Articles by: Elliott Brack

BRACK: Corn dodger recipe can make your mouth water

BRACK: Corn dodger recipe can make your mouth water

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | It’s great to see your former students do well. A surprise gift (Vidalia onions) from him allowed a re-connection. And this student, Ray Moses, graduating in journalism, writes so well. He uses his journalism skills in a different way today, as president of Genoa Construction, an Alpharetta-based building firm which now does business in 15 states. The firm concentrates on renovation work, but recently completed one of its biggest projects, Smithgall Woods at the new Atlanta Botanical Gardens in Gainesville.

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by · August 21, 2015 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
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BRACK: Gwinnettian is new commander of Georgia American Legion

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | A former commander of the Duluth American Legion has a new position—commander of the entire state of Georgia American Legion. He is Thom Mash, 63, a resident of Suwanee. There are 240 American Legion posts in Georgia, with over 52,000 members.

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by · August 18, 2015 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Think about highway roundabouts for improved safety

BRACK: Think about highway roundabouts for improved safety

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Americans anticipating a British driving vacation face two problems: driving on the “wrong” (left) side of the road….and British roundabouts. Britain has more roundabouts as a proportion of roads than any other country. Many get confused at negotiating the roundabout, while driving in a left-side steering car gets a little more comfortable after a while.

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by · August 14, 2015 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
National Civil Rights Museum

BRACK: National Civil Rights Museum is a solid attraction for Atlanta

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | If you haven’t been, you need to visit the National Civil Rights Museum in downtown Atlanta. The setting is superb: the parking garage serves three museums, with a central green vista from the garage to the Civil Rights and Coca Cola Museums and to the Georgia Aquarium.

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by · August 7, 2015 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Republicans should be glad 2016 convention is a long way off

BRACK: Republicans should be glad 2016 convention is a long way off

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | The national Republican Party ought to be glad that the next presidential election is now at nearly a year away. The convention will be in Cleveland on July 18-21, 2016.

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by · August 4, 2015 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: By the end of 2015, the City of Rest Haven may be no more

BRACK: By the end of 2015, the City of Rest Haven may be no more

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | By the end of 2015, Rest Haven Mayor Kenneth Waycaster may no longer have the town’s top job. In reality, no one will, for by then, there may no longer be any residents of Rest Haven. They will be residing instead, by design, in Buford. Not one resident will be left to run the city.

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by · July 31, 2015 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Hard cider maker starting operations in North Georgia

BRACK: Hard cider maker starting operations in North Georgia

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | There’s a refreshing, vibrant new bottler operating in the North Georgia mountains near Helen. No, it’s not a winery. It’s a cider maker — Sautee Hard Cider — that’s the newest bottler in Georgia.

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by · July 28, 2015 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Why doesn’t this country do something to curb gun violence?

BRACK: Why doesn’t this country do something to curb gun violence?

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Guns were the cause of two recent tragedies in the South, in Chattanooga this week, and recently in Charleston, S.C. You wonder where it will happen next. For it will.

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by · July 24, 2015 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Lilburn plans Sprinkler Days; having a good day before getting going

BRACK: Lilburn plans Sprinkler Days; having a good day before getting going

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Three cheers for the City of Lilburn. The City is doing something during Dog Days that is applaudable.

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by · July 21, 2015 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Shirer’s Berlin Diary is gripping account of World War II build-up

BRACK: Shirer’s Berlin Diary is gripping account of World War II build-up

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Back in the winter of 1962, just after the publication of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, Iowa native William L. Shirer was scheduled to speak at the University of Iowa. His book chronicled the Nazi era by someone actually living in Europe, and watching and chronicling this bit of history.

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by · July 17, 2015 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
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