GwinnettForum | Number 26.21 | March 13, 2026
THE DULUTH HISTORICAL SOCIETY and local photographer John Barfield has presented to the City of Duluth a framed photograph of a parachute drop captured during a Duluth Fireworks show. This uncirculated photograph had never been seen by the public and is on display in Duluth City Hall in celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the United States of America. Mayor Gary Whitlock and Council presented a Proclamation honoring John Barfield. On April 14 at 5 p.m. the Duluth Historical Society will host a reception and photography display for Mr. Barfield at Dreamland BBQ in downtown Duluth. The public is invited to attend. Copies of this dramatic image and other local photographs will be available for sale by the photographer. Look for the parachuter on the left side of the flag.
TODAY’S FOCUS: Iran was becoming serious threat to our country
EEB PERSPECTIVE: How many of you have ridden in a one-horse wagon?
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Gwinnett College
FEEDBACK: Let Netanyahu fight his own wars with his money
UPCOMING: Total of 193 candidates on Gwinnett Primary ballot
NOTABLE: Smoke, snakes and ice cream, oh my!
RECOMMENDED: Sanditon by Jane Austen, PBS three-season series
GEORGIA TIDBIT: GEORGIA Magazine is largest monthly publication
MYSTERY PHOTO: Brick work describes today’s mystery
CALENDAR: Dearly Beloved opens at Lionheart Theatre tonight
Iran was becoming serious threat to our country
By Nerissa Wood
DACULA, Ga. | About the Iran War: to believe Iran wasn’t becoming a serious threat is misguided based on recent intelligence.
Iran had amassed a significant stockpile of uranium enriched to 60 percent purity—close to the 90 percent threshold for weapons-grade material—which could theoretically be further enriched to produce fissile material for multiple bombs. Estimates from IAEA inspections in June 2025 (the last full access before renewed restrictions) put this at around 441 kilograms, potentially enough for about 10 nuclear weapons if processed. Further U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff reported that Iranian negotiators claimed in early 226 to have 460 kilograms of 60 percent enriched uranium, sufficient for “11 nuclear bombs,” though this was not independently verified at the time. Similar figures of 400-460 kg appeared in other assessments.
Previous U.S. strikes in June 2025 had damaged key facilities like Natanz, Fordow, and Isfahan, setting back Iran’s enrichment capabilities by up to two years, but the knowledge and remaining uranium stockpile persisted. Iran maintained its program was for civilian nuclear power, though its advanced centrifuges and opacity raised concerns about breakout time—the period needed to produce weapons-grade material—which was estimated at weeks to months if pursued.
Nuclear weapons weren’t the only concern, however. Just prior to the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran beginning February 28, 2026, reports indicated China had recently delivered or was in the process of delivering several types of weapons to Iran, raising significant concerns among U.S. and allied officials. These included offensive systems that could enhance Iran’s asymmetric warfare capabilities, particularly against naval forces in the Persian Gulf.
Key deliveries and near-deliveries highlighted in intelligence assessments and media reports were:
- Supersonic anti-ship cruise missiles (CM-302): Often referred to as “carrier killers” due to their Mach 3 speed, 290-460 km range, low-altitude flight profile, and 500 kg warhead, these are the export variant of China’s YJ-12 missile.
- Kamikaze drones (e.g., Sunflower-200 models): China reportedly supplied around 300 units of these loitering munitions, which are designed for precision strikes on ground and naval targets.
- Air defense systems and related equipment: This encompassed HQ-9B anti-ballistic missile systems (3 units), HQ-16B surface-to-air missiles (6 systems), FN-6 man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS, 1,200 units), and radars like YLC-9B (4 units), Type 305A (3 units), and SLC-2 counter-battery radars (6 units). Anti-satellite interceptor missiles (HQ-19, 50 units): Part of the broader package, these could theoretically target U.S. satellites, posing a risk to space-based reconnaissance and communications.
These transfers were often covert, using intermediaries or direct shipments from People’s Liberation Army stockpiles to evade sanctions, and were part of deepening China-Iran ties under their 2021 strategic partnership. U.S. officials expressed concerns that such weapons could escalate the conflict, threaten regional stability, and challenge naval operations.
History shows us that in both World War I and World War II, elements of the U.S. government and military leadership underestimated key aspects of the threats posed by their eventual adversaries. The U.S. initially underestimated both the imminence and capabilities of adversaries in ways which delayed full mobilization and contributed to surprise vulnerabilities. For WWI, it was more geographic and political detachment; for WWII, it involved specific intelligence failures and biases that allowed devastating initial blows like the attack of Pearl Harbor.
Do not let peacetime complacency, wishful thinking or suicidal empathy blind you to the threat that the Iranian Regime poses to Israel and the West.
(My sources were Bloomberg.com, Israel-alma.org, Reuters.com, globaldefensecorp.com, asiatimes.com, Newsweek.com, Forbes.com and my own knowledge of history.)
Nerissa Wood is the great-granddaughter of a World War I veteran, the granddaughter of two World War II veterans and the wife of a veteran.
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How many of you have ridden in a one-horse wagon?
By Elliott Brack
Editor and publisher, GwinnettForum
MARCH 13, 2026 | Few living Americans have experienced the joys of riding in a one-horse wagon.
The joy? It was far better than walking.
Yes, I’ve ridden in those one-horse wagons. It was during visiting summers with my aunt and uncle, who were sharecropping a cotton farm in Middle Georgia during World War II.
It was a time when automobiles were not as standard as they are now. The number of automobiles in the USA has grown from approximately 27.4 million registered passenger cars in 1940 to over 103.8 million as of 2023. This represents a nearly four-fold increase in total passenger cars to nearly universal ownership.
Virtually universal before World War II were either mules of horses on Southern farms, to pull the plow through the fields. The animals were the farmer’s constant companion during the long days of the plowing season. (The agricultural census of 1940 showed 316,005 mules and mule colts in Georgia.)
Even farmers had to purchase provisions for everyday living. Many took Saturday afternoons off to go to town or the country grocery store. That’s when I remember my uncle hitching up his mule, pulling to the front of the house, and loading two straight-back chairs into the wagon. These were for the ladies, who enjoyed the drive without sitting on the hard planks of the wagon. Younger kids dangled their bare feet off the back of the wagon. My slot was on the driver’s bench with my uncle. And yes, as the mule trotted along the about three-mile trip to the store, he allowed me to hold the reins. We moved along on a sandy road, relatively smoothly.
Almost immediately after arriving at the store, where several other farmers had pulled up, we all got a treat. It was hand-dipped ice cream, and boy-o-boy was that vanilla cone delicious. Everyone in the wagon got a cone, except for my uncle, who bought a Coca-Cola.
While there, the family stocked up on the few items they might need, perhaps a pound of sugar, a can of coffee, flour, rice—the essentials for cooking. This family didn’t need corn meal, since my grandfather, who lived with them, operated a water-powered grist mill. They might also buy kerosene for the lamps in those days before rural electricity. And my aunt once got a cutting from a bolt of cloth for a new dress.
While at the store, of course, there was the socializing before the arrival of telephones. You would learn which families were going through some sickness, who had a new baby, and perhaps who the visiting minister might be at church the coming Sunday. I also remember that if it was an election year, there would be talk of politics, and even politicians hanging around seeking a vote. (The one-room district court house, where you voted, was about four miles from my uncle’s house in the other direction.)
Another place you would see people traveling in one-horse wagons in those days was at country church. My mother’s Primitive Baptist church met the fourth Sunday of the month. Often on other Sundays, our family would attend another nearby church of the same Association. I remember several families coming in a wagon, and hitching their mules in the shade.
Back at the store, after 30 or 45 minutes, it was time to load up and return home. So the family returned refreshed and re-provisioned, the ladies upright in their high-back chairs.
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Let Netanyahu fight his own wars with his money
Editor, the Forum:
Let me agree 100 percent with Robert Geiger’s “Six Reasons ..” letter. I spent two summers of my life on a Navy destroyer patrolling the Red Sea looking for Iranian enemies after they overthrew the tyrant dictator we put there 26 years earlier. Let Netanyahu fight his own fights with his own money and leave us out of it.”
– Joe Briggs, Senoia
Shows reasons why Iran War is foolish and dangerous
Editor, the Forum:
Let me say that I very much enjoyed this issue, Robert Geiger’s article especially. He so successfully pointed out in sensible, organized fashion all the reasons that this war Trump and Netanyahu have started is so foolish and dangerous to the world.
Potential consequences were not at all considered. There is no rational plan going forward. As usual, it is the people who will suffer while these leaders continue in their unthinking oblivion. I wish this article could be published worldwide!
– Lucy Brady, Suwanee
Feels some are delusional about future threats
Editor, the Forum:
What? Are you so delusional and have TDS to visualize a future without threats to the United States? It’s bad enough that we now have a Sharia Law and admitted communist standing in power in one of our greatest cities, New York City; on the very hallowed ground where so many American citizens took their last breath. America’s problem right now is not looking, seeing and believing in a future without threats to our very existence. I pray to God that you will have faith in the plan he is implementing as we speak.
– Barbara Warden, Norcross
Thinks South Alabama roads as good than Gwinnett
Editor, the Forum:
The roads here in Dothan/Rehobeth, Alabama are as good or better than Gwinnett, and the taxes on my $400,000 house (around $500,000 in Lawrenceville) are $950 a year. Can you explain?
– Stewart Ogilvie, Rehobeth, Ala.
Dear Stewart: Less traffic. -eeb
Some thoughts about Geiger comments
Editor, the Forum:
Thoughts for Mr. Geiger:
I wonder how we Americans would feel if:
- We knew what President Trump and Netanyahu knew 14 days ago and know now?
- Iran had hit us with a nuclear weapon ten days ago? Or ten days from now.
- Iran had closed the Strait of Hormuz to raise the price of a barrel of oil?
- Iran took another 335 hostages from our embassy?
- Iran had bombed another Marine barracks killing many service men and women?
- President Harris had given them billions more in cash like Obama?
– Mike Tennant, Duluth
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Total of 193 candidates on Gwinnett Primary ballot
The candidates have come out of the woodwork for the 2026 Georgia primary.
Can you believe it? Gwinnett voters will see a total of 193 persons as candidates on its primary ballot on May 19. That includes 92 persons running for 13 statewide offices, and 101 local candidates seeking 43 elected seats.
Fifteen Georgians are running for governor, and 10 signed up to seek the office of lieutenant governor.
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Commissioners award contract on several fronts
The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners acted on several initiatives recently. Highlights include new pickleball courts, improvements to Beaver Ruin Road and a continuation of the Gwinnett Place Mall site redevelopment.
Commissioners approved a contract to enhance sewer capacity at the Gwinnett Place Mall site. The project includes replacing and enlarging approximately 1.5 miles of sewer infrastructure along a Sweetwater Creek tributary from Breckinridge Boulevard to Club Drive, downstream from the mall. The $9.5 million contract was awarded to Reynolds Construction of Georgia LLC of Suwanee.
Beaver Ruin Road: The Board also approved widening of Beaver Ruin Road from I-85 to Park Drive. A third travel lane will be added in each direction, along with dual westbound right-turn lanes at the I-85 northbound on-ramp. Azimuth Contractors LLC of Suwanee will complete the work.
Pickleball courts will be coming to Bethesda Park. The Board approved the construction of six new pickleball courts including new lighting, fencing, sidewalks and a small pavilion. Located near the aquatic center at the back of the park, these courts will expand the County’s pickleball courts to 30 total. The $967,378 contract was awarded to J.G. Leone Enterprises Inc. of Alpharetta.
The Gwinnett County Public Library headquarters at 1001 Lawrenceville Highway is undergoing an interior renovation. The building, which previously also housed the Lawrenceville branch library, was left partially vacant after a move to new space at the Hooper-Renwick Themed Library last summer. The renovation upgrades current offices and HVAC replacements, parking lot repairs and the installation of a natural gas generator. The $5.27 million contract was awarded to Multiplex LLC of Duluth.
Smoke, snakes and ice cream, oh my!
Saturday afternoons are great for many things. At Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC), it was a time for kids and families to explore the world of science during the Atlanta Science Festival event, “Grizzlies in the Forest of Science.”
GGC faculty and students helped young explorers discover the wonders of science – from the environment and body strength to technology and chemistry.
Dr. Misael Romero-Reyes, assistant professor of chemistry at GGC, says the annual event started in 2023 with 150 attendees. This year’s event had over 400.
“Every year we do this to give our students and faculty the chance to reach out to the community,” he says. “We want kids to enjoy science and maybe even become a scientist one day.”
Maa’idah Abukar, a Lawrenceville resident and GGC student majoring in chemistry, demonstrated a popular experiment called Dragon’s Breath.
She says: “This is a fun treat you can make with Rice Krispies treats.You dunk the treat in liquid nitrogen, which freezes it. When it evaporates, it creates nitrogen gas. You put it in your mouth, blow it out and it makes smoke.”
Abukar assures attendees the process is safe because nitrogen evaporates quickly and the gas escapes as it warms.
Visitors also sampled ice cream made using liquid nitrogen. The mixture included half-and-half, heavy whipping cream, fruit preserves and sugar.
For Vic Wren, 13, of Dacula, the frozen treat deserved a unique name.“I call it witch’s brew because it looks like that,” he says. “The ice cream was delicious.” His father, Brian Wren, says the family has attended the event for three consecutive years. “Exposing him to science early was one of the main reasons we came. We were excited to have something like this here locally to help keep that interest going.”
The event also connected science to the environment. Children painted small pots and planted seeds while learning about ecosystems and sustainability.
Aubrey Dyer, director of GGC’s Institute for Environmental Science and Sustainability, says: “For young kids, it’s important to learn the best ways to take care of their environment. With our micro farm, they learned about gardening in an urban environment. You don’t need a huge farm or lots of land to grow something for yourself.”
“I like snakes,” he said. “They’re cute.”
Dr. Ricky Fiorillo, professor of biology at GGC, used the opportunity to explain an often-misunderstood relationship in nature: “We’re showing people that most living organisms are infected with other living organisms. Parasites are very common. While we usually think of parasites as something bad, they’re actually an important part of ecosystems.”
Fiorillo said parasites can even signal environmental health: “If a stream is polluted and these organisms disappear, it shows the ecological connectivity has broken down,” he says.
At the health and fitness station, GGC exercise science students demonstrated how science applies to the human body. Visitors tested their grip strength with a hydraulic hand dynamometer, learned how bioelectric impedance analysis measures body fat, and practiced performing chest-compression CPR.
North Gwinnett student is Washington delegate
North Gwinnett High School junior Emma Calin has been picked as a delegate for the 2026 Washington Youth Tour, scheduled June 12-19. Calin was chosen for the all-expense paid leadership development experience sponsored by Georgia’s electric cooperatives and organized by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA).
Calin is the daughter of Ramona and George Calin of Suwanee. She is a state DECA champion with a top 10 international placement. She serves as vice president of Community Service for DECA and president of the Eastern European Student Association. She is an active member of the SPARK student leadership team and CHARGEnorth, the school’s STEM program. Emma is a math tutor and enjoys the opportunity to shape her community by serving as a Suwanee Youth Leader. She plans a career in quantitative analysis.
The other three Jackson EMC delegates selected were Jabe Andrews, a junior at Banks County High School; Sterling Clendenning, a junior at East Hall High School; and Kaelyn Rhea, junior at Jefferson High School.
Sanditon, by Jane Austen, PBS three-season series
From Susan McBrayer, Sugar Hill: It’s 1819 and a time of rapid social change in England. Enthusiastic entrepreneur Tom Parker has begun to transform the tiny fishing village of Sanditon into what he hopes to be the most luxurious seaside resort in the country. But, as with many such ventures, there is always the problem of finding and keeping investors plus all the recklessness, folly and setbacks that attempting such a huge endeavor (while relying heavily on other people) brings. Interwoven within this enterprise are the lives of many people including two young ladies (one incredibly rich and one with hardly a penny) and all their love-life adventures. It’s a pretty show to watch and you may actually come to love and root for many of the characters. Austen only wrote the beginning of the book before she died, but it was completed in a way that would probably have made her proud.
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GEORGIA Magazine is largest monthly publication
GEORGIA Magazine is the state’s largest-circulation monthly magazine, a general-interest publication that averages more than half a million monthly subscribers with an estimated readership of more than 1 million. The magazine is the official publication of Georgia Electric Membership Corp. (Georgia EMC), the trade association that serves the state’s 41 consumer-owned, not-for-profit electric cooperatives.
The state’s oldest monthly magazine, GEORGIA Magazine launched in July 1945 as RURAL GEORGIA, a newspaper tabloid mailed to rural homes served by the state’s EMCs. Originally, the magazine was produced by Georgia EMC staff members. The periodical’s first editor, Belmont Dennis, was hired in 1945. Since then, there have been fourteen editors, including the current editor, Jennifer J. Hewett.
In 1951 Georgia EMC Manager Walter Harrison became editor of the tabloid, which operated out of Georgia EMC offices in his hometown of Millen. Instrumental in organizing the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), Harrison served three separate turns as editor of the state association’s publication and contributed a monthly column.
In 1958 RURAL GEORGIA expanded to 16 pages. Later, it moved from a sheet-fed press to a web press and significantly raised advertising revenue. Along with Georgia EMC, the newspaper tabloid moved its offices from Millen to Atlanta and, under the leadership of Bill Blankinship, became a 32-page, four-color magazine in 1977. Emphasis was put on special editions to build advertising and circulation, which, in 1980, surpassed 200,000. That same year, the magazine surveyed its readers and, based on the results, created what continue to be its most popular departments: a calendar of events and cooking and gardening columns. The magazine was named the best electric cooperative magazine in a NRECA national competition in 1980.
In 1990 RURAL GEORGIA changed its name to GEORGIA Magazine to reflect its readership, which had grown to include those in both rural and suburban communities.
As the magazine’s circulation increased to a monthly average of more than 500,000, a more efficient means of printing was sought. In 2002 the publication partnered with Quad/Graphics, one of the largest printers in the nation, with presses in The Rock, a middle Georgia unincorporated community near Forsyth. Simultaneously, the magazine embraced new technical trends, winning national industry awards for its website and offering readers a digital edition of the magazine in a flip-page format.
Along with its statewide edition, GEORGIA Magazine serves 29 of the state’s EMCs which incorporate their own newsletters into the magazine’s center fold, bringing local co-op news as well as state EMC news to their members. In 2016 the publication partnered with the Digital Library of Georgia, which archived the magazine and provided online access to past issues.
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Brick work describes today’s mystery
There’s a lot of brickwork in today’s Mystery Photo, and with an American flag at the top of the stairs. Let us know where this place is, and send your answers to ebrack2@gmail.com. Don’t forget to tell us where you live.
Cathy Loew, Peachtree Corners, told us that the last Mystery photo was: “Arches is one of the BEST National Parks, in my opinion. My daughter is an avid hiker (I watch) and she took me on a whirlwind tour of the five National Parks in Utah!! It was a glorious trip.” The photo came from Rick Krause of Lilburn.
Also sending in the right answers were George Graf, Palmyra, Va.; Jay Altman, Columbia, S.C.; John Titus, Peachtree Corners; Joe Briggs, Senoia; and Allan Peel of San Antonio, Texas, who wrote: “ “Today’s mystery photo is a series of rock formations or “hoodoos” called The Garden of Eden, near the parking lot of the Windows Section of Arches National Park near Moab, Utah. Like most formations in the area, they are made up of layers of Entrada Sandstone intermixed with a much softer layer of Dewey Bridge Mudstone. The mudstone erodes faster than the sandstone, so that the slow but constant erosion by water and wind over the last several million years has led to the formation of many strange rock formations throughout the park.
The Windows Section of the park was given National Monument Status by President Herbert Hoover on April 12, 1929, and the name “Garden of Eden” was assigned by Frank Beckwith (1875–1951), a local newspaper editor and amateur scientist, who was tasked by the government with mapping the monument and naming its features. In Beckwith’s vivid imagination, the three rock formations on the left of the mystery photo resembled a heavier-set male figure facing an hourglass-shaped female, standing on either side of a golf ball on a golf tee. In his twisted mind, he saw Adam, facing Eden, as they approached the Devil’s Golf Ball.”
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Dearly Beloved opens at Lionheart Theatre tonight
Dearly Beloved, a play at Lionheart Theatre in Norcross, runs from March 13 to 29 Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. The play is a laugh-a-minute comedy about three feuding sisters and a church of small-town eccentrics. Written by Jones Hope Wooten, the director is Brandi Kilgore. Click for tickets.
A Night at the Hunnicutt Inn will be at Mt. Carmel United Methodist Church. This is an original play sharing the history of Mt. Carmel and the Pinckneyville community! Performances are Friday, March 13 at 7 p.m., and Saturday, March 14 at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. at the church at 5100 S. Old Peachtree Road, Norcross. Tickets are $15 and include dessert! Purchase tickets here.
Participate in the Peachtree Corners Baptist Church 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, March 14 at 9 a.m. for the Neighborhood 5K Run/Walk benefiting Neighborhood Cooperative Ministries. Enjoy as a runner, walker, and family friendly 5K, running along a quiet neighborhood course. Race is chip-timed, and registration includes a t-shirt, post-race refreshments, and medals for Top 3 Overall and Masters M/F finishers as well as top three M/F finishers in each age group. To register, click here.
Join the Gwinnett Historical Society’s next meeting on Monday, March 16 at 7 p.m. at Rhodes Jordan Park Community Recreation Center, 100 East Crogan Street, Lawrenceville. This meeting will feature guest speaker Susan Hogue from Master Framing and Preservation in Chamblee, who will discuss the proper care and restoration of family heirlooms.
Gwinnett Master Gardeners will meet at the Bethesda Senior Center, 225 Bethesda Church Road, on March 16 at 7 p.m. Speaker will be Dr. Allan Armitage, renowned horticulturist, discussing his new book, The Common-Sense Gardener, which offers hands-on gardening with wisdom, humor and no-nonsense advice.
Opening the Door to Yiddish: Join us for a fascinating lecture with literary scholar Dr. Miriam Udel, explore a vibrant culture through the stories told to its children, and gain insight before diving into the Library’s 2026 Yiddish Book Club Series. This will be March 16 at 7 p.m. at the Duluth Branch of Gwinnett County Public Library.
Author Jeannine A. Cook discusses her memoir, Shut Up and Read, which chronicles the improbable true story of how she left an abusive past to build a bookshop that survived the pandemic and became an international sensation. This will take place March 19 at 6:30 p.m. at the Snellville Branch of Gwinnett County Public Library.
Enjoy an evening of connection, celebration, and impact at Raise Your Glass!, Spectrum Autism Support Group’s signature spring fundraiser, taking place Thursday, March 19, at 6:30 p.m. at The Hudgens Center for the Arts and Learning in Duluth. For tickets, go to spectrumautism.org/events/raise-your-glass.
Help Master Gardeners kick of the spring season at the Spring Blooms Market. We are looking for local vendors offering handmade treasures, vintage finds, and tasty food! To be considered, fill out an application and return to this email address. The event is Saturday, March 21 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Author Marissa McFarland will discuss her debut novel, When Goodbyes Begin, a multi-generational story about identity, sacrifice, and coming home. She will speak on March 25 at 6:30 p.m. at the Duluth Branch of Gwinnett County Public Library.
DIY Fix-A-Leak Workshop: Learn to save water and money at this hands-on workshop with the Gwinnett County Department of Water Resources. This will be on March 31 at 6 p.m. at the Snellville Branch of Gwinnett County Public Library.
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