XOLOS: For four Class AAA baseball games in 2019, the Gwinnett Stripers will become “Xolos de Gwinnett” in recognition of the 200,000 Hispanic citizens in the county. The team will be decked out in these special uniforms. For more detail on this move, see Upcoming below.
IN THIS EDITIONTODAY’S FOCUS: Two Students from Gwinnett Picked for EMC’s Washington Youth Tour
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Put Transit on the 2020 General Election Ballot To See It Passed
ANOTHER VIEW: Wants Clearer Wording on Referendum About MARTA in 2020 Election
SPOTLIGHT: Precision Planning Inc.
FEEDBACK: Hurrah for Comments by Mike Dominy and Emory Morsberger!
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Stripers To Become “Xolos de Gwinnett” for Four Games
NOTABLE: Legislature Praises Suwanee’s Police Chief Mike Jones for His Service
RECOMMENDED: Silence, Solitude, Simplicity… by Sister Jeremy Hall, OSB
GEORGIA TIDBIT: John D. Gray Was First Major Railroad Contractor in the South
MYSTERY PHOTO: The Usual Questions Apply: What and Where Is the Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: The Atlanta Radio Theatre Company coming to Gwinnett
TODAY’S FOCUSTwo students from Gwinnett picked for EMC’s Washington Youth Tour
By Karen Ewing
JEFFERSON, Ga. | Jackson Electric Membership Corporation (EMC) has selected two Gwinnett high school students as delegates for the 2019 Washington Youth Tour, scheduled June 13-20.
Ahema Gaisie, a junior at the Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology, and Katelyn Sheridan, a junior at North Gwinnett High School, were chosen for the all-expense paid leadership development experience sponsored by Georgia’s electric cooperatives and organized by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA).
Jackson EMC President/CEO Chip Jakins says: “Our delegates represent the values of Jackson EMC with their commitment to community service, high standards of integrity, and a spirit of cooperation.”
Gaisie
Gaisie, daughter of Emmanuella Sackey, is a veteran Model United Nations conference participant at the University of Georgia and Georgia Tech. She is on the mock trial team at the Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology, serving in the role of plaintiff attorney. She plays the viola and volunteers at her church’s Vacation Bible School each summer. Additionally, Gaisie works as a summer intern for the Gwinnett County Parks and Recreation Department. She aspires to be a forensic scientist.
Sheridan
Sheridan, daughter of Tracy and Stephen Sheridan, serves on the Student Council Executive Board at North Gwinnett High School, and is a member of the National Honor Society, Beta Club and Student Leadership Team. She is an AP Scholar and Scholar Athlete. Sheridan plays varsity lacrosse and is the team captain. Also, she plays flag football and is the marketing manager for her school’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes chapter. Sheridan serves as a lead counselor for a summer lacrosse camp and is a Relay for Life team member. She plans to design prosthetics as a biomedical engineer.
High school counselors and teachers in the Jackson EMC service area were invited to nominate students for the competition, and students could apply directly, as well. Four delegates were selected based on academics, community service, oral and written communications skills, letters of recommendation and a personal interview. The other two Jackson EMC delegates selected were Alex Campo, a junior at Flowery Branch High School, and Alyssa Ramos, a junior at Johnson High School.
Since 1965, the Washington Youth Tour has given more than 3,200 Georgia students and more than 52,000 students nationwide the opportunity to participate in this leadership and team-building experience. For more information on the Washington Youth Tour, go to jacksonemc.com/wyt.
Jackson Electric Membership Corporation, the largest electric cooperative in Georgia and one of the largest in the nation, is headquartered 50 miles northeast of Atlanta in Jefferson, Ga. The cooperative serves more than 230,000 meters on 14,132 miles of energized wire. For more information, visit jacksonemc.com.
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Put transit on the 2020 general election ballot to see it passed
By Elliott Brack
Editor and Publisher, GwinnettForum
MARCH 22, 2019 | So it’s back to the drawing board for transit in Gwinnett. The tyranny of the minority—nine percent of the 543,000 people registered to vote in Gwinnett, defeated the proposal to bring modern transit to the county. The vote was 49,936 to 41,985, a difference of 7,951. Only 16.7 percent of those registered actually voted in the referendum.
What really hurts in this progressive county is that the vote sent a racial message to the world, for the race question, was surely tantamount, along with the hike in sales tax in defeating the question.
A tactical mistake looms big from this result. It’s happened before in Gwinnett. Officials have felt that having a vote on a single issue will focus on the essential question, and that for the most part, the “Yeas” will outnumber the “Nays” on such questions. It all depends on the voter turnout, and most of the time, putting only one issue before the voters has worked in the past.
Not in 1995. The Gwinnett School Board then asked for extension of a one cent E-SPLOST vote, with this the only question on the ballot. The Board was surprised when it failed by 329 votes out of the 36,413 people voting. But only 17.78 percent of those registered cast ballots. In the next General Election (1996), the School Board came back with the same question on the ballot, which carried the E-SPLOST with a 53-47 percent majority.
So currently, Gwinnett officials must work toward presenting a similar transit question again, since the time seems ripe for transit. But there are complications: the main one is if Gwinnett can get favorable conditions for bringing transit to the county. Chairman Charlotte Nash worked long and hard to get MARTA officials to agree that all monies raised by the sales tax would have to have local approval before anything could be started.
You wonder if such terms can be obtained again.
Yet at the same time, while Gwinnett needs a tie-in with MARTA, the same is true for MARTA: it needs to extend its services to Gwinnett to have more riders, to be of more service to Atlanta passengers. We figure there is a good chance the county could get a similar proposed contract with MARTA for a vote in the 2020 General Election, since MARTA needs Gwinnett as much as Gwinnett needs MARTA.
Let’s look at the last two general elections. In 2018, there were 525,568 persons registered, and 338,125 votes were cast, or 64.34 percent of those registered. Stacey Abrams won the governor’s race in Gwinnett with 178,097 votes, or 56.52 percent.
In 2016, there were 430,935 registered, with 332,149 votes cast in Gwinnett, or 77.08 percent. Hillary Clinton won the county with 161,153 votes, or 50.2 percent.
So, by 2020, there should be at least 550,000 people registered, and with it a presidential year, about three quarters of those, 412,500, will cast ballots.
Should the transit question be on the ballot, what would be the outcome? We’ll suggest again that when the turnout is large, Gwinnett will approve MARTA. Maybe that’s where the 62 percent comes in!
The 2020 elections are a long way off, and lots of activity must take place for another transit vote. Yet having that question on the 2020 ballot will give the best chance for passage, for we won’t have the tyranny of the minority to decide the question, but the majority of the people will be voting on it.
Remember Abe Lincoln: “Trust the people. Always trust the people.”
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Wants clearer wording on referendum about MARTA in 2020 election
By Debra Houston, contributing columnist
LILBURN, Ga. | My family settled in Gwinnett County around 1810, so my roots run deep in red clay. You cannot imagine the changes I’ve witnessed here in my lifetime, but one thing remains constant: We don’t want MARTA. We’ve voted against it three times, but our leaders continue to ignore our wishes.
I’ve seen it all in Gwinnett politics, but I can say the recent MARTA referendum was written for the uninformed. It misled with its vagueness. It didn’t mention MARTA or the extra penny sales tax. Hidden from view was the astounding cost of bringing MARTA to Gwinnett. The Go Gwinnett website mentions $5.4 billion over the next 30 years.
Our commissioners could spend those billions on more efficient roads like the Ronald Reagan Parkway. Or maybe add lanes to antiquated two-lane roads. We need a plan for reducing traffic accidents. We need more sidewalks. I’d like to walk to places without getting hit by a car. We also need to comprehend that we’re often to blame for our traffic woes.
Some suggestions: Parents stop driving your kids back and forth to school; our taxes paid for those school buses. Also, speeders, slow down. Police: start writing tickets. And no more running red lights! Put down that phone and focus. We need leadership for this effort. Remember Governor Perdue asking us to conserve water years back? Georgia did it in spades! We can do the same with our driving habits.
I found this hopeful: Being one of the +55 white voters the AJC said was opposed to MARTA, the number shifted down to +40 days before the election. The LA Times offered a clue. It reported that those knocking on doors urging voters to show up at the polls were shocked when a number of minorities, immigrants and millennials said they opposed the plan.
Meanwhile, it takes a certain arrogance to sling MARTA in our face a fourth time. Such will be the case when we return to the polls in the 2020 presidential general election. A Go Gwinnett member said on WSB Radio that with two Democrats on the Board of Commissioners, they’d pass the referendum next time. The opposition can’t let up.
We don’t want a vague referendum on the ballot. We insist that it spell out the words “MARTA” and “penny sales tax.” We want openness and truthfulness. If our commissioners can’t do this, then I’ll let them know why the referendum failed: Many in Gwinnett don’t trust MARTA and we’re beginning to wonder about the rest of Gwinnett.
Let’s talk about exciting ways to improve traffic in our wonderful, great Gwinnett. Let it be an effort that draws us all in. The very thought inspires me.
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Hurrah for comments by Dominy and Morsberger!
Editor, the Forum:
I am in agreement with recent comments by both Mike Dominy and Emory Morsberger, both longtime friends of mine.
These two men have been responsible for a whole lot of the quality growth Gwinnett has experienced. Lawrenceville, in particular, owes Emory a huge debt for setting it on the road from the dying shell it was to the vibrant youthful city it is now.
If we had a Statuary Row in Gwinnett, both of these fine men would be there. Emory’s “what’s good for the future of our community” is spot-on and exemplifies what has been his philosophy from the beginning.
By the way, it is heartwarming to see an old GOPer see the light as far as the GOP.
Hallelujah!
— Hoyt Tuggle, Lawrenceville
Associating transit with MARTA doomed idea from the start
Editor, the Forum:
Just following up on our pre-election exchange re the transit vote. The transit vote was resoundingly voted down by Gwinnett. I, of course, voted for it and told everyone I could to vote for it.
But I stand by my earlier prediction that the referendum was doomed from the start because it was burdened with the baggage of the MARTA name. All the opposition had to do was cite MARTA’s history of mismanagement. The fact that that was in the past meant nothing to voters.
Denials of mistakes or wrong doings do not resonate with voters. For instance, “I am not a crook,” Richard Nixon, Nov. 17, 1973. Sure it would have been easy for transit opponents to connect the dots, but their task would have been much more challenging. Asking voters to approve bringing “MARTA” into Gwinnett handed the transit Luddites an easy win.
— Dick Goodman, Suwanee
You may have missed the 3 Georgia Tech Laws of Thermodynamics
Editor, the Forum:
The Three Laws of Thermodynamics (very unofficial Georgia Tech version):
1) You can’t win;
2) You can’t break even; and
3) It’s gonna get worse before it gets better.
— John Haeger, Lilburn
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UPCOMINGGwinnett Stripers to become “Xolos de Gwinnett” for 4 games
As one of 72 teams participating in Minor League Baseball’s “Copa de la Diversión” initiative, the Gwinnett Stripers will transform into the “Xolos de Gwinnett” for four games in 2019.
With Gwinnett County home to a thriving Hispanic community of nearly 200,000, the majority of which are of Mexican descent, the team wanted to create an identity synonymous with an icon of Mexican culture. With input from Minor League Baseball and the Georgia Hispanic Chamber, the name “Xolos” was chosen, a tribute to the National Dog of Mexico.
Xolos (pronounced “SHO-lows”), short for Xoloitzcuintli, are also known as the Mexican hairless dog. The breed has existed for over 3,000 years, dating back to the Aztec empire when the dogs were revered as guardians and protectors. Modern-day Xolos are known for intelligence, loyalty, and athleticism, all important traits for a successful baseball team.
Stripers Vice President and General Manager Adam English says: “We are proud to partner with Minor League Baseball and the Georgia Hispanic Chamber to launch the Xolos de Gwinnett. As the Xolos, we will not only embrace Mexican culture and traditions at Coolray Field, we will also strengthen existing partnerships within Gwinnett County’s Hispanic community, and develop new and exciting ways to engage people of all Hispanic backgrounds.”
The Stripers will take the field as the Xolos, complete with new logos, colors, and uniforms, for four Thursday night games in 2019: May 23 (7:05 p.m. vs. Charlotte), June 6 (7:05 p.m. vs. Durham), August 1 (7:05 p.m. vs. Norfolk), and August 15 (7:05 p.m. vs. Columbus).
Aurora Theatre extends Men with Money for 5 more performances
Because of demand, Aurora Theatre in Lawrenceville is extending the current run of Men with Money for five more performances. Additional shows are now planned for April 11, 12 and13 at 8 p.m. and April 13-14 at 2 p.m. Tickets are currently on sale; single ticket prices start at $30 and may be purchased online at bit.ly/MenWithMoneyTickets or by calling the Box Office at 678-226-6222. For more information on this production or other programming, visit auroratheatre.com
NOTABLEInterim GGC president heads to California State-Northridge in July
Walker
The interim president of Georgia Gwinnett College, Dr. Mary Beth Walker, will soon head for California. She has been named provost and vice president for academic affairs as of July 1 at California State University at Northridge (CSUN). She previously was associate provost for strategic initiatives and innovation at Georgia State University.
Walker says she is looking forward to joining the CSUN community. “I am excited to join CSUN with its diverse student population and its interesting and engaged faculty.” CSUN opened in 1958, and has a student body of 40,000 students, and 360,000 alumni.
She came to Georgia Gwinnett College as its interim president in January, 2019. Walker, an economist, has a bachelor’s degree in economics and mathematics from Rhodes College in Tennessee and a master’s and doctorate in economics from Rice University.
State officials anticipate that a new president of Georgia Gwinnett College will take office July 1, 2019.
Legislature praises Suwanee’s Chief Jones for his service
Suwanee Police Chief Mike Jones was honored on March 14, 2019 at the State Capitol as Georgia’s 2018-2019 Chief of the Year. Senators Renee Unterman and John Albers sponsored Senate Resolution 47, commending and congratulating Chief Jones for 45 years of service.
Jones
Chief Jones received the recognition from the Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police (GACP) at the GACP Summer Training Conference in Savannah in July 2018. During his tenure as Chief of Police, the Suwanee Police Department has more than doubled in size. The department became CALEA accredited in 2010 – one of just 56 in Georgia – and was reaccredited in 2013 and in 2016 with Excellence. The agency received state certification in 1999 and state recertification in 2004, 2009, 2013, and 2016. In 2016 the department was awarded the Phyllis Goodwin Agency of the Year by the Georgia Chapter of the FBI National Academy Associates.
RECOMMENDEDSilence, Solitude, Simplicity: A Hermit’s Love Affair … by Sister Jeremy Hall, OSB
From Karen Harris, Stone Mountain: This book is a long, slow drink of peace and communion. Though only 170 pages, it requires a special approach, lectio divina, to really appreciate its riches. Lectio Divina or divine reading is a spiritual practice which intersperses meditation and prayer at intervals of reading a text, usually scripture. In this way, the reader is able to digest and integrate the steps outlined to build upon a relationship with God while being active in the world. The centerpiece of the book is: The Desert: Place of Meeting, a focal point throughout the Old and New Testaments where God calls His chosen ones to communion before they take up the task He has set before them. Among these are Elijah, Moses, and of course Jesus Christ.. Silence, Solitude and Simplicity, is a journeying book, that will introduce the reader to their true identity, purpose and the joys of the Ultimate Relationship.
- Full title: Silence, Solitude, Simplicity: A Hermit’s Love Affair with a Noisy, Crowded, and Complicated World by Sister Jeremy Hall, OSB
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GEORGIA ENCYCLOPEDIA TIDBITGray was first major railroad contractor in the South
John D. Gray was the first major railroad contractor in the South. As John D. Gray and Company, he and his brother William C. Gray constructed railroads in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida, North Carolina, and Tennessee. In addition, Gray was a versatile manufacturer for the Confederacy during the Civil War (1861-65).
Gray
John David Gray was born in 1808 in London, England. The family immigrated to the United States when John was young. Gray married Ann Amelia Gnech, and they had four children, two of whom, Charles and Arthur, lived to adulthood. After his wife’s death in 1855, Gray married Mary Jane Moore, and they had five children.
The Gray brothers began their enterprising careers in the 1820s on the frontier of railroad construction and manufacturing in Columbia, S.C., working in the internal improvements movement. They built sections of a state road and many public buildings in South Carolina, including the Orangeburg courthouse and jail, the jail in Lexington, and the Lunatic Asylum in Columbia. They owned a steamboat line that operated on the canal system in South Carolina in the mid-1830s. Gray’s company received the major contract for the construction of the South Carolina Railroad, the first railroad in the South.
Gray built three of Florida’s four territorial railroads, the Lake Wimico and St. Joseph Railroad, the Iola and St. Joseph Railroad, and the Tallahassee Railroad. He was also a key figure in the boomtown development of St. Joseph. After the town experienced a rapid decline due to an epidemic of yellow fever, Gray removed the railroad tracks and used them on a line in Georgia.
The Gray Company’s efforts in Georgia began when the Monroe Railroad (later the Macon and Western) brought Gray to Macon to manage the company. He became president of the railroad and finished the route to Griffin and most of the grading to Atlanta. His company constructed the bulk of the Western and Atlantic Railroad from Dalton to Chattanooga, Tenn., including the tunnel through Chetoogeta Mountain, the first extensive railroad tunnel in the Southeast.
Gray was the prime mover and contractor of the Atlanta and West Point Railroad and the Augusta and Savannah Railroad. He built sections of the Muscogee Railroad, the North and South Railroad to Rome, the Mobile and Girard, and the Upson County Railroad.
In Alabama, Gray built the Opelika, Ala. to Columbus, Ga., branch of the Montgomery and West Point Railroad and the 70 foot railroad cut, reputed to be one of the deepest railroad cuts in the world at the time, at Brock’s Gap on the South and North Alabama Railroad. Gray constructed the line of the East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad from Cleveland, Tenn., to Chattanooga as well as the tunnel through Missionary Ridge. He also worked on the Mississippi Central Railroad and many others.
(To be continued)
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The usual questions apply: What and where is the Mystery Photo?
Today’s Mystery Photo asks the usual: what and where? Figure out the answer and send to elliott@brack.net and include your hometown.
Several readers of the last Mystery Photo had traveled to the wide open space of South Dakota and recognized the mystery. First in was Joseph M. Hopkins of Norcross correctly saying: “Today’s mystery photo is the statue, “Dignity” in Chamberlain S.D. on the banks of the Missouri River.”
The photo came from Sandy and Rick Krause of Lilburn.
Jane Bane of Lawrenceville added: “Made of stainless steel, the Native American woman stands 50 feet tall and was designed to be a tribute to the courage, perseverance and wisdom of Native American cultures.” Elizabeth Neace of Dacula came in with: “It is located at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive and Keelboat Center in Chamberlain, S.D. Sacagawea was a Lemhi Shoshone woman who aided the Lewis and Clark Expedition, travelling with them from North Dakota to the Pacific Ocean. She was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in 2003.”
Ohers getting it right included Ross Lenhart of Pawley’s Island, S.C.; Lynn Naylor, of Atlanta; Tim Sullivan, Buford; Lou Camiero, Lilburn; James Savadelis of Duluth; and Susan McBrayer, Sugar Hill;
Allan Peel, San Antonio, Tex.: “To achieve the diversity of the people represented by the statue, the artist used three different Native American models ages 14, 29 and 55 to perfect the face of Dignity. The artist wanted the statue to represent the courage, perseverance and wisdom of the Lakota and Dakota culture in South Dakota, and hoped that the sculpture would serve as a symbol of respect and promise for the future, a message soon to be tested by the recent floods in the Midwest. As of a few days ago, I-90 was closed between Chamberlain and the Wyoming border due to the recent, devastating floods that have occurred though-out much of the Midwest. Hopefully Dignity will truly demonstrate the attributes of courage and perseverance and will be able to survive the floods, thereby reinforcing the sculpture’s message of hope for the future for all those affected by the floods.”
Sara Rawlins of Lawrenceville wrote: “I was intrigued by the photo. The artist used several Native American women to portray this lady. He also was paying homage to the Lakota and Dakota nations when he started working on her and presented her to South Dakota for the 125th Anniversary of their statehood. Besides Mount Rushmore and Crazy Horse, she would be on my list to see if and when I go to South Dakota someday.”
Fran Worrall, Lawrenceville told us: “The statue was commissioned by Rapid City businessman Norm McKie and his wife Eunabel and given as a gift to the people of South Dakota.”
George Graf, Palmyra, Va. told us about “Star quilts are often associated with Plains Native Americans. For these native women, star quilts are an art form used to express spiritual and cultural values. The quilts are often used in ceremonies or to celebrate important milestones in a person’s life. The star quilt on the statue is made up of more than 100 blue diamond shapes that move in the wind. S.D. Governor Dennis Daugaard said in his state of the union address in 2016: ‘This sculpture will be lit at night, and just as Mount Rushmore and Crazy Horse have become iconic images in the mind of our visitors, I believe Dignity will become one as well.’”
CALENDAR
Lionheart Theatre in Norcross presents Steve Martin’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile, through March 24. The theatre is open Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. This comedy is directed by Scott King. The cast includes Grant Carden, Aaron Sherry, Daniel Cutts, Jamie Goss, Jessie Kuipers, Gregory Nassif St. John, Briana Murray, Doug Isbecque, Colton Combs, Cat Rondeau and Veronica Berman.
Alice in Wonderland will be performed by the Gwinnett Ballet Theatre at Central Gwinnett High School Theater on Saturday, March 23 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, March 24, at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20 for adults and $16 for children. Groups of 10 or more pay $10. Buy tickets now at https://www.tututix.com/client/gwinnettballet/.
Public Symposium commemorating the 130th year anniversary of the Admadiyya Muslim community will be held March 23 at 3 p.m. at the Cisco Auditorium in Building C, Georgia Gwinnett College. A discussion will take place on several topics including the need for the Messiah from the perspectives of the Jewish, Christian and Islamic communities, and on the achievements of the Muslim community in the past 130 years.
Italian Car Show will be Saturday, March 23, at Lillian Webb Park in Norcross from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. Italian cars such as the Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Fiat, Lamborghini, Lancia, Maserati and DeTomaso Pantera will be on display for visitors to see. Not only will guests get to view the cars, they will also have the chance to weigh in on which cars are the best during the car show’s People Choice award as well as Best Modified, Car I Would Most Like to Drive Home and Best Original Unrestored Car. This event is the rescheduled date from March 2.
Recycling Opportunity: It’s time to clean out your basement, attic, and yard! Lilburn’s annual Great American Cleanup event takes place on Saturday, March 30 in the parking lot of Lilburn City Hall-Library. Free paper shredding, free tire recycling, and free electronics recycling (with the exception of TVs and CRT monitors – fees apply).
The Atlanta Radio Theatre Company will perform at the Five Forks Branch Library, 2780 Five Forks-Trickum Road, on Saturday, March 30 at 2 p.m. The group performs live audio drama for adults at a wide variety of events, such as DragonCon, Mythic Journeys, and the World Fantasy Convention. They have been performing for 24 years and often have a very specific focus on science fiction, horror, and fantasy. Come hear performances of adaptations and original literary favorites. This performance is for the whole family and is free and open to the public. For more information visit www.gwinnettpl.org or call 770-978-5154
Credit Repair Seminar will be hosted by the Psi Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority on Saturday, March 30, from 10 a.m. until noon at Norcross High School, in partnership with Regions Bank. The event is free. Attendees are asked to bring gently-used eyeglasses for donation to the Lions club International. Learn why all individuals should know their credit score and debt-to-income-ratio, engage in good credit practices, take steps to repair not so perfect credit, and monitor their credit in the effort to protect themselves against identity theft.
Photo Exhibit of Australia and New Zealand by Roving Photographer Frank Sharp is now on display through April 30 at the Tucker Library, 5234 LaVista Road. Hours of operation are 10 a.m. until 8 p.m.. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday. This library is closed on Sunday.
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