GwinnettForum | Number 26.02 | Jan. 9, 2026
CRANE REPAIR NEEDED: The Southeastern Railway Museum continues to raise funds to restore its 1953 Army crane C-271. The American Diesel Electric 50-ton self-propelled crane was built in 1953 for the Army Transportation Corps. It is a handy vehicle for the museum, capable of a 40-ton lift without the outriggers. Donations will be added to a National Railway Historical Society grant. Repairs include windows, paint, and cable lubrication. You can donate to the project here: Donate – Southeastern Railway Museum and designate your gift to C-271. So far, $5,000 of the $19,500 needed has been raised, and corporate funding is invited.
CORRECTION: The year 2026 started out badly for GwinnettForum. The last issue had errors in it that we regret. The chair of the Gwinnett Commission and constitutional officers (sheriff, et al) will not be on the ballot this year. In addition, the office of the Solicitor of Gwinnett County, Lisamarie Bristol, will be voted on in 2026. We did not fact check this information previously and apologize to our readers.–eeb
TODAY’S FOCUS: His grandmother ran a 500-acre farm in the 1870s
EEB PERSPECTIVE: A puzzle, a champion, 2x4s and postal deliveries
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Banking Company
ANOTHER VIEW: Spend less than you make; take on no debt
FEEDBACK: Why library system dropped Kanopy service
UPCOMING: County budget down $85 million from 2025
NOTABLE: Finland’s consul general office is in Peachtree Corners
RECOMMENDED: Video documentary: The Perfect Neighbor
GEORGIA TIDBIT: War hero Appling and the disappearing sword
MYSTERY PHOTO: Great edifice is today’s mystery
CALENDAR: Gwinnett Symphony to perform Jan. 11 in Lawrenceville
His grandmother ran a 500-acre farm in the 1870s
(Editor’s note: Ever ride down East Liddell Road heading for Amazon’s warehouse or Costco? Ever know what that road was named for? In that case, read on. Michael Perry Green is a descendant of William Liddell and the seventh generation born in Gwinnett County. He grew up listening to oral history as told by his grandmother, Nellie Mae Mills Liddell.)
By Michael Green
MILTON, Ga. | Sarah Catherine Duncan Liddell, known as Sallie, was a formidable, strong-willed woman who not only kept the family farm intact in economic hard times, but added considerable acreage to it after her marriage into the Liddell family.
William Liddell, the great grandfather of her new husband, had settled on former native American land in the newly-formed Gwinnett County. As a Revolutionary War veteran, he had received acreage after the Land Lottery of 1818.
The Liddells lived in a farmhouse of hand-hewn logs built in 1840. This house was situated near Bromolow Creek, a tributary of Beaver Ruin Creek, and present-day West Liddell Road.
After Sallie married Moses Frank Liddell, she added many acres to the original land grant. She inherited land from her father and purchased land from her brothers. This added property was called the Upper Place and lay between Norcross and Duluth in the Pittman Circle community. The land was bordered by the Southern Railroad. Howell’s Crossroads was renamed Duluth after the tracks were complete in 1870. The tracks bordered the original Duncan family property; it was bisected by a road that would become U.S. Highway 23, now commonly known as Buford Highway.
At 49, she was widowed. Her son, Daniel was 19 and remained at home. Management of a large agricultural property became her responsibility. Through the economic hardships of the reconstruction years, the boll weevil devastation, World War I and the Great Depression of 1929, she kept the 500+ acre Liddell farm intact. In addition to producing cash crops, she provided housing and life necessities to numerous white and African-American sharecroppers and their families. Some sharecroppers were descendants of enslaved people.
An often-told story is that she “commanded” her younger son to find a wife by courting a young woman and cousin, Nellie Mae Mills, who lived on a neighboring farm. Just 19 years old, Daniel would drive a shiny black surrey at high speed over the dirt roads in the countryside. The young cousin was 14 (born 9/14/1895). Though young even for those times, she had been vetted by the matriarch and deemed to have the leadership qualities necessary to help manage the farm. Nellie Mae and Daniel were married September 25, 1910. Two weeks later she was 15 and helping manage a large farm.
Years later, Sallie’s grandchildren, Moses Frank Liddell and Charlotte Liddell Green, remembered family tales from Granny Liddell, the matriarch. They related her stories of Union raiding parties that stripped the Liddell farm of food supplies and items of value during the 1864 Battle of Atlanta. These stories are still being shared with new generations in the 21st century.
My wife and I were riding by Sweetwater Memorial Chapel a few months ago and stopped to take a look at the cemetery. I was surprised to see that the death date on my great-grandmother’s tombstone had never been carved. The unfinished tombstone nagged at me. I searched my long-stored papers. I looked at old volumes of published Gwinnett County history. I bought Elliott Brack’s Gwinnett history book. I read and discovered that my great grandmother had left behind a story of female empowerment that could be told and appreciated by new generations. I wrote the story and had her marble monument completed.
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A puzzle, a champion, 2x4s and postal deliveries
By Elliott Brack
Editor and Publisher, GwinnettForum
JAN. 9, 2026 | A new trivia puzzle for you. Let’s go to history for this one. What portrait is the most reproduced in the United States? We just want to tickle your brain with this one. Answer at the bottom of this column.
Local tie: Marty Flournoy of Columbus is a commercial Realtor and husband of Gwinnett native Cindy Odum of Duluth, daughter of Ann Odum. Flournoy, 69, has always had an avocation, flying airplanes and competing and judging in aerobatics, that is, advanced aerobatics for over 20 years.
Recently at the U. S. National Aerobatic Advanced Power competition in Salina, Kansas, after years of competition, Flournoy finally emerged as the winner. Columbus Mayor Skip Henderson presented an official proclamation declaring “Marty Flournoy Day.” And to Marty’s surprise, his friends bought space on eight electronic billboards around the city to honor him further.
Marty says: “I’d won individual flights before, but I’d never won the overall, so this was kind of like finally putting the icing on the cake,” he told the Ledger-Enquirer. Being the oldest among the 13 pilots who qualified for the national competition in the advanced division made this victory especially sweet for Flournoy.
He’s competed as a member of the U.S. team in international competition, the most recent in Hungary, where the U.S. finished third. Residents of Columbus have been able to see him flying aerobatic stunts over the city for at least 20 years.
When younger, Marty was also participating in stunts, as part of water ski shows at Callaway Gardens. “I was the one on top.” Among his teammates for ski shows was Kathy Fincher, who introduced him to her cousin, Cathy Odum, and that’s how they met.
The new Norcross Police Station is rising these days, with the use of aluminum 2x4s. That put us to wondering the cost of wood vs. metal. Here’s what our internet search found:
Generally, wooden 2x4s are cheaper upfront for basic materials than metal studs, costing around $3-$4 vs $6-$10. But metal can become cost-competitive or even better value long-term because of less waste, no rot/termites, and fewer repairs, though steel requires special tools and insulation. The final cost heavily depends on current market prices (lumber cost spikes favor steel) and project specifics like labor, tools and energy codes.
The Internet hits all of us in many ways, puzzling us often. The people in Denmark are experiencing a new outcome taking down an institution.
The nation of Denmark’s government is halting delivery of mail. It’s because Denmark has turned to the digital age with such impact. Only less than 5 percent of Danes get their official government communications through the mail. Writing letters has declined by 90 percent.
As people use the internet more, other countries might curtail deliveries. It might even happen one year sooner than we expect.
No, the most reproduced portrait in our country is not someone you would immediately think about, like George Washington, or Abraham Lincoln. Of course, Washington on the one dollar bill, and Lincoln on the penny were circulated heavily.
The most reproduced photograph is that of DeWitt Clinton (1769-1825), a former New York governor responsible for building the Erie Canal. But the Canal has little to do with his prominence on reproductions. His face is on tax stamps on packages of cigarettes. His photo is on every tobacco tax stamp ever issued by the government, dating back to 1883 to 1959, numbering in the billions, or maybe trillions. Now you know!
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Spend less than you make; take on no debt
By Randy Brunson,
Centurion Advisory Group
SUWANEE, Ga. | Welcome to 2026! As we do each year, we will start 2026 with a review of the basics.
The basics aren’t fancy, require no special knowledge, and generally don’t make for exciting party conversation. Then why discuss and review? Simple. They work. And these basics apply equally to your personal and business life. What are those basics?
- Spend less than you make. What’s required? To have a good understanding of both what you make and what you spend.
- Always have a reserve. How much? Some consumer finance types suggest three to six months of expenses. The actual answer is specific to the facts and circumstances of your particular situation and comfort level.
- Avoid debt. Yes, be extremely careful with debt. To my knowledge, there have been few bankruptcies among those businesses or individuals who are debt-free.
- Make and implement long-term plans. It’s easy to find articles and essays about the value of committing your plans and goals to writing. And regular review. The implementation? It takes work and intent.
- Choose to be generous with your time, your talent, and your treasure. Approaching life as a go-giver yields a quality to life, and a robustness to the spirit that is unparalleled in human existence.
Our opinion about the ideal allocation of a dollar?
- Give away the first 10 cents. In a manner which yields no financial benefit to you. It helps free each of us from the tyranny of ownership.
- Set aside the next dime for long-term wealth building. Not for the new house, car, or next business you plan to buy. Long-term wealth building.
- The next 20 cents? Taxes.
- The final 60 cents? Everything else you want to do in life.
Our commitment as a business is to long-term sustainability and viability. To be here to serve families across generations for decades to come. To that end, we have chosen to live what we teach. We operate without debt. And in fact have a corporate resolution on the books which says we will not borrow money. We maintain a healthy and growing operating reserve. And we are intentional about identifying and developing future generations of firm leadership.
That’s enough for now. Enjoy 2026. And remember, the best is always yet to come.
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Why library system dropped Kanopy service
Editor, the Forum:
Last night, I sat down at the TV, turned Roku on, and went to Kanopy, the Library and University video on demand service supported by the Gwinnett County Public Library, among other institutions, to watch a movie. The television indicated that I didn’t have a library card and to go to Kanopy.com. to get access. I went to my Kanopy bookmark on the computer, and it was no longer my access page, but a new page for new users and access. I searched for libraries using my ZIP code and nothing came up. I entered Gwinnett, nothing came up. I went to my AI site and asked them what was happening. It gave me three common reasons—only one of which, the first one—could apply.
Many library systems periodically drop or renegotiate Kanopy because the service is expensive for libraries. When that happens, Kanopy will suddenly say the library “isn’t recognized” or “isn’t participating.” Does GCPL still offer Kanopy?
– Richard Krause, Lilburn
Dear Richard: We got this from Charles Pace, who heads our library system: “Kanopy’s pricing increased significantly, nearly doubling compared to last year. Under the proposed 2026 terms, the cost would have been approximately $58,000.
“In 2025, Kanopy was used by about 1,200 unique users, resulting in a per-user cost of roughly $48. Given a service population of more than one million residents, this represents a very low level of use and a comparatively high cost per user relative to our other digital resources. In light of current funding constraints, we have made the decision to prioritize core collections—particularly print and electronic books—as well as digital resources.”
Recalling coal-fired winters in Chattanooga
Editor, the Forum:
Both of the homes we lived in at Chattanooga during WWII and Korea had coal heat. With that also came soot and dust. Our coal pile was outside, and up the side of Lookout Mountain. The pile was almost a quarter of a mile up the mountain. Each of the bigger boys had to carry two scuttles before going to school and two more when we came home from school – rain, sleet, ice or snow. We had a warm morning heater and three fireplaces that had to be fed.
The house was so cold, though, that a lot of the things that people today put in the Fridge were in the pantry instead. It was always colder than any other area. The house was so cold in the morning that we got dressed for school under the covers on the bed.
My father was often reticent to pay bills so we often went without water, coal, and electricity. When he failed to get coal delivered, we had to sneak over next door and steal coal. That is funny when you look at it today. Water was about $10 a month and because we had electricity from the TVA, electricity was cheap and coal was at most $12 a ton.
We had a fridge but not everybody did, so we waited for the ice truck to come by in the summer so we could get chips of ice. You could tell which families were getting ice because there would be a sign on the porch to let the driver know how much ice they wanted.
– Raleigh Perry, Buford
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Chamber launches Elevate Business Series
The Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce announces the launch of the Elevate Business Series (EBS), a rebranded and expanded version of the organization’s long-standing Small Business Series. Beginning in 2026, the program will support a wider range of small and medium-sized businesses seeking deeper insights, practical strategies, and opportunities to strengthen their operations in Gwinnett.
The rebrand follows several years of program growth, marked by rising attendance, broader industry representation, and a greater demand for advanced, solutions-based content. EBS builds on that momentum with more robust topics, specialized speakers, and practical takeaways designed to help businesses innovate, scale, and remain competitive.
The first EBS event is scheduled for February 24, 2026, at 11:30 a.m. in the Education Room at the Gwinnett Chamber. The program will feature Sarah Tourville, CEO of Media Frenzy, presenting strategic communications and brand positioning for growing companies.
The series is open to businesses in the greater Gwinnett area seeking networking, connection, and business growth opportunities. For more information on the program, please contact Candy Rodriguez, crodriguez@gwinnettchamber.org. Additional 2026 dates and speakers will be announced in the coming weeks.
County budget down $85 million from 2025
The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners have approved a $2.58 billion budget to fund County operations and projects for 2026, a reduction of $84.6 million from the previous year’s budget.
The approved budget consists of a $2.15 billion operating budget and a $431 million capital budget, which includes funds from the County’s Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax program.
Initiatives in the budget include:
- Upgrading the County’s 911 phone system to enable faster call processing and enhanced emergency response.
- Investing in community resource centers, which serve as hubs to bring services closer to residents in their own neighborhoods.
- Keeping roadways safe with proactive repaving and maintenance.
- Continuing to provide safe, clean drinking water and reliable wastewater and stormwater services
The adopted 2026 budget resolution and supporting documents are available online at GwinnettCounty.com.
Finland’s consul general office is in Peachtree Corners
The new honorary consul general of Finland is Kari K. Lindberg, a former 40 year employee of Valmet. The offices of the consul are at 3720 Davinci Court in Peachtree Corners. He will represent the Finnish government as the volunteer honorary consul in Georgia. There are 33 other honorary consuls of Finland in the United States.The consulate serves Finnish citizens and supports economic, cultural, and business ties between Finland and Georgia. The consulate serves Finnish citizens and supports economic, cultural, and business ties between Finland and the U.S.
Lindberg has been in the Valmet office in the Georgia office for 24 years. He holds a Master of Science degree in engineering from University of Oulu, Finland. Lindberg holds dual citizenship of the USA and Finland. He lives in the greater Atlanta area with his spouse, Jaana. They have four adult sons and six grandchildren.
Pittsburgh Post Gazette closing newspaper on May 3
A lot of people often compare the cities of Atlanta and Pittsburgh. Though the Atlanta Journal Constitution stopped publishing a print newspaper on January 1, 2026, at least Atlanta has an online newspaper.
As of May 3, the daily Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is closing.
The family-owned company that operates The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette cited mounting losses and labor constraints. The newspaper, whose origins date to 1786, will cease publication on Sunday, May 3.
The company, Block Communications Inc., said it had lost more than $350 million over the past 20 years while publishing the newspaper. The company cited recent court decisions that would require The Post-Gazette to operate under the terms of a 2014 labor contract, which it described as imposing “outdated and inflexible operational practices.”
The Post-Gazette’s closure will not affect The Toledo Blade in Ohio, which is also owned by Block Communications. The company is based in Toledo.
Video documentary: The Perfect Neighbor (Netflix)
From Karen J. Harris, Stone Mountain: The Perfect Neighbor is a production that documents a dispute between neighbors in a Florida community that resulted in a tragic incident. The neighbor was disturbed by the neighborhood children who seemed to trespass on her property. The group of approximately 10 children regularly played in areas between dwellings with no issues except with the neighbor, Susan Lorcinz. As tensions mounted, name calling and intimidation ensued with police attempting to uncover the reasons for the discord. Numerous visits between February of 2022 through June of 2023 did not prevent the violence from erupting with dire consequences. This incident is an example of Florida’s Stand Your Ground Law. This documentary is worth seeing because it is a microcosm of the breakdown of civility and communication. A cautionary tale for everyone.
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War hero Appling and the disappearing sword
Daniel Appling is known as Georgia’s most prominent soldier in the War of 1812. His reputation stemmed from an action at the Battle of Sandy Creek on Lake Ontario in upstate New York in 1814. There, Appling’s command of around 130 riflemen and a similar number of Oneida Indians effectively ambushed and prevented a force of approximately 200 British marines from seizing naval stores and guns that the American navy was moving by boat to the Sackets Harbor shipyard. He later distinguished himself in the battle for Plattsburgh, N.Y..
Appling, the son of Rebecca and John Appling, was born in Columbia County, Ga., on or around August 25, 1787. He was commissioned in the U.S. Army in 1808 at the age of 21. During the War of 1812 Captain Appling was a member of Colonel John Williams’s 1813 expedition to Florida to assist in the seizure of St. Augustine before the British could occupy the territory.
Following a brief posting to Amelia Island, Fla., Appling was promoted to major in April 1814. Assigned to Sackets Harbor, N.Y., the largest U.S. naval base on the Great Lakes, Appling was given command of a rifle battalion. By early May 1814, the Royal Navy was blockading the harbors at Oswego and Sackets Harbor in New York, preventing the safe passage of munitions and supplies to outfit and finish construction of three American warships.
Hence on the evening of May 28, 1814, Appling and a force of riflemen and Oneida Indians escorted 19 bateaux (barges) laden with cannon and naval stores from Oswego Falls, 60 miles upriver, around the British blockade to Sackets Harbor. About noon on Sunday, May 29, within 16 miles of Sackets Harbor, the boats pulled into Sandy Creek. Appling reported one boat missing from the flotilla.
Learning of the American convoy, British commodore Sir James Yeo sent several gunboats, with approximately 200 marines on board, in pursuit. Warned by a communique from Commodore Isaac Chauncey at Sackets Harbor of the British pursuit, Appling deployed and concealed his men in the wood line along the banks of the creek, a short distance from the cargo-laden barges.
At about 10 a.m. on May 30, a force of Royal Marines landed and began making their way up the shoreline. It was then that Appling ordered his force to open fire. The clash lasted approximately ten minutes. Ultimately, Appling is said to have killed 14 sailors and marines, wounded 30, and taken 143 prisoners. One American was killed. The naval guns and stores reached Sackets Harbor without further incident, and the British blockade was withdrawn.
For his actions Appling was brevetted lieutenant colonel. In September, Appling and 110 riflemen, along with the New York cavalry, successfully fought delaying actions against a British force of more than 8,000 men advancing toward Plattsburgh. He was brevetted a colonel for the operations there. Appling resigned from the army in June 1816 and returned to Georgia.
The Georgia General Assembly voted Colonel Appling a ceremonial sword, but before it could be presented, he died at Fort Montgomery, Alabama, in March 1817. The sword was placed in the care of the State Executive Department in Milledgeville and in 1883 was transferred to the Georgia Historical Society. After being sent to be displayed at the 1907 Jamestown Exhibition, the sword vanished. More than 100 years later, in 2010, the long-lost sword reappeared for sale in an antiques magazine. Georgians raised $100,000 to purchase the Appling sword and bring it home. It is now housed in the Georgia Archives in Morrow.
Appling County was named in his honor, as was the county seat, Appling, of Columbia County.
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Great edifice is today’s mystery
Here is a great edifice for your Mystery Photo of today. Many may have seen it if they have traveled extensively. Can you recall what and where this is? Send your thoughts to ebrack2@gmail.com and be sure to tell us your hometown.
Allan Peel of San Antonio, Texas, wrote: “Today’s mystery photo is of the iconic red-and-white-striped Elbow Reef Lighthouse. Also known as the Hope Town Lighthouse, it is located in the small village of Hope Town, on Elbow Cay in the Abaco Islands of The Bahamas. Standing 89 feet tall, it was built by the British Imperial Lighthouse Service and first began operating in 1863.
“Perhaps the most remarkable and unique aspect of the lighthouse is the fact that, even today, the lighthouse keepers must hand-crank the weight mechanism every few hours to rotate the first-order Fresnel lens. There are only seven other manually operated lighthouses in the world, one each in Argentina, Scotland, Sri Lanka, Russia, South Africa and two in France.. However, the Elbow Reef Lighthouse is the only lighthouse still in service today that is both manually operated and kerosene-fueled.
“The Elbow Reef Lighthouse Society, whose members and volunteers must jump through hoops and cross many hurdles to secure the parts for the kerosene-burning apparatus of the light, most of which are no longer manufactured. It is somewhat ironic now, since when the lighthouse was first proposed in the 1860s, it was heavily protested by the local residents. This, despite the fact that about once a month, a ship would meet its demise on the shallow coral reef east of Hope Town.”
The photograph came from Eric Swinson of Fayetteville, via Susan McBrayer of Sugar Hill.
Others recognizing it were Jay Altman, Columbia, S.C.; George Graf, Palmyra, Va.; and Linda Lindeborg, Suwanee.
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Gwinnett Symphony to perform Jan. 11 in Lawrenceville
Gwinnett Symphony Orchestra and Youth Orchestra will present a side-by-side concert on Sunday, January 11 at 7 p.m. at Discovery Theatre, 1355 Old Norcross Road in Lawrenceville. The program will consist of MOZART Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550; Mozart Flute Concerto No. 2 in D, 2nd Movement, Teodora Stoyanova, Flute’ Strauss II the Blue Danube Waltz; ANDERSON The Typewriter; and STRAUSS Sr. Radetzky March Op. 228. Gregory Pritchard and Robert Trocina, are the conductors.
Small Business Book Club will meet at noon on January 12 at the Suwanee Branch of Gwinnett Public Library. Join us for insightful discussions and connect with like-minded entrepreneurs. This month’s selection is The Daily Entrepreneur by S.J. Scott and Rebecca Livermore.
Norcross Gallery and Studios will present a non-juried themed exhibit, opening January 15. Showcasing abstract works from some of the gallery’s members, Driven 2 Abstraction will feature both 2-D and 3-D pieces of various mediums. Visit the gallery Thursday–Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. to view the exhibit once it opens. Admission is free.
A detention pond workshop will be presented by representatives from Gwinnett County’s Department of Water Resources at 6 p.m. on January 15 at the Grayson Branch of Gwinnett County Public Library. This program is aimed at private property owners and HOAs, and helpful advice to protect detention ponds from major failures, safety hazards, and liability issues.
Lionheart Theatre welcomes Vidalia Theatre to the local stage with their production of “Winter Yield 2: The Airport Plays,” a collection of short, 10-minute plays that all take place in an airport. January 16–25; Fridays and Saturdays, 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. Tickets are $20 and are available now.
A solo exhibit of the work of Chitra Ramanathan of Norcross, a teaching artist at Norcross Gallery and Studios, is now going on at the Pinckneyville Park and Recreation Center in Berkeley Lake through January 31, 2026. It is a retrospective, as some early works are included up to current ones, many large in scale.
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