Elliott Brack’s Perspective
BRACK: Celebrating the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth
By Elliott Brack | The Bibb County Board of Education is heavily responsible for my early love of classical music. Back when I was in grammar school, the Macon school system employed a person to travel to its elementary schools with her small 78 rpm record player, and give the students a lesson in “music appreciation.”
BRACK: Time for a new series around “Vanishing Gwinnett” theme
By Elliott Brack | In this space recently we wrote about Hometown Barbeque closing. Its forerunner was called Gunter’s Barbeque.
I have a framed 16×20 painting of Gunter’s, by the late George Keener, in my home hallway that I pass each day. When writing about Hometown Barbeque, I was wanting to have a photo of its predecessor, the old Gunter’s. It never came to mind that I had that painting.
BRACK: Even when searching for a dog, be careful; Scams abound
By Elliott Brack | Somehow, I think was on the way to getting scammed. Over all things, a dog. Ever since our 16-year-old rescue dog, Hercules, died about three months ago, we’ve been thinking about getting another dog. We’ve always had dogs, four main ones, living with us for 9, 15, 18 and (for Herk) 16 years.
BRACK: Dacula, Harbins lose cherished member in Winford Lindsay
By Elliott Brack | Dacula and the Harbins community lost a cherished member when Winford Vernon Lindsay Sr. died on November 1. He lived a half a year beyond age 100. Winford was a giant of a gentleman, the son of a farming family, and Bible scholar. He may have been the last surviving Gwinnett County resident who had been a member of the Civilian Conservation Corps, prior to enlisting in the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1940.
Gwinnett Forum | May 20, 2025
“The future, according to some scientists, will be exactly like the past, only far more expensive.”
— American Science Fiction Author John Sladek (1937-2000). (1895 – 1972).
Continuing objectives
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His 2025 list:
- Move statewide non-partisan judicial and school board elections to the date of the General Election.
- More creative efforts to support the arts in Gwinnett.
- Advancement and expansion of city historical societies.
- Require establishments that serve alcoholic beverages to halt sales of such products at 1 a.m., and close by 2 a.m.
- Require the Georgia Legislature to meet only once every two years.
- Eliminate single-use plastic packaging and straws in Gwinnett and require instead the use of paper products.
- Gwinnett planners to encourage condos and townhouses instead of apartments.
- County-wide microtransit services.
Interested in Gwinnett history?
Now re-printed in its third edition, Gwinnett: A Little Above Atlanta, the award-winning history of Gwinnett County, is once again available for purchase. It sold out of its first two printings. The book won the 2010 Award of Excellence in Documenting Georgia History from the Georgia Historical Records Advisory Board. The book is available at Old Town Antiques at 93 Main Street in Lilburn.
- The history of Gwinnett is also available as an e-book from Amazon or Barnes and Noble for $9.95.
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