GwinnettForum | Number 18.49 | Oct. 23, 2018
SEEING CHANGES every day, Sugar Hill’s E Center is gaining new occupants. This view of the center on Main Street shows the City Hall at the top left of the photo, with work trucks readying the new activity center increasing each day. Georgia Highway 20 can be seen in the background, along with the city’s amphitheatre in the top center. For more on the new ventures in the E Center, see Notable below.
TODAY’S FOCUS: Gwinnett To Issue Bonds To Buy Key Site for Possible Film Production
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Wally Eberhard: A Person Instrumental in Changing My Own Life
ANOTHER VIEW: Finds a Reason Why She’s Always Asked Questions When Voting
SPOTLIGHT: Peach State Federal Credit Union
FEEDBACK: Watch Two Upcoming Debates Concerning Governor’s Race
UPCOMING: Rotary Clubs To Hear Epidemiologist on Worldwide Polio Initiative
NOTABLE: Gwinnett Tech, The Citadel, Team Up for Credits Toward Degree
RECOMMENDED: The Honest Spy, by Andreas Kollender
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Pine Mountain Based Author New Inductee of Ga. Writers Hall of Fame
MYSTERY PHOTO: Familiar Scene Asks for Its Location
CALENDAR: Check out the “Name a Robot” Contest October 25 at Eastside Medical Center
Gwinnett to issue bonds to buy key site for possible film production
By Maria Woods
Director, Gwinnett County Department of Financial Services
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. | Gwinnett commissioners have voted to move ahead with a taxable bond issue to buy part of the OFS Brightwave Solutions site on Interstate-85 at Jimmy Carter Boulevard. The Series 2018 revenue bonds will be issued by the Urban Redevelopment Agency of Gwinnett County, which also approved the resolution on Tuesday.
Last May, commissioners approved the acquisition by the URA as an economic development initiative to be funded by issuing bonds. Tuesday’s resolution sets a maximum of $36.5 million, which includes the $34 million purchase price for the property and costs associated with issuing debt, and other parameters for the bond issue. The next steps will be to get bond ratings from the rating agencies in November with pricing and closing to follow in December.
The property is within the Gwinnett Village Opportunity Zone, making it eligible for URA financing. OFS is expanding its optical fiber manufacturing operations on the 66 acres they will retain.
Board of Commissioners Chairman Charlotte Nash said the property has been a major gateway to Gwinnett County since Western Electric became the first major employer here. “The site is one of the premier pieces of real estate in metro Atlanta, which makes this a good deal for our community and a strategic investment in its long-term success. This is happening because of great cooperation from the land owner, and I deeply appreciate the approach OFS brought to the negotiation process.”
OFS owns 169 acres with three primary structures, Buildings 20, 30 and 50, plus multiple draw towers for manufacturing optical fiber. The URA will purchase about 103 acres, including Building 20 with 260,750 square feet of office space and Building 50 with 422,800 square feet currently allocated to film production studios. OFS will lease back roughly 60,000 square feet of office space in Building 20 for three years. Revenues from ongoing film production plus lease payments from OFS are projected to cover most of the annual debt service.
The site has been a principal production facility for more than 35 movie and TV productions in recent years, including multiple major film franchises. OFS will continue to manage and operate the studio space on behalf of Gwinnett County, while Manhattan Beach Studios will continue to market the facility for film production.
About the Urban Redevelopment Agency of Gwinnett County: It was activated by the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners in 2009 for “rehabilitation, conservation or redevelopment” in specified areas within Gwinnett. The five members of the Gwinnett Board of Commissioners govern the URA.
About OFS: It is a world-leading designer, manufacturer and provider of optical fiber, fiber-optic cable, connectivity, fiber-to-the-subscriber and specialty fiber-optic products. Applications include telecommunications, medicine, industrial automation, sensing, aerospace, defense and energy. Headquartered in Norcross, OFS is a global provider with facilities in China, Denmark, Germany, Russia, Morocco and the United States. OFS is part of Furukawa Electric Company, a multi-billion dollar leader in optical communications.
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Wally Eberhard: A person instrumental in changing my life
By Elliott Brack
Editor and publisher
OCT. 23, 2018 | Many of us could name one or two key people who have dramatically changed our lives. One such person died recently who set our life on a new path, one we never imagined.
That person was Dr. Wallace B. Eberhard, professor emeritus of journalism at the University of Georgia. He died peacefully surrounded by his family on his 87th birthday, October 7, after a two week illness.
Wally was born in Niles, Michigan, enrolled at the University of Michigan, enlisted in the Army, graduated from Michigan, edited a weekly newspaper, then got interested in teaching. He earned a master’s and Ph. D. at the University of Wisconsin. He taught hundreds of students the craft of journalism, coming to the UGA faculty in 1970. He was a retired colonel in the Army Reserve. He loved libraries, was a master of journalism history, known as a wordsmith of the first order, and believed in old fashioned, hard-nosed journalism.
Those of us not into university affairs may not know this, but most slots on college faculties are filled in February. So, you can see how the Henry W. Grady School of Journalism was in a panic mode in late August, 1973. A faculty member who was head of the news-editorial sequence had a flare up with the school’s dean, and resigned. The school desperately needed to fill that teaching slot for its school year, which was to begin in three weeks.
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In those days, the Georgia Press Institute was held each February in Athens, and we attended several times. That’s where we met Wally Eberhard. At some point, I remember telling him my best teachers in graduate school were former newspapermen, and I thought I would enjoy teaching……once I retired.
Several years later, when I was publishing a weekly newspaper in South Georgia, came a call from Wally Eberhard, remembering our previous conversation. Essentially, he asked: “You want to start teaching for the next school year in three weeks?”
I was flabbergasted, with this coming out of left field. To make a long story short, somehow the effort worked out. We moved our family to Athens, and at that late date, even found a furnished rental home, and enjoyed a year’s “reverse sabbatical.” I had planned to return to publishing duties in the town of Jesup.
At the Grady School, I taught five classes in Beginning Reporting, and for third quarter, undertook to develop a course in Newspaper Management. That course had been in the school catalog, but had not been taught in years, with no faculty member having the required experience. The course was fun to set up and teach. Since then, Newspaper Management has become not only a course, but a full major for students.
After taking the newspaper management class to Atlanta to visit the Journal-Constitution, we returned via Lawrenceville, comparing that town’s Gwinnett Daily News with the larger Atlanta newspaper. While there, the late Publisher Bob Fowler took me aside, telling me of his needs to add to his management staff, and offered me the job of vice president and general manager. We had known each other through the Georgia Press Association.
Later I would stay in that position for 13 years, then join the Atlanta Journal Constitution as their associate publisher of the Gwinnett EXTRA for 13 more years, and retire in 2001. I’ve published GwinnettForum on the Internet since.
Wally Eberhard brought me to Athens for a year. My subsequent joining the Gwinnett Daily News changed my life, giving it a distinct turn. If he hadn’t remembered that chance remark……I may still have been in South Georgia.
WALLACE B. EBERHARD: 1931-2018: May you rest in peace.
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Finds a reason why she’s always asked questions when voting
By Debra Houston, contributing columnist
LILBURN, Ga.. | I worry, all right? I voted July 24, but the poll worker said, “Did you know when I scan your driver’s license, a different address pops up?”
That explains why I’m always questioned when I vote. A bug? High-tech is good, but not flawless. I wonder if digital voting is such a good idea.
A voting official overheard. “Go to the Department of Motor Vehicles today and, if you can wait, we’ll re-register you now.” I had an appointment. “Come back tonight, then.” She gave me a Voter’s Registration Form as if she thought I wouldn’t return. She was right.
I did drive to the DMV on Beaver Ruin Road that afternoon. The line stretched to eternity, so I walked out. When I came home, I pulled the Voter’s Registration Form from my purse. That’s the last time I saw it. I also dragged out my driver’s license. (What kind of hairstyle was that?) I noticed it’s up for renewal in January. In Georgia you can renew within 150 days of your birthday. I was just outside the pocket.
Procrastinator Houston waited until October to give the DMV a second chance. Every race, young and old, tapped on computer keyboards stationed against a wall. To me, applying online for a driver’s license is replete with potential glitches.
A DMV official who walked by listened to my concerns. She went off with my license and returned a few minutes later. “The machine picked up the wrong address, that’s all. You need to renew your license anyway.”
“Could be fraud,” I said. No? Someone in Metro Atlanta shares my name. A doctor’s office sent her billing over to a collection agency. They thought it was me. The billing person said, “There are two of you.” Perhaps it was the other me whose address was electronically placed on my license.
At the DMV you wait for a computer. One opened, but the arrow on the screen flew erratically like the bad witch in Oz. I thought about my husband’s dad. He couldn’t do this. We’ll need to help him renew his license before he turns 102 in January.
I finished the application. “Get a number.” An ATM-like machine spat out No. 503. Minutes later I stood before a young lady who tested my vision, asked me to smile for the camera, and listened to my frantic questions.
“I’ve updated your registration,” she said, “and I’ve printed a note you can take when you vote so you won’t have any trouble. You’re up to date on everything.”
Just like that. She gave me a temporary license and even my hair looked good. The human touch overcame hi-tech hijinks. I say, let’s go back to paper ballots.
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Rotary clubs hear epidemiologist on worldwide polio initiative
Marking World Polio Day, the Rotary Clubs serving Gwinnett County, comprised of more than 300 Rotarians in nine clubs, will mark World Polio Day on Wednesday, October 24, with a community-wide polio discussion. The public is invited to hear the latest news concerning polio from Dr. Abhijeet Anand, a medical epidemiologist who focuses on polio at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta. In addition, Past District 6910 Governor Bill Strickland will tell a personal story about polio immunizations in India.
The event will take place from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in the Education Center at the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce building, 6500 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth.
Hosting the community-wide polio discussion are the Rotary Clubs of Buford/North Gwinnett, Duluth, Gwinnett County, Gwinnett Mosaic, Gwinnett Sunrise, Gwinnett Tomorrow, Lawrenceville, Peachtree Corners and Sugarloaf.
World Polio Day was established by Rotary International more than a decade ago to commemorate the birth of Jonas Salk, who led the first team to develop a vaccine against poliomyelitis. The first polio vaccine was available in the United States in 1955. Use of this inactivated poliovirus vaccine and subsequent widespread use of the oral poliovirus, developed by Albert Sabin, led to the establishment of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) in 1988. As of 2013, GPEI had reduced polio worldwide by 99 percent.
GPEI is spearheaded by the World Health Organization, Rotary International, the CDC and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). It includes the support of governments and other private sector donors.
Polio is a crippling and potentially fatal infectious disease. The virus spreads from person to person and can invade an infected person’s brain and spinal cord, causing paralysis. According to the World Health Organization, there is no cure, but there are safe and effective vaccines. Polio vaccine, for as little as sixty cents each, given multiple times, almost always protects a child for life. The strategy to eradicate polio is based on preventing infection by immunizing every child until transmission stops and the world is polio-free.
Since 1979, Rotarians have helped immunize more than 2.5 billion children against polio in 122 countries. The disease remains endemic in three countries — Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Pakistan — although other countries remain at risk for imported cases. However, the CDC reports that a new form of polio is being detected in the U.S. in children, including a case in Georgia.
Firm seeks design from artists for mural at Suwanee gateway
Holtkamp Heating and Air is seeking ideas from artists for a large wall mural that will appear on the side of their new headquarters on Interstate 85 at the Suwanee Gateway. The mural will transform the building’s exterior into a landmark.
The artists must exhibit knowledge of and connection to the surrounding area and its history in order for their proposals to be seriously considered.
Suzanne Holtkamp, vice president of Marketing and Operations, says: “Our goal with this project is to create a distinctive visual art piece that celebrates and reflects elements of the area’s community, beauty, history and diversity. Gwinnett has embraced public art, and we want to continue that trend with a creative and unique design visible from the interstate that will celebrate the arts and draw interest to the Suwanee Gateway.”
Professional artists are encouraged to visit the Holtkamp website (www.holtkamphvac.com/mural) to download line drawings, site plans, logos and other documents to assist in their proposals. The deadline for submissions is November 30, 2018.
Snellville plans open house Nov. 7 on Livable Centers Plan
The City of Snellville is updating its Towne Center Livable Centers Initiative Plan and is seeking input from community members about their priorities for the Towne Center. The next opportunity for the community to engage in the LCI and Comprehensive Plan updates will be an open house on November 7 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm at the Snellville City Hall Community Room.
The updated LCI plan will guide the City’s efforts to create a livable, walkable heart of the community by establishing priorities and creating a work program for the next five years.
This effort is a continuation of previous plans for the Towne Center area, which began in 2003 as part of the Atlanta Regional Commission’s LCI Grant Program. The program is designed to incentivize cities to re-envision their communities as vibrant, walkable places that offer increased mobility options, encourage healthy lifestyles and provide improved access to jobs and services. Participating communities are required to create a plan to achieve these goals and update it every five years to remain in good standing and eligible to receive program funding for transportation improvements.
Snellville’s Towne Center LCI Plan was last updated in 2013 and must be updated this year to maintain its LCI status. For more information visit the project website at www.snellville2040.org.
GACS student McDonnell wins acceptance to All-National Choir
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Gavin McDonnell, a senior at Greater Atlanta Christian School, was recently accepted into the All-National Choir of the National Association for Music Education. He is one of only 12 students who successfully auditioned from the state of Georgia. He will perform at Walt Disney World’s Resort in Orlando, Florida, November 25-28. Singing since he was a toddler, Gavin took his musical career to the next level when he joined the Georgia Boy Choir in fourth grade. He performed with the group for three years. Gavin’s brother, Ethan McDonnell, was accepted into the choir as an alternate. Gavin’s plans to go to college in the fall of 2019 and major in either Music Business or Conducting. The two students are the sons of Paula Rosser of Tucker and Glen McDonnell of Atlanta.
Gwinnett Tech, The Citadel, team up for credits toward degree
Gwinnett Technical College has signed an articulation agreement with The Citadel of Charleston, S.C. allowing students to apply credits earned at Gwinnett Tech to transfer into the business administration program at The Citadel.
This articulation agreement is student-focused and designed to minimize loss of credit and course duplication when a student transfers from Gwinnett Tech to The Citadel in pursuit of a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. This agreement opens opportunities for Gwinnett Tech students to continue their education past the associate degree level and earn a four-year degree from The Citadel, an institution known for its military education.
Dr. D. Glen Cannon, president of Gwinnett Tech, says: “This agreement creates an opportunity for students to continue their education once they have completed their associate degree at Gwinnett Tech. Students work hard for their course credits and should be able to take those credits with them wherever they continue their education.’
The Bachelor of Science degree is online and designed for working adults. This will give Gwinnett Tech students the opportunity to continue their education while continuing to have flexibility for careers and families. Gwinnett Tech has seen a demand for online course options and has seen an increase of 21 percent over the last three years.
Michael Weeks, dean of the Tommy and Victoria Baker School of Business at the Citadel, says: “Students studying business online receive the same high quality content from the same expert faculty as those attending the The Citadel’s School of Business in person.A
As more students start their post-secondary education at technical colleges with the intention of transferring to a four-year institution, articulation agreements have become an important part of the higher education system. In 2012, institutions in both the University System of Georgia and the Technical College System of Georgia submitted plans to achieve the ambitious goal of adding more than 250,000 postsecondary graduates to Georgia’s workforce by 2020.
- For more information about Gwinnett Technical College, visit www.GwinnettTech.edu or call 770-962-7580.
Sugar Hill announces 4 firms set to be new E Center
Four businesses will open at the new E Center in Sugar Hill soon. Their opening endorses the idea that the City of Sugar Hill had in approving the construction of the E Center, adjacent to the City Hall.
The Sugar Hill Development Authority says that the four firms are:
- Crazy Dough’s Pizza, a Massachusetts-based artisan slice bar that originally began in 1999. Since the restaurant concept was acquired by Georgia Franchise Group in 2017, the business has opened another location near the UGA campus, serving the Athens area. Crazy Dough’s plans to opens its doors in late October or early November.
- Rushing Trading Company is now open, a high quality shop serving local and fresh coffees, pastries and teas. The restaurant also offers breakfast items, meat and cheese boards, soups, salads, sandwiches and milkshakes. The coffee company plans on hosting trivia nights, holiday parties, wine tastings and coffee cupping events.
- NorthPointe Hospitality Management began in 2008 helping hotel owners and operators become more proficient at running their businesses. They helped to streamline financial processes and improve customer service. Owner Greg Winey eventually led the opportunity to expand the company into hotel management. Winey now owns and manages eight assets, valued at over $250 million. The company plans to open mid-late October, bringing six new jobs in to the area.
- Central City Tavern is an upscale sports bar owned and operated by Will Restaurants Investment Group, which has operated three different restaurant brands in the Atlanta Market for over 35 years. The company’s district manager, Kasie O’Neal, is a Sugar Hill resident and has championed Sugar Hill’s downtown district. The opening of this restaurant will bring between 30 and 40 jobs into Downtown Sugar Hill, with a tentative opening date of February 1, 2019.
Davis appointed to the Gwinnett Hospital Authority Board
Retired Gwinnett County Public Schools Associate Superintendent Dr. Francis E. Davis has been appointed by District Commissioner John Heard to the Gwinnett Hospital Authority Board.
Davis
Davis has lived in Gwinnett since 1992 and retired as Associate Superintendent of Human Resources and Talent management. She remains involved in the community and at the school district where she works part-time as an Associate Superintendent of District Performance and Community Engagement.
Davis retired in 2016 after 38 years as an educator. She has received the 2013 Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce Public Service Award. Davis holds a Bachelor of Science in Elementary and Special Education, and a Master of Science in Education from Troy University. In 2000, she received her Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from Georgia State University. In October 2012, Davis received her MBA degree from Saint Leo University.
The Honest Spy, by Andreas Kollender
The allied air raids over Berlin in World War II caused tremendous destruction to that city, as this story comes through in this book focusing on one German citizen recognizing how bad the Third Reich was. A simple functionary placed high in the consulate corps, with the tacit help of his superior, he begins to funnel important documents to American contacts in Bern, Switzerland. The contact turns to be no less than Allan Dulles, before he became the CIA director. While this is a novel, the story draws on the activities of a quietly-placed German, who agonizes over what he sees, and eventually, what he realizes he does. It shows just what one individual can do to make an impact on the larger picture, leading up to Hitler’s last days of World War II. It is a thriller of a book.—eeb
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Pine Mountain-based author is new inductee at Ga. Writers Hall of Fame
Michael Lawson Bishop is the author of 16 novels and a wide range of stories, essays, and poems. Though Bishop writes in a variety of modes, much of his work is science fiction and fantasy writing that interweaves satire, comedy, and political commentary. His honors include two Nebula Awards and four Locus Awards—among the top prizes for science fiction. Bishop, who has lived in Pine Mountain, Ga., most of his adult life, was named to the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame in 2018.
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Bishop was born in Lincoln, Neb., on November 12, 1945, the son of Lee Otis Bishop and Maxine Matison Bishop. Because his father was in the U. S. Air Force, his family moved often during his childhood.
Bishop earned his Bachelor of Arts in English in 1967 and Master of Arts in English in 1968, from the University of Georgia (UGA). After teaching in Colorado for four years, he became an instructor in the UGA English department in 1972. His success in publishing stories led him two years later to leave teaching to devote himself full time to writing. Between 1996 and 2012 Bishop was writer-in-residence at LaGrange College.
Although Bishop is mainly known as a novelist, his short fiction represents a considerable achievement, both in the number of stories he has written and in their quality. They have appeared in numerous prominent magazines and journals and have been collected in nine published volumes.
Georgia is a frequent setting for Bishop’s fiction, which explores alien landscapes as well as more familiar terrain. Several stories and novels (A Little Knowledge, 1977, and Catacomb Years, 1979) take place in a futuristic Atlanta. Among his more recent work, Other Arms Reach Out to Me (2017) brings together stories set mostly in Georgia.
One of them, “Rattlesnakes and Men,” describes a small town that requires its inhabitants to own rattlesnakes—a deliberately unsubtle satire of American gun culture.
Though much of his work incorporates elements of science fiction and fantasy, Bishop’s novels reflect an array of literary influences and traditions.
Bishop has also published two volumes of poetry and a collection of essays and reviews (A Reverie for Mister Ray, 2005) and has edited seven anthologies of science fiction and fantasy.
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Building many have passed by is this edition’s Mystery Photo
Many Gwinnettians have seen this church, while maybe not realizing it. All we want here is the location of this particular church. (Isn’t it beautiful?) Send your ideas to elliott@brack.net to include your hometown.
Four people recognized Clemson University’s Tillman Hall as the last Mystery Photo. The photo came from Susan McBrayer of Sugar Hill. Identifying the photo were Don and Holly Moore of Suwanee who wrote: “This beautiful photo show Tillman Hall with the Carillon Tower and Bowman Field at Clemson University.” Also recognizing it were Lou Camiero of Lilburn and Bob Foreman of Grayson.
George Graf of Palmyra, Va. contributed: “Tillman Hall is the most famous building on the Clemson University campus. The three story brick building with a clock tower is located on a hill overlooking Bowman Field. Tillman Hall is currently the home of the College of Education. Connected to Tillman Hall is the Tillman Auditorium, a 755-seat auditorium that formerly was a campus chapel. Tillman Auditorium is used primarily for lectures and seminars, small concerts, pageants and dances. Both Tillman Hall at Clemson and Tillman Hall at Winthrop University at Rock Hill, S.C. are both named after former South Carolina governor Benjamin Tillman. He played a large role in the founding of both universities.”
NAME A NEW ROBOT at Eastside Medical Center in Snellville. The hospital has a new surgical robot specially designed for orthopedic surgery. Celebrate along with Walton and Gwinnett middle school students who have entered the “Name the robot art contest.” This event is at 6 p.m. Thursday, October 25 at the North Tower Lobby of the hospital. Come and “drive the robot” and learn more about this advanced surgical technique.
LAWLESS SPIRIT TOURS through downtown Norcross will take place October 25-28, put on by the Lionheart Theatre. Let the past come alive as you wander through Historic Norcross and witness gunfights, bank robberies, family feuds and train wrecks. History buffs will enjoy this walking tour. There will be two tours nightly, at 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. For more details, visit this link.
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.”
TRICK OR TREAT Festival at the Yellow River Water Reclamation Facility will be Saturday, October 27 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Join for a fun-filled and educational festival. This family-friendly day will include science, games, giveaways, pumpkin decorating, free food, and a tour of one of Gwinnett’s innovative water reclamation facilities. Be sure to wear your best costumes. The location is 858 Tom Smith Road Southwest, Lilburn.
ITALIAN CAR SHOW, now in its 22nd year, will be at Lillian Webb Park in Norcross on Saturday, October 27, from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. This is an exhibition of the finest, exotic Italian cars and motorcycles! The event includes a car show with marque awards, a raffle and silent auction, Italian new car dealer demos and vendor merchandise on display.
REMEMBERING WORLD WAR I: Thursday, November 8 from at 7 p.m., at OneStop Centerville., 3025 Bethany Church Road, Snellville. Look at period photos and uniforms, and learn from historian Gene Ramsey about how World War I affected Gwinnett County. This tribute is to the 30 Gwinnettians who died in The Great War, and is presented in partnership with the Gwinnett County Public Library, the Georgia WWI Centennial Commission, and the Gwinnett Historical Society.
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