NEW for 2/1: Surviving COVID; Pyle’s dispatches; Resolutions

GwinnettForum  |  Number 21.9|  Feb. 1, 2022

NEW COMMISSION MAP PROPOSAL: State Rep. Bonnie Rich (R-Suwanee) Monday released this proposed district map for the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners under the redistricting requirement. She says of the proposed map: “After sharing this proposal with Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners Chairwoman Nicole Hendrickson, I am releasing this updated map that equalizes population, recognizes population shifts and complies with the Voting Rights Act. This map also adheres to traditional redistricting principles of compactness, including keeping communities of interest together and not pairing incumbents in the same district. Also, in keeping with Gwinnett’s diverse population, four of the four districts are majority nonwhite. There is zero partisan gerrymandering reflected in this proposal, which seeks to comply with all aspects of the laws of redistricting.” Chairwoman Hendrickson had not responded to this map at deadline time. 

IN THIS EDITION

TODAY’S FOCUS: Lilburn Distillery survived Covid by making hand sanitizer
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Ernie Pyle’s dispatches from the war had hidden messages
ANOTHER VIEW: Did you flunk keeping resolutions? You are not alone
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Banking Company
FEEDBACK: Glad to see Senate trying to delay Democratic actions
NOTABLE: Lawrenceville takes action following police investigation
RECOMMENDED: Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes by Edith Hamilton
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Tallulah Falls once considered the “Niagara of the South”
MYSTERY PHOTO: Check out this gorgeous fall scene near lake 
LAGNIAPPE: Braselton’s Mulberry Park pecan tree will have to come down
CALENDAR: Norcross Cemetery Tour set for Sunday, February 6

TODAY’S FOCUS

Lilburn Distillery survived COVID by making hand sanitizer

By Betsey Dahlberg

LILBURN, Ga.  |  For those of you who have never heard this, Hope Springs Distillery is the first distillery to open in Gwinnett County since Prohibition.  We are located in Old Town Lilburn on Railroad Avenue.  

We currently make three products:  Top Hat Vodka, Garner Creek Gin, and Illusion Absinthe.  All of our products are distributed by Savannah Distributing Company and are available throughout the State of Georgia.

We started selling spirits in 2017.  Like everyone else, the Pandemic caught us by surprise, and we had to close our tasting room in 2020.  We started giving tastings and selling from our back door instead.  In April of 2020, the federal government asked us to consider making hand sanitizer, since it was impossible to find sanitizer in stores.

The second weekend we were open to sell hand sanitizer, and we accidentally created the worst traffic jam in the history of Lilburn!  We sold about 500 bottles of it in one day! We had to ask folks to leave and come back another day.  We think the police have finally forgiven us for that traffic jam!  We sold the sanitizer for the lowest price we could, and donated some to first responders as well.  After about 12 weeks, the supply chain caught up, and we didn’t have any more demand for it. We ended up manufacturing and selling about 4,000 bottles of hand sanitizer.

The year 2021 was hard on us, as well as being hard on a lot of our bar and restaurant customers.  Not only that, but lots of the festivals were canceled then. We were pleased to participate in the Atlanta Food and Wine Festival.  Also, for the first time, we participated in the Georgia Trustees Wine and Spirits Competition.  We won the Best in Georgia Award for both our Garner Creek Gin and our Illusion Absinthe.

We also met a very interesting guy, Armistead Wellford of Richmond, Va., who is the Great-Great-Great Nephew of Lilburn Trigg Meyers, for whom Lilburn is named. Mr. Meyers is the gentleman whose picture graces our labels for Top Hat Vodka.  Our new buddy is a very interesting  person, and he feels like a member of our family!  We are hoping to see more of him here in Lilburn.

We are hoping that 2022 will be the year that the Pandemic eases up, and we are hoping to produce a few new products, and perhaps expand our distribution a bit. We are hoping that we will get to open a bigger tasting room soon as well.  

Please feel free to come and visit as well, whether you have visited us before or not.  It would be best to call first (770 861 6397), or check on our Facebook page or our Instagram account. After all, we promised the Lilburn Police Chief that we would not again invite everyone in Gwinnett County to visit us at the same time!  Hope to see you soon.

EEB PERSPECTIVE

Ernie Pyle’s dispatches from the war had hidden messages

By Elliott Brack
Editor and Publisher, GwinnettForum

FEB. 1, 2022  |  During World War II, one of our nation’s most respected journalists was Ernie Pyle, a Washington editor who became a war correspondent. His reporting from London, Africa, Italy and France was syndicated in newspapers all across the country. 

Pyle reported about ordinary American soldiers during World War II.  Before the war, he was a roving human-interest reporter from 1935 through 1941 for the Scripps-Howard newspaper syndicate that earned him wide acclaim for his simple accounts of ordinary people across North America. During the war, he talked to the guys in the trenches. One GI described his articles this way: “He catches the spirit. Nothing phony in it anywhere.” 

His dispatches from the war were run in newspapers across the country. His impact was such that the Pulitzer Prize committee suggested his editor submit his stories for consideration in the prize.  His editor was delighted, mainly because he had never heard of the committee soliciting a submission. The prize was for “….distinguished war correspondence during the year 1943” covering the war in Europe.

Pyle in 1945, via Wikipedia.

Later these daily dispatches were put together in a book, entitled Brave Men.  In his dispatches back to the states, Pyle would identify soldiers from larger cities in a way that confused me. Pyle wrote in this manner: “Sergeant Sam Smith, of 214 Fourth Street in Dallas, Tex……” giving not just the person’s name, but also his exact home address.  For smaller places, he simply named that town. 

For me, seeing such detailed addresses throughout the book was frustrating.  It seemed like an unusual way to report. “Just tell me it was the Sam Smith from Dallas would be enough,” I remember saying to myself.

Later on in the book, I was startled to read on page 425 this passage: “(He) was a smiling, tall young fellow, with clipped hair, Dallas Hudgens from Stonewall, Georgia. He was feeling stuffed as a pig, for he’d just got a big ham from home and had been having at it with vengeance.”

What?  It was the first time I had ever read a book where the author was writing about someone I knew. That was Dallas Scott Hudgens, the Duluth developer. That startled me.

Later on, when talking with Scott about being in the book, an understanding hit me, as Scott told me: “Yeah, he was writing about me and our squad. When his comments appeared in the newspaper column, my mother got mail from all over the United States, enclosing that clipping. Other people far away wanted to make sure she had seen it, and wanted her to know that Pyle had run across me in the war. He caught up with us near Cherbourg, France, a few days after D Day.”  

“My mother had mailed me a canned ham, and when the ham caught up with our five man crew, we were enjoying the ham when Pyle arrived. We offered some to Pyle, and he enjoyed it, too.”

But Pyle, we finally understood, was doing more than we realized with his address style. In effect, Pyle was getting around the censors, not passing on something vital to our enemy, but telling Mrs. Hudgens (and other mothers across the nation) that their sons were OK.

It was an ingenuous way to report on the war, making parents and friends happy to know their loved one was all right.  No wonder Pyle won the Pulitzer.

ANOTHER VIEW

Did you flunk keeping resolutions? You are not alone

By Collin Elder

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga.  |  Keeping up with those New Year’s resolutions? Chances are that you’re not—and you’re not alone.

Elder

A 2021 survey suggests that fewer and fewer people are making the changes they set out to do at the start of the year. Only 35 percent of the participants reported completing all of their goals. 

David Ludden, Ph.D., professor of psychology at Georgia Gwinnett College, says the failure of best laid plans often has to do with diverging forces in one’s brain. 

“The emotional center of the brain pushes us to do things that feel good in the moment, while an area of the brain called the prefrontal cortex (right behind your forehead) pushes us to delay gratification to achieve long-term goals,” he said.

By this, Ludden said the difference between short-term and long-term goals comes down to emotional payoff versus instant gratification. We are hardwired to chase the instant reward of smaller, more accomplishable goals. That chemical hit from achieving something minor like quitting cigarettes for a week is more approachable to accomplish and provides immediate payoff as opposed to someone looking to quit for a month, or a year.

“We fall off the wagon before practice becomes routine,” he explained. “The muscle memories established in going to the gym, or dropping soft drinks, or even calling your mother once a day all require time and concerted effort.”

Ludden says the best way to persevere is to keep things in motion and make them routine.

“Holidays like Lent that encourage people to forgo something for a short period of time often fail to encourage true change,” he said. 

People follow through with Lent because there’s an end in sight, and then they can go back to their way of life before. New Year’s goals encourage long term, permanent lifestyle changes, and that’s why they’re so hard to follow through.

It boils down to the goal setter having the grit needed to push through that first few weeks. Ludden warns that the true path to success is planning. 

“You can’t rely on will power alone, because will power always fails in times of stress. You need to set up your life so that doing what it takes to achieve your goal is the easiest choice. That’s how you form good habits.”

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Georgia Banking Company

Georgia Banking Company (GBC), under the leadership of Bartow Morgan Jr., veteran Gwinnett community banker, recently opened three new offices in Fulton and Gwinnett counties. GBC was custom built to be the perfect fit for mid-sized businesses, and as of December 31, 2021 had assets of $1.1 billion. Every individual hired for this team has been specifically chosen for their ability to provide a high level of expertise and service to the bank’s customers. Jennifer Bridwell, formerly with BrandBank, will serve as Market President for Gwinnett. Wanda Weegar and Kevin Jones, both formerly with BrandBank, will serve as Branch Managers at GBC’s recently opened offices in Duluth and Lawrenceville.  Local decision-makers along with premier technology and personalized service are the most distinguishing traits that separate GBC from the current banking landscape. Visit www.geobanking.com to learn more. 

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FEEDBACK

Glad to see Senate trying to delay Democratic actions

Editor, the Forum: 

Considering the whacko leftist Democrat agenda, I’m glad the Senate is trying to delay Democratic actions. Over half the country values conservative values, so we need the checks and balances. The unbridled spending of the Dems has contributed largely to our inflation crisis (yes crisis for many of us), so thank God there are some that will stand up to the Dems who are now being controlled by the radical Left!

Otherwise….I agree with you that government delayed is often government denied.   

– Charles Cunningham, Duluth

Visit the Wren’s Nest to celebrate folklore and Br’er Rabbit

Editor, the Forum: 

Here is a great way to spend a day. Visit the Wren’s Nest in Atlanta, featured as the Mystery Photo recently. You will get to hear old stories from Joel Chandler Harris, including about Br’er Rabbit.  He based his stories on the folklore he heard growing up on  the family farm in Eatonton. If you listen carefully you realize the animals (really the plantation slaves and workers) are the smart ones, who are always pulling something over on the overseers (plantation owners).

The Wren’s Nest is the historic home of Joel Chandler Harris, and is the birthplace of the American illustrated storybook. It is a cultural center in Atlanta and promotes literacy and celebrates the heritage of African and indigenous folklore through the art of storytelling in all of its contemporary forms, including student publishing, concerts, events, tours, and a children’s book program. These are just great stories for kids and teach morality and respect for life. 

Harris was associate editor for years of The Atlanta Constitution. A virtual tour is available on The Wren’s Nest website. www.exploregeorgia.org. The Wren’s Nest, is located at 1050 Ralph David Abernathy Blvd., in SW Atlanta, off I-20 at exit 55A. It is open from Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.   

– Marlene Buchanan, Snellville

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UPCOMING

CleanSpark establishes scholarship for 5  at Gwinnett Tech

CleanSpark, Inc. of Henderson, Nevada (Nasdaq: CLSK), a sustainable bitcoin mining and energy technology company, has established a scholarship at Gwinnett Technical College for five students seeking an associate’s degree in computer sciences programing. 

The CleanSpark Scholarship for Technological Innovation covers full tuition and books for five students. Students were awarded the scholarship during their 2021 winter break. Each scholarship is worth $7,500.

The scholarships were granted as part of CleanSpark’s commitment to partnering with the communities in which it operates. The company has two mining operations in the Atlanta suburbs, including one in Gwinnett County. CleanSpark expects to invest $145 million in capital improvements and jobs at its Norcross facility in Gwinnett County over the next five years.

CleanSpark CEO Zach Bradford says: “We’re always looking for ways to be good citizens in our communities. The county has been so welcoming to us, so we wanted to give back and support the industries we believe in. We look forward to seeing what our scholarship recipients accomplish in the years to come.”

NOTABLE

Lawrenceville takes action following police investigation

The City of Lawrenceville has taken disciplinary action against two top police officers for inappropriate action regarding a female employee. It suspended Chief Tim Wallis for 10 days without pay, and the assistant chief, Myron Walker, will receive verbal counseling. Another police department member, Capt. Christopher Ryan Morgan, announced his unsolicited resignation from the City and retirement before the investigation was completed. 

In October 2021, City of Lawrenceville was made aware of internal sexual harassment, hostile work environment, and improper use of city property complaints in the Lawrenceville Police Department.  The city engaged a third party to investigate the claims. In consultation with the city Attorney, decisions related to all personnel matters were finalized on January 21, 2022.

In addition, the following immediate actions are being taken by the city:  

  1. Mandatory in-person training for Police Department employees as well as the entire City staff;
  2. A city-wide emphasis on redirection of staff to the personnel policy addressing workplace behavior and related expectations; and 
  3. A clear city-wide communication process for submission of confidential employee complaints.

City Manager Chuck Warbington said: “The City of Lawrenceville prides itself as an inclusive and safe workplace for all employees.  The workplace culture revealed through this investigation did not meet the standards of excellence expected of all departments in the City.  This is unacceptable and will not be tolerated.”

Jackson EMC Foundation awards grants to nonprofits

The Jackson EMC Foundation board of directors awarded $102,300 in grants during its January meeting, including $25,000 to agencies serving Gwinnett County.

  • $15,000 to St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lawrenceville, for its financial assistance program that provides funds for rent and mortgage to Gwinnett County families in crisis.
  • $10,000 to Palm House Recovery Center, in Athens, for its indigent services program for men and women throughout the Jackson EMC service area recovering from substance abuse.

Jackson EMC Foundation grants are made possible by the 204,791 participating cooperative members who have their monthly electric bills rounded to the next dollar amount through the Operation Round Up program.

RECOMMENDED

Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes by Edith Hamilton

From Susan McBrayer, Sugar Hill: This book is considered a good starter book for learning Greek mythology. It’s not my favorite, nevertheless, I would recommend it. Hamilton pretty much skims over the pre-Olympian gods and focuses on Zeus and his family/families. She gives us very small biographies of the gods she considers important and ends up telling us more stories about mortals who are influenced by the gods than she does about the gods themselves. Her categories include such topics as ‘Stories of Love and Adventure’ and ‘The Heroes of the Trojan War.’ There are many inconsistencies in Greek mythology – depending on who is telling the story – and Hamilton clearly states her sources. She basically hits the high spots taking what she considers the best bits from each source and combining them into one coherent tale. It’s a nice read, but I was expecting something more detailed and in depth.

An invitation: what books, restaurants, movies or web sites have you enjoyed recently? Send us your recent selection, along with a short paragraph (150 words) as to why you liked this, plus what you plan to visit or read next.  Send to: elliott@brack.net 

GEORGIA TIDBIT

Tallulah Falls once considered the “Niagara of the South”

(From previous edition)

The most wondrous of the state’s waterfalls are in northeast Georgia’s Tallulah Gorge State Park, near the Rabun County and Habersham County line. The names of its falls suggest both great power (Tempesta, Hurricane, and Oceana) and romance (L’Eau d’Or [a.k.a. Ladore, French for “water of gold”] and Bridal Veil). Until the early 20th century the once-mighty Tallulah River flowed freely, carving a deep and scenic gorge. Dammed just above the gorge, its waters were diverted for power generation to fill the electrical needs of a booming Atlanta and northeast Georgia.

Tallulah Gorge

Before the dam’s construction (completed in 1913) the falls were a major attraction, considered the “Niagara of the South.” A writer in the September 28, 1819, issue of the Georgia Journal claimed, “The cataract of Niagara and its great whirlpool and banks, is the only superior natural curiosity to the Rapids of Tallulah, that I have ever seen.” 

The town of Tallulah Falls had fine hotels, and the Tallulah Falls Railroad brought in the tourists. Gorge promoters, on two occasions, hired aerialists to cross it. During a hair-raising walk by Professor Leon on July 24, 1886, a stabilizing rope snapped. Leon finished half of his proposed round-trip walk before a horrified crowd. The most publicized crossing was made by Karl Wallenda on July 18, 1970, long after the river was dammed. The towers that held his wire are still in place, though the north tower now lies on its side.

In 1911, an era when humans attempted to master nature in every way, the most hotly contested environmental battle of the day was waged to keep the Tallulah River flowing free. The leader of this fight was Helen Dortch Longstreet, the young widow of Confederate general James Longstreet. She led the Tallulah Falls Conservation Association against Georgia Power Company and Governor Joseph M. Brown, spending her time and fortune in a vain effort to stop the damming of the Tallulah River.

Twice a year, spring and fall, the river is allowed to flow at its predam levels. During these scheduled water releases, a limited number of experienced kayakers are permitted to put in their boats below the third fall (Hurricane) and kayak through Oceana, Bridal Veil, Sweet Sixteen, and the remaining rapids. Park visitors are not permitted within the gorge during these water releases, but from an overlook, visitors may watch the kayakers go over Oceana Falls.

Other falls have their own distinction.

North Georgia’s Amicalola Falls derives its name from the native Cherokee word meaning “tumbling waters.”  Amicalola is the state’s highest waterfall, with a total drop of 729 feet. It is located in Amicalola Falls State Park, one of Georgia’s most popular attractions. From an overlook atop the falls, one may witness the mountains-to-piedmont transition.

Another popular fall with native roots is the 186-foot-high Toccoa Falls (“toccoa” is the Cherokee word for “beautiful”). It is located on the campus of Toccoa Falls College. In November 1977 an earthen dam on the creek above the falls burst after torrential rains and flooded the campus, taking the lives of thirty-nine people as they slept.

Anna Ruby Falls, near Helen, is named for the daughter of a Confederate colonel who once owned the surrounding lands. This double fall is one of the state’s most beautiful and heavily visited.

On Pine Mountain, in west central Georgia, is Cascade Falls. Located on the Pine Mountain Trail and adjacent to a rock formation called the Wolf Den, it was one of U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt’s favorite spots.

MYSTERY PHOTO

Check out this beautiful autumn nature photo

This beautiful fall photograph has few clues jumping out at you. But it is so beautiful that we just had to run it as today’s Mystery Photo. Try to figure out what and where this is, and send your ideas to elliott@brack.net, including your hometown.

In what we thought would be a difficult Mystery Photo, several readers were dead on target!

Scott LeCraw of Suwanee wrote: “I spotted that one right away.  Piazza San Marco, as they call it, in Venice, or Saint Mark’s Square, as we Americanize it. My wife and I spent a few days in Venice some years back and found San Marco one of our favorite places. It’s home to a handful of cafes, which are wonderful places to sit and sip a little wine while watching the world walk by. I believe this photo was taken from Café Florian, which has been an operating café in this same spot since 50 years before our country was founded!”

The Grafs

Others recognizing it were John Titus of Peachtree Corners; Jim Savadelis of Duluth; Lou Camerio of Lilburn; and George Graf of Palmyra, Va. who wrote: “I recognized this photo in an instant of Caffè Florian, Piazza San Marco (St. Mark’s Square), Venice, Italy. My late wife, Diane, and I may have had coffee and a snack at this exact place. During Bosnia mission operations I spent a number of military tours of duty at Caserma Ederle in nearby Vicenza, Italy. We would grab a train to Venice during my downtime.  Here’s a photo of Diane and me having lunch on the Grand Canal just below the famous Rialto Bridge.”

Allan Peel of San Antonio, Tex. contributed: “Here are some more unique aspects of this site. Well, consider that:

  • While there are numerous small public squares throughout the city, Piazza San Marco is the only piazza in Venice.
  • At 35-inches above sea level, it is the lowest point in Venice … so yes, it floods frequently!
  • Napoleon was a fan. After conquering Venice in 1797, he allegedly described San Marco Square as “the world’s most beautiful drawing room.”
  • Although the mystery photo shows a female drinking / eating at the cafe, you can get slapped with a 100-200 euros fine for consuming food or drink in the square itself (unless seated at a dining area specifically intended for food and drink consumption).

Randy Brunson, Duluth also wrote: “Not sure where the photo was taken, certainly not stateside.  But the purpose is to say that it looks as if the scene is set for an Andre Rieu concert.”

Now a word of who took the photo. It is the work of Bill Durrence of Savannah, who for years roamed the world as a professional photographer for Nikon. He was a former city councilman in Savannah, and a former journalism student of Elliott Brack. That’s his wife, Betty, seen in the photo.

LAGNIAPPE

Doomed: The Town of Braselton’s estimated to be 300-year old pecan tree at Mulberry Park will be coming down.  At one time it was designated as the largest pecan tree in the state.  Town Manager Jennifer Scott says that “The tree’s health has been declining over the past decade, and it has died.” Earlier this year, an arborist determined that the tree is a safety hazard. It is expected the tree will come down the week of February 14. The town will plant a new pecan tree in its place in a ceremony to be held on Arbor Day, April 29. 

CALENDAR

The Gwinnett GOP is inviting persons to two events at the Mountain Park Baptist Church, 5485 Five Forks Trickum Road, marking Black History Month, with the theme “character over color.” A breakfast on February 5 at 8 a.m. will feature speakers Melvin Everson and the Rev. Garland Hunt.  Register at http://gwinnettrepublicans.org/bhm.  Then on February 19, at the same location, a banquet will be held at 6 p.m. with Alveda King, author and founder of Alveda King Ministries, headlining the speakers. She will be joined by Dr. Lisa Babbage, author of “The Black History Bible” and Reverend Dean Nelson, chairman of the Frederick Douglas Foundation and Executive Director of Human Coalition Action. For tickets and more information, go to GwinnettRepublicans.org/bhm.

Cemetery tour of Norcross will be Sunday, February 6 at 2 p.m., given by Historian Gene Ramsey. The tour is free.  The cemetery is east of Buford Highway.  Meet at South Cemetery Street (extension of Holcomb Bridge Road.)

Meet the author: Alex Robson, author of The Freedom Cards,  will be at the Suwanee Library Branch, 361 Main Street, on Thursday, February 10 at 7 p.m. Learn about one man’s journey to understand the meaning of freedom. He is a Gwinnett County Assistant Principal, and will be  in conversation with Emmy winner Kolinda Scialabba. 

Code enforcement.  The Mountain Park Community Association will have a February 10  Public Meeting with Commissioner Ben Ku and Gwinnett Code Enforcement. This will be informative for everyone, and will also gauge interest in forming a Citizen’s Code-Enforcement Team.  

Your First Book: Start It, Finish It, Sell It. Attend this writer’s workshop on Saturday, February 12 at 1 p.m. at the Norcross Library Branch. 5735 Buford Highway, Norcross.Learn strategies to find time to write, motivate yourself to keep going, and finish your book. George Weinstein, Atlanta Writers Club executive Director and author of six novels, will lead the workshop.

Hazardous waste recycling: Do you have hard-to-dispose-of items like paints, pesticides, and batteries stacking up around your home? Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful is partnering with the Gwinnett Water Resources to host the seventh annual Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day on Saturday, February 12, from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the Gwinnett County Fairgrounds, 2405 Sugarloaf Parkway in Lawrenceville. The event is at no cost to residents. For a complete list of acceptable items and guidelines or to volunteer, visit GwinnettCB.org/Event/HHW

Live Healthy Gwinnett is sponsoring free health screenings and offering community wellness activities for all ages on Saturday, February 12 from 10 a.m. until 1 p. m, at the Lenora Park Gym. Participants can also enjoy fitness classes, watch cooking demonstrations, and win giveaways and prizes. The Lenora Park Gym is located at 4515 Lenora Church Road in Snellville. For more information and to learn how to become an exhibitor, contact Carion.Marcelin@GwinnettCounty.com.

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