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NEW for 5/30: On Tina Turner, club anniversaries, guns and abortions
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Energetic performer Tina Turner was “Simply the best”
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Civic clubs observe 100th and 50th anniversary of founding
SPOTLIGHT: Crowne Plaza Hotel
ANOTHER VIEW: Draconian weapons and abortion laws need changing
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
UPCOMING: Outdoor drama next two weekends near Helen
NOTABLE: Lawrenceville singled out by Georgia City Solutions
RECOMMENDED: At Bertram’s Hotel by Agatha Christie
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Cherokee Indian language related to the Iroquoian
MYSTERY PHOTO: Try to pinpoint where this ancient architecture is from
LAGNIAPPE: Gwinnett student among finalists in Doodle contest
CALENDAR: Jazz in the Alley in Norcross coming on June 3
NEW for 12/7: Caregiving respite; Two scary incidents
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Peachtree Christian Health offers temporary respite from caregiving
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Two scary instances when driving for take-out food
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Banking Company
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
UPCOMING: Overcoming doubt, Filipino native among new GGC grads
NOTABLE: County to provide warming stations when temps under 35 degrees
RECOMMENDED: Three Men on a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Emory, Berry, Ga. Tech benefit from foundations
MYSTERY PHOTO: Older building is today’s Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: Job Fair Wednesday at Gwinnett Planning and Development Department
NEW for 9/28: African school; Newspapers’ decline; Review drinking age
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Two GACS seniors help fund school in Cameroon, Africa
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Decline of newspapers is not good for the future of our republic
ANOTHER VIEW: Wants Georgia to re-examine the legal age for drinking alcohol
SPOTLIGHT: The 1818 Club
FEEDBACK: Feels that Joe Biden is second most incompetent president
UPCOMING: Different 2021 Great Day of Service aims to bolster non-profits
NOTABLE: CFNE grants $100,000 then finds the agency’s board matches it
RECOMMENDED: The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
GEORGIA TIDBIT: CCC work in Georgia can be seen in many state parks
MYSTERY PHOTO: Building with classic tower is today’s Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Elisha Winn Fair will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday
CALENDAR: Snellville Commerce Club to hear Mayor Barbara Bender on October 5
6/3: GACS campaign; On Ty Cobb; Cruise with difference
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TODAY’S FOCUS: GACS Raises $30 Million, Surpassing “Path Forward” Goal
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Authoritative Book about Ty Cobb Is Major Service to His Reputation
ANOTHER VIEW: How One Couple Enjoyed a Cruise with a Difference
SPOTLIGHT: United Community Bank
UPCOMING: Library Offers High School Diploma Through Online Program
NOTABLE: Suwanee Medical School Campus Sees Nearly 300 Students Get Degrees
RECOMMENDED: The Martian by Andy Weir
GEORGIA TIDBIT: I am a Fugitive from a Georgia Chain Gang Is Literary Sensation in 1932
CALENDAR: Kids Fishing on Tap for Jones Bridge Park This Weekend
TODAY’S QUOTE: How Truth Gets To Be What It Is
MYSTERY PHOTO: Modernistic Building Design Was One Seen in Many Buildings
LAGNIAPPE: GACS Student Wins Key Award from School Musical Theatre
MYSTERY: Modernistic building design seen in many buildings
Today’s Mystery Photo looks to be a smaller version of the design of buildings from not too many years ago. Somehow, it reminds us of a onetime look of the Norcross Post Office, before it was re-vamped to the present Norcross City Hall. Send in your guess as to where this is to elliott@brack.net and be sure to include your hometown.
Gwinnett Forum | April 30, 2024
“Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb.”
– Former Prime Minister Sir William Churchill (1874-1965).
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.
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