PEACHTREE CORNERS will soon be a living laboratory for intelligent mobility testing along Technology Parkway. The city, along with Sprint and other companies, will build a 1.5 mile test track from Peachtree Parkway to Spalding Drive. The new test track should be completed in four months. Read more details in Notable below.
TODAY’S FOCUS: Look at the Transit Improvements That Come With Voting Yes on MARTA
EEB PERSPECTIVE: It’s Good To Have Seen Four Citizens Serve Gwinnett Well
SPOTLIGHT: Lail Family Dentistry
FEEDBACK: Write Your Republicans in Congress To Demand End of Shutdown
UPCOMING: Here’s a Way To Make Sure Your Family Stories Survive
NOTABLE: Peachtree Corners Announces Smart City Transportation Lab
RECOMMENDED: Why Religion? By Elaine Pagels
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Early Georgia Legislature Creates UGA, But Slow To Fund It
MYSTERY PHOTO: Little To Go on in Determining Where This Photograph Was Taken
CALENDAR: Chocolate Walk Coming to Downtown Braselton February 9
Look at the transit improvements that come with voting yes on MARTA!
By Paige Havens
GoGwinnett Advocacy Committee
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. | Gwinnett’s transit referendum vote on March 19th is about so much more than just bringing MARTA to Gwinnett. This one percent sales tax will allow Gwinnett to put in place the most comprehensive transit system the county has ever seen. For years Gwinnett resident have complained that it needs traffic relief, more transportation options, and better access to other areas of the region. This is the opportunity to say “YES” to investing in just that.
Havens
The passage of this referendum will allow the county to contract with MARTA, the region’s mass transit provider, to help put in place so many new infrastructure projects. These will include:
- A heavy rail station;
- New multimodal transportation hub;
- Three MARTA bus rapid transit routes;
- Eight rapid corridors;
- Nine additional express routes;
- Eleven new park-and-ride lots;
- Three direct connect routes to the multimodal hub;
- A dozen additional local routes;
- Six flex service areas;
- Plus, extended evening and new Sunday service on all routes.
This package will be a huge leap forward for Gwinnett and will allow the county to put systems in place that it can build on in years to come.
Past transit referendum votes have failed because Gwinnett voters were concerned about losing “control” of funds, selection of projects, service standards and more. But thanks to the passage of HB 930 in last year’s legislative session, Gwinnett can now have the local control it asked for. One hundred percent of the funds collected from Gwinnett transit sales tax will be Gwinnett funds and must be used solely for the benefit of Gwinnett County.
Gwinnett will receive the sales tax revenues directly from the state and will have full control of disbursements made. Funds that are not required for current obligations will be held in reserve by Gwinnett for future transit projects and services. Gwinnett will have full authority in what projects are needed and will set the standard expected for local services. Gwinnett also has the right to audit any use of our funds at any time.
Citizen concerns about safety are top of mind too. Gwinnett County’s law enforcement agencies will work in tandem with MARTA security to keep its citizens as safe as possible. MARTA’s security is ranked as one of the top three safest transit systems in the country.
In addition to strong local control, Gwinnett has been granted three seats on the MARTA Board. And, do not forget that an even larger regional transit system is in the works via the new Atlanta Transit Link Authority (ATL). Four Gwinnettians currently sit on that Board. Gwinnett has a strong voice at every level and is positioned to be a key transit leader in the region.
The time could not be more right for Gwinnett to vote YES to this transit referendum. And to think what Gwinnett can do via a penny sales tax where an estimated 30 percent of those revenues will come from people outside our county makes it even better. The way I see it, we get 100 percent of the benefit at 70 percent of the cost!
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It’s good to have seen 4 citizens serve Gwinnett well
By Elliott Brack
Editor and Publisher, GwinnettForum
JAN. 22, 2019 | Deaths seem to come in bunches. In the last week or so, we’ve been to two funerals, had a funeral conflict with another and missed one. All four of the recent deceased made a lasting impression on us, and on Gwinnett County.
Boyd Duncan, of Duluth was my good friend, and it’s amazing that we got along, since we often were on opposing sides. But we respected each other’s opinions. We were similar in many ways, both born to a farm life, he in Northern Alabama, me in Middle Georgia. Both were the first of our families to graduate from college, Boyd from Georgia State (GSU), me from Mercer.
Both of us were in the military, Boyd in the Navy, me in the Army. I first met Boyd the year after the Gwinnett Rotary was founded. Boyd was a charter member. Boyd and I cooked oysters for Rotary for 38 years. We will miss him this March.
A few things about Boyd: you may not know he was an expert on bananas, from his first job working in importing them to this country. He was also a founder of the Sigma Nu chapter at GSU, along with Gwinnett’s late J.D. Caswell.
Boyd was super successful as a Realtor and broker, having his own agency, and was the founding president of the Gwinnett Association of Realtors. In the 70s, he was involved with many key activities in the county, the Chamber, Quality Growth Council, Boys and Girls Club, to name a few.
In his retirement, lately at The Parc in Duluth, Boyd Duncan was friendly, happy and content! What a good friend!
Others we will sorely miss who have died recently:
Jim Wilbanks, 76, the mayor of Dacula. A native of the area, retired from the Georgia Emergency Management Agency, he was for 17 years the mayor Dacula. He was a member of Hebron Baptist Church.We forged a friendship with him during the Dacula Centennial Celebration. We saw close-and-up-front his love for his city. He was always helpful when seeking stories from Dacula, and had the good habit of returning his tePostlephone calls. That says a lot about a person.
Richard (Dick) Deacon, 80, of Lawrenceville we met at St. Edward’s Episcopal Church when first coming to Gwinnett back in 1974. He and his wife of 57 years, Sybil Pate Deacon, and their daughter, Leah, were already attending the church. Leah now lives with her husband, Eric Williams, and three children in Hamilton Mill.
Dick graduated as a horticulturist, and worked in that field for a while. However, his real talent was as a certified counselor. Dick was also a creative person, cooking, drawing and working with natural materials. He for years had multiple sclerosis, but being in a wheelchair didn’t stop him.
Donn M. Peevy, 69, of Lawrenceville, was a former state senator and attorney in Gwinnett. He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Jerrie Lynn Corley Peevy, two daughters and four grandchildren.
Donn began his law enforcement work as a Gwinnett County police officer, eventually the head of the Vice Intelligence Division. For three years he was a legislative assistant to U.S. Congressman Ed Jenkins in Washington, D.C. Meanwhile, he was studying for his law degree, and for 37 years was a criminal, civil domestic and appellate attorney. He served from 1982 to 1990 as a Gwinnett state senator from the 48th District.
Boyd Duncan; Jim Wilbanks; Dick Deacon; and Donn Peevy: May you rest in peace.
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Lail Family Dentistry
Lail Family Dentistry has been serving the community in Duluth and Gwinnett County for 50 years. Being the longest serving dental practice in the county, our roots run deep within our community and will continue to do so for generations to come. The doctors at Lail Family Dentistry are all members of the Lail family and are here to provide for you and your family. If you are looking for a traditional, hometown dentist with convenient hours that utilizes the latest dental techniques and technology, then we would be glad to welcome you to our practice.
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Write your Republicans in Congress to demand end of shutdown
Editor, the Forum:
A few weeks ago in an Oval Office meeting, the President said he would take responsibility for the government shutdown. Now, characteristically, he seeks to shift the blame to the Democrats for refusing to give in to his demand for $5.7 billion to fund a border wall. I’m sorry Mr. President, this shutdown is your responsibility. You own it.
The whole tactic of refusing to fund the government is irresponsible. Most of the agencies affected, e.g., Agriculture, Commerce, Treasury, Interior, etc., have no role in border security. To refuse to fund them and hinder their work is irresponsible.
The Democrats in the House of Representative have passed funding bills for many agencies. Unfortunately, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has joined the President in this tactic by refusing to even bring to a vote the House-passed funding bills. It has been reported by the AJC that the shutdown is costing Georgia $489 million a month. CBS News reported it is costing the national economy a staggering $1 billion a day.
I urge all citizens to contact their Republican representatives and senators to demand that they put country before party or the President. We can debate border security and immigration once the Government is open again.
— John Titus, Peachtree Corners
Problems on Brexit center often on the Ulster question
Editor, the Forum:
Some time ago, I commented on the Brexit development as I had read reports from the BBC. Scotland, Ireland, and Wales supported staying in the EU, but England strongly supported leaving. The issue was immigration and dictates from Brussels affecting the direction of Britain. I mentioned the border with North Ireland would become a focus with Ireland staying in the EU as the UK leaves, while Northern Ireland (UK territory) would be out of the EU.
To leave, Prime Minister May has had a weak hand to play trying to maintain trading relations with Europe, while establishing some level of independence to satisfy her countrymen. Brussels demanded an open border for Ulster.
(Editor’s note: It’s complicated. Wikipedia says that “Ulster is a province in the north of the island of Ireland. It is made up of nine counties, six of which are in Northern Ireland (a part of the United Kingdom) and three of which are in the Republic of Ireland.)
There was a multibillion price tag and the UK was not free to negotiate its trade agreements with other countries like the United States. No wonder Parliament overwhelmingly defeated this offer. It was an economic surrender. Rude to say, but Ms. May was poorly cast to negotiate such a deal. She has until yesterday (Monday) to produce an alternative, but she seems to be facing a no confidence vote. If she survives that, the torment for the United Kingdom will continue.
Useless, non-functioning government unable to solve the problems facing its people, sounds amazingly familiar for some reason. See Locke’s second treatise on civil government.
— Byron Gilbert, Duluth
Both Georgia political parties should follow Dr. King’s six steps
Editor, the Forum:
In the last edition of GwinnettForum, you write of Dr. Martin Luther King’s Six Steps: If only the Democrats and Republicans would follow these steps. Neither side does Information gathering, education, discussion/negotiations very well.
— Tim Sullivan, Buford
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Here’s a way to make sure your family stories survive
Many people intend to find the time to record family stories, but the busyness of life gets in the way and they never get around to it. The cycle continues from one generation to the next. People pass on. Stories get lost.
What if you had the chance to change this pattern? What if you could leave a legacy for your children, grandchildren and future generations through the story of your life? Your story is one of the most precious gifts you could ever give to yourself and your family. Don’t let it go unopened!
There’s a program at Grace New Hope Church to get these stories saved for generations. It will begin February 3 at Grace New Hope, 1766 New Hope Road in Lawrenceville.
It is for mothers, fathers, couples, singles, grandparents, aunts, uncles… anyone who wants to capture their story. Participants will gather in a safe space every other week to share, listen, and write. Facilitators will be on hand to provide encouragement and guidance.
Not a writer? Not a problem. No prior writing skills are required to participate.
The program consists of six sessions (60-90 minutes) every other week for three months, then one session per month for three months for a total of nine sessions. There is no cost to participate in the My Story sessions. At the end of six months you will have written your story and you’ll likely want to print copies. There are a variety of options afterward, and you can choose what works best for you.
- After all your story is one of the most precious gifts you could ever give to yourself and your family. Don’t let it go unopened! There is room for only 60 people in My Story. To register, go to https://towritemystory.com/register/.
11th annual Father-Daughter dances in Buford will be on Feb. 1-2
The Kiwanis Club of North Gwinnett announced their 11th annual Father Daughter Dances. There will be a first dance February 1 from 7 to 9 p.m., followed by two additional dances on Saturday, February 2 from 5 to 7 p.m. and also 8 to 10 p.m. All will be held at the Buford Community Center and Theater, 2200 Buford Highway, Buford.
What began with a vision in 2008 has now evolved into one of the premier events for fathers and daughters in our local community! Beginning with a single dance of 188 guests in 2009, the dance has grown from a single dance to three dances in a single weekend. The 2018 dance was so popular that two of the three dances sold out with a record attendance of 856 people.
Upon entering the building, fathers and father figures (granddads, uncles) and daughters will walk together down a 100 foot aisle of red carpet and into a magnificently decorated ballroom. With family friendly music playing in the background, the dance floor comes alive with smiles and laughter as the night is danced away.
Guests range from dads with infants to married grown daughters re-creating special memories with their fathers for this Prom likening experience! The Kiwanis Dances are open to daughters of all ages, young to adult! Families have come from states as far as New York, Florida, and Arizona to keep the tradition alive!
With a limited number of tickets available and past sold-out history, those interested are encouraged to purchase their tickets while they are available. Tickets can be purchased online at: www.northgwinnettkiwanis.com. Partake of the professional photography, complimentary light hors d’oeuvres served by a fully staffed caterer, and create memories of a lifetime! Every young lady receives a beautiful long stem red rose as they depart for the evening!
Proceeds from the dance are reinvested back into the community in the form of scholarships for area high school seniors or for other community charitable needs.
Due to limited ballroom capacity, only paying guests may attend. For more information, please visit www.northgwinnettkiwanis.com website or call David E. Williams at 404-386-4782.
Gwinnett Stripers to offer “Little Anglers Kids Club” for 2019
The Gwinnett Stripers, Triple-A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves, have launched the “Little Anglers Kids Club” for the 2019 season.
The club, open to all Stripers fans ages 12 and under, includes:
- Little Anglers Kids Club Membership Card;
- Little Anglers Kids Club T-Shirt;
- One (1) General Admission ticket to all 11 Sunday home games;
- Free jumps in the Marathon Kids Zone on presentation of Membership Card;
- First in line for “Kids Run the Bases” after each Sunday home game (weather permitting);
- 10 percent off discount on merchandise from Bobby’s Tackle Team Store;
- Invitation to special members-only events and activities.
Memberships are currently just $10 per child through March 31. Starting April 1, memberships will be $15 per child.
To register your child for the Little Anglers Kids Club, visit GoStripers.com/kids-club. Kids Club packs will be available for pick-up at Coolray Field beginning on Sunday, March 3.
The Gwinnett Stripers open the 2019 season at Coolray Field on Thursday, April 4 with a 7:05 p.m. game against the Norfolk Tides. Memberships for 2019 are on sale now by calling the Coolray Field Ticket Office at 678-277-0340. For more information, visit GoStripers.com/memberships.
Peachtree Corners announces Smart City Transportation Lab
Sprint and the City of Peachtree Corners have announced an all-new ground-breaking project in Peachtree Corners. The city is building an intelligent vehicle test track which will feature Sprint’s low-latency 5G technology combined with Curiosity IoT and micro-positioning “Curiosity Lab” at Peachtree Corners, a real-world laboratory that will consist of a 1.5-mile test track constructed within the 500-acre Technology Park. Launching in the spring of this year, the track will be used to develop and test self-driving shuttles as well as act as a test bed for advanced vehicles and IoT services.
Peachtree Corners and Sprint will create a state-of-art living transportation laboratory that will allow new intelligent mobility technologies to be tested and evaluated in real-world driving conditions. The 5G wireless connectivity will allow for the testing of vehicle-to-vehicle communication, vehicle-to-infrastructure communication and “over the horizon” warnings.
It will be possible, for example, to test how connected cars can communicate to make lane changing and highway exiting safer and more efficient, how above-road warning messages might instead be sent to and displayed on car dashboards and how drivers might receive in-car alerts about approaching connected emergency vehicles.
Initially the AV track was designed to run only on one side of the road, but to simulate real-life road conditions, vehicles would need to run on both sides. In the coming months work will begin to re-configure Technology Parkway which runs from Spalding Drive to Peachtree Parkway.
Drop off undecorated Christmas trees at select Gwinnett fire stations
Don’t leave your Christmas tree at the curb, where it will sit forever. Drop off your undecorated Christmas tree at a select fire station to be taken to the annual Bring One for the Chipper event to be turned into mulch.
You can drop off natural Christmas trees through January 20 to one of 28 select fire stations in Gwinnett County. The trees will be chipped into mulch for use at County parks. Recycling your Christmas tree saves precious landfill space and provides an easy and environmentally conscious way to dispose of your old tree. The event is sponsored by Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful in partnership with Gwinnett County.
- Visit www.gwinnettcb.org to see a list of all drop-off sites or register to volunteer for the chipping event scheduled for January 26 from 8 to 11 a.m. at Bethesda Park at 225 Bethesda Church Road in Lawrenceville.
Why Religion? by Elaine Pagels
From Karen Harris, Stone Mountain: Elaine Pagels paints a compelling picture that describes why religion is still debated and analyzed from Biblical times to the present. She discusses her studies of religious disciplines including the Gnostic Gospels, along with the scientific studies of her husband, Heinz Pagels, a physicist. She also shares her years of wandering following the death of her son, Mark. Then a year later there was the tragic accidental death of her husband. Her search for meaning alongside the steps of building a new life for her family, take the reader on her journey towards wholeness, understanding and acceptance. I found evidence of the fact that people of different temperaments, and ways of life, and levels of understanding, need different types of spiritual food. It also makes clear that because there are legions of people in the world, there are many frameworks for experiencing spiritual resonance…all leading Home.
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Early Georgia legislature creates UGA, but slow to fund it
University of Georgia library
The University of Georgia (UGA) is the oldest, largest, and most comprehensive educational institution in Georgia. Chartered by the Georgia General Assembly in 1785, UGA was the first university in America to be created by a state government, and the principles undergirding its charter helped lay the foundation for the American system of public higher education. UGA strives for excellence in three fundamental missions: providing students with outstanding instruction in classrooms and laboratories, providing Georgia citizens with information and assistance to improve quality of life in the state, and discovering new knowledge and information through advanced research
In February 1784, just after the close of the Revolutionary War, the General Assembly of Georgia earmarked 40,000 acres of land to endow “a college or seminary of learning.”
The following year, Abraham Baldwin, a lawyer and minister educated at Yale University in New Haven, Conn., who had settled in Georgia in 1783, wrote the charter that created the University of Georgia. Reflecting the exuberance of newfound freedom sweeping through the colonies, Baldwin created a populist document that departed sharply from conventional notions about higher education.
The charter asserted that an educated citizenry is essential to a free government, that government has a responsibility to see that its citizens receive an education, and that all people—not just the wealthy and privileged—have a right to education. The legislature’s approval of the charter on January 27, 1785, made UGA the first university established by a state government and provided the framework for what would become the American system of publicly supported colleges and universities.
For the next 16 years the university existed only on paper, as Georgia’s leaders, occupied with the more pressing business of creating a state, used the land designated for a college for other purposes. In 1801 interest in the university revived, and John Milledge, a lawyer and legislator, bought 633 acres along the frontier on the Oconee River and donated the land as a site for the school.
Josiah Meigs, another Yale graduate, was appointed president and sole faculty member and in September 1801 taught the first university classes. The first permanent university building, a three-story brick structure, was completed in 1806 and named Franklin College in honor of Benjamin Franklin. It was the only university building until 1821, and for many years the university was commonly known as Franklin College, though its official name was the University of Georgia. As the school grew, a division for classes in the liberal arts and basic sciences emerged; the division was named the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences.
The young school struggled financially in its early years, and only the College of Arts and Sciences existed until 1859, when the School of Law was started. Closed for two years during the Civil War (1861-65), the university escaped possible bankruptcy in 1872 when it was designated a federal land-grant institution under the Morrill Act, which also tasked the university with teaching agriculture and the mechanical arts. This legislation, and later companion laws, formalized the university’s public service mission. Fort Valley State University and the University of Georgia are the only federal land grant universities in the state.
- To view the Georgia Encyclopedia online, go to http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org
Little to go on in determining where this photograph was taken
Today’s Mystery Photo may give some of you trouble. First, it’s taken by an individual from an unusual angle, and the photograph doesn’t show a whole lot of detail that is noteworthy. So can you figure out what we’ll label as a “tough” mystery? Send your ideas to elliott@brack.net, and include your hometown.
Last week’s Mystery Photo immediately drew lots of responses. After all, it was a very-local photograph, with colorful beauty, taken by Mikki Root Dillon of Lawrenceville, that of the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Lilburn.
Barbara Karnitz of Norcross sent the first correct answer, asking: “Could it be the Mandir in Lilburn?”
Susan McBrayer of Sugar Hill wrote: “This is the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Hindu temple in Lilburn ~ most likely during Diwali, the festival of lights, which is a huge celebration. I first went to the temple when it opened its doors to the public in 2007. The newspaper said it was open to the public on this particular day and I, stupidly, thought it meant it would be the ONLY day it would be open to the public, so I rushed over to tour it. Of course, it is still open to the public and I have been many times. It is a site to see!”
Molly Titus, Peachtree Corners noted that “It is spotlighted so beautiful!”
Other citing the Temple include Mandy McManus, Lilburn; Marsha Bomar of Duluth; Lou Camerio of Lilburn; Lynn Naylor, Atlanta; and Bob Foreman of Grayson.
From out of the area, George Graf of Palmyra, Va. saw things differently, recognizing the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir. “This was a sneaky one. You had me combing through a plethora of temples in India and elsewhere in Asia.”
Allan Peel of San Antonio, Tex. identified the site, and gave some background: “BAPS is an acronym for Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha, is a denomination of Swaminarayan Hinduism. Amazingly, the ornate temple depicted in the mystery photo was inaugurated in August of 2007 after only 17 months of construction time utilizing 1.3 million volunteer hours. The Mandir is comprised of three types of stone (Turkish Limestone, Italian marble, and Indian pink sandstone). More than 34,000 individual pieces were carved by hand in India, shipped to the USA and assembled in Lilburn like a giant 3D puzzle.
“The lights and fireworks shown in the photo suggests that the photo was taken during the annual Diwali festival. Diwali (or Deepavali or Dipavali) is the Hindu festival of lights, which is celebrated every autumn in the northern hemisphere (spring in the southern hemisphere). One of the most popular festivals of Hinduism, Diwali symbolizes the spiritual “victory of light over darkness, good over evil and knowledge over ignorance.” Light is a metaphor for knowledge and consciousness. During the celebration, temples, homes, shops and office buildings are brightly illuminated. The preparations, and rituals, for the festival typically last five days, with the climax occurring on the third day coinciding with the darkest night of the Hindu lunisolar month Kartika. In the Gregorian calendar, the festival generally falls between mid-October and mid-November.
“While researching this location, I ran across Jeff Milsteen’s Smug Mug web page that captures a lot of simply beautiful images of the Mandir temple during the Diwali celebrations in 2014. I encourage your the readers to click on the link below to view these gorgeous images! Go to https://milsteen.smugmug.com/Events/Diwali-2014/.”
Free Nature Photography Workshop at the Gwinnett Public Library’s Five Forks branch, 2780 Five Forks Trickum Road in Lawrenceville, on January 26, at 2 p.m. Join the Georgia Nature Photographers Association for this informal talk and Q&A nature photography workshop. They will provide information about cameras, editing software, and tips for getting better photographs with the equipment you already have.
STATE OF DULUTH: Mayor Nancy Harris will provide her unique view on the state of the City on Monday, January 28 at 7 p.m. at the Red Clay Music Foundary. Seats will be on a first-come, first seated basis. Doors will open at 6 p.m. and take the place of the city’s regular work session. Come to hear of the accomplishments of 2018 and what Duluth will anticipate in 2019.
STATE OF LAWRENCEVILLE will be the topic for the city’s mayor, Judy Jordan Johnson, to present on Monday, February 4 at the City Hall at 7 p.m. Those attending will hear the mayor’s view on what will take place in the city in 2019, and the successes of 2018. Updates will be given on the anticipated expanded arts complex, the College Corridor, new public utility facility, two way street conversion, and other plans.
CHOCOLATE WALK and fun strolling in downtown Braselton, Saturday, February 9, from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. The fifth annual Chocolate Walk treats you while you shop. Tickets are $10, and have sold quickly in the past. For details, visit this site.
QUR’AN EXHIBITION, exploring women’s empowerment, is scheduled for the Five Forks Branch of the Gwinnett County Public Library on February 10 from 12:30 until 3:30 p.m. The purpose of this exhibition is twofold. First is to eliminate the misconceptions about the Qur’an and second is to highlight the peaceful message of Islam. Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community will be available to answer questions about Islam.
LILBURN POLICE ADADEMY is accepting applications for its 13 week course. Registration deadline is February 15. Preference is given to Lilburn residents or to someone working in Lilburn. The minimum age is 21. For more information, go to https://www.cityoflilburn.com/281/Citizens-Police-Academy.
State of the County Annual Report will be February 20 at 11:30 a.m. at the Infinite Energy Center. Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners Chairman Charlotte Nash will review 2018 achievements and present the vision for 2019 and beyond.
ANNUAL PLANT SALE, from the University of Georgia Extension Service, runs through March 6. Plant experts are offering a host of fruit shrubs and trees. Purchasers must pick up their prepaid order on March 14 at the Gwinnett County Fairgrounds, 2405 Sugarloaf Parkway in Lawrenceville. No orders are shipped. For order forms or for more information, visit www.ugaextension.org/gwinnett, or call 678-377-4010.
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