paying their workers a living wage — at least $15 per hour. The American people are exhausted from having to subsidize profitable corporations who pay their workers wages that are so low that many of them are forced to go on food stamps, Medicaid, subsidized housing and other federal programs. That has got to change, and Mr. Bezos’ decision is a major step forward in that direction.
Furthermore, on another front, more women will have a seat at corporate tables in California after a bill was enacted into law. The measure signed by Gov. Jerry Brown requires California-based, public corporations to have at least one female director on their boards, by the end of next year.
Also, we should also push for a worker to be on the board of directors of all major corporations. With the legislative demise of labor unions via the enactment of right to work laws what better way to restore the power of the working man?
Moreover, this would assist in countering the one sided power advantages of corporations they have with lobbying and campaign money. This idea is already in place in Germany, it’s not that radical.
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Lilburnite has enjoyed several major purchases through Craigslist
Editor, the Forum:
I’m dismayed by the tone of your recent article about selling on Craigslist.com. “A couple was murdered after being lured to a Middle Georgia location to buy a car [through an ad on Craigslist],” it declares.
This summer, a man was shot to death in the parking lot of a bowling alley in Lilburn, and another man was shot and killed in the parking lot of a Walmart in Snellville. Do you advise everyone to avoid those places as well?
I have done many transactions successfully through Craigslist. I’ve adopted two cats, hired housekeepers, landscapers, and computer technicians, bought and sold items, and given things away free. No-shows are the worst thing that has ever happened to me.
If your friend had followed Craigslist’s own advice for avoiding scammers, he would have simply deleted their texts without a reply. He unwisely chose to engage them.
Crime can occur anywhere. We all need to educate ourselves about scams, use common sense, and be alert at all times.
— Kathi Mills, Lilburn
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Lopez home, hit by fire in 2009, to be feature of Lilburn Home Tour
The Lilburn Woman’s Club announces the addition of the Donna and Ernie Lopez Home on Tom Smith Road to the Christmas Tour of Homes on December 1. This 7,800 square foot home burned to the ground in November, 2009, several months after its completion. The owners rebuilt the home and it, like the Phoenix, has risen from its ashes to become the focus of this year’s Christmas Home Tour hosted by the Lilburn Woman’s Club.
The fire in the home was attributed to a faulty non-combustible space under the fireplace. Donna Lopez was awakened by the smell of smoke and discovered smoke around the fireplace. She hurriedly got her family out of the house and 11 minutes after their exit the house imploded destroying all of their belongings.
The Lopez home, after the fire
A fireman brought out their family Bible which did not burn in the fire. The Bible was opened to scripture referencing being “plucked from the fire.”
Also a ceramic plaque hanging on a garden wall outside that said “End of the Rainbow” was blown off the wall and landed on the patio but didn’t break. The next morning a photo was taken of the house after the fire of a rainbow over the house with its end on the patio where the plaque was found. The family feels that they were certainly meant to continue to stay in this spot and so they rebuilt and remain there today.
On the tour, guests will be able to tour a good portion of this home in all its holiday finery. The Lopez family has recently purchased the home next door as their guest house and it also will be decorated and open on the Tour along with a summerhouse in between the two houses set and ready for Christmas dinner. The Lopez family operates Atlanta Paving and Concrete Construction in Norcross.
There will be seven homes and one business on the Lilburn Christmas Tour of Homes. For ticket information please visit lilburnwomansclub.org and click on Christmas Tour of Homes. Tickets may be purchased in advance for $15 per person and the evening of the event for $20 per person.
More pre-Halloween events offered by Gwinnett Parks and Rec
Here are a few more events that Gwinnett Parks and Recreation has learned about in regards the Halloween season for Gwinnettians to enjoy in the next few days.
Splish Splash Read will feature Spooky Night on October 19 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Bethesda Park Aquatic Center, 225 Bethesda Church Road in Lawrenceville. In partnership with the Gwinnett County Public Library, the event will include a reading, interactive crafts, light refreshments and swimming. The event is for all ages and $6 per person. All pool rules apply, and pre-registration is recommended online with code BEP41110 or call 678-277-0880.
Explore Every Day Folklore is a free event on October 20 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Lawrenceville Female Seminary, 455 South Perry St. in Lawrenceville. Dive into the world of folklore, myths and tall tales. Guests will have the opportunity to spin with a drop spindle and make candles. Pre-registration is required by October 18 online with code LFS48101 or call 770-822-5178.
Touch-a-Truck and Treat will be at Bogan Park Community Recreation Center, 2723 North Bogan Road in Buford. Dress in your favorite costume and experience a variety of cars and trucks while trick or treating. This event is for all ages and $4 per child. Pre-registration by October 18 guarantees a goody bag. Register online with code BOP41620 or call 678-277-0850.
Trick or Treat Trail is back this year on October 20 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Rhodes Jordan Park, Pavilion No. 3, 100 East Crogan St. in Lawrenceville. This free event offers a hauntingly delightful time for the entire family. Wear your best costume, walk the trail, and collect candy at the haunted houses. Some activities may require a small fee. Event is for all ages, and pre-registration is recommended online with code RJP41600 or call 678-277-0910.
Mummy and Son Bicentennial Birthday Ball will be on October 20 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at George Pierce Park Community Recreation Center, 55 Buford Highway in Suwanee. This year, both Frankenstein and Gwinnett turn 200, and they are celebrated with an annual mother and son Halloween dance! Superheroes, pirates, and other cute critters are invited to dress up and enter the costume contest. The event is for ages 4 and up and $11 per person. Guests must pre-register by October 16 online with code GPP41402 or 678-277-0910.
Tales and Trails will be on October 20 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. at the Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center, 2020 Clean Water Dr. in Buford. Guests will enjoy engaging stories and explore the various cultures within Gwinnett County as they hike the trails. This event is for all ages and free. Pre-registration is required online with code EHC14518 or call 770-904-3500.
Lilburn leases property to DDA for bus restaurant in City Park
Lilburn City Council approved a lease between the City of Lilburn and the Lilburn Downtown Development Authority (DDA) for the bus restaurant site located at Lilburn City Park.
The property, on which the bus, trailer/kitchen, patio, and storage is located, belongs to the City of Lilburn. The DDA will lease this site, which measures approximately 50′ x 80′ for the next five years.
The DDA currently owns the bus, trailer/kitchen, and storage located on the property. Agavero Cantina Parkside plans to open soon at the double-decker bus restaurant located at Lilburn City Park.
Time coming close for payment of Gwinnett property taxes
Tax Commissioner Richard Steele reminds homeowners that 2018 property tax bills are due October 15.
- Mailed payments postmarked October 15 or prior are accepted as timely; metered mail dates are not. The payment address is P.O. Box 372, Lawrenceville, Ga. 30046.
- Payments by check may be placed in drop boxes 24/7 at any tag office.
- Payments in person via cash, check, money order, debit card ($3.95) or credit card (2.29 percent) may be made during stated business hours at any Gwinnett County Tax Commissioner’s Office.
Property owners with escrow accounts are responsible to ensure their mortgage company pays the taxes by the due date and can verify they have been paid online at www.GwinnettTaxCommissioner.com/ViewPayYourTaxes.
For property owners who sold their homes this year, tax bills are mailed to both the former and current owners. Documents signed at closing determine who pays the taxes. Property owners who have questions or need assistance may contact the Tax Commissioner’s Office via email at Tax@GwinnettCounty.com or by telephone at (770) 822-8800.
Two Gwinnett nonprofits get $20,000 from Jackson EMC Foundation
A $15,000 Jackson EMC Foundation check to the Norcross Cooperative Ministry will help fund Emergency Rental Assistance Program. From left are Jackson EMC District Manager Randy Dellinger; Norcross Cooperative Ministry Executive Director Shirley Cabe; and Jackson EMC Foundation Board Members Beauty Baldwin and Jim Puckett.
The Jackson EMC Foundation board of directors awarded a total of $64,725 in grants during their September meeting, including $20,000 to organizations serving Gwinnett County.
- $15,000 to Norcross Cooperative Ministry, in Gwinnett County, for its Emergency Rental Assistance Program, which provides matching funds to assist clients with one month’s housing costs.
- $5,000 to Greater Atlanta Pathways, a community-based volunteer organization in Suwanee that offers support programs to adults with disabilities in Barrow, Gwinnett and Hall counties, for its Gwinnett Masters Special Teams program, which gives people with disabilities the opportunity to learn team sports, social skills and interaction, and benefit from physical exercise.
Jackson EMC Foundation grants are made possible by the more than 189,108 participating cooperative members who have their monthly electric bills rounded to the next dollar amount through the Operation Round Up program.
Stone Mountain Highland Games
From Susan McBrayer, Sugar Hill: In just one week, people from all over the United States, and some from the British Isles, will flood into the Atlanta area to attend one of the largest Highland games in the country. Having attended these games for 36 years in a row, I can tell you it is quite a spectacle. The sound of bagpipes fills the air and everywhere you look there is brightly colored tartan. Also on offer are sheepdog and falconry demonstrations, Scottish country dancing, folk singers, Scottish rock bands, British food, Scottish shops, weaving demonstrations and, of course, the games. But for me, the most fun is meeting so many nice people and gathering information on Scottish history, clans, culture and travel. I’m guessing if you have even a small percentage of Celtic DNA, you might enjoy this weekend. The 46th annual Stone Mountain Highland Games is October 19-21. For information see http://www.smhg.org.
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The Chicago Defender is big influence on the Great Migration
(Continued from previous edition)
Robert Sengstacke Abbott urged blacks to fight for equality, once promoting the antilynching slogan, “If you must die, take at least one with you.” He banned the terms “negro” and “colored” as undignified; instead, the Defender consistently used the phrase the Race.
The Defender considerably influenced the Great Migration, the period when large numbers of African Americans moved from the South to urban areas in the North following World War I (1917-18). Connecting southern blacks with one another and with northern urban communities, riding the rails with the Pullman-car porters’ massive (if informal) distribution and reporting network, and counterposing southern brutality with northern opportunity, the paper fostered and rode the epic migration. The paper even set a date, May 15, 1917, for a “Great Northern Drive.” White efforts to keep the Defender out of the South only raised its standing among blacks.
Newsstand sales and subscriptions were the newspaper’s lifeblood. Advertising was secondary, though it grew as white-owned businesses awakened to opportunities for access to the black public. Satisfying black readers’ desire for aggressive racial advocacy while not alienating white advertisers proved difficult. More broadly, Abbott sought a synthesis, not always easy, of racial militancy and a self-help ethos.
The newspaper’s success made Abbott an important figure locally and nationally. In the wake of racial violence in 1919, the Illinois governor named Abbott to the Chicago Commission on Race Relations, which later authored a landmark report in 1922 on African American urban conditions. Through publishing he became one of the earliest African American millionaires and a black folk hero, embodying self-help and entrepreneurship in the mold of fellow Hamptonian Booker T. Washington.
The Defender also contributed broadly to the development of a national African American culture. One of the paper’s longtime contributors, Langston Hughes, developed the beloved character Simple in his columns.
Abbott died in Chicago on February 29, 1940, of Bright’s disease, having designated his Savannah-born nephew John H. Sengstacke his successor. The soft-spoken “country boy” who became a major shaper of African American culture would have relished Hughes’s later characterization of his newspaper as “the journalistic voice of a largely voiceless people.” He is buried at Oak Woods Cemetery in Chicago.
In August 2008 the Georgia Historical Society and the city of Savannah erected a historical marker in Savannah at the corner of West Bay and Albion streets, where Abbott’s childhood home—the parsonage for Pilgrim Congregational Church—was once located.
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It’s a quiet, peaceful setting for this issue’s Mystery Photo
This issue’s Mystery Photo looks like a restful spot, amid tall trees and plenty of space. Figure out where it is and send your answers to elliott@brack.net, including your hometown.
OK, we’ll admit it. We tried to pull a fast one on the most recent Mystery Photo. You see, it’s named the Prim Point Lighthouse, same as the previous mystery, only this lighthouse is across the water from the Nova Scotia one, at (same name) Prim Point, Prince Edward Island.
Lou Camerio of Lilburn wrote succinctly: “Not quite fair that I know this is the Prim Point Lighthouse on Prince Edward Island.”
The only other person locating the mystery was George Graf of Palmyra, Va., who wrote: “Built in 1845, Point Prim is P.E.I.’s oldest lighthouse. It’s also the only round lighthouse on P.E.I., and one of only a few in Canada that are round and made of brick. It’s located at the southeastern entrance to Hillsborough Bay, and built to guide vessels into Charlottetown Harbor.”
BICENTENNIAL PHOTO EXHIBIT of Gwinnett County by Frank Sharp of Lawrenceville is now hanging at the Collins Hill Branch of the Gwinnett County Public Library. The exhibit will be on display through the end of November.
JURIED ART EXHIBIT RECEPTION will be Friday, October 13 from 5-8 p.m. at Tannery Row Artist Colony, 554 West Main Street in Buford. Enjoy an evening of art, live entertainment and refreshments. This event is free and open to the public. Visit the exhibit through November 17 and see the artists in their studios on the second Saturday from noon to 4 p.m.
JOB FAIR at the Gwinnett Department of Corrections on Saturday, October 13. The event, which runs from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., will include human resources screenings, a tour of the facilities, an assessment consisting of job-related scenarios and interview boards. Candidates could receive a conditional job offer that same day, pending a successful background check. Correctional Officer I pay starts at $32,623, and Correctional Officer II pay starts at $35,232. Applicants are encouraged to visit www.gwinnettcountyjobs.com and complete the application ahead of time.
HOUSING EXPO AND JOB FAIR will be Saturday, October 13 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. a Summerour Middle School in Norcross. For more information, visit jobministry@norcrossco-op.org.
THE 45TH LILBURN DAZE Arts and Crafts Festival will be Saturday, October 13, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. in Lilburn City Park. With shopping opportunities, rides, games, food, and entertainment, there is something to appeal to every member of the family. Lilburn Daze is organized and hosted by the Lilburn Woman’s Club and co-sponsored by the City of Lilburn. This festival allows the club to support and enrich the Lilburn community through scholarships, support of the arts, beautification projects, public health and safety projects, and much more. Admission is free. Parking and shuttles run from these locations: First Baptist Church, City Hall and Library, Lilburn Middle School and Salem Missionary Baptist Church. Details: http://www.lilburndaze.org.
JAZZ FEST returns to Suwanee Town Center on Saturday, October 13, from 6 to 10 p.m. It is sponsored by he North Gwinnett Arts Association in partnership with the City of Suwanee and ARTober Gwinnett. Proceeds fund the student art scholarships and NGAA art initiatives.
SNELLVILLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY will meet Sunday, October 14 at 2 p.m. at the Snellville City Hall. Dr Skip Taylor, department chairman of UGA’s Music Department, and Jimmy Camp will present a program on music that was popular using banjos and fiddles. On display will be the Gladstone Snell’s banjo and some other historical musical instruments. Admission is free.
FINDING COLLEGE DOLLARS: a seminar will be Tuesday, October 16 at 7 p.m. at Primerica, 1 Primerica Parkway, Duluth. Come learn from the experts how to identify the scholarship opportunities just right for you. This program is offered in partnership with Gwinnett County Public Schools. A college fair will precede the program at 6 p.m.
MURDER AT WEATHERFIELD is the next performance of Lionheart Theater in Norcross, the weekend of October 18-21. This is a farcical “whodunit” which particularly spoofs the style of Agatha Christie. Revelations come flying out like a runaway train! (This show contains content that may not be suitable for children. It is recommended for adults only. To purchase tickets, go to this link.
RECYCLING EVENT at LAN Systems, 4711 Peachtree Boulevard in Berkeley Lake, Friday, October 19, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Bring electronic items you no longer need or use to send them for recycling. Plus enjoy hot dogs and hamburgers and roasted marshmallows and more. All proceeds are donated to Prevent Child Abuse. More info: 770-662-0312.
THIRD ANNUAL SPROUT FILM FESTIVAL will be Saturday, October 20 at the Sara A. Williams Fine Arts Center of Greater Atlanta Christian School. It is presented by Hi-Hope Service Center. By presenting films of artistry and intellect by, for, and about people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, the Sprout Film Festival hopes to reinforce accurate portrayals of people with disabilities and expose the general public to important issues facing this population. To reserve your free ticket, go to https://hihopecenter.org/sproutatl.
BRASELTON ZOMBIE 5K RUN, the fourth annual, will be Saturday, October 20 beginning at 8:30 a.m. from the Braselton Brothers Department Store building. Check in begins at 7:30 a.m. For more information, visit www.DowntownBraselton.com.
WALK IT OUT 5K will be held Saturday, October 20 at 8 a.m. at Rabbit Hill Park in Dacula. It is sponsored by IamBeautiful.org. The walk supports support the Gaining Insight and Real Life Skills (GIRLS) Leadership Program. For more information, visit this site.
FREE TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP at the Gwinnett Library’s Buford-Sugar Hill Branch, 2100 Buford Highway in Buford, on October 27, at 2 p.m. Join the Georgia Nature Photographers Association (GNPA) for this informal talk and Q&A travel photography workshop in conjunction with the library’s new announcement about becoming a passport issuance location. GNPA will provide information about what to take when you travel and tips for improving your travel photos.”
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