ACTIVE AREA: More and more the focus of all sorts of activity in Sugar Hill is The Bowl, between the City Hall and Georgia Highway 20. Meanwhile, this photo also shows the activity around the City’s E Center, also adjacent to the Bowl.
TODAY’S FOCUS: Basic Civics Lesson: Remember, We Live in Democratic Republic
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Trying To Find Out What Happened to Some Missing Mess Trays
ANOTHER VIEW: Outlining the Case That President Trump Is a Racist Bigot
SPOTLIGHT: Walton Gas
FEEDBACK: Don’t Forget the Contributions of the People of Normandy on D-Day
UPCOMING: Suwanee SculpTour Back Again on June 15, plus Theatrical Presentation
NOTABLE: Census for 2020 Seeking To Recruit People, and Needs Them in Gwinnett
RECOMMENDED: Waiting to Be Heard: A Memoir by Amanda Knox
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Indian Springs Near Jackson Was Georgia’s First State Park
MYSTERY PHOTO: Please Provide the Name of the Lake in This Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Here’s a Peaceful Scene at Rhodes Jordan Park
CALENDAR: Tannery Row Artist Colony Plans Open House on Saturday, June 8
Basic civics lesson: Remember, we live in a democratic republic
By Raleigh Perry
BUFORD, Ga. | Democracy simply means that the government is ruled by the people. It is a Greek term and is also used to discuss the Athenian Democracy. The interesting thing about the Athenian Democracy, it did not work!
Perry
Democracy has been tried in many other places and it did not last long. Notably, according to the book History of Florence by Ferdinand Schevill, Florence tried Democracy and it did not work there.
It is an untenable situation. A true Democracy means that all of the people in that state or country vote on everything that comes up. In Athens, if a law was suggested and came up for a vote, everyone would meet in the Agora – basically the market square – and vote on it. That is what Democracy literally means.
All through the United States, in virtually every classroom that discusses history of government, unknowing teachers tell their students that they live in a Democracy. Neither the students, nor all of their ancestors who were residents of the United States after the Constitution have ever lived in a Democracy. Instead, they all have lived in a Democratic Republic, and that is quite different.
The problem starts in the school systems is when the teachers call the United States a Democracy. This is a problem of the education of our teachers. They have been told the same thing for 12 years in schools and four (or more) years in college. They have been told this so many times in the course of their schooling that they do not question the concept. To the teachers, we live in a Democracy. They, then, relay that error to their students.
What we live in is a Democratic Republic and that is quite different. After the end of the Constitutional Convention, Benjamin Franklin was asked if we had a government. He replied “We have a Republic, if we can keep it.” That, in and of itself, is a very powerful statement. It takes a lot of cooperation on the part of the governed to maintain a Republic.
A Democratic Republic is simply this: We employ a Democratic method to elect representatives who will vote either for or against proposals that we might not agree with. After these people are elected, they are relatively free to vote their conscience, which might not agree with either party that might have elected them. When these officials constantly vote against what most of their constituents believe in, sometimes these people are voted out of office.
We also use a democratic process to pick our representatives to vote in the Electoral College. However, we seldom know much about who those people are. In days of old, some campaigns had literature which said who the electors were. I have one of those for Abraham Lincoln’s first election when Hannibal Hamlin was his vice presidential candidate.
Again, remember this: Democracy simply means that the government is ruled by the people.
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Trying to find out what happened to some missing mess trays
By Elliott Brack
Editor and publisher, GwinnettForum
JUNE 7, 2019 | Any veteran of military service will tell you: it’s not unusual for you to be assigned for additional duty.
Years ago when a commissary officer in Germany, the Northern Area Command of the U.S. Army in Europe (USAEUR) ordered me to report for temporary duty to the Frankfurt Bahnhof (rail station). I was met by a Transportation Corps sergeant who routinely ferried troops by train to the Bremerhaven port for return to the United States. The sergeant said “Sign here,” and suddenly, I was responsible for and, on behalf of the U.S. government, signed for the entire train, from engine to the last passenger car.
It was a German steam locomotive with about eight cars, including a dining car. The sergeant showed me to a stateroom, said sit back and enjoy the trip, and that he (as he did routinely) would take care of moving the troops to the port. “Just enjoy reading your book,” he suggested.
It was an overnight trip. The next morning, I learned that there had been a problem overnight. The troops being returned to the states were not soldiers who had successfully completed their tour in Germany. All these troops on the train had been disciplined for some infraction, and were being returned in a group to the United States to be thrown out of the Army. They were accompanied by Military Police watching over them.
While I don’t know the details, there was an incident during the night. It seems that when the train went through a tunnel on the route northward, many of the mess trays had been tossed out of the rail car windows by these guys. Why it happened, we never learned. But somehow, certain military equipment (the trays) could no longer be accounted for.
The upshot was to be a “Report of Survey,” the military term for an independent investigation as to what happened. Remember me signing for the train? That included the mess gear, and in effect, I was responsible for the disappearance of the trays.
Once in Bremerhaven, the train pulled alongside a troop ship, and the soldiers, under guard as they had been all along, boarded the ship to return home. The sergeant told me as we departed: “You’ll be hearing from someone about those trays,” and I was relieved of signing for the train. I then caught a return train to my post in Giessen, Germany.
For months and months, I heard nothing. Then I got a letter saying that the Report of Survey investigation was underway. Eventually, my tour in Europe was over, and my wife and I and newborn son flew back home (on one of the earlier 707 jets — a speedy way across the Atlantic.)
Several years later, back home in Georgia, finally came a document from the USAEUR. The investigation had taken quite a long time, as much as three years. But after due deliberation, there was little that the Army learned except that, indeed, there were missing trays. We can imagine that if any of those returning troops had been questioned about seeing someone throw a tray out the railcar, the soldier would surely have said: “I know nothing……..”
And I certainly didn’t. Nor did the sergeant.
But finally, USAEUR had done the required investigation. And happily, I didn’t have to pay for those mess trays. I was finally through with another of those military “additional duties” that enlivens life.
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Outlining the case that President Trump is a racist bigot
By Jack Bernard, contributing columnist | Last month, we had the 51st anniversary of the murder of Martin Luther King Jr., by a white supremacist. I was living in Atlanta and remember the event very well. I also recall hearing his father speak in 1970 to a small group of Atlanta poverty program board members about his son’s legacy and the progress that still needed to occur.
Our president sets the tone for this nation. With candidate Trump stoking the flames, there were 6,121 hate crimes in 2016 (Bureau of Justice Statistics).
We can expect hate crimes to rise so long as Trump, a divisive figure, remains in office. With our president bigoted, then white supremacy groups flourish openly, spewing hatred. That leads to shootings like the numerous hate crimes we have witnessed lately in Norfolk, Pittsburgh, Charleston and elsewhere.
Here is a brief chronological history of Trump and bigotry:
- Housing discrimination: In the early ’70s, Trump’s company was sued by the federal government for violations of the Fair Housing Act. Trump ended up settling with the government. In 1978 the Department of Justice alleged that Trump had ignored his pledge to let black people rent apartments and was still violating the law.
- Central Park Five: Trump buys ads implying that five black men charged with raping a white jogger should be executed. Years later, it is conclusively shown that they did not commit the crime. Trump does not accept the findings.
- Birther movement: Stating that President Obama was born in Kenya, the movement is started by Trump in 2011.
- Mexican rapists: Trump stated (2015) that Mexico was exporting rapists and criminals to the U.S.
- Mexican-American judge: In the Trump University case, Trump asked that a judge born in Indiana recuse himself due to his Hispanic heritage.
- Racism in campaign: Trump encourages and accepts support from racists. “Voting against Donald Trump at this point is really treason to your heritage,” stated white supremacist David Duke.
- Charlottesville: Trump equates anti-racist protesters with violent white supremacists and neo-Nazis, calling them “fine people.” White power leaders openly rejoice at the President’s vocal support of their movement.
- Holocaust remembrance: Trump issues a commemorative statement which excluded any mention of the six million Jews who died in Nazi extermination camps.
- National Football League: Trump purposefully twists NFL players taking a knee to protest police violence against blacks into disrespect for America, the rule of law and first responders.
- Other countries: Trump says we should have immigration from Norway versus non-white nations.
The best real patriots can hope for is that the 2020 electorate will wake up. They did in Alabama where Roy Moore, a Trump-supported racist, lost the senatorial race to a moderate. In the meantime, each of us can help by openly and strongly refuting racism and bigotry when it appears.
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Don’t forget the contributions of the people of Normandy on D-Day
Editor, the Forum:
Have you ever wondered what D-Day was like for the French in Normandy? D-Day Through French Eyes: Normandy 1944 is a book by Mary Louise Roberts that relies on numerous testimonies “culled from French archives and publications” to bring their experiences to life.
It’s important to note that Normans were not passive bystanders in their liberation. Stories of their participation, up to now ignored by U.S. historians, are brought to light. And their participation was not without costs. Over 3,000 lost their lives in the first few days. Before the battle for France was over, almost 20,000 French died.
As we memorialize the 75th anniversary of D-Day, it is appropriate to remember the French, particularly the provincial French who, to this day, honor the sacrifice of Americans in their liberation.
— Theirn Scott, Lawrenceville
Easily recognized that photo wasn’t in Cobb since no crashed truck
Editor, the Forum:
I was going to guess the Mystery Photo of the of the Covered Bridge was in Cobb County. However, there wasn’t a truck crashed into the barrier in front of it. So I knew it wasn’t that bridge.
— Tim Sullivan, Buford
Dear Tim: Yep, that covered bridge attracts tall trucks like flies to flypaper. –eeb
What happens when you fish for trout on the Chattahoochee River
Editor, the Forum:
The recent issue of GwinnettForum was a fun issue. I used to fish on the Fulton County side of Jones Creek Park at nearly the same spot. Crowds were huge on opening day of trout season. When we were lucky enough to catch one, when you gutted it, they were full of niblets corn from consuming a lot of bait.
— Ashley Herndon, Oceanside, Calif.
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Suwanee SculpTour back again on June 15, plus theatrical presentation
Big, artsy things will be happening at the City of Suwanee’s newest event Big Artsy, on June 15 at Town Center Park! The event will serve as an introduction of the 13 pieces that make up the sixth installment of the city’s popular SculpTour exhibition.
Council member Linnea Miller says: “Art, in the public realm for the whole of the community, is an integral piece of our city’s personality. It’s not enough to simply create a ‘place.’ That place has to come alive – through art, events, activities, and just making things fun. People need a reason to keep coming back and connecting.”
Since 2011, the award-winning SculpTour program has brought 79 sculptures to a walkable one-mile area of downtown Suwanee,. In addition, 11 pieces are part of the city’s permanent collection. With goals to enliven Town Center, attract visitors, and stimulate interest in Suwanee’s public art program, SculpTour adds to the sense of dynamism, energy, rhythm, and ritual in the city.
Big Artsy attendees can also expect exciting happenings on the Town Center Stage, including a full cast and orchestra performance of Disney’s Newsies by the Aurora Theatre.
Based on the Disney film written by Bob Tzudiker and Noni White and inspired by the real-life Newsboy Strike of 1899, this high-energy musical soars with non-stop thrills. In New York City at the turn of the last century, publishing titans Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst look to take advantage of newsboys to increase profits. Enter charismatic Jack Kelly who unwittingly leads a ragged band of teenaged “newsies,” across the city to strike for what’s right. This Tony Award-winning musical is toe-tapping fun for the entire family.
General admission is free and seating is first come, first served (but no chairs/blankets/tents prior to the event date of Saturday, June 15). For more information, please visit Suwanee.com.
Food trucks will arrive at 6 p.m., and Violinist Daniel Butman will entertain from 7 until 8 p.m. The Aurora Theatre presentation of Disney’s Newsies will begin at 8 p.m.
Unterman throws hat into ring for congressional seat
Unterman
Republican state Sen Renee Unterman on Thursday announced her candidacy to represent Georgia’s Seventh Congressional District. Speaking in the Buford Town Square, Unterman said that she will take her proven record and conservative values to Washington.
“Today I am announcing that I’m running to represent this community, our community, in Congress. Throughout my time in public service, I’ve always stood for what’s right and I’ve fought to improve the lives of Georgia’s most vulnerable citizens. During my campaign, I look forward to hearing from my neighbors in Forsyth and Gwinnett counties about the kitchen table issues that matter most for people from all walks of. life. My record proves that I know how to get things done, I’m willing to think outside the box, and I’ve never been afraid to challenge the status quo.
Unterman is currently serving her ninth term in the Georgia Senate, where she has led on initiatives and legislation to create jobs, lower taxes, end human trafficking, stop elder abuse and fight drug addiction. She has also become known for her work to reform mental health care policies, strengthen health care delivery and improve life for our nation’s veterans.
Peachtree Corners Festival on June 8-9 starts with Friday night concert
The ninth annual Peachtree Corners Festival kicks-off with a free concert on Friday night, June 7, with the music starting at 7 p.m. Then on June 8 and 9, the Festival will generate even larger crowds. Bring the family and enjoy the community of Peachtree Corners! For more information, go to www.peachtreecornersfestival.org.
The City of Peachtree Corners Stage will be packed with three days of solid talent.
There will be more Food Trucks on hand to eliminate the long lines. Remember, parking is always free and plentiful.. Bring chairs and blankets for lawn seating, (please, no tarps, tents or beach umbrellas). This is a rain or shine event. Alcohol will only be available for purchase on site since outside alcoholic beverages are not permitted by law.
The 2019 Festival will have over 65 talented arts and crafts exhibitors. All parking for the Peachtree Corners Festival is free. The primary lot is at the Wells Real Estate Building (Comcast) that is accessible from Crooked Creek Road. Additional parking is available at 6575 The Corners Parkway and may be reached from Jay Bird Alley and The Corners Parkway.
Census for 2020 seeking to recruit people, and needs them in Gwinnett
The U.S. Census Bureau is recruiting thousands of people across the nation, including Gwinnett County, to assist with the 2020 Census count.
Jobs include census takers, recruiting assistants, office staff, and supervisory staff. To be eligible, you must be at least 18 years old, have a valid Social Security number, and be a U.S. citizen. The Census Bureau offers up to $20 per hour for census takers, competitive wages, flexible hours, weekly paychecks, and paid training.
The U.S. Constitution requires a head count of the country every 10 years. The census results are used by government and the private sector for multiple purposes, including:
* Redistricting at the national, state, and local level;
* Distributing billions of dollars in federal and state funds;
* Analyzing local economic and demographic trends;
* Planning investments and local risks;
* Land use planning;
* Planning transportation projects; and
* Designing facilities for people with disabilities, the elderly, or children.
Splash Park becoming popular attraction in Sugar Hill
Getting to be a popular spot in Sugar Hill is its Splash Park, as you can tell from the activity of these children. Normally the Splash Park is open all day (like a public pool) and the water jets run all day. However, at present the Splash Park is down for maintenance. This month, Sugar Hill opened the Splash Park for a short time during Splash Night on May 31 and then closed it back down due to maintenance issues. Splash Nights are special events held once a month in the evenings when the Splash Park runs at night and the water jets sparkle with colored lights. On Splash Nights there are food trucks, live music, activities such as face painting and bounce houses for kids, live shows, while the Splash Park continues running.
Free adoption this Saturday at Gwinnett Animal Welfare office
Gwinnett Animal Welfare kicks off the summer with Shelter Pets Rock, a special event that encourages residents to adopt a shelter pet. Adoption fees will be waived on all pets on Saturday, June 8 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Division Manager Alan Davis says: “Summer is the perfect time to add a shelter pet to your family. Longer days with outdoor activities and families taking advantage of summer vacation create a great opportunity for pets to bond with their new family members.”
The event will feature activities and games for kids, food vendors and resources for pet owners that include supplies, services and training.
All pets adopted at Gwinnett Animal Welfare have been vaccinated, neutered, and microchipped and are ready to go to their new home. The standard adoption fee is $45 for dogs and puppies and $30 for cats and kittens.
Gwinnett Animal Welfare is located at 884 Winder Highway in Lawrenceville. For more information including available pets, adoption specials and events, visit www.GwinnettAnimalWelfare.com.
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Waiting to Be Heard: A Memoir, by Amanda Knox
From Susan McBrayer, Sugar Hill: In 2007, Amanda Knox, a 20-year-old American from Seattle decided to participate in a study abroad program in Italy. Sadly, her year abroad turned into more than four years, nearly all spent in prison for the murder of her roommate – a murder Knox says she did not commit. In this memoir, Knox tells of her nightmare in great detail. She says she went to Italy a ‘naive and quirky girl’ but left as a ‘mature and introspective woman.’ I recommend this book only for those who enjoy trial stories. Knox narrowly focuses on her interrogations, incarceration, trials and the evidence. The story only picks up more than halfway through the book but, by the time it’s over, you feel the gut-wrenching injustice of what Knox endured. (One take away is this: if you visit a country and you can’t speak the language there, be on your very best behavior!)
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Indian Springs near Jackson was Georgia’s first state park
Indian Springs State Park
Georgia State Parks and Historic Sites, a division of the Department of Natural Resources, protects more than 85,000 acres of natural beauty at more than sixty parks and historic sites in the state.
In the early 20th century, auto touring increased in popularity, putting destination spots in demand. Georgia took advantage of this new opportunity by joining the national movement toward the development of state parks in 1927, when the state Senate called for a resolution to preserve the Indian Springs Reserve in Butts County. The resolution placed the spring and ten acres of land surrounding it under the jurisdiction of the State Board of Forestry, with the intent of converting the reserve into a state park.
In 1931 the Georgia State Parks System was created, and the state created a commission that established two parks: Indian Springs (already named) and Vogel, near Blood Mountain in Union County. Five more state parks, referred to at the time as “forest parks,” became a part of the system during the next six years.
In 1937 the Georgia Division of State Parks, Historic Sites and Monuments was established in order to manage what became known as “recreational areas.” In 1937 Georgia law defined these areas as “natural features, scenic beauty, with or without historical, archeological or scientific buildings or objects thereon, [possessing] distinctive, innate or potential physical, intellectual, creative, social or other recreational or educational value or interest.” That same year the Department of Natural Resources was established with four divisions: Forestry; Wild Life; Mines, Mining and Geology; and State Parks, Historic Sites and Monuments. In 1973 the fourth division was renamed Parks, Recreation and Historic Sites, later shortened to Georgia State Parks and Historic Sites.
The parks system grew in large part because of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), organized in 1933 as an independent agency under President Roosevelt’s New Deal. The creation of the CCC brought jobs for people in Georgia and provided manpower needed to restore and preserve the state’s land resources. CCC workers built dams, fought forest fires, planted trees, and constructed trails in the wilderness.
In the mid-1930s Georgia’s state parks grew from 500 to 5,000 acres with the aid of the federal government. Among the newly created parks were F. D. Roosevelt State Park on Pine Mountain in Harris County, A. H. Stephens Historic Park in Taliaferro County (now listed on the National Register of Historic Places), and Hard Labor Creek in Morgan County.
In the 1940s the state parks system continued to grow through cooperation among various agencies, including the National Park Service and the CCC. The CCC developed and turned over to the state land that eventually became Chehaw Park in Albany (Dougherty County), Little Ocmulgee in McRae (Telfair County), and Fort Mountain in Chatsworth (Murray County).
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Please provide the name of the lake in this Mystery Photo
Please identify this Mystery Photograph by giving us the name of this particular lake. It might be tougher than you think. Send your answer to elliott@brack.net, and include your hometown.
Only our two major eagle eyes, Allan Peel and George Graf, got the right answers to the last mystery. The photograph came from Lou Camerio of Lilburn.
Peel, from San Antonio, Tex., told us: “Today’s mystery photo is of the Rockdale County Covered Bridge, about seven-miles northeast of Conyers, Ga. The bridge crosses Mill Rock Creek, which is a tributary of Big Haynes Creek which itself feeds into Parkers Lake near Black Shoals Park. Visible (but mostly illegible) in the mystery photo is a wooden sign on the front facade of the bridge which reads ‘Rockdale County, Ga’. When first built in 1997, the bridge was known as the ‘Haralson Mill Bridge’ but was later renamed to ‘Rockdale County Covered Bridge.’ The bridge was the first of its kind to be built in Georgia since the 1890s. It is 150-feet long, 36-feet wide and, as is clearly visible in the mystery photo, has a clearance of 14-feet 6-inches. It is a ‘Stringer Truss’ design and is styled with decorative lattice. Total cost of the redesigned bridge was $880,000. Concerned about the possibility of fire, the bridge was equipped with cameras, smoke detectors and a sprinkler system.”
Graf, of Palmyra, Va. added: “There are less than 20 covered bridges remaining in the state, but in 1997 the County of Rockdale boldly decided to add another to the numbers. The County spent almost $900,000 completing the wooden bridge and designed it to look similar to other Tongue and Lattice styled bridges from the 1800’s. It took 248 cubic yards of concrete and 31,000 pounds of steel to form the base columns for the bridge. It utilized Georgia wood and labor in hopes of promoting new timber bridge technology.”
For the record, GwinnettForum omitted in the last issue that Graf also recognized the Oceanside, Cal. Mystery photo. We apologize.
PEACEFUL SCENE: The site is Rhodes Jordan Lake in Lawrenceville at sunset. Roving Photographer Frank Sharp waited until just the right second to capture this scene. The person in the picture might be feeding the ducks, or might be fishing, but surely all seems peaceful.
Second Saturday Open Studio at the Tannery Row Artist Colony, June 8, from noon to 4 p.m. Enjoy light refreshments while you view a variety of unique fine art. Meet the artists and watch them work. The Colony’s 15th Anniversary Exhibit is now showing. The Colony is located at 554 West Main Street in Buford.
Jail Break Challenge will take place this Saturday, June 8 at 8 a.m. at the Gwinnett County Jail’s obstacle course, located at 750 Hi-Hope Road in Lawrenceville. This 5K course leads runners around the jail campus where they will encounter all levels of terrain and extreme obstacles. Proceeds support the Sheriff’s Office’s teen mentoring programs. Space is limited, so register soon at www.active.com. For more information, visit www.jailbreakchallenge.org.
Adopt-a-Stream Workshop: Learn how to monitor the condition of a creek or stream in a class held by Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful in partnership with the Department of Water Resources. Receive free supplies, training, and certifications in chemical, bacterial, and macroinvertebrate testing. This will be June 8 from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. at Rhodes Jordan Park in Lawrenceville. To find out more about the Adopt-a-Stream program, visit gwinnettcb.org/adopt-a-stream/.
June picnic of the Southern Wings Bird Club will be Monday, June 10, at 6 p.m. at Pavilion No. 1 at Rhodes Jordan Park in Lawrenceville. The club will provide chicken and tableware. Bring a side dish or salad or dessert. For more details, call Rebecca Deitsch (678-334-1173) or Hank Ohme (770-845-3631).
Water Conservation Workshop: Water Wise Landscaping will be June 13 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at OneStop Buford, 2755 Sawnee Avenue in Buford. Learn how to create and sustain a water-efficient landscape to save money and time on maintenance. Preregister by calling 678-376-7193 for more information.
Picnic in the Park with the Braselton Police will be Saturday, June 18 from 6 to 9 p.m. Meet the department officers, view the police vehicles up close, enjoy hamburgers and hot dogs provided by Braselton’s own Block ‘n Blade and play in the splash pad or on the playground.
The Southeastern Pastel Society 2019 National Juried Exhibition will run through August 10, at the Quinlan Visual Arts Center at 514 Green Street in Gainesville. Reception and awards will be on June 13 at 5:30 p.m. The center is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and on Saturday from 10a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is Free. This exhibit will feature 76 paintings in a variety of styles painted by artists from nine states. For more information call the Quinlan Visual Arts Center 770-536-2575, or visit quinlanartscenter.org.
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