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MYSTERY PHOTO: Unusual story goes with this picture
There’s an interesting story that comes with this photo. See if you can find out about it, and report back where the photo was taken, and give a glimpse of the interesting tidbit. Send your answer to elliott@brack.net, and list your hometown.
Last week Susan McBrayer, Sugar Hill, was one responding to this photo: “This is the Great Hunger Memorial at the Ennistymon Famine Memorial site in County Clare, Ireland.
NEW for 7/15: On work program, UGA students, pilgrimage
Click here to read the latest edition. Inside this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Utah program gets unemployed folks back to work quickly
EEB PERSPECTIVE: President says 85% of UGA students are residents of Georgia
ANOTHER VIEW: Dozen people enjoy church “Pilgrimage” to Ireland
SPOTLIGHT: Comet National Shipping
FEEDBACK: His concern is possible tyrannical right theocracy
UPCOMING: Peachtree Corners invests $2 million in new playground equipment
NOTABLE: Lawrenceville plans slip lane for direct hospital access
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Chestnut trees, once prevalent, were victim of blight fungus
MYSTERY PHOTO: Another lighthouse, but it’s a short one!
ANOTHER VIEW: Dozen people enjoy church “pilgrimage” to Ireland
By Karen Bass | “Pilgrimage” takes on a variety of meanings for folks, but in general it involves a journey far from home and seeking spiritual insight. The youth of Christ Church Episcopal in Norcross have taken several such journeys, primarily to sites of ancient Celtic Christianity in England, Scotland, and Ireland.
3/15: On transit vote; Boston’s subway; Ireland’s beauty
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TODAY’S FOCUS: More Facts Concerning Tuesday’s Vote About Transit System
EEB PERSPECTIVE: How the Boston Subway Helped Me Keep Warm Back in the 1970s
ANOTHER VIEW: Ah, Ireland: So Rich in Foliage, Beauty, People, Wit and Hope
SPOTLIGHT: Hayes Family Automotive Group
FEEDBACK: Now Is the Time To Support Gwinnett with “Yes” Transit Vote
UPCOMING: Brightree To Move Its Company Headquarters to Peachtree Corners
NOTABLE: Judy Johnson Won’t Run Again for Mayor; Still’s Hat in the Ring
RECOMMENDED: The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Indian Community near Rome Was Inhabited in 16th Century
MYSTERY PHOTO: Haunting Stark Figure Is Mystery Photo for This Edition
CALENDAR: Take in an Evening of French Music on Saturday
9/27: Hudgens Prize competition; Visiting Ireland; more
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Competition Opens Soon for $50,000 Hudgens Prize for 2016-17
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Enjoying the Pleasures of Living for a Week in Dublin, Ireland
SPOTLIGHT: Brand Bank
UPCOMING: Williams Family of Snellville to Be on Family Feud on Sept. 27
NOTABLE: Gwinnett Cities Helping Restock Supplies at Food Co-ops
RECOMMENDED: Double Eagle Restaurant
GEORGIA TIDBIT: William McIntosh Was Controversial Chief of Lower Creek Indians
TODAY’S QUOTE: Never Doubt The Ingenuity of the American Plumber
MYSTERY PHOTO: Stories abound About Last Edition’s Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Georgia Gwinnett Names First Building for College’s First President
CALENDAR: Candidate Forum Thursday Night in Lawrenceville
BRACK: Enjoying the pleasures of living for a week in Dublin, Ireland
By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Living in a foreign city for a week certainly gives you another perspective on life.
Our youngest has an Irish-related client and was headed for Dublin, Ireland, for a week. Renting an apartment there with two bedrooms, my wife and I got an invitation to buy a plane ticket and go along. It’s hard to refuse such an offer.
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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