Yes, it’s lighthouse time again. See if you can find the location of this gem, sitting just above dunes somewhere. Understand that there are 779 standing lighthouse in all, in 50 states, so we may get readers sending in more to identify. Send your idea to elliott@brack.net and include your hometown.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Learning why Kansas City was originally developed
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Here’s why Edward Stack of New York is my hero
SPOTLIGHT: Sugarloaf CID
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
UPCOMING: Snellville to mark its centennial weekend of August 18-19
NOTABLE: Fortune names Peachtree Corners among best place to live
RECOMMENDED: Jury Duty Streaming series, on Amazon Prime
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Ebos Landing has no local marker of its existence
MYSTERY PHOTO: Three by the sea, but which sea and which town?
CALENDAR: Rooftop solar workshop will be Wednesday, June 21
By Elliott Brack | Though I had never heard of Edward Stack before, he’s a hero of mine. Mr. Stack died recently at age 88 in New York. He had served for 60 years in leadership roles of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, ending as president and chairman. And he’s my hero because he’s the person who is responsible for keeping Pete Rose out of the Hall of Fame because of his gambling addiction.
By Ed Orr | Leaving Indianapolis and heading on the new version of the National Pike (Interstate 70), we passed the fields of southern Illinois, crossing the busy Mississippi at St. Louis, past the Missouri river towns of Wellington and Napoleon, named for who you would suspect, with the unincorporated town of Waterloo between them!
Snellville’s Centennial will be celebrated through a variety of events on the weekend of August 18-19. The celebration kicks off at 4 p.m. Friday, August 18 on the Towne Green with a variety of food trucks, music, fun and games along with an antique car display on Oak Road representing cars dating back to 1923.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Enjoying making jam, the Lawrenceville Co-op benefits
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Georgia Press Association inducts EEB into Golden Club
SPOTLIGHT: Lail Family Dentistry
ANOTHER VIEW: Afghanistan was a mess for the USA from the start
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
UPCOMING: Iowa native to chair PA studies at PCOM
NOTABLE: “Pigments of Imagination” on display at Norcross Gallery
RECOMMENDED: The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Ebos Landing and the Myth of the Flying Africans
MYSTERY PHOTO: Can you remember where you have eyeballed this scene?
CALENDAR: Duluth Rotary Club Car Show will be Saturday, June 17
By J.K. Murphy | It was 1947 when a young Elliott Brack first entered the newspaper business. He was 12 years old and each afternoon, Monday through Saturday, the young entrepreneur could be seen pedaling his bike over the streets of Macon, Ga., delivering The Macon News to his customers’ doorsteps.
“The prospect of a long day at the beach makes me panic. There is no harder work I can think of than taking myself off to somewhere pleasant, where I am forced to stay for hours and ‘have fun.’”
— Guggenheim Fellow, Author and Teacher Phillip Lopate (1943 – ).
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His 2025 list:
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