By Elliott Brack | Discourteous people bother me….seriously. It doesn’t matter who, when or where someone shows bad manners, it’s telling…about that person. Shocked! Yes, we were shocked at the lack of civility Tuesday night when the president of the United States was heckled by many Republicans during the State of the Union address.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Businesses need qualified and motivated labor force
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Carrying six loaded guns in Publix, person may not be convicted as felon
SPOTLIGHT: E.R. Snell Contractor, Inc.
FEEDBACK: Appreciates thoughts on grieving in recent Forum
UPCOMING: Suwanee community program, Art Ties, focuses on visual arts
NOTABLE: Beginning of the year is good time for a financial checkup
OBITUARIES: Deborah Mason
RECOMMENDED: Chicken Salad Chick restaurants
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Fiddler Clayton McMichen known as the North Georgia Wildcat
MYSTERY PHOTO: Formally-designed, elegant household is today’s Mystery
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TODAY’S FOCUS: National Republicans’ right-wing policies might backfire
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Amazon, Facebook and Google have no reporters, but rip off news
SPOTLIGHT: Mingledorff’s
FEEDBACK: About Stetson plus the long-term fate of the Republicans
UPCOMING: Tammy Shumate to be named Citizen of the Year by Chamber
NOTABLE: Jamaican immigrant finds her confidence at GGC
RECOMMENDED: The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Johnson was provisional governor of Georgia after Civil War
MYSTERY PHOTO: Twin Towers are the subject, but where are they located?
LAGNIAPPE: Winn DAR chapter names Terry Manning award winner
CALENDAR: Johns Creek Symphony plans two concerts on December 17
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TODAY’S FOCUS: First year results of Community Response Team is impressive
EEB PERSPECTIVE: GOP and Dem incumbents use power, gain big advantages
ANOTHER VIEW: Couple on a roll, having visited 21 of 30 Major League parks
SPOTLIGHT: Lail Family Dentistry
FEEDBACK: Has second brush with death, and while visiting her parents!
UPCOMING: Free pet adoptions at Animal Welfare Center on August 27
NOTABLE: Trustees vote to disband Senior Leadership Gwinnett
OBITUARIES: Francis Thomas Lynch Jr.
RECOMMENDED: We need more contributions. Isn’t anyone reading?
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Outdoor education programs are relatively new to state
MYSTERY PHOTO: Clues abound in this tightly-cropped photograph
LAGNIAPPE: It’s the time of years for the hosta blooms to shine
CALENDAR: British Car Fayre comes to Norcross September 10
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TODAY’S FOCUS: More Republican-dominated states seeking to pass voter restrictions
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Legislators’ meddling with Georgia’s time is a waste of energy
ANOTHER VIEW: New classes begin each month at Altierus College on Beaver Ruin Road
SPOTLIGHT: E.R. Snell Contractor, Inc.
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
UPCOMING: City of Lawrenceville buildings get upgrade for indoor air quality
NOTABLE: GGC students plant apple trees on college’s microfarm
RECOMMENDED: Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Benjamin Hunt improves dairy industry in middle Georgia
MYSTERY PHOTO: Do you remember seeing this statue on some of your travels?
LAGNIAPPE: Lilburn Woman’s Club donates a Dr. Seuss chair to Lilburn Elementary School
CALENDAR: Commission chairman to give State of the County address on March 3
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TODAY’S FOCUS: He’s Going To Vote for Donald Trump as the Next President
ANOTHER VIEW: His Choice for president is Democrat Joseph Biden
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Gwinnett Republicans come out against local transit referendum
SPOTLIGHT: Peach State Federal Credit Union
FEEDBACK: Wishes that he could hear this comment from the new Justice
UPCOMING: Drive-in job fair coming to Infinite Energy area on Thursday
NOTABLE: Salvation Army’s “Doing the Most Good” luncheon is virtual on Friday
RECOMMENDED: Wicked Pleasures by Penny Vincenzi
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia’s Sea Island developed by founder of Hudson Motor Company
MYSTERY PHOTO: Ship’s model is today’s Mystery Photo to guess
CALENDAR: Snellville Tourism and Trade Association and Commerce Club to meet Election Day
By Elliott Brack | Spending a year in graduate school at the University of Iowa, I became a regular reader of the region’s most influential newspaper of that day, The Chicago Tribune. It was a rock-ribbed stalwart Republican newspaper of high quality. With gusto, it covered Chicago and the Midwest. It had one feature I remembered when I came back to Georgia to get into newspapering.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Area’s Growing As Request for New Electric Service on Upward Trend
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Comments From Readers Show Pressures on Our Democratic Republic
ANOTHER VIEW: World’s Not Ending For Losing Democrats; Math Shows Major Gains
SPOTLIGHT: Walton Electric Membership Corporation
FEEDBACK: Success of Rainbow Village Came from Nancy Yancey’s Hard Work
UPCOMING: Re-Paving of Ronald Reagan Parkway Continues through August
NOTABLE: Lilburn Police Will Offer Junior Women’s Self Defense Class
RECOMMENDED MOVIE: Silent Light: from Carlos Reygadas Barguin
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia Still Trying To Correct Camak’s Northern Boundary Error
TODAY’S QUOTE: Here’s Another good Definition of Summertime
MYSTERY PHOTO: Tell Us Where This Stunning Statue Is Located
LAGNIAPPE: Here’s a Photo of the Oldest Church in Gwinnett County
CALENDAR: Lilburn Planning Annual Fireworks Exhibit
“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).
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests that Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His list:
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