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Thurmann

FOCUS: Thankful to Jimmy Carter and for growing up on Boulevard

By Patty Thumann  |  In 1980, President Jimmy Carter opened the United States for Cubans who wanted to flee under political asylum. My father was a ham radio operator and was able to communicate in secret with an old family friend in the United States on helping to get to this country.

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by · October 27, 2023 · Today's Focus
FOCUS: United Way asks: How are the children of Gwinnett doing?

FOCUS: United Way asks: How are the children of Gwinnett doing?

By Aliza Gevirtz   |  United Way of Greater Atlanta’s latest child well-being data highlights areas of high need throughout their 13-county footprint.

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by · October 24, 2023 · Today's Focus
Taylor

FOCUS: Hebron Christian plans $20 million special needs academy

By Dr. James E. Taylor  |  Hebron Christian Academy (HCA) will launch a $20 million special needs program aimed at students with cognitive and or developmental disabilities to open in the 2024-25 school year.  It will be called Lions Learning Academy.

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by · October 20, 2023 · Today's Focus
From the 1963 March on Washington  |  Wikipedia.

FOCUS: Making comparisons with two Washington marches

By Jack Bernard | The famous March on Washington took place 60 years ago – Aug. 28, 1963.  Some forces in the black community wanted it to be militant and disruptive, along the lines of what Malcolm X desired. However, because of its truly patriotic organizers, the gathering was peaceful- as well as effective.  

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by · October 17, 2023 · Today's Focus
Scott

FOCUS: Technical Colleges of Georgia are a bright star of the state

By Dr. Paul Scott  |  Today’s dynamic workplace forces two special requirements on the career-focused student. The first and most important of these is the need to “learn how to learn.” This is brought about by rapid changes in technology and the tools used as a result of that technology. 

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by · October 12, 2023 · Today's Focus
Moreland

FOCUS: See how solar energy can reduce your electric bill

By Don Moreland  |  Notice anything about your electricity bill lately? Has it gone up in recent months?  That’s because electricity rates are going up and more rate hikes are on the way.

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by · October 10, 2023 · Today's Focus
Perry

FOCUS: Read the book: It Can’t Happen Here; or can it?

By Raleigh Perry  |  It Can’t Happen Here is a book by Sinclair Lewis published in 1935.  I am not going into what takes place in the book, I want you to read it and figure matters out for yourself.  I am basically stating that It Can’t Happen Here just might.  

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by · October 6, 2023 · Today's Focus
2010 image of Plant Vogtle’s Units 1 and 2; via Wikipedia.

FOCUS: Expensive Plant Vogtle should never have been built

By Patty Durand  |  On July 31,  Georgia Power’s Plant Vogtle’s Unit 3 entered commercial operation after 14 years of construction, and Unit 4 is expected to be completed no later than March of 2024. Plant Vogtle is the only nuclear power plant under construction in the United States. 

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by · October 3, 2023 · Today's Focus
FOCUS: Gwinnett Giving Girls find way to make a difference

FOCUS: Gwinnett Giving Girls find way to make a difference

By Darcie Johnson.  |  Who would have thought that a challenge given through Leadership Gwinnett, asking participants in 2017 to think of a way they could make a difference in Gwinnett, would have made such an impact on Gwinnett County?  

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by · September 29, 2023 · Today's Focus
Echols

FOCUS: Georgia works well with “slow and steady” energy growth

By Tim Echols |  If ever there is a weekend when “fantasy” dominates, it was Labor Day weekend in Atlanta.  Tens of thousands who play Fantasy Football, including me, were drafting their fantasy teams.  

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by · September 12, 2023 · Today's Focus