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MYSTERY PHOTO: Can you identify one of our 779 lighthouses?
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.
NEW for 6/20: On Kansas City and Edward Stack, hero
Click here to read the latest edition. In this issue:
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
BRACK: Here’s why Edward Stack of New York is my hero
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.
FOCUS: Learning why Kansas City was originally developed
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!
NEWS BRIEFS: Snellville to mark its centennial weekend of August 18-19
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.
NEW for 6/16: Making jam; Golden Club; Afghanistan
Click here to read the latest edition. In this issue:
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
MURPHY: Georgia Press Association inducts EEB into Golden Club
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.
Gwinnett Forum | June 3, 2025
“When a man’s wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package.”
– English writer, lecturer, art historian and philanthropist John Ruskin (1819-1900) via John Titus, Peachtree Corners.
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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