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FOCUS: 30-year resident recounts living in 20 places
By Johnnie Rowe | Your recent comment took me on a long trip down “memory lane.” Every state in which I have lived has its own personality and special characteristics. I was born in London, Ark. where the local cemetery bears the names of many of my ancestors. When I was six, my family moved to Prescott, Ariz. This “mile high city” was a wonderful small town in the mountains and a perfect place to grow up.
ISSUE 14.91: Barbara Awards, UGA-GSU acrimony, more
Click here to read the latest full issue of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Barbara Awards Gala on the way
ELLIOTT BRACK: Acrimony for years between UGA, GSU
ANOTHER VIEW: Day trip to Milledgeville gives O’Connor insight
FEEDBACK: School bus drivers aren’t typical workers
UPCOMING: Well-known authors coming to Gwinnett
NOTABLE: Bowen in 13th year; Duluth wins 5 awards
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Peach State Federal Credit Union
QUOTE: Comforting thoughts
GEORGIA TIDBIT: UGA Library houses important news films
MYSTERY PHOTO : No one recognized Cuban landmark
LAGNIAPPE: Many without power in Northeast Georgia
BRACK: For years, acrimony blossomed between UGA and GSU
By Elliott Brack | Back when states were planting institutions of higher learning, these universities were not always located in what became the state’s major city. As a result, problems have arisen between forces in the major city wanting a state university and the major university located in a smaller town wanting to enhance their school’s prestige.
It’s that same old story of jealously, while seeking to keep the state’s university as the major campus of the state.
FOCUS: Aurora Theatre plans 5th annual Barbara Awards Gala
By Chelsea Bohannon, Lawrenceville, Ga. | Join friends and colleagues for a festive evening honoring local artists and dedicated community members. Aurora Theatre presents the Fifth Annual Barbara Awards Gala on Monday, February 23, at 7:30 p.m. Guests are invited to celebrate their favorite Aurora performers in the company of fellow arts supporters.
Focus: Feb. 20 breakfast features advocates against domestic violence
By Susie Brown | — The Partnership Against Domestic Violence (PADV) is planning a “Women in Action” breakfast gathering in Gwinnett to highlight the program concerning violence in the home place. The breakfast will be held at 8:30 a.m. on February 20 at Sugarloaf Country Club in Duluth. Tickets are $75.
The Board of Directors and Gwinnett Fund Development Committee of PADV invites Gwinnettians to “Join us for an informative breakfast on the issue of domestic violence and how you can help stop it.”
BRACK: 2 school proposals: Drop one, give study to the other
By Elliott Brack | Two items concerning Georgia’s schools were floated last week. One we oppose, while the other intrigues us.
The proposition that we oppose, proposed by Republican Sen. John Wilkinson of Toccoa, would allow Georgia school districts to elect school superintendents, and have local school board members appointed by a grand jury.
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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