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NEW for 2/24: On teacher shortage, Trail of Tears and GGC program

NEW for 2/24: On teacher shortage, Trail of Tears and GGC program

Click here to read the latest edition. In this edition:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Gwinnett teacher shortage and low-rated local schools
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Cherokees removal in Trail of Tears has ties to Gwinnett
ANOTHER VIEW: GGC program inspires big dreams for African-American males
SPOTLIGHT: Walton Gas 
FEEDBACK: City of Fitzgerald boosted by Gov. William Nothern
UPCOMING: Gwinnett policy could keep interior of homes up to code
NOTABLE: Ex-GACS Coach Bradford to Georgia Sports Hall of Fame
RECOMMENDED: Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen
GEORGIA TIDBIT: City of Fitzgerald formed by Northern and Southern veterans
MYSTERY PHOTO: Many have seen this vehicle before; tell us about it
LAGNIAPPE: Henri’s Bakery and Deli will open in Peachtree Corners
CALENDAR: Career Fair will be held March 9 at Annandale Village in Suwanee

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by · February 24, 2023 · Full issues
Gwinnett County Courthouse in 2005.  Via Wikipedia.

BRACK: Cherokees’ removal in Trail of Tears has ties to Gwinnett

By Elliott Brack  |  This week a group was being led on a tour of the new Lawrenceville Performing Arts Center, which is run by the Aurora Theatre.  As the group stopped at one exhibit, something was said that the Trail of Tears, which removed Cherokee Indians westward, started at the Gwinnett Courthouse.

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by · February 24, 2023 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
Grove Park Inn, via Wikipedia.

BRACK: Novel set at Grove Park Inn introduces enemy internment

By Elliott Brack  |  A new novel by an American Cherokee Indian set at the Grove Park Inn in Asheville gave me insights into a side note of World War II history.  The book, Even As We Breathe, is by Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle, the first enrolled member of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians to publish a novel.  It was released in September.  The author graduated from Yale University and The College of William and Mary. She is the executive director of the Cherokee Preservation Foundation, and an English teacher at Swain County (N.C.) High.

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by · April 13, 2021 · Elliott Brack's Perspective