10/30: Remembering Rhodes Jordan, E-SPLOST, more

Located east of Lawrenceville, the Rhodes Jordan Middle School has just been dedicated, named for longtime attorney and former Lawrenceville mayor Rhodes Jordan. Read about the recent dedication in Today’s Focus below.

TODAY’S FOCUS: Remembering Rhodes Jordan, Namesake of New Lawrenceville School

EEB PERSPECTIVE: Here Are More Reasons To Vote for E-SPLOST Continuation

ANOTHER VIEW: There Are Many Ways an Individual Is Not Free

FEEDBACK: Letters on our Constitution; Annandale Run; and E-SPLOST

UPCOMING: Connie Wiggins Plans To Retire from Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful

NOTABLE: Suwanee Medical School Names “Champions of PCOM”; YSS Expands

RECOMMENDED READ: The Screwtape Letters by C.S Lewis

GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia During Administration of Royal Governor James Wright

TODAY’S QUOTE: What Small People Talk About in Gatherings

MYSTERY PHOTO: Five Recognize Home in Slovenia

Remembering Rhodes Jordan, for whom new middle school named

By Denise Hartzell

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga., Oct. 30, 2015 | On Sunday, Oct. 18, 2015, the faculty and staff of one of Gwinnett County’s newest schools, Jordan Middle School, hosted the ceremony which officially dedicated the new facility. Jordan Middle School is named for longtime Lawrenceville mayor and public servant, H. Rhodes Jordan.

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Dr. Melissa Walker, its principal, welcomed the assemblage of Jordan family and friends, members of the Gwinnett County Board of Education, Superintendent Alvin Wilbanks, and approximately 150 members of the Gwinnett community. Additional guests included Gwinnett veterans, who aided in constructing the display of Mr. Jordan’s military memorabilia.

The dedication program opened with the Pledge of Allegiance, led by Mr. Jordan’s great grandchildren, Jacob and James Franklin and Elizabeth and Kathryn Carter. Jordan Middle’s school chorus, under the direction of Susan Huff, followed the pledge with the singing of the Star Spangled Banner.

Student participation in the ceremony was evident throughout the afternoon. Musical contributions by the student orchestra ensemble welcomed guests, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Graders Brooklyn Knight, Kelvin Lakpor and Yndia Bell presented the School Creed, and student hosts greeted and served guests before the ceremony and during the reception which followed.

Jordan Middle School’s theme, “Leading a Community of Excellence,” was referenced repeatedly, from the dedication prayer by Rev. Paige Fulgham, to the remarks made by Superintendent Wilbanks and the tribute to Mr. Jordan by his son, Hill Jordan.

Rhodes Jordan

In his remarks about his father, Hill Jordan noted that while his dad would not have sought out the attention that accompanies such a public tribute, Rhodes Jordan’s life of public service makes the school’s theme even more relevant.

“A man of his community, who saw ‘Right’ as part of life, he worked to make his world a better place. In the process, he left all of us with a greater sense of who we are and what we can become.”

Reminiscences of Mr. Jordan from Superintendent Wilbanks and Rev. Fulgham, both of whom knew him personally, added to the characterization of the man whose lifelong dedication to Lawrenceville helped guide its growth.

On permanent display in the school’s foyer is a timeline of Mr. Jordan’s life, including a number of photographs and personal items highlighting his long law career in Lawrenceville, his military service and many civic contributions. His portrait, by artist Katherine Schubert, serves as the centerpiece of the display.

Mr. Jordan’s daughter, current Lawrenceville Mayor Judy Jordan Johnson, remarked after the ceremony that, “When I first saw the timeline, I was filled with pride because the timeline captured the essence of Daddy’s life. When I saw the portrait, I was overcome with emotion as it appeared that Daddy could just talk to you…”

Johnson added that “I will always remember two moments about the dedication day. The first…. will be the honor felt by his two sisters in having the school named after their brother. The second …. will be my brother’s tribute.”

Jordan Middle School, newest member of Central Gwinnett Cluster Schools, is located east of the city at 8 Village Way in Lawrenceville.

More reasons to vote to approve continuation of E-SPLOST sales tax

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher

OCT. 30, 2015 | Because the continuation of a penny sales tax for education is the only item on the county-wide ballot on next Tuesday, November 3, there is some concern that a low turnout could see the proposition fail.

We hope not. Please vote for the proposition, and also take someone to the polls with you for them to vote.

Should the proposition fail, it also would put Gwinnett behind-the-eight ball in positioning itself to fund new school buildings for the ever-growing Gwinnett population. Yes, the county is still growing at a rate faster than many Georgia counties. Gwinnett schools gained 2,800 new students in the fall of 2015. The county is now teaching 176,000 students. The total Gwinnett population in 2014 was 877,922, up 18,068 in one year. Gwinnett operates the 13^th largest school district in the nation, right after Palm Beach County, Fla., and right above Dallas, Tex.

Another reason to vote for the proposition is that its failure to pass would put Gwinnett County at a competitive disadvantage in economic development. That’s because companies planning to start up, or move, want to be in a community where there is a superb school district, as Gwinnett has now. That costs money, and the one cent for education sales tax has fueled school improvements in major infrastructure improvements since its first passage in 1997. Without the continued one penny for education, other counties would be out telling people that Gwinnett does not care about education! Horrors! It would be hard to sell companies that would bring additional jobs here.

Remember that the E-SPLOST is a tax for a specific purpose, in this case education. Too, it is sunsetted, and cannot be used but for the purposes in the proposition. Approving the tax is not a tax increase, but a continuation of collection of a penny for education on every retail sale in the county. Gwinnett has passed the continuation in 2001, 2006 and 2011.

Of 159 counties in Georgia either now, or have in the past,158 used E-SPLOST taxes to help build schools in their county. Several counties have E-SPLOST on the ballot this year. The most money for E-SPLOST comes in the counties, such as Gwinnett, with a large retail base. Rural counties, having a smaller sales volume, don’t benefit as much. Many of the smaller counties don’t have to erect new schools as fast as Gwinnett must.

A researcher at Georgia State University, Nicholas Warner, tells us that counties with failed E-SPLOST votes “….which resulted in an interruption in E-SPLOST were followed by a subsequent passed referendum in that county when the school systems have brought another, more acceptable E-SPLOST proposal. I have found evidence of this for Washington, Stewart, Greene, Pike, Hart, and Baker Counties.” He also adds: “While E-SPLOST has been popular with the voters of Georgia, generally speaking, since the law passed in 1996, it would appear that when systems have had difficulty with their E-SPLOST referendums, they have tended to be rural systems with smaller numbers of students.”

Among counties where E-SPLOST programs expire in 2014, several counties have passed the proposal already. That includes Chattahoochee, Peach and Polk Counties. The issue is on the ballot in Bibb and Glynn County this year.

And that one county in Georgia which has never asked for passage of an E-SPLOST tax? That would be Burke County, whose county seat is Waynesboro. But if you had a nuclear plant in your county that threw off $14,376,036 in ad valorem taxes for schools last year, you might not need that tax, either

For Gwinnettians, let us show our pride in our award-winning school system, and fund its infrastructure in the immediate future by passage of the 2015 E-SPLOST proposal on November 3!

And recognize, if your city is having an election Tuesday, that polling place is at your City Hall. To vote in the E-SPLOST referendum, you must go to your local county voting precinct..

Get out and vote on Tuesday!

There are many ways when an individual is not free

By George Wilson

OCT. 30, 2015 | George Lakoff is distinguished professor of Cognitive Science and Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley. His latest book is the ALL NEW Don’t Think of an Elephant. In it he makes the following observations.

• Voting: Without the right to vote in free elections without hindrance, you are not free.
• Health: If you get cancer or even break a leg and don’t have health care, you are not free.
• Education: Without education, you lack the knowledge and skills not just to earn a decent living, but also to even be aware of the possibilities of life. Without education, you are therefore not free.
• Women: If you are denied control over your body, you are not free.
• Marriage: If you are in love and are denied the right to marry with a publicly declared lifetime commitment, you are not free.
• Vast income inequality: When the economic gains that most people have worked go not to those who worked for them, but go only to the wealthiest of the wealthy, those who did the work — most people — are not free.
• Race: When you are treated with suspicion and disdain, you are not free.
• Corporate Control: When corporations control your life for their benefit and not yours, you are not free.
• Privatization: When significant public resources become owned or controlled by private corporations, the public has lost an essential element of freedom.
• Fear: When you are emotionally gripped by fear, you are not free.

As FDR pointed out, Freedom from Fear is a vital freedom. In the 2014 election, conservatives played on fear — of Isis and Ebola.

Every progressive instinctively knows all this, but very few say it. Instead, progressives tend to not talk about such values, but instead about facts, policies, and programs. This should and will change.

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Likes idea of having our constitution follow our flag

Editor, the Forum:

I completely agree with Charles Blair of Lawrenceville (“U.S. needs a Foreign Policy Bill of Rights, Oct. 27”) in that our Constitution should follow our flag in foreign policy.  There is no greater example of that than our support for Israel. The tensions between Palestinians and Israelis have, from the 1923 Mandate forward, but been one of Jewish racism and Palestinian demands for political equality. If all of historic Palestine were adopted as the 51st state, the issues that bring Palestinians to violence would disappear.

— Joe Briggs, Buford 

Seeks help in Nov. 7 Extra Mile 5K Walk/Run for Annandale

Editor, the Forum:

Saturday, November 7, I will be joining hundreds of individuals united in the effort to make a powerful difference in the lives of individuals with autism, Down syndrome, other intellectual disabilities and those that have experienced a traumatic brain injury.

People just like my brother, Eric, and the people we serve at Annandale Village.

I will be participating in the Extra Mile 5k Walk/Run to raise funds to provide comprehensive programs and services that will allow men and women with various forms of developmental disabilities to lead lives that reflect quality, value, self-worth, and achievement. My hope is to be one of the top fundraising participants and bring many friends and family with us on event day. Yet, to do this, I need their support.

The number of individuals diagnosed with a developmental disability is growing at an alarming rate. It is estimated that there are between 3.2 and 4.5 million individuals with sensory, mental, physical, or other developmental disabilities that impair their ability to effectively care for themselves. However, accessing appropriate services is an ongoing challenge because of an array of disparities seen in the health, rehabilitation, and social service arenas.

We ask the support of the community in helping the goal by making a tax-deductible donation to Annandale Village. A contribution, of any amount, will have an immediate and lasting impact on the lives of so many individuals and families affected by developmental disabilities and traumatic brain injuries.

You may donate online. Simply click on the link below to visit this fundraising page and donate directly online.

• http://extramileclub.com/

You may also choose to send your contribution in the form of a check to Annandale Village at the following address:

Annandale Village
ATTN: The Extra Mile 5k Walk/Run
3500 Annandale Lane
Suwanee, Ga. 30024

Let me thank those who choose this way to help provide services needed in this battle.

— Keith Fenton, chief development and marketing officer, Annandale at Suwanee

Sees disparity in position taken concerning sales taxes

Editor, the Forum:

E-SPLOST is a consumption tax. Why are you for this but against the state switching to consumption base taxing? Seems a bit hypocritical.

— Randy Sutt, Duluth

Dear Randy: Glad to explain thinking on this one. Yes, the move of the Legislature to add on more sales taxes to reduce property taxes, I am against. The major reason is that property taxes are a way to fund government that you can count on year after year, with little fluctuation. Taxes based on sales dropped considerably in the recent recession, as our state found out. So property taxes are best for steady income. –eeb

Every Gwinnett student deserves quality public education; vote yes.

Editor, the Forum:

One of the main reasons my family lives in Gwinnett County is our public schools, which continue to rank among the highest in our state. Receiving a quality public education is invaluable to a child’s future, which is why I believe that a one-cent sales tax is a small investment to make and why I hope that all Gwinnett voters say yes to its renewal on November 3.

Every student in our county deserves the opportunity that comes through education.  Whether they are planning to go on to college or get a job upon graduation, the knowledge they gain, starting in the earliest grades, is key to their success.

Without the education sales tax, our school system would be forced to make difficult choices that could impact the quality of the education our children currently receive.  I know that most parents would agree that is a risk we cannot afford to take. I encourage all voters to vote yes for education on November 3.

— Amy Bray, Duluth, parent of GCPS students

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Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful’s Wiggins announces retirement date

The long-time president and executive director of Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful (GC&B), Connie Wiggins, has announced her retirement. No successor has been named, though a search committee hopes to have a successor in place when she retires at the end of the first quarter of 2016.

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Bartow Morgan, chair of GC&B, praised Ms. Wiggins for her years of service. “She has been in place for 30 years and done a phenomenal job. She assembled a 50 person board from all walks of the community, which has been a great sounding board to help GC&B make the right decisions.”

Under her leadership, Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful has received over 120 national and state awards and is recognized as a national leader and innovator in the areas of recycling, litter prevention, graffiti prevention, and environmental education.

Ms. Wiggins is a native of Jacksonville, Fla. and attended Clemson University. She first came to Gwinnett 40 years ago and was a member of the Sugar Hill City Council for four years. Shethen, she has been a significant member of the wider Gwinnett community, active in many different fields.

Ms. Wiggins was a charter class member of Leadership Gwinnett, and also a graduate of Leadership Georgia and the Regional Leadership Institute. She was the first alumna to be selected as General Chair of Leadership Gwinnett.

In addition, Connie serves on the Gwinnett Chamber Board of Directors, Georgia Gwinnett College Board of Trustees, Vice-Chair Leadership Gwinnett Board of Trustees and is a member of the Gwinnett Public School’s Superintendent’s Council of Community Advisors. She is also a member and past president of the Gwinnett Rotary Club and is currently its Vocational Services Chair.

Nationally, she has served on the Keep America Beautiful Board of Directors and chair of the Litter Index Steering Committee.
At the state level, Ms. Wiggins led the creation of the Institute for Georgia Environmental Leadership and has served as chair on two occasions and was appointed by three Georgia Governors to serve on their Environmental Advisory County.

Her professional and community recognitions include the Gwinnett Chamber’s Citizen of the Year and being selected as the “Rock Howard” Award winner by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (highest environmental award in the state).
She and her husband, Tom, live in Sugar Hill. They have been married for 45 years, and have two married children and three grandchildren.

Ms. Wiggins told GwinnettForum of three aspects of her time in Gwinnett of which she is especially proud. She says:

“Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful has built a strong educational program with the Gwinnett County Public Schools that is impacting every student and developing students for possible careers in science and engineering, and insuring that they care about our environment and understand their personal responsibility for it.

“I am proud to have had an opportunity to be part of working toward Georgia Gwinnett College coming and worked to promote it since its inception.

“And I have been pleased to work in the SPLOST campaigns in Gwinnett, in helping to educate people of its benefits. And look at what happened here and how the county has had these facilities, and how people are using them.”

MTI Baths adding 4th expansion at plant in Sugar Hill

MTI Baths of Sugar Hill, a company well-known for design, innovation and customization, is well along in expanding its production facilities at its campus in Sugar Hill. A new 37,000 square foot manufacturing plant will sit on almost three acres of land adjacent to other MTI buildings. It will be the fourth production building for the company.

The new building will be used primarily for producing MTI’s handcrafted Boutique Collection products: tubs, shower bases, sinks, counter-sinks and vanity sinks. All of these products are constructed using MTI’s proprietary Engineered Solid Stone material. The facility will also provide space for testing new production materials, additional storage for molds and a second shipping department for increased efficiency.

Initially the new plant will be staffed by approximately 50 employees, with the flexibility for expansion in the future. Completion is anticipated in the first quarter of 2016.

Since 1988, MTI Baths has earned a reputation for award-winning designs, personalized customization and artisan quality. MTI tubs, shower bases, sinks, counter-sinks, vanity sinks and genuine teak products are all handcrafted in Sugar Hill. For information on MTI’s extensive selection of design and customization options call 800-783-8827 or visit mtibaths.com.

Suwanee-based medical school names “Champions of PCOM”

Gwinnett Medical Center has been named the “Champion of PCOM” at the second annual “Champions of Healthcare” awards celebration held at the Infinite Energy Center in Duluth recently. In addition, Senator Renee Unterman of District 45, a strong advocate for a healthy population, was named a “Distinguished Friend of PCOM.”

Healthcare champions at the Champions of Healthcare event include Dean H. William Craver III; Dean Mark Okamoto; Suwanee Mayor Jimmy Burnette, Jr.; Tom Shepherd, president of Gwinnett Medical Center; L.C. Johnson, Gwinnett Health System Board Member and J. Michael Levengood, Gwinnett Health System Board Chair; Senator Renee Unterman; and Chief Campus Officer Bryan Ginn. (Click to see larger image.)

The “Champion of Healthcare” honor is given yearly to an institution or individual that has demonstrated a commitment to partnering with Georgia Campus – Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (Ga-PCOM) in reaching the college’s educational goals to train caring, competent and proactive future doctors, pharmacists, physician assistants and biomedical scientists. The “Distinguished Friend of PCOM” award pays tribute to an individual who has given of their time, talent and influence in support of GA-PCOM in carrying out its mission. Senator Unterman is the chairman of the Health and Human Services Committee and vice chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Georgia Senate.

Keynote remarks were by Barbara Ross-Lee, DO, the vice president for Health Sciences and Medical Affairs at New York Institute of Technology. The event, which was the culmination of the college’s “10 Years of Impact” celebration, attracted about 300 community members, physician and pharmacy preceptors, faculty, staff and students. Proceeds from the event help support the GA-PCOM Student Award Fund which provides support for a student planning to practice in an underserved area of Georgia. Hannah Southerland, a first year pharmacy student at PCOM School of Pharmacy, was the recipient of the first Student Award Fund. She plans to return to her hometown of Alma, Georgia, to serve the community as a pharmacist.

Other award recipients included:

• Clinicians of Excellence – Mark Darrow, MD, director of Graduate Medical Education at Gwinnett Medical Center; and Nathan Polite, DO, Trauma Surgeon/Surgical Intensivist, Kennestone Regional Medical Center, Wellstar Health System;
• Frontline Champions – Colleen Heer, administrative assistant, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, PCOM School of Pharmacy, and Jeffrey Seiple, MBA, Anatomical Coordinator;
• Educators of Excellence – Srujana Rayalam, PhD, assistant professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Shu Zhu, MD, PhD, assistant professor, Biomedical Sciences;
• Innovation/Research – Jennifer Gooch, PhD, associate professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences;
• Students of Merit – Brittany Melvin (MSBiomed ’16), Biomedical Sciences, Carly Duncan (PharmD ’16), Pharmacy, and Thuy Le (DO ’17) Osteopathic Medicine.

YSS Athletics moves, expands operation now in City of Snellville

Snellville is now home to a major player in the athletic apparel industry, thanks to cooperation between a business owner and city officials.

YSS Athletics showed off its Snellville headquarters last week with a fashion show featuring local high school students while announcing the expansion of its headquarters and manufacturing operations. The event, organized by Snellville and Gwinnett Chamber Economic Development officials, celebrated the major milestone for the apparel industry for the city.

Clothes created in the Snellville business have already been used by athletes around the world, including by those at the Kentucky Derby and in the future, the Summer Olympics.

YSS Athletics’ relocation and expansion to its new facility located at 2110 Fountain Square has resulted in a doubling of office and manufacturing space. Previously, the business was located just outside city limits, but with the help of local officials, President and Founder of YSS Athletics Torey Rose was able to move into the space off U.S. Highway 78.

Rose explains: “Expanding within Snellville was key. We, including many of our employees, have long called Snellville home, so finding the right space here was critical to us expanding our presence within the community.”

The move has already paid dividends for city residents, as several new jobs have been added to the YSS workforce.

Rose says that YSS Athletics couldn’t be more thrilled with their new space, which includes state of the art design, print and sublimation equipment. “This expansion reinforces our position as a leader in the athletic apparel industry.”

YSS Athletics uses creative methods in training and apprenticeship programs, including maintaining strong relationships with organizations such as Partnership Gwinnett, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta Tech and Gwinnett Technical College.

Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners Chairman Charlotte Nash says: “Gwinnett County is the ideal location for businesses looking to expand in the Southeast. This expansion is a testament to our dynamic workforce, pro-business climate and opportunities for success. We look forward to YSS Athletics continued growth.”

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The Screwtape Letters

By C.S Lewis

C.S Lewis fashioned an unusual look into how temptation is fomented towards mankind with the goal of moving more and more souls into Hell. An uncle is tutoring his nephew through focusing on the temptation of a young man. The youth is schooled about how to use lust, how to pervert the concept of love, how to use fear, hatred and pride to catapult the young man away from his faith and values. The tale ends in an unexpected way. This is a treacherous but important book as the reader is led into the perverted thought processes. In the epilogue Lewis states that he ended this way because it became painful not only to write but to pervert the truth. The book is explores temptation and all the traps that face mankind as he attempts to live out the days of life with a modicum of purpose and joy.

— Karen Harris, Stone Mountain

An invitation: what books, restaurants, movies or web sites have you enjoyed recently? Send us your recent selection, along with a short paragraph (100 words) as to why you liked this, plus what you plan to visit or read next. –eeb

Georgia during administration of Royal Governor James Wright

(From previous edition)

James Wright understood colonial government, having served as South Carolina’s attorney general from 1742 to 1757. He benefited from several weeks of coaching by Henry Ellis before Ellis left Georgia in 1760, and he continued Ellis’s policies.

He also had the advantage of more politically educated Georgians serving in the assembly. Governor and assembly agreed that Georgia needed more people and more land for settlement. During the French and Indian War (1754-63), available land for settlement was restricted to the tidewater region. The peace settlement of 1763 made Georgia a virtual empire, stretching to the St. Marys River in the South and the Mississippi River in the West; however, the Indian nations of the interior actually possessed the land, and the Creeks claimed all the territory west of the Savannah River above the tidal flow.

In 1763 Governor Wright and British Superintendent for Indian Affairs John Stuart, abetted by influential traders Lachlan McGillivray and George Galphin, arranged a cession of the territory between the Savannah and the Ogeechee rivers as far north as the Little River. The Proclamation of 1763 forbade settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains and had the effect of funneling westward migration into the Georgia backcountry around Augusta. Those who had the land legally surveyed and recorded Wright called the “better sort,” but he admitted that most were squatters who disregarded all laws. Wright and his friends called those newcomers “crackers.” Inevitably, friction began between the settlers who coveted Indian land and the Indians who continued to travel the old trails to Augusta.

In order to grow the population of the 1763 cession, the assembly created two townships: Wrightsborough on the Little River and Queensborough on the Ogeechee River. A number of law-abiding Quakers from North Carolina lived together in Wrightsborough, but the Queensborough settlers scattered into individual farms. An opportunity for further expansion appealed to Governor Wright when, in 1771, Cherokee traders informed him that those Indians were willing to exchange land above the Little River if the government would assume the debts they owed to their traders.

Wright thought so well of the idea that he went to London in 1772 to persuade the ministry that the increase in settlement would provide greater security against future Indian attacks. He returned in 1773 as Sir James Wright with royal approval of the proposed second cession. In May 1773 the reluctant Creeks (who were now also in debt) joined the Cherokees at Augusta and signed away land above the Little River. The Creeks refused to yield the territory west of the Ogeechee River that Wright had hoped to obtain. Wright toured the “Ceded Lands” and widely advertised their advantages, stressing the distance from New England and the tumult caused by the British tax on tea.

(To be continued)

Today’s Mystery suggests Dracula might live here

Today’s Mystery Photo looks like some place where Dracula might live. Tell us where you think this photo was taken!   Send your answers to elliott@brack.net and be sure to include the town where you live.

While we thought the remote Mystery Photo of last edition would be difficult, but it wasn’t for several reasons. Lynn Naylor of Atlanta wrote immediately: “This picture is of the 12th century Gothic style castle, known locally as Predjamski Grad, in Postojna, Slovenia. Who doesn’t love a medieval castle built into the side of a mountain??” The photo was sent in by Ross Lenhart of Pawley’s Island, S.C.

Next up was Bob Foreman, of Grayson, who said: “This famous castle has had many names but it is now called Predjama Castle. It is located near Postojna, Slovenia. The cost of such real estate: priceless.”

Also recognizing the photo was Susan McBrayer of Sugar Hill, Pam South of Norcross and Jack Bolton of Lilburn.

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