THIS IS A CONCEPTUAL VIEW of a marble water garden which will be built at the new Braselton Hospital of the Northeast Georgia Medical Center. The garden is a signature gift to the Medical Center Foundation from Janice and Jack Frost, owners of Memorial Park Funeral Homes and Cemeteries in Gainesville. For more details, see Today’s Focus below.
EDITOR’S NOTEBecause of the Thanksgiving Holiday, the next edition will appear on November 29, 2016. We wish our readers a Happy and Blessed Thanksgiving!–eeb
IN THIS EDITIONTODAY’S FOCUS: Distinctive Marble Water Garden To Grace New Braselton Hospital
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Remembering a Friend Who Served a Unique Non-Profit Board Service
ANOTHER VIEW: One Way to View the Change: Seven Post-election Thoughts
SPOTLIGHT: The Piedmont Bank
UPCOMING: Alyssa Davis Will Become Sugarloaf CID’s Initial Director
NOTABLE: Norcross Completes Its Own Mural with Skin Alley Red Foxes
RECOMMENDED VIEWING: Britain’s Bloody Crown
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Mary Hutchinson Attracts Following in New York and Atlanta
TODAY’S QUOTE: Another Difference Between Democrats and Republicans
MYSTERY PHOTO: Nighttime scene from which city?
LAGNIAPPE: Area DAR Chapters Greet State Regent with Tea
CALENDAR: Lilburn Tree Lighting is Tuesday, November 29
TODAY’S FOCUSDistinctive marble water garden to grace new Braselton hospital
By Sean Couch, Braselton, Ga. | Thanks to a signature gift to The Medical Center Foundation from Janice and Jack Frost, owners of Memorial Park Funeral Homes and Cemeteries in Gainesville, The Janice and Jack Frost Water Garden will be constructed next year by the public entrance to the Emergency Department at Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) Braselton.
Jack and Janice Frost
Nancy Colston, president and chief development officer of The Medical Center Foundation, says of the gift: “We are grateful for Jack and Janice’s willingness to support the inaugural fundraising campaign to assure health care excellence for the community. As a successful self-made entrepreneur, Jack has long considered it an honor to give back to the people and communities it serves. In addition, the garden will create a lasting legacy for a special couple who have given much of themselves and their resources for the benefit of others.”
At the age of 85, Jack Frost still continuously works and seeks adventure. As an art enthusiast, his around-the-world travels have enabled him to share with the community his eclectic, international, private art collection. Numerous commissioned pieces of beautiful work are on public display along the grounds of Memorial Park and Memorial Park South Cemeteries. Jack and Janice are most humbled by the relationships they have established with the Vietnamese and Chinese village artisans, who have studied their ancient craft of meticulously hand-carving magnificent, large marble sculptures and fountains.
With the opening of the state’s newest hospital and the goals of The Medical Center Foundation’s master outdoor space plan, Janice and Jack wanted to make possible a very special water garden. The highlight of the garden will include a commissioned marble fountain from Asia, which will be blended with materials that complement the architecture of the hospital to create a place of peace and tranquility for patients, their families, visitors, staff and the community. The gift also includes a maintenance endowment to care for the destination into perpetuity.
Anthony Williamson, president of NGMC Braselton, says: “Janice and Jack recognize how philanthropy helps us achieve a high standard of care and provide a true healing environment that sets us apart from other hospitals.” Donor gardens are totally funded through donations and aim to blend art with traditional medicine to create the ultimate environment of hope, healing and wellness. Signature gifts to the foundation are in excess of $100,000.
- To learn more about The Janice and Jack Frost Water Garden or The Medical Center Foundation, call 770-219-8099 or visit www.TheMedicalCenterFoundation.org.
Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) Braselton is the state’s newest hospital, that’s not a replacement or relocation, in almost 20 years. NGMC Braselton brings services modeled around the programs of excellence at NGMC Gainesville – Georgia’s Number One Hospital (CareChex) – to the Greater Braselton community. These include advanced surgical and medical care, emergency services, heart and vascular services, orthopedics, cancer treatment and neurosciences.
Along with NGMC Gainesville, the two hospitals share 657 beds and a medical staff of 600 physicians representing more than 50 specialties. Both hospitals are part of Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS), a non-profit that cares for more than 800,000 people in more than 13 counties, with a mission of improving the health of our community in all we do. Learn more at www.nghs.com/braselton.
EEB PERSPECTIVERemembering a friend who served a unique nonprofit board service
By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | It’s best to have all types of people making up a nonprofit board.
A good board consists of people coming at problems from several different angles, creating a board of advisers who can successfully lead the institution toward a good path. You want full and fair discussion, and not people who are essentially “Yes” persons who go along with whatever someone proposes.
Every idea that comes up doesn’t need to see the continual light of day.
Let me tell you of one significant board member.
He was the late Bill Fields, who joined a board that I was once chairing, The Red and Black Publishing Company, which oversaw the operations of what was then the daily Red and Black newspaper at the University of Georgia. Mr. Fields was a perfect candidate for the board, I thought, since he had been for many years managing editor of The Atlanta Constitution. While the newspaper had an editor and a publisher, Mr. Fields was the top person in the newsroom. He had been a veteran of many years in leading this news team in producing a high-quality, newsy edition each day (something I miss today.)
When Bill began attending the quarterly meetings of the Red and Black Board, I was most pleased. But then I got worried. Bill was punctual in getting to the meetings, usually in Athens, and would also attend when we met at other places, in Atlanta, or on the coast, or at some other site in Georgia. We had a good board, and good attendance at the meetings.
Yet while at each meeting, Bill would listen carefully, but for his first few meetings never said anything to contribute to the ongoing discussion. He would not quiz anyone coming before our board. He gave nothing to the conversations. This went on for a year or more, and while he was good in attending, I began to worry about his participation. Was he bored? Was he not getting anything out of the proceedings? Why was he silent?
After all, you wanted each board member to contribute from their background. What could we do to engage him in our deliberations? I was wondering if he ever would open up and help the organization.
One day we had one particular idea tossed out with great gusto by a person on the board. The presentation lasted quite a while, and finally the person was through talking.
To my great surprise, Bill raised his hand. “Yes, Bill?” I said.
“That’s a dumb, damn idea,” Bill pronounced, and said no more.
Wow! Now I understood. Bill was paying attention all along. He was just a person of few words. And that crazy idea that had been before the board died quickly. Bill, indeed, was a good board member. He gave solid, thoughtful service in his own way.
We also remember something else about Mr. Fields. He usually left the newspaper office about 10 p.m. each night, after guiding the staff, and essentially knowing most every story that would appear in the next morning’s newspaper.
However, Bill once told us, nothing made him madder than to walk out on his driveway the next morning, and find that his Constitution had not been delivered. “I know, yes, I know of about every story that was going to be in that paper, but I just wanted to read it in my own paper the next day,” he said. “Nothing makes me madder than to miss my home delivery.”
It’s great to have people like Bill Fields in your memories.
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One way to view the change: Seven post-election thoughts
By Debra Houston, contributing columnist | What did we learn from the election?
Trump earned the white guy vote. They didn’t organize, demonstrate, or riot, but they voted. The Midwestern guy thought in accord with the Southern one: “I’m tired of being blamed for all the ills of the world.” Unemployment is a big issue for these guys, especially after manufacturing went overseas. Trump addressed their concerns.
- Don’t use the “I’m a girl, vote for me” strategy. Dems overuse worn-out symbolism. When the president accused men who were non-Clinton supporters as sexists, he was targeting the Midwestern guy and Southern one.
- Never insult voters! It sounds old-fashioned, but you must go out, shake hands, and ask for the vote.
- There’s a little-used but powerful political tool known as persuasion. No one aspired to convince us or challenge our thinking on anything, even during the debates. That’s why I call this election a sad one.
- Voters don’t care if celebrities back a candidate. Many performers are bad role models. And you want them to tell my millennials who to vote for?
- Some liberals are sore losers. One liberal friend messaged me a photo of Mrs. Trump wearing a see-through blouse. I found the original unaltered photo online that showed her in a modest, solid white blouse. After I pointed out that you can’t believe everything you see on the Internet, my friend wrote back, “You’d better buckle up, girlfriend, because you’re in for a bumpy ride.” Wish I’d said, “I was buckled for eight years and finally feel free to unbuckle.”
- Voters are the final authority on who becomes president – not polls, not pundits, not network and cable media. Not celebrities, not bosses, not The New York Times. Not even the two parties. A lot of movers and shakers lost credibility seeing life through their own biased eyes.
Perhaps they’ll remember this in 2020.
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UPCOMINGDavis will become Sugarloaf CID’s initial director
Davis
Gwinnett County’s newest community improvement district, Sugarloaf CID, will soon have its first executive director. Alyssa Davis is the organization’s sole finalist to serve as their inaugural full-time leader. The board must wait at least 14 days before they can take a final vote confirming her as the new executive director. Davis, a professional urban planner, has seven years of experience working for the Gwinnett Village CID.
During her tenure with the Gwinnett Village CID, Davis provided program management and project oversight related to transportation enhancements, code enforcement and transit expansion plans. She successfully secured millions of dollars in grant funding while guiding the establishment of long-range project development plans, among other accomplishments.
Davis has a Master’s of City and Regional Planning from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and she is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP). She is also active with the Southwest Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce, Advance Atlanta and Leadership Gwinnett. Prior to her experiences with CIDs, Davis worked for five years as a teacher in New York City and Atlanta. She has a Master’s of Science in Teaching from Pace University.
The Sugarloaf CID formed in 2016 to include approximately five square miles surrounding Sugarloaf Parkway near the Infinite Energy Center and I-85. Brand Morgan of Brand Properties serves as chairman of the CID’s board of directors; Jim Ezell of Retail Planning Corporation is the CID’s vice chairman.
County budget for coming year at $1.56 billion is up 5.5 percent
Gwinnett Commission Chairman Charlotte Nash has presented a proposed $1.56 billion budget for fiscal year 2017. The proposed budget is up about 5.5 percent from this year and includes a $1.18 billion operating budget plus another $384 million for capital improvements.
Commissioners will hear oral or written public comments at a public hearing on Monday, December 5 at 7 p.m. in the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center auditorium, 75 Langley Drive in Lawrenceville, and online throughout the month of December before adopting a final budget at their meeting on January 3.
Nash says: “This proposal is in line with Gwinnett’s history of sustainable, conservative budgeting practices and looks at least three to five years ahead at future implications of our decisions. The primary focus of this proposed budget is on retaining employees, supporting public safety, expanding the judiciary to meet demand and enhancing community engagement.”
The operating budget includes new positions in the public safety and judicial areas, including staffing for two new 24/7 ambulance units, along with additional staff to improve traffic management, reduce the waiting list for senior homemaking services and enhance the Board’s community outreach efforts.
Workforce retention measures such as a four percent pay-for-performance raise for eligible employees, continuation of longevity pay and revamped pay for police officers, sheriff deputies and corrections officers are also contained in the budget proposal.
Earlier this month, voters approved the renewal of the special purpose local option sales tax. The new six-year SPLOST program will begin when the 2014 program ends in April. The estimated $950 million it could raise is slated for county and city capital improvements in transportation, recreation, civic center expansion, public safety, libraries and senior services.
Capital improvements funded by SPLOST programs include an $82 million expansion of the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center, a new gym at George Pierce Park plus expansions and improvements at other parks. Construction on the courthouse expansion is slated to begin in the middle of 2017 and should be completed in late 2019. The senior center housed in the Norcross Human Services Center will also be renovated.
Water and sewer user fees will fund upgrades to water and sewer facilities, sewer line inspections using a new acoustic monitoring system to help locate clogs before spills occur, and more public education to keep fats, oils and grease out of the sewer system.
Nash again tapped residents and business people to serve as volunteers on a budget review committee. They heard presentations from elected officials and department directors in late summer and studied departmental business plans, budget needs and revenue projections before making their recommendations for the 2017 budget. Videos from the presentations are available to view online at www.tvgwinnett.com.
The proposed budget is available for viewing online at www.gwinnettcounty.com and as a hard copy in the Financial Services office at GJAC, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
NOTABLENorcross completes its own mural with Skin Alley red foxes
A mundane cinderblock building on Norcross’ Skin Alley has now been transformed into a work of art. Funded by the Norcross Public Arts Commission (NPAC), the vision for Skin Alley ArtWay is to create a colorful, welcoming and engaging space for the entire community to enjoy and experience. The Skin Alley mural is just a starting point of creativity for the new ArtWay.
The mural, titled “Tumblefield,” will be the cornerstone to the Alley. The mural narrative entails that Norcross is known for its red foxes, which can be known to be playful and mischievous.
Before the mural.
After much deliberation, the NPAC chose two local artists to collaborate on the mural—Lauren Pallotta and Jon Graham. Pallotta is a painter, designer and illustrator in Atlanta. Graham is an Asheville, N.C. based artist working primarily within the two-dimensional realm who travels around the country painting murals, moments and ideas. The NPAC also worked with the commissioned design firm, KSDesign, to bring the mural to life.
The final concept was presented to focus groups as well as the community for input. The Architectural Review Board, the mayor and city council then approved it.
Cindy Flynn, president, Norcross Public Arts Commission, says: “The Skin Alley mural is the first brush stroke of what is to come for the City of Norcross’ new ArtWay. Our vision is to develop the area into a cultural gathering place for Norcross where art exhibits, musical, dance, culinary arts and other types of artistic endeavors will be enjoyed.”
The mural cost $11,331. Of this, $2,000 was paid for with a grant from Splash Festivals as a result of proceeds from Norcross Art Splash. The remaining was paid for by the City of Norcross’ public arts fund, which is funded by the rents from Kudzu Artz Zone and Lionheart Theatre.
County bans all outdoor burning because of drought
Gwinnett County Department of Fire and Emergency Services has issued a temporary ban on all outdoor burning because of the ongoing drought conditions and severe fire danger.
The ban on outdoor burning includes the burning of all yard waste and debris (leaves, branches, twigs and pine straw), commercial land clearing and pit burns as well as the discontinuance of permits for all bonfires. At this time the ban on outdoor burning does not include commercially available fire bowls, fire pits, chimineas or masonry outdoor fireplaces. Fires in these devices should only be of clean, untreated wood.
The ban on outdoor burning will be rescinded when significant rainfall has occurred and the drought conditions have improved substantially. Further information is available by checking the Gwinnett County Fire Marshal’s website at www.gwinnettfiremarshal.com or contacting their office at 678-518-4980).
Eastside Medical Center designated as Lung Cancer Screening Center
Eastside Employee Sha’Neka Wright-Register posting her words of encouragement in support of those pledging to quit smoking in honor of the Great American Smokeout.
Eastside Medical Center is now a designated Lung Cancer Screening Center. Eastside Medical Center’s Comprehensive Diagnostic Imaging Program is now ACR-accredited for low-dose CT scanning that provides state of the art imaging for lung cancer screening.
Eastside Medical Center recognizes the significant number of lung cancer cases in the community and is growing their services to meet the needs of the surrounding population. Lung cancer causes more deaths than colon, breast and prostate cancer combined, according to the National Lung Screening Trial.
Not only is Eastside Medical Center growing its services in this area, they are also educating their employees about preventative measures that can be taken to reduce the risk of lung cancer and encouraging them to spread the word. Eastside Medical Center’s locations are all smoke free facilities.
Walton EMC technician recognized for assistance in accident
Lee Summers, a journeyman line technician for Walton Electric Membership Corporation (EMC), has been recognized for his efforts to render aid to the victim of a serious motorcycle accident.
Summers
Summers, who works at the cooperative’s Snellville location, was presented with the Georgia EMC Life Saving Award at the state association’s annual meeting on November 14. The award recognizes EMC employees whose quick thinking and actions are instrumental in safeguarding others from dangerous or potentially deadly situations.
This past May, Summers came upon a traffic accident involving a motorcycle and light truck on his way home from work. Upon stopping, Summers saw that the motorcycle rider was in critical condition and not breathing.
“There were several people at the scene, and we took turns administering CPR until Walton County Fire Rescue and EMS arrived,” said Summers. Despite everyone’s best efforts, the motorcycle rider did not survive. Summers has mixed feelings about receiving the award, but says “I know we did everything we could, and it’s certainly an honor to receive the award. The truth is, I was doing what I would have wanted done for me or my family in the same situation.”
RECOMMENDED VIEWINGBritain’s Bloody Crown
Reviewed by Susan McBrayer, Sugar Hill: This dramatic, action-packed TV series that aired in the UK this year has much the same excitement as Game of Thrones (OK, without the dragons) with the added bonus that it’s actually true! Author George R.R. Martin based his Game of Thrones books on the English medieval “wars of the roses” between the two Plantagenet family branches, the Lancasters and the Yorks, and I can see why. With lots of drama and atmosphere, this documentary tells the story of the 30 years of scheming and bloodshed that left England in turmoil. During those 30 years, the crown passed back and forth seven times. I found this series on YouTube. This is a darn good yarn presented in a manner anyone can understand. I found it to be entertaining and informative. Let’s face it, the Brits really know how to present history.
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Mary Hutchinson attracts following in New York and Atlanta
(Continued from previous edition)
By 1934 Mary E. Hutchinson had attracted enough critical attention to support her first solo New York exhibition at the Midtown Galleries. At the same time, Atlanta’s recently established High Museum boosted her national profile by acquiring two of her paintings Italian Girl (ca. 1932) and Two of Them (ca. 1933). Professional recognition followed quickly; she joined the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors soon after the High Museum acquisition. Throughout her career Hutchinson participated with a variety of New York art organizations, including the New York Society of Women Artists, the Society of Independent Artists, and the American Artists Congress. With these and other organizations she kept to an active exhibition schedule.
Hutchinson
Although she had already moved to New York by the time the High Museum opened in 1926, Hutchinson participated in some of the venue’s earliest events and exhibitions. The museum gave Hutchinson her first large-scale solo exhibition in 1932.
In 1945 Hutchinson moved back to Atlanta, where she joined the faculty of the High Museum of Art (later the Atlanta Art Institute) in 1946 and shared the remainder of her life with Dorothy King. She left the school under unclear circumstances in 1950 and appears to have broken ties at that time with Atlanta’s mainstream arts community, which revolved around the Atlanta Art Association and the High Museum. Instead she staged exhibitions in 1950 at alternative Atlanta venues, including the Castle Gallery, operated by Hazel Roy Butler, and the West Hunter Branch Library, which served the city’s African American community in the Sweet Auburn neighborhood.
Her final solo exhibition, held at the West Hunter Branch Library in the spring of 1950, included a painting titled The Student (ca. 1937). Hutchinson gave the painting to a librarian when the show ended, and today it is part of the collection at the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History. From 1959 to 1967 she served as the first art teacher at St. Pius X Catholic High School.
Hutchinson died in Atlanta on July 10, 1970.
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City nighttime scene with traffic is this edition’s Mystery Photo
There are at least mighty obvious clues in this hazy nighttime scene from some city some where as this edition’s Mystery Photo. Can you figure this out? If so, send in your thoughts to elliott@brack.net and be sure to include your hometown.
There were three eagle eyes who determined just where that recent Mystery Photo was taken. Jim Savadelis of Duluth came in first, saying: “My guess is that picture was taken inside the Guinness Storehouse brewery in Dublin, Ireland.” Then Rob Keith of Peachtree Corners followed, with: “It looks a lot like the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin.” Both were right. The photo was taken on an IPhone by the editor.
George Graf of Palmyra, Va.: followed, saying the photo was “a very difficult one.” He gave additional information on the photo: “Located in the heart of the legendary St. James’s Gate Brewery in Dublin, this production site has been home to the Guinness Brewery since 1759, when Arthur Guinness signed a lease for 9,000 years. The Guinness Storehouse building dates back to 1904 and is built in the style of the Chicago School of Architecture. Ireland’s number one International Visitor Attraction unfolds its tale across seven floors shaped around a giant pint, which, if filled would contain 14.3 million pints of Guinness. The highlight for many visitors is the top-floor Gravity Bar, symbolically the ‘Head of the Pint”, where visitors can enjoy unparalleled panoramic views of Dublin city – views that are all the better with a complimentary pint in hand.”
LAGNIAPPEArea DAR chapters greet state regent with tea
The Georgia state regent of the Daughters of the American Revolution visited the area chapters recently, and they greeted her with a tea at the Johns Creek Methodist Church. The Regent, Joyce Ball Patton, is of Lake Spivey. Clockwise at the head table were Suwanee Creek Chapter Chaplain Sandra Tomey; District Director Bonnie Lashley; State Regent Joyce Ball Patton; Suwanee Creek Regent Catherine Hyer; Chestatee River Chapter Regent Nancy Tims; Philadelphia Winn Chapter Regent Kitty Watters; and William Day Chapter Regent Virginia Harrell. By Georgia DAR tradition, the State Regent is expected to visit each chapter in the state during her two-year administration. (Photography by B. E. Hyer.)
CALENDAR
(NEW) Genealogy Workshop at the Suwanee Branch of the Gwinnett County Public Library at 11 a.m. on November 29. Learn the tricks to using Ancestry.com and HeritageQuest to further your search and get ways to verify your findings. Census records, newspapers, public filings, and school and church directories are samples of what is available. Let us help you begin your search or expand it with this informative session. For more information, visit www.gwinnettpl.org or call 770-978-5154.
(NEW) Christmas Tree Lighting in Lilburn will be Tuesday, November 29. The program begins at 7 p.m. in front of the former City Hall at 76 Main Street in Old Town. A holiday musical performance by the Lilburn Middle School Chorus will follow, and afterward, hot chocolate will be served.
(NEW) Seminar on starting a nonprofit charity. To be held on December 1 at 6 p.m. at the Five Forks Branch of the Gwinnett County Public Library. Discover the characteristics of a successful nonprofit, steps to incorporating and obtaining tax-exempt status, and fundraising, staffing, and other organizational concerns. For more information, visit www.gwinnettpl.org or call 770-978-5154.
(NEW) Candlelight Tours of Yule Decorated McDaniel Farm Park, starting Thursday, Dec. 1, at 8:30 p.m. Tours will also be offered on December. 2, 8, 10, 16, 17, 18, 20, and 21. See the warmth of candles and the home decorated with fresh greenery and period holiday ornaments as costumed guides share historic customs and traditions with a glimpse of everyday life on a family farm. After the tour, guests will enjoy a delicious cup of hot chocolate or apple cider as well as have the opportunity to make a holiday craft. A program fee for the candlelight tour is $8 per person. Pre-registration is required and must be done online at www.gwinnettEHC.org. McDaniel Farm is located at 3251 McDaniel Road, Duluth,
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