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15.13: Onion Man Productions; Apple rant; Self-interest; more

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Onion Man Returns To Norcross with More Short Plays
EEB PERSPECTIVE: A Company As Smart As Apple Ought To Do Better Than This
ANOTHER VIEW: Why Do Southerners Vote Against Their Own Interest?
FEEDBACK: From Mass Transit, to Editing in Today’s Media, To Pro Sports’ Dangers
UPCOMING: Suwanee Arts in the Park Festival Coming on Saturday
NOTABLE: Georgia Gwinnett College’s Wilson Wins Athletic Director of the Year
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Grand Bay Wetland Center near Valdosta Second Largest in State
TODAY’S QUOTE: More About Roe vs. Wade
MYSTERY PHOTO: The Forum Had a Stumper Again

by GwinnettForum · May 15, 2015 · Full issues

15.12: Stopping domestic violence; On Dr. Jim Collins; more

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Afraid of Your Partner? Call for Help If Being Bullied
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Dr. Jim Collins Gave Guidance to Peachtree Christian Hospice
FEEDBACK: More on DeKalb Government, Vehicle Makers and Parkview Baseball
UPCOMING: Valerie Wilson heads GSBA; Brookwood, Walton EMC in Solar Project
NOTABLE: County Begins Sweeping Roads Again; Careful about Beauty Programs
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Much of Vidalia Onion Must Be Harvested by Hand Work
TODAY’S QUOTE How One Economist Looked at Government
LAGNIAPPE: First Class Flying, Before World War II

by GwinnettForum · May 12, 2015 · Full issues

15.11: Crash avoidance; traffic relief; New York City

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Crash Avoidance Technology Should Be Required for Big Rigs
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Time To Move On Gwinnett Traffic Relief Is Right Now!
ANOTHER VIEW: What Living in New York City Is Like
FEEDBACK: More On Nursing Students and Clinical Rotations
UPCOMING: Nash Sworn in as Head of the Association County Commission of Georgia
NOTABLE: Lilburn Farmers Market Gets Grant from Community Foundation
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Vidalia Onion Among Major Georgia Agricultural Success Stories
TODAY’S QUOTE: Another Reason Why the Weather Is So Important
MYSTERY PHOTO: Only Two Recognized a Famous Home in Portugal
LAGNIAPPE: Enjoying the Pinewood Derby of Scouting

by GwinnettForum · May 8, 2015 · Full issues

15.10: On Eagle Ranch, homeowner’s insurance, Deal’s rights

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Making Life Better for Children Is Goal of Eagle Ranch
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Homeowner Contents Insurance Premiums Are Too High
ANOTHER VIEW: Gov. Nathan Deal Entitled To His First Amendment Rights, Too
FEEDBACK: Remembers Her Days of Driving To Nursing Clinicals
UPCOMING: Liberian Ambassador To Give Commencement Address at GGC
NOTABLE: Jennifer Stephens New ACE Fellow; Structures Win Preservation Awards
RECOMMENDED READ: The Last Days of Dogtown: A Novel by Anita Diamant
GEORGIA TIDBIT: There’s Learning from Georgia Past Through Archaeology
TODAY’S QUOTE: You’ve Got It Made If You Live Past 100 Years
MYSTERY PHOTO: Several Recognized “Jardin du Luxembourg” in Paris

by GwinnettForum · May 5, 2015 · Full issues

ISSUE 15.09: Hopewell honors pastor; Tragic accident; more

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Hopewell Baptist To Honor Veteran Pastor on May 15
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Accident Claiming Nursing Students Brings Questions to the Fore
FEEDBACK: Readers Get To View Four Different Thoughts
UPCOMING: Aurora Plans Four Summer Playhouses for Kids; Fourth Suwanee SculpTour
NOTABLE: Marriott Hotel Coming to Gwinnett Center; PCOM Professor Re-Elected
RECOMMENDED MOVIE: Spencer’s Mountain
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Best Work of Erskine Caldwell May Be in Non-Fiction Writings
TODAY’S QUOTE: Thoughts on Things That Cannot Possibly Go Wrong
MYSTERY PHOTO: Not a Single Reader Recognized Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Another Entry in Suwanee SculpTour

by GwinnettForum · May 1, 2015 · Full issues

15.08: Protecting computers; On bad government; more

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Protecting Your Personal Computer: Know Your Enemies
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Here’s An Example Where Bad Government Has Erupted
ANOTHER VIEW: Getting Together With Old High School Mates: What Fun!
FEEDBACK: Informs Readers of Firearms Act of 1937
UPCOMING: Farmers Market Returns to Suwanee; Salvation Army Honors Publisher
NOTABLE: Boutwells Establish Scholarship at GGC; Gwinnett Tech Awards Scholarships
RECOMMENDED READ: Red Dirt by Joe Samuel Starnes
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Erskine Caldwell Concentrates on Poverty and Disintegration of Family
TODAY’S QUOTE: How You May Not Appear to Others on the Internet
MYSTERY PHOTO: Only Two Recognized Major Landmark in Paris
LAGNIAPPE: Art on a Limb Returns to Suwanee Creekway

by GwinnettForum · April 28, 2015 · Full issues

15.07: Interstate truckers; Shivers down spine; Guns and ammo

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Why Interstate Truckers Don’t Buy Much Gasoline in Georgia
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Here’s a Situation That Really Send Shiver Down My Back
ANOTHER VIEW: Tax Guns and Ammunition to Fund Security Measures
UPCOMING: Grayson Seeks Vintage Photographs; Ballet Offers Summer Program
NOTABLE: Allgood Expands into Knoxville, Tenn.; Sugar Hill Youth Council Is Active
RECOMMENDED READ: Amish Confidential by Levi Stoltzfus and Ellis Henich
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Erskine Caldwell Is Prodigious Author, Writing about the South
TODAY’S QUOTE: Why It’s Better To Know Some of the Questions
MYSTERY PHOTO: Only Two Recognized Casablanca Mosque

by GwinnettForum · April 24, 2015 · Full issues

15.06: Sweet spot; transit poll; more

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TODAY’S FOCUS: City of Sugar Hill Hoping To Be Gwinnett’s Sweet Spot
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Transit Poll Gives Gwinnettians Hope of Possible Solution
FEEDBACK: On Respect for Police, What Progressives Want, and One Rant
UPCOMING: LDS Choir To Present Concert; Cardiac Screening; Barefoot Festival
NOTABLE: GC&B Announces New Wetlands Program; Gwinnett Tech Top Student
RECOMMENDED MOVIE: Starring Adam West
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Overpumping from Aquifer Can Lead to Salt Water Intrusion
TODAY’S QUOTE: Watch Out Should We Achieve Improved Voter Turnout
MYSTERY PHOTO: Few Guess Mystery Was in Columbia, S.C.

by GwinnettForum · April 21, 2015 · Full issues

15.05: Ensuring justice; Treasures; Legislature

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TODAY’S FOCUS: More Translators Key in Gwinnett for Ensuring Justice
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Just What Treasures Are in Your Closet or Attic?
ANOTHER VIEW: Feels Progressives Want Legislature To Meet the Year Around
FEEDBACK: When Will Do Not Call Rules Be Enforced?
UPCOMING: OTC Troupe Offers 10th Anniversary Performance in Norcross on Saturday
NOTABLE: Lilburn Will Honor Former Councilwoman Helen Morris with a Bench
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Charting the Flow of Georgia Rivers
TODAY’S QUOTE: Thinking Fanatics In Two Ways
MYSTERY PHOTO: Old Casino in Romania Didn’t Stump All Readers
LAGNIAPPE: Lawrenceville Is the Wisteria City

by GwinnettForum · April 17, 2015 · Full issues

15.04: New sculpture; novelist Michael Brown; more

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TODAY’S FOCUS: New Sculpture at Environmental Center Honors Wayne Hill
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Loganville’s Michael Brown Writes Novels About the South
FEEDBACK: Oooops. We Re-Printed an Urban Legend
UPCOMING: New Exhibits at Hudgens Art Center Features Aurora Theatre Designs
NOTABLE: Brenau College Dedicates Second Bronze Sculpture, Completing Process
RECOMMENDED READ: Promise of Silver by Michael K. Brown
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia’s Water Comes from Varied Sources
MYSTERY PHOTO: We Tossed a Softball and Many Hit It Out of the Park
LAGNIAPPE: Opening Night at Coolray Field with the Gwinnett Braves

by GwinnettForum · April 14, 2015 · Full issues

Continuing objectives

Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests that Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His list:

Move statewide non-partisan judge and school board elections to the General Election.
Adoption of the 2023 Transit Plan for Gwinnett.
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.
21st century salary for the Gwinnett County Commission members.
Remove chewing gum on sidewalks at entrances of post offices and other governmental buildings.
Eliminate single-use plastic packaging and straws in Gwinnett and require instead the use of paper products.
Condos instead of apartments for Gwinnett.

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.

Full issues

15.13: Onion Man Productions; Apple rant; Self-interest; more

15.12: Stopping domestic violence; On Dr. Jim Collins; more

15.11: Crash avoidance; traffic relief; New York City

15.10: On Eagle Ranch, homeowner’s insurance, Deal’s rights

ISSUE 15.09: Hopewell honors pastor; Tragic accident; more

15.08: Protecting computers; On bad government; more

15.07: Interstate truckers; Shivers down spine; Guns and ammo

15.06: Sweet spot; transit poll; more

15.05: Ensuring justice; Treasures; Legislature

15.04: New sculpture; novelist Michael Brown; more

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