Gwinnett residents can now recycle glass at another location in Gwinnett.
Gwinnett County and Waste Pro USA, Inc., have expanded their drop-off glass recycling program to Pinckneyville Park, which began December 10.
This is the second drop-off glass recycling location that the county will offer through its pilot program. The first site, located in the parking lot of OneStop Norcross at 5030 Georgia Belle Court in Norcross, opened in October and has already diverted 4.2 tons of mixed glass from landfills.
Residents can drop off their clean, empty glass containers at Pinckneyville Park, located at 4758 South Old Peachtree Road in Peachtree Corners. The drop-off container is located by the baseball complex and is accessible 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Glass dropped off at both locations will be hauled to Strategic Materials, Inc., a large glass recycler in the Atlanta area.
Acceptable glass items include clear and colored food and beverage bottles and jars. Frequently asked questions about glass recycling can be found on GwinnettCB.org/Glass-Recycling.
Duluth resident publishes book about Summerour family
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A book about early settlers in Georgia has been published. It is Germany to Georgia: Ten Generations of an American Family by Charles Summerour of Duluth. It chronicles the journey of the Summerour family from the colonial days of 1748 to the present day. It consists of 132 pages.
Told largely in story form with sprinkles of genealogy to honor ancestors, the journey goes from their arrival in Philadelphia to pioneer times in North Carolina to their move to Georgia in the 1820s.
The third and fourth generations were involved in gold mining during the gold rush in Georgia in the 1830s and the California gold rush of the late 1840s. The gold rush provided the family with the wealth to later become large landowners and well-known farmers in then Milton County, Ga., now known as Johns Creek. With the eventual decline of farming the family established both farms and businesses in Gwinnett County, especially in and around Duluth, which would provide the impetus and means to transition the later generations to more profitable life opportunities.
While the story of the family will be of primary interest to the Summerour family, the history accounts provide insights into the times which made the family a true representation of how demanding and how rewarding the opportunities they found and prospered from along the way. The family characteristics and traits made them models for others to follow and learning about them, made compiling their story a great experience in itself.
The book is published by Stories to Tell. The cost is $15 and is available from Summerour and also available at Amazon.
EMC offers $1,000 Harrison Scholarship
Jackson Electric Membership Cooperative (EMC) is accepting applications for the annual Walter Harrison Scholarship, which provides $1,000 for academic expenses to students pursuing post-secondary education at Georgia colleges and technical schools. Applicants must be accepted, or enrolled currently, as a full- or part-time student, at any accredited two- or four-year university, college, or vocational-technical institute in Georgia. Student applicants must live in a primary residence served by Jackson EMC.
The scholarship is merit-based, and students are evaluated on financial need, grade point average, SAT scores, academic standing, scholastic honors and community involvement. Applicants must complete an application and submit a biographical sketch with educational goals.
To receive an application, students should contact their school guidance counselor or visit www.jacksonemc.com/walterharrisonscholarship. Four,teen students across Georgia will be awarded scholarships, which are sponsored by Georgia’s 41 electric cooperatives. Completed applications are due by February 1, 2022.
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