GwinnettForum | Number 21.71 | Sept. 14, 2021
PEACHTREE CORNERS’ BUSINESS COMMUNITY has a distinctive new business: the French-American Chamber of Commerce Atlanta office. A gathering of about 100 people welcomed the Chamber last week in an outdoor ceremony at their office at the Curiosity Lab Innovation Center. From left are Bertrand Lapoire, vice president of the French American Chamber; Michael Gerebtzoff, Consul General of Belgium in Atlanta, Kirk Duguid, Acting Consul General, Consulate General of Canada in the Southeast; Mayor Mike Mason; Vincent Hommeril, Consul General of France in Atlanta; John Parkerson, Honorary Consul General and Foreign Economic Counselor of Hungary; Julie Lambotte, Executive Director the French Chamber of Atlanta and Office Manager, French Tech Atlanta; and City Manager Brian Johnson. See more in Notable below.
Plan now to come to the 38th annual Duluth Fall Festival on Saturday and Sunday, September 25-26. There will be 300 plus arts and crafts, food and sponsor booths with many exciting new vendors. A huge parade kicks off the Festival on Saturday morning at 10 a.m. followed by the Opening Ceremony. Then entertainment takes over on two stages where more than 20 acts will perform a variety of music and dance. Sunday starts with a 5K race at 8 a.m. followed by Worship on the Green and more entertainment. Go to duluthfallfestival.org for more information. We hope to see you there!
TODAY’S FOCUS: Refuses to remain silent about the future of this country
EEB PERSPECTIVE: How grandparents lost lots of cash in “granddaughter” scam
ANOTHER VIEW: She can only hope that more Americans will come home
SPOTLIGHT: MTI Baths Inc.
FEEDBACK: Both parties have changed since Zell Miller was around
UPCOMING: Snellville seeks input on upgrading T.W. Briscoe Park
NOTABLE: Peachtree Corners welcomes French-American
RECOMMENDED: The Secular Enlightenment by Margaret C. Jacob
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Lower Chattahoochee Commission promotes counties in two states
MYSTERY PHOTO: Here’s a big hint about this Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Gwinnett County Fair continues this week for 66th year
CALENDAR: Pooches in the Park coming to Braselton on September 25
Refuses to remain silent about the future of this country
(Editor’s note: The author spent 40 years of work in community and economic development, and retired from the Southwest Georgia Regional Commission. He is an Air Force veteran of the Vietnam era, a native of Missouri, and graduate of the University of Missouri. His home is split by the Gwinnett/Walton line, so with his bedroom in Walton, he pays taxes there.)–eeb
By Dan Bollinger Sr.
LOGANVILLE, Ga. | So, as I sit here on the eve of the 20th anniversary of a heinous attack on the United States, I am wondering what has happened to the nation I have defended, studied and worked for all these years.
Bollinger
Therefore, to all my Republican, and right-wing friends, get ready to jump on my case. I refuse to remain silent any longer.
We are in a pandemic that every credible expert I have read or studied believe cannot be stopped without a drastic action on the part of all governments, local, state, or federal. I do not understand the resistance to the vaccine and/or masks. I took the vaccine for polio, smallpox, and the only lasting effect was a scar on my left arm that has since disappeared.
When I entered the military, and while I was on active duty, I was given numerous shots that I had no idea what they were for, nor did I question their necessity. I refuse to listen to the conspiracy theorists that refuse to believe the experts; question an election that time and again has been proven valid; fomented an insurrection on our government by attacking our Capitol; and continue to generate further partisan wrangling based on one thing: the Republican Party.
Do not get me wrong. I believe in a two-party system, and the value of conservative, progressive and some liberal philosophies.
I do not believe we are working together, as was intended by our founding fathers. We have elected some very radical individuals, both Republican and Democrat, fomenting policies that are unreasonable and were inconceivable 20 years ago. Radicals in Congress were elected in the same election that many question the validity of, yet continue to say, “Biden is not my President.”
Throughout the previous administration, I never said “Trump is not my President,” even though I did not like the man, questioned many of his policies and actions, and vehemently disagreed with his style. Make no mistake: I believe his inaction, denial, and refusal to recognize Covid 19, saying it will disappear, etc. is a major cause of all of the issues and death of this pandemic.
All that being said, I challenge all of the Republican governors who are threatening to sue, refusing to implement measures to protect the common man. Come on, Governors Kemp, DeSantis and Abbott, how do you propose to solve this issue, by attacking the veracity of the election? Cutting taxes? Offering “thoughts and prayers”? Give us a reasonable plan of action we can support, not just attacks on those who are trying to control it!
You are demanding schools reopen, for very valid reasons, yet do not do anything to protect a very vulnerable population. And in point of fact, you issue Executive Orders to resist attempts to keep us safe, believing this is your most important function.
At least Joe Biden is doing something, even though some think it is wrong. What are the elected Republicans doing besides throwing barbs at those local, state and federal officials who are trying to do something? I am thoroughly disgusted by your negative comments and inaction.
Like it or not, this is how I feel. After 75 years on this earth, over 60 of which were spent working hard, and now I’m unable to enjoy what few years I have left. I am tired of basically being “confined to quarters,” listening to elected politicians who would rather chirp at someone else than solve problems. I am very concerned for my family’s future. What will the next 20 years bring?
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How grandparents lost cash in “granddaughter” scam
By Elliott Brack
Editor and Publisher, GwinnettForum
SEPT. 14, 2021 | It was a new wrinkle we heard of recently: grandparents were thinking they were helping their granddaughter in a distant city, and did not recognize they were being scammed. Read on, so that you won’t be scammed.
A grandfather told this story: “How could we be so stupid! There were so many alarms where we failed to take notice. And I ended up giving a rank stranger, someone I didn’t know, lots of cash! I feel rotten, not so much about the money as it is my own stupidity!”
In relating this to a police officer, he was asked: “Did the guy you gave money to speak to you?”
“No. He never said a word.”
“Probably didn’t talk English,” the officer said. “I suspect you were dealing with the Russians. What did this man look like?”
“He was a white guy, relatively short, perhaps 5’7” or 5’8”, somewhat squat with a pudgy build. I can barely remember because the other guy, the one who initiated the call, had me on a portable phone and was pressuring me non-stop all the time. As his courier came to my house, he kept asking ‘Can you see him coming now?’ At first, I said no, but then he asked again and again, maybe five times, if I saw him coming. Then he started asking ‘Have you given him the money yet?’ asking this several times as the courier walked toward me, and even when I was handing the money to him. He kept up this constant pressure.
“I remember thinking ‘You are handing cash to someone you don’t know!’ while the guy on the phone was asking all this time over and over ‘Has he left yet?’, then ‘Can you still see him?’ several times, and finally I answered no. Then he switched, telling me: ‘Write down this number. This is your electronic receipt number,’ and I wrote down about a 10 digit number, which I realize now was useless. He kept the pressure up and I was distracted. I couldn’t think straight.”
The grandfather continued: “Two minutes later he was calling back saying he wanted to let our granddaughter talk to us again. (My wife had talked to who she thought was her earlier, but thought she sounded funny, as she did again.) The money was to be bail to keep her from going to jail. Now he asked could I get more cash (a big sum) right then, as he would represent her in court so she could enter a lawsuit against the city for an illegal arrest. I guess that’s when the alarm eventually went off. I said no to the money, and he got off the phone. Afterward, his phone after that was “no longer in service.”
Local police officials have heard this story before. One said: “Those people are so clever, so professional. They play on emotions. That grandfather was not the first. They make it sound so reasonable, having the “granddaughter” say that the grandparents should not call either her father or mother, for she would tell them later. And even making the grandparents think they were actually talking with her. All this began when the caller said their granddaughter was in an accident, but was not hurt and he would keep her out of jail.”
Police officials suggests to anyone getting such calls: “When something sounds a little different, be suspicious. Hang up on the scammer and immediately call your local police department. Remember they use keywords of ‘requiring cash’ and ‘must have immediately.’ That should set off alarms that something is amiss.”
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She can only hope that more Americans will come home
By Debra Houston, contributing columnist
LILBURN, Ga. | On September 9, a Qatari jet landed in Doha, Qatar, holding some 100 American, British, and Canadian passengers, the first release since the evacuation of Afghanistan. We can only hope for more.
A few days before, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken gave a news conference: “There are groups of people who are grouped together, some of whom have the appropriate travel documents – an American passport, a green card, a visa – and others do not. It’s my understanding that the Taliban has not denied exit to anyone holding a valid document, but they have said that those without valid documents at this point can’t leave. But because of all these people are grouped together, that’s meant flights have not been allowed to go.”
Was red tape preventing Americans from leaving? You had to have “valid documents.” “There are groups of people grouped together….” Should they disperse? And, Mr. Blinken, you tried hard not to say the noun “American,” but, if they hold an American (adjective) passport, you can call them Americans.
I doubt the Taliban cares about documents; They want leverage, and they have it while holding onto Americans. Some political analysts think the administration paid the Taliban to release the one hundred. Press Secretary Jen Psaki said the Taliban had been “businesslike” during the negotiations, as if they wore suits and ties, carrying briefcases.
Mr. Blinken himself is soft-spoken, but robotic. I sense fear in his eyes, as if someone might sneak up behind him. In 2014, Senator John McCain called him “dangerous” because he advocated a complete withdrawal from Afghanistan; McCain advocated (prophetically) that a few thousand troops should remain to prevent a Taliban takeover.
I welcome any pro-American Afghan to live here. Any rejection of such must be tempered with the administration’s approval of illegal immigrants pouring over our Southern border. With the exception of those seeking political asylum, illegals are “groups of groups” without documents but armed with illicit drugs, Covid, and criminal enterprises, yet they seem to garner more respect than our stranded translators and facilitators in Afghanistan.
I once had a neighbor who skipped out in the middle of the night to avoid paying her rent. That’s how it felt when the president left Afghanistan: Maybe no one will notice. We’ll just pack up and go. Unfortunately, the whole world noticed.
I miss Rush Limbaugh’s take on things since he died. But I know what he’d say regarding Afghanistan. (I paraphrase Limbaugh here.) “The Democrats told us what they’d do if elected, and we laughed. Then they did it. Why are you surprised? They said they’d bring America down a notch or two. So, we stiffed our allies. Who cares? We have no right to be a superpower given our stain of racism, sexism, homophobia, oppression of the poor and imperialism. Don’t doubt me on this, people. The far-left hates America.”
I know liberals love America, but the extremists belittle it every chance they get. Nonetheless, Rush’s longstanding take on them chills me, especially when President Biden remarked that he had no regrets about our exodus from Afghanistan. Even after he took heat internationally, he maintained that it all went as planned. Too bad we looked weak. It was part of the strategy. He wouldn’t have changed a thing.
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Both parties have changed since Zell Miller was around
Do you remember Zell Miller, Mr. Wilson?
I got to meet him and I have a photo of my son in an Eagle uniform when he was pitching one of his books. Once upon a time, Georgia was a Democrat state. Miller then was a conservative North Georgia, salt of the earth plaintalker. His HOPE scholarship is still educating the youth of the state.
So, what changed; why did Georgia flip almost overnight to the Republicans? There were delegates in the state house, who were elected as Democrats and changed parties after taking office.
Those of us living back then, are aware that the Democrat party had become far more liberal. Still a coalition of interest groups, the Democrats unified strongly to oppose Republicans. Republicans were active in asking Georgia Democrats if the party had left them. Was there a place in the party for people like them?
In 2003 Sonny Perdue won the governor’s office even though he was heavily outspent and the legislature followed his win. The Republicans have run the state since then for going on two decades.
Now demographic change and activism have swelled Democrats ranks. Perceived voting irregularities and new laws have both parties highly motivated. The state seems evenly divided now and turnout will determine its leadership.
The two parties have changed since the Republicans took over in Georgia. Both sides have polarized. Democrats want electric vehicles and solar panels, open immigration, government funding for college and health care. Republicans are labeled as angry white people of privilege. Republicans spend too, but seek religious freedom, school choice, no public funding of abortion services, immigration control, police support, and capitalism. They want to spend money on building a strong defense, cheap fuel, and a complete border wall. No socialists in the Republican Party.
— Byron Gilbert, Duluth
Thoughts on Texas abortions, no end window apartments
Thank you, Jack Berman for your comments on abortion
Texas became a state in 1845. This may be a good time to let it drop out of the Union as it has wanted to do for all of its 176 years! On the other hand, if every one of a woman’s family and friends sued for providing assistance in her search for an abortion (which she probably didn’t want anyway), they could pool their winnings and provide almost enough for the child’s college education!
On another topic: right on Elliott. They’re building right now on Scenic Highway (Georgia Highway 124) in Lithonia: 200 units – no end windows, backing up on a granite quarry! Not a supermarket or store in at least 10 miles (four nearby gas stations and a carwash across the way!). Three cheers for suburban development!
— Keni Woodruff, Lithonia
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Snellville seeks input on upgrading T.W. Briscoe Park
Snellville city officials are looking for input on what residents would like to see at T.W. Briscoe Park regarding the park’s Master Plan update.
Attendees will have an opportunity to pick prequalified items or improvements they’d like to see at the park – some of those ideas for improvements include a gymnasium, hiking trails, more tennis/pickleball courts, updated basketball courts, accessible playground and indoor meeting rooms. The public input meeting is designed to identify the needs of the community as part of Phase III of the park’s Master Plan update.
The meeting will take place from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Sept. 30 at the Briscoe Park Office, 2500 Sawyer Parkway, in the Betty McMichael room. If residents are unable to attend in person, park officials encourage the public to join the meeting via Microsoft Teams at https://bit.ly/3n8Rkth.
Lilburn opening splash pad Sept. 18 in Old Town District
The City of Lilburn is opening a splash pad and pavilion at Lilburn City Park in its downtown district, known as Old Town. These new amenities are built adjacent to one another, and they will open to the public Saturday, September 18.
To celebrate the event, there will be music with a live DJ from 10 a.m. until noon at the pavilion, plus food and drinks for purchase. The Splash Pad will operate on September 18 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. The Splash Pad will be turned off at 2 p.m. to allow preparations for the free Rock the Park Concert on Saturday evening (concert begins at 6 p.m.).
The new pavilion, honoring the late Councilman Calvin Fitchett, has 3,000 square feet of covered space and includes public restrooms and two changing rooms on the main floor. The basement has a green room for concert performers and storage for city events.
The splash pad is intentionally designed with Old Town Lilburn history in mind. Two artistic buckets pour water, a tribute to the “Bucket Brigade” volunteers who saved Old Town Lilburn from a large fire in 1920 that nearly destroyed the town. Another design feature resembles railroad tracks and a “cow catcher” found on the front of trains, which relates to Lilburn’s history as a railroad town.
Starting on Sunday, September 19, the regular hours of operation for the Splash Pad will be Wednesday to Sunday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., and closed on Monday and Tuesday.
Snellville to mail city property tax bills after Sept. 15
Residents of Snellville will be receiving their city property tax bills directly from City Hall after September 15. The city is now handling all property tax billing and collections, instead of the Tax Commissioner mailing them out. Payment is due by December 15.
If a property sale or purchase occurred after Jan. 1, 2021, the property taxes may have been prorated during the real estate closing. For any questions regarding tax liability in a sale/purchase year, contact the closing attorney. Residents with an escrow account must bear responsibility to ensure the taxes are paid. Bills are not mailed directly to mortgage companies.
Payments can be made by mailing a check, cashier’s check, or money order to Snellville City Hall, Attn: Property Tax, 2342 Oak Road, Snellville Ga. 30078, or residents can pay in person at City Hall or online at www.snellville.org.
Peachtree Corners welcomes French-American Chamber
Over 100 people helped Peachtree Corners celebrate the opening of the French-American Chamber of Commerce’s (FACC) new offices in the Curiosity Lab Innovation Center.
The FACC had announced earlier this year plans to relocate its offices to Peachtree Corners. The move was combined with the announcement that La French Tech Atlanta, a French government-supported ecosystem of startups, investors, decision-makers, and community builders – will expand collaboration with Peachtree Corners as they guide companies looking to develop technologies and expand into North America.
French Tech Atlanta president Sebastien Lafon says: “We are delighted to join the Curiosity Lab and overall Peachtree Corners smart city ecosystem. This will enable French startups to collaborate with many innovators and prove their technology in a unique and live environment, with real city-owned connected infrastructure that cannot be replicated in a laboratory.”
The French-American Chamber’s move from its previous location in downtown Atlanta inside the French Consulate was made to better facilitate its growing interest in establishing collaborative environments in North America. La French Tech Atlanta was awarded accreditation in April by the French Government recognizing Metro Atlanta’s rise as a primary destination for international tech companies, experts, and investors.
Mayor Mike Mason says: “It is indeed a delight and privilege to be part of this celebration to help facilitate the advancement of developing technologies with our new French partners through the use of the city’s 5G and IoT technology, smart city, and connected vehicle infrastructure, and autonomous vehicle test track.”
GGC continues as most ethnically diverse college in South
For the eighth straight year, Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC) has been ranked as the most ethnically diverse Southern regional college, according to the 2022 U.S. News & World Report (USN&WR) magazine college and university.
The ranking was based on data reported from the college’s fall 2020 semester. With 11,627 students, the ethnic composition of GGC’s student body was 33 percent black/African American; 27 percent white; 25 percent Hispanic; 11 percent Asian; 4 percent multi-ethnic and less than one percent each for Native American, Pacific Islander and unknown. While 75 percent of students came from Gwinnett County in the fall of 2020, others came from 32 U.S. states and 120 countries.
In addition to being recognized for its diversity, GGC also ranked as the third most innovative school among regional colleges in the South, moving up one place from last year. USN&WR ranks schools in this category for innovative approaches to curriculum, faculty, students, campus life, technology or facilities.
GGC ranked No. 3 in the Top 20 Public Schools category and gained recognition as a Top Performer in Social Mobility among Southern regional colleges.
Allen joins Good Samaritan Centers as associate director
Allen
Good Samaritan Health Centers of Gwinnett, a nonprofit providing medical, dental and pharmaceutical services to poor and uninsured individuals in Metro Atlanta, has appointed Shameka Allen as the Associate Director of the organization. She was previously employed at a Target store in Buford; was a district sales manager for CVS Health; and was with DaVita Kidney Care at 11 dialysis facilities and five home dialysis units. Before coming to Good Sam Gwinnett, Allen worked at Beltone, where she helped healthcare clients develop financial, marketing and operations business plans. Allen earned a master’s of business administration (MBA) from the University of Georgia, a master’s of arts in international affairs from the University of Indianapolis, and a bachelor’s of arts in French studies at Emory University.
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The Secular Enlightenment by Margaret C. Jacob
From Raleigh Perry, Buford: The author is a distinguished professor of History at the University of California; she has published many books on the Enlightenment. The Enlightenment was, perhaps, the single most exciting period in European history. It was the age of Voltaire, Locke, Hobbes, Newton and Leibniz. John Locke and Thomas Hobbes gave opposing views of government. It was Locke that was Jefferson’s biggest influence in writing the Declaration of Independence. Sir Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, while miles apart, came up with calculus at about the same time. Voltaire has almost too many things to list—-playwright, poet, novelist, essayist, historian, and one of the funniest writers of the period. Most were multifaceted. All were geniuses. they gave the world another way to look at things. The only thing I do not understand about the book is its title. There was far more to the Enlightenment than just the secular side.
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Chattahoochee Commission promotes counties in two states
Organized in 1970, the Historic Chattahoochee Commission (HCC) promotes tourism and historic preservation throughout the Lower Chattahoochee River Valley. A bistate agency of Alabama and Georgia, the commission focuses on 18 counties along the lower Chattahoochee River. Within this “heritage corridor,” the HCC has developed an innovative work plan to entice visitors to the area while improving the region’s overall quality of life. The HCC’s program includes publications, historical markers, folklife interpretation, rural architectural surveys, heritage education, tourism and preservation seed grants, and an Indian heritage center, as well as agricultural, genealogical, and nature-based tourism projects.
Alabama Representative Bill Neville and Alabama Senator Jimmy Clark conceived the idea for the HCC as a way to help unite the counties along the lower Chattahoochee River into a region that could generate economic growth through the use of its heritage tourism resources. In 1970 the HCC was created by an act of the Alabama state legislature.
In 1978 the Georgia General Assembly and the Alabama legislature passed identical legislation to establish an interstate compact for the operation of the commission. Final approval of the Historic Chattahoochee Compact came in October 1978, when the same bill cleared the U.S. Congress and U.S. president Jimmy Carter signed it into law. The HCC is the first and only tourism/preservation agency in the nation officially sanctioned to cross state lines in the pursuit of goals common to all member counties.
In 1974 the board chose the name “Chattahoochee Trace” to describe this region, or “historic funland,” which is a blend of Old South traditions and New South innovations. A mecca for history buffs, campers, cyclists, and vacationers, the region offers numerous historic and recreational attractions. Indian mounds, historic buildings, museums, covered bridges, championship golf courses, lunker-filled lakes, home tours, and festivals annually attract thousands of people.
A seed-grant fund annually provides matching-grant monies to various regional groups for worthy tourism and preservation projects. Other projects focus on brochure distribution, television and magazine advertising, travel writer familiarization tours, and awards, in addition to assistance on tourism and preservation-related subjects.
The HCC publishes a quarterly newsletter and a monthly calendar, which are available upon request. The organization received a Governor’s Award in the Humanities in 1993.
- To view the Georgia Encyclopedia article online, go to https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org
Here’s a big hint about this Mystery Photo
Here’s a big hint for identifying this week’s Mystery Photo: the tall building in the background is a bank.
See if you can tell us where this beautifully-framed photograph was taken. Send you answers to elliott@brack.net and be sure to include your hometown.
It was a good week for the regular Mystery Photo spotters, as several of them recognized St. Peter and Paul Cathedral in St. Petersburg, Russia. The photo came from Mickey Merkel of Berkeley Lake.
George Graf, Palmyra, Va. wrote: “The tall spire is the Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral, Saint Petersburg, Russia and the small Pavilion Boathouse that fronts it in the photo. The current building, the first stone church in St. Petersburg, was designed by Trezzini and built between 1712 and 1733. Its gold-painted spire reaches a height of 123 metres (404 feet) and features at its top an angel holding a cross. This angel is one of the most important symbols of St. Petersburg. The cathedral has a typical Flemish carillon, a gift of the Flemish city of Mechelen, Flanders.
“The small golden building in front of the cathedral in this photo is the boathouse pavilion. An attractive pavilion situated to the west of the Ss. Peter and Paul Cathedral, the Boathouse was built by architect Alexander Vist 1762-1765 in a style that marked the transition from baroque to neoclassicism. The pavilion was built to house Peter the Great’s Dinghy, a small sailboat that had been used by the young Tsar to learn naval principles on lakes in the area, and thus was hailed as the ‘Grandfather of the Russian Navy.’”
Allan Peel of San Antonio, Tex. added: “The cathedral houses the remains of almost all the Russian emperors and empresses from Peter the Great (1682-1725) to Nicholas II (1869-1918). Among the emperors and empresses buried here was Catherine the Great (1729-1796). Of the rulers after Peter the Great, only Peter II (1715-1730) and Ivan VI (1740-1764) are not buried here.”
Also recognizing the photo were Lou Camerio of Lilburn and Susan McBrayer of Sugar Hill.
The 66th annual Gwinnett County Fair continues through Sunday at the Fairgrounds in Lawrenceville. Roving Photographer Frank Sharp took this photo as two riders, one apparently a grandfather and his grandson, anticipate the thrill of a carnival ride.
The Gwinnett Stripers host the Nashville Sounds at Coolray Field for a six-game series from September 14 to September 19. The homestand includes Fan Appreciation Night and Fireworks Friday (September 17), and a retro-style Lowercase “g” Cap Giveaway (September 18).
Cofer
Jim Cofer of Snellville will speak at the September 20 meeting of the Gwinnett Historical Society at the Historic Courthouse on the square in Lawrenceville at 6:30 p.m. His subject will be the “lost letters of Thomas Snell, one of the founders of Snellville, who came to this country in 1874.
Pooches in the Park in Braselton, will be September 25, from 9:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. There will be continued activity for dogs, such as a Boneyard, Rover on Over Marketplace, DockDog aquatics, and a dog costume contest. And there will be plenty of food and drinks for humans. All activities are in Braselton Park.
Recycling coming: Peachtree Corners is planning a free electronics recycling and shredding event for Saturday, October 9 at City Hall, 310 Technology Parkway. The event will start at 9 a.m. and last until noon, or until recycling trucks are full. The city has hired Proshred and EWaste-ePlanet for the events.
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