6/25: On scams, Senate “grandees” and women’s health care

HOLIDAY GATHERING: Here’s an indication of what Lillian Webb Park in downtown Norcross will look like on the night of July 3, when the city has its Fourth of July fireworks….yep, on the third. People from Norcross and surrounding towns converge on the city to enjoy the activities and celebrate the coming holiday. For more information see Upcoming below.  [Click on the photo to see a larger view of it.]

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 IN THIS EDITION

TODAY’S FOCUS: The Elderly Are More Likely To Be Scammed, So Watch Out!

EEB PERSPECTIVE: Remembering Who Runs the U.S. Senate: The “Grandees”

ANOTHER VIEW: Keep Women’s Health Care Out of Politics, or Suffer Consequences

SPOTLIGHT: MTI Baths Inc.

FEEDBACK: When Needs To Re-read a Paragraph, Blames Really Poor Editing

UPCOMING: Activities Begin at 5 p.m. on July 3 for Norcross Red White and Boom! 

NOTABLE: Peachtree Corners Dedicates Veterans’ Monument at Town Center

RECOMMENDED: Dis Member and Other Stories of Mystery and Suspense By Joyce Carol Oates

GEORGIA TIDBIT: Brumby’s Neighbor Newspaper Group Once Had 500,000 Circulation

MYSTERY PHOTO: Stately Columned Southern House Is This Edition’s Mystery Photo

LAGNIAPPE: Lawrenceville Campground Meeting Now in its 187th Year of Services

CALENDAR: Discovery Gardens Neighbors’ Night Out is Thursday, June 27 from 6 to 8 p.m. 

TODAY’S FOCUS

The elderly are more likely to be scammed, so watch out!

By Raleigh Perry

BUFORD, Ga.  | The other day I received a call from a man who said he was my grandson.  I don’t have any grandchildren at all, much less a grandson.  

Perry

I asked him which grandson he was and he told me a name, which happens to be the name of my son, who has no children.  He does not go by that name, his first name; he goes by his middle name. If he had been my son or grandson, he would have used his middle name.  That call rather upset me. I had to be wondering what the devil he was up to.  

There are a lot of calls to elderly men and women where the caller tells the person who answers that they are their grandchildren or they need money to help them out of a bind like having been arrested for reckless driving and needing bail money to get them out of jail.  

In today’s world, it is very easy to find out the name of someone’s grandchildren.  As mentioned in a previous article, most who want to scam you have probably gone already gone to something like a genealogy site and found out what they want to know about you. So the name that they use sounds like a legitimate name of one of their grandchildren.  More often than you would suspect, Grandma follows instructions and gets the money to where the caller can get it. Many of us are vulnerable like that.

After the call that I received, I dialed Equifax and ask to have my credit frozen. After all, there might have been the possibility that the man might be assuming my identify.  In talking to the person at Equifax, we started discussing scams aimed at the elderly. She reeled scam after scam off, some I had never heard of, where they got the person’s money.  

These scams are not all like the call about the grandson. Often they are when someone comes to your door and wants to inspect your roof, gutters, or something else. You may allow them to do so.  Later you learn from the man who descend the ladder that you should have your house re-roofed. Or some similar phony story. The person being scammed thinks that the man is legit and makes a deal with him.  In this scam, he gives them a price to which they agree, but he needs up front money to buy the roofing or do the repair. A check for a substantial amount of money is written in order for him to get started, but he never shows up.  

There is no end to the types of scams that can be pulled. The elderly more often than not, are victims, probably because they are more trusting.  I’ve had a couple of potential roofing scammers come by my house, but I politely push them away.  

I am 77, so I am probably what you might call “elderly.”  I get a plethora of scam telephone calls per day, far more than the average younger people get.  I can get as many as 25 some days. I also get an abnormal amount of “solicitors” who are trying to get contracts for gutter cleaning, roofing, or window replacement.  I am hard to scam, but many are not. Be careful!

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EEB PERSPECTIVE

Remembering who runs the U.S. Senate: The “Grandees”

By Elliott Brack
Editor and Publisher, GwinnettForum

JUNE 25, 2019  | The United States Senate is a marvelous and imposing palace of government, run by what one person calls the “grandees ,” almost mostly men who have been in power for years. 

We lost another gentle Southerner, a “grandee” himself, the other day, as Ernest “Fritz” Hollings of South Carolina passed away at age 97. A former governor who had the level-headed insistence that South Carolina integrate its colleges without incident, he went on to serve 38 years in the Senate.

Among his many accomplishments, Hollings was credited with the creation of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, toughening port security and, in his last term, setting up airport security after the 9/11 attacks. He also helped develop some of the nation’s most important environmental regulations.

In the early 1980s, he sponsored landmark legislation to cap runaway federal spending, the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act, but soon grew disgusted with those who found ways around such laws.

Senator Hollings remained an erudite, thoughtful person, not wanting credit for himself. In 2015, when in retirement, Hollings asked that his name be removed from Charleston’s federal courthouse in favor of J. Waties Waring, the judge who orchestrated the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling that desegregated public schools.

Looking at the Senate as a whole,  Russell Baker, in a book, said Senator Robert Byrd (who served 51 years in the Senate) was a throwback to the days when “a senator was somebody,” when “the upper chamber’s grandees were men named Goldwater (18 years in the Senate); Humphrey (22); Symington (23); Dirksen (26); Fulbright (31); Kerr (14); Bridges (24); Long (38), Stennis (41); Thurmond (47);—some of them southerners and racist, but all of them feeling that they had a role at least equal to whoever occupied the White House.

With that in mind, let’s list here those “grandees,” with long service. Note that Georgia Sen. Richard Russell is among these “grandees.”

Longest terms in the Senate, as of January 14, 2019:

Source: U.S. Senate 

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Keep women’s health care out of politics, or suffer consequences

By Jack Bernard, contributing columnist

PEACHTREE CITY, Ga.  | Georgia is the number two state for the TV/ Movie industry. Fayette County, my home, is the center of movie production in Georgia. And, that’s why I’m so worried.

The film industry drives both Georgia’s economy and my county’s economy, which is among the best in the state. Unfortunately, affluent Fayette County is also extremely conservative versus the rest of Metro Atlanta, as shown by the 2016 and 2018 election results, where both Trump and Kemp won big in Fayette as opposed to Gwinnett, for example.

So, there was a lot of local support in my county for ending abortion via the so-called “heartbeat bill,” which prohibits abortion after a heartbeat, or about six weeks. This means there is not enough time for a woman to abort a fetus, essentially stopping virtually all abortions in Georgia. During discussion at the Legislature, the feeling among Georgia’s GOP politicos was that the film industry would protest but ultimately do little concerning the heartbeat bill. But they were very wrong. 

The film industry is not like a car assembly plant. Studios don’t own production facilities; they rent them from local owners. Production can be moved relatively easily. That’s how it got here in the first place via tax incentives, which can be easily replicated elsewhere, particularly in Louisiana.

Thus far, Disney, AMC, Netflix, WarnerMedia, NBC/Universal, Viacom, CBS, Showtime, Sony, MGM, and STX Entertainment have already announced that they are considering leaving the state. More studios are seriously considering the same move.

Meanwhile, their local employees are having a fit. Many have moved here from out of state and now will be unable to pay their bills unless they relocate again. 

Consequently, our pro-business Governor is apparently running for the hills after his obvious mistake in signing the bill. But simply cancelling a trip to Los Angeles will not make the issue go away, Governor Kemp. That baby may be ugly, but it’s all yours now. 

You should have thought long and hard before getting in bed with the mostly rural anti-abortion crowd. Why do you think that Governor Nathan Deal, a wiser and more experienced politician, vetoed the bill the last time? Not a good start for your first year, Mr. Kemp.

Stacey Abrams recognizes the negative consequences of implementation of the bill will have when it takes effect in January. So, she’s met with Hollywood bigwigs. Is she just revving up for her next run for governor against Governor Kemp? It sure looks like it.

The bottom line for GOP strategists? From now on, keep women’s healthcare out of politics or at least be prepared to suffer the consequences.

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IN THE SPOTLIGHT

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 FEEDBACK

When needs to re-read a paragraph, blames really poor editing

Editor, the Forum:

Mayhap I agree, although supposedly I might not.

I really enjoyed your article. I, too, am sometimes exasperated and deeply disappointed by authors who have something of value to say but don’t say it in a way that is easily understood by their intended audience.

When I have to reread a paragraph several times in order to “get it,” I become very frustrated. In most cases I blame the editors, or lack thereof, for letting such material be published. It has been my experience that books or tracts  published by university presses contain the most understandable writing. In my opinion the dearth of editors has enormously contributed wrongly-placed words, misspelled words and incomplete thoughts, in published works today.

I am aware that some French and some German words can more exactly express thoughts, tone, feelings and context. However, as you stated, sometimes these words are not for the general reader. They appear to be used instead for the writer’s academic peers. That as you say, “smells of pomposity”.

Like you I am an avid reader and I no longer read fiction. Or at least what I think will be fiction. Today a lot of commentary is fiction.

Thank you for your article. It did not “smell of pomposity”.

— Hoyt Tuggle, Buford

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UPCOMING

Activities begin at 5 p.m. on July 3 for Norcross Red White and BOOM! 

The City of Norcross is throwing a pre-Fourth of July block party and you’re invited! Make your way to the heart of downtown historic Norcross on July 3 for food, fun and fireworks during the 2019 edition of Red White and BOOM! 

The good times start at 5 p.m. with bounce houses, festive face painting and an assortment of food vendors. Stroll the city sidewalks to find Norcross’ eclectic collection of shops and restaurants, dance in the park to live music by No Limits or snag a spot on the lawn at Lillian Webb Park for a picnic and mingling with friends before the fireworks light up the night sky (right after dusk, typically around 9:40 p.m.). 

For those looking to continue the fun and celebration, head over to one of Norcross’ local hotspots for live music and libations. While it won’t be hard to have a good time at Norcross’ Red, White and BOOM!, here are a few ways that you can make sure it is a memorable event:

1. Snag a spot at Lillian Webb Park for the best view of the fireworks display.
2. Don’t miss out on the festivities or show while looking for a parking space. Free parking will be available at two nearby designated churches with a shuttle running continuously to downtown Norcross. It costs $5 to park, but the shuttle is free. ADA parking will be available at City Hall (65 Lawrenceville Street). City staff will be available to transport seniors or anyone needing assistance that day via golf carts at each of the respective parking locations. 
3. Be the life of the party by not committing a party foul. Please be mindful of other guests by not blocking the view. To keep the night sky in perfect view of the fireworks, tents and umbrellas are not allowed.
4. Remember, Norcross is an active railroad crossing location. Train tracks are NOT safe for firework viewing.
5. Take your party with you, but only on foot! Open containers are allowed within barricaded areas/downtown dining district only!
6. Raise your glass high and cheers your fellow neighbors with a Red, White and BOOM! signature drink! You may also bring your own beverage (even alcoholic), but no glass please.
7. Celebrate one of the best things about America—FOOD! Enjoy fried foods, snacks on a stick, sinful sweet treats and the best tasting creations on four wheels—food trucks! For more information, visit www.NorcrossGa.net.

New Kudzu Art Zone exhibit shows works of 8 local artists

Kudzu Art Zone of Norcross has unleashed its collective creativity in the form of a new exhibit now open to the public.  A group of eight artists are showing their works and unique inspiration. The participating artists are: Miriam Gaisner, Carol Luttenberg, Maryann Rachelson, David Radersdorf, Melonie Sheldon, Sam Tapley, Wanda Watson, and Ujjar Singh Wassan. This exhibit runs until July 27. 

“Peaceful waters,” by Sam Tapley

Kudzu Art Zone Past {resident David Radersdorf displays his creative spirit in a painting titled Universe. Radersdorf works in many media, producing intriguing abstracts. His thoughts in this work are the influences colors have on people around the world – the colorful spheres in the painting hint at many worlds.

Maryann Rachelson’s I depicts the artist’s sentiments of enjoying nature; she says we should observe the rhythm and flow of nature and it is beautifully echoed in this colorful, flowing abstract painting.

A tribute to women’s spirit at any age is Wanda Walston’s Red Hat Lady. Ms. Walston says she began her art career later than many but with an excellent sense of design and willingness to experiment on her own without benefit of a great deal of professional training, has become an award-winning artist and a great example of this vibrant, lively woman in her painting. We viewers love to follow her journey.

A more recent member of the group, Sam Tapley, has entered a lovely landscape painting, Peaceful Waters, a place we would like to be hiking in a Georgia summertime. Mr. Tapley who has a degree in theology, also is blessed with a music talent which he shares with others in a music ministry to people in nursing homes. A viewer will be enchanted with his view of this inviting bubbling creek.  

Kudzu Art Zone’s galleries and artist’s studios are open Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. For additional information on exhibits, classes or workshops call 770-840-9844 or see the website  www.kudzuartzone.org.

 NOTABLE

Peachtree Corners dedicates veterans’ monument at Town Center

Among the crowd attending dedication ceremony

On a brilliant Saturday morning with American Flags flying in the breeze, the community gathered on the city’s Town Center to celebrate the dedication of its new veterans’ monument. It was a culmination of a years-long dream that began in 2015.

Friends, families, veterans, dignitaries, city leaders and hundreds of well-wishers joined in the ceremony that featured all the pomp and circumstance of a military affair including music by the 116th Army Band Georgia Army National Guard. Located on the two-acre Town Green, over 400 attended the dedication and unveiling ceremony of the new monument.

The monument is featured on a 2,500 square-foot plaza. Mounted on a central pillar is an eagle atop a globe representing the presence of the U.S. Armed Forces across the world. Surrounding the central pillar are five sculptures representing each of the Armed Forces and one sculpture to honor the veterans of the National Guard, Reserves and Merchant Marines. Kent Feuerbach of KLF Hardscapes built the plaza and granite bases for the sculptures which were donated by renowned artist Chad Fisher.

The monument also features an interactive component that allows visitors an opportunity to hear veterans narrate their own stories via a kiosk at the monument entrance. The monument plaza includes engraved stone benches and is lined with customized brick pavers donated by families and friends.

Led by Bob Ballagh, a long-time resident and retired Army colonel, the Peachtree Corners Veterans Monument Association was formed. The men and women of this non-profit organization oversaw the design of the monument and sculptures, its location, corresponded and scheduled the veteran interviews which would be the interactive component of the monument and countless other details.

Ballagh says: “It took close to 40 or 50 volunteers. We had nine board members, all contributed in some way, and a core volunteer group who kept track of the veterans and communicated with them via mass email and another who managed the orders for the engraved pavers.”

The design for the layout of the pavers was done by Eagle Scout candidate Troy McGahren, who came up with a systematic design so that visitors could easily locate the personalized bricks using the kiosk app. 

More than 800 separate private donations from 646 individuals or businesses contributed yielding more than $429,000 in private donations to date. The paver count, 705 thus far, represent veterans from the American Revolution to the current operations in the Middle East, Four Prisoners of War from WWII and Korea and three Medal of Honor awardees. 

Jackson EMC linemen helping with storm-trouble at Amicalola EMC

Jackson EMC this week is assisting with power restoration efforts at Amicalola EMC in north central Georgia, where heavy rain, strong winds and severe thunderstorms on Friday and Saturday resulted in widespread power outages. Jackson EMC sent seven linemen earlier to assist with the restoration efforts.

As of 11 a.m. Sunday, Amicalola EMC reported 105 outages in Cherokee, Dawson, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Murray and Pickens counties, affecting more than 2,810 members of the co-op. At its peak, Amicalola EMC reported around 10,000 members were without power. 

The storms on Friday and Saturday also affected some Jackson EMC members. Once power was restored to those members, Jackson EMC linemen were available to help Amicalola EMC with its power restoration efforts.

A principle of co-ops is cooperation among cooperatives. Keeping with that principle, when asked, Jackson EMC provides fellow co-ops assistance with power restoration efforts following major outages. Jackson EMC linemen will work alongside Amicalola EMC line crews to safely restore power to co-op’s members.

RECOMMENDED

Dis Member and Other Stories of Mystery and Suspense by Joyce Carol Oates

From Karen Harris, Stone Mountain: This is a chilling and thrilling collection of stories by Joyce Carol Oates. It is a page-turner that presents psychological scares that leave the reader wondering if this could really happen. Although all the stories have compelling aspects, two stories, The Drowned Girl and Dis Member warrant re-read from the last two pages just to make sure that this ending really happened. Other stories can evoke sadness, vulnerability, grief and wonder.  Joyce Carol Oates, 81, a renowned author of over 50 books, writes in a different voice as a short story writer in contrast to her novels, most notably Bellefleur which is in my opinion a masterpiece. This collection is a great way to introduce oneself to the works of Joyce Carol Oates. Once you read this one you will reach for others.

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GEORGIA ENCYCLOPEDIA TIDBIT

Brumby’s Neighbor Newspaper Group had 500,000 circulation

(From previous edition)

Otis Arnoldus Brumby Jr. was born in 1940 in Atlanta. He and his wife, Martha Lee Pratt, had five children. Just 13 when his father died, Otis Jr. got a taste of politics early, working as a page in the 1950s for his cousin, U.S. Senator Richard B. Russell Jr. In 1965 he graduated from the University of Georgia law school and began working at the Marietta Daily Journal as assistant to the publisher. Two years later he became publisher. [More on the Brumby family.]

In 1969 Otis Brumby Jr. launched the Neighbor Group, which in addition to the Marietta Daily Journal published free weekly community newspapers to serve the Atlanta suburbs. By 1984 the Neighbor newspapers consisted of 27 weekly mastheads, including the Kennesaw Neighbor, the Decatur-DeKalb Neighbor, and the South Fulton Neighbor. Eventually Brumby’s Neighbor newspapers have a total daily circulation of nearly 500,000. 

In 1967 Frank and Carole Melson bought a license to produce the Brumby rocker once again, and in 1972 the first Brumby rocker since World War II was manufactured. In the late 1970s U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn Carter, ordered five Brumby Jumbos for the White House’s Truman Balcony. 

In 1991, when the widowed Carole retired, Otis Brumby Jr. garnered permission from the five living Brumbys to regain the family hold over the Brumby rocker. In 1992 the Brumby Chair Company showroom opened on the square in downtown Marietta, a few blocks from its 1875 factory on Kennesaw Avenue, with Otis Brumby Jr. as the company’s fifth president. Wood pieces are turned in a North Carolina factory, but the chairs are assembled and caned by hand in the workshop behind the showroom. Helen Spain Brumby Gregory, the oldest daughter of Otis and Martha, became manager of the Brumby Chair Company in 1998 and the fourth generation of her family to work in the business.

Like his forebears, Otis Brumby Jr. has also been highly active in his community, serving a five-year term on the state’s Department of Transportation board, as well as chairing the state Board of Education. He became president of the Georgia Press Association in 1978.

Brumby III

In 2005 Otis Brumby Jr. joined the University of Georgia’s newly formed Arch Foundation, after a controversy led the school to cut ties with the UGA Foundation over a dispute about athletic director Vince Dooley‘s contract and the president’s salary. Brumby also took a stand against many in the business community by opposing a 2005 bill in the Georgia House that allowed legislators to court businesses with perks and tax breaks, without public scrutiny.

Otis Brumby Jr. died in 2012 following a two-year bout with cancer. He was succeeded as publisher at the Marietta Daily Journal by his son, Otis Brumby III, who has just completed his year as president of the Georgia Press Association, the third Otis Brumby to hold that title. `

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MYSTERY PHOTO

Stately columned home amid the trees is today’s Mystery Photo

Here’s a beautiful home, perhaps in the South, which is this edition’s Mystery Photo. Tell us where you think this charming mansion is located by sending your ideas to elliott@brack.net, and be sure to include your hometown.

It didn’t seem like a difficult Mystery Photo last week, but it proved to be so. The only correct answer came from Hoyt Tuggle of Buford, who wrote: “Certainly in southern Germany or western Austria. My guess is Oberammergau.” He’s right.

One reason George Graf of Palmyra, Va. didn’t get the answer was because he had sent it in! 

The village of Oberammergau is south of Munich, and is the site of a presentation of a Passion Play every 10 years. Villagers are readying for another presentation in the summer of 2020. In 1633 the Oberammergau villagers promised to perform the suffering, death and resurrection of Christ every tenth year, in so far as no one was to die of the plague anymore. The villagers were answered by God and therefore in 1634 the first Passion Play took place.  The promise has been kept until today. From May 16 to October 4, 2020 the 42nd Passion Play will take place in Oberammergau.

 LAGNIAPPE

Lawrenceville Campground Meeting now in its 187th year of services

Roving Photographer Frank Sharp visited the Lawrenceville Campgrounds on Braselton Highway, which is marking its 187th year. It began in 1832, when members of the Lawrenceville First Methodist Church bought 50 acres for $50 as a site for the annual meeting and revival. It continues through Thursday (June 27th) this year, gathering around 5 p.m. with dinner at 7 p.m. Area residents are invited to bring a plate, “or just come and eat with us and enjoy the services.”  Ministers with previous services at the church lead the services. Leading on Tuesday will be Carter McGinnis; with Andrew Erwin on Wednesday and Andrew Chappell speaking on Thursday, which is also BlueGrass Night. A key element each night is gospel singing. 

CALENDAR

Discovery Garden’s Neighbor’s’ Night Out is Thursday, June 27 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Discovery Garden Park in Norcross. Grab your partners and friends and head to the Discovery Garden to tour the garden and mingle with friends old and new. Please bring an adult beverage or an appetizer to share. Free community fun! RSVP to barbara.kohlhausen@gmail.com.

July 3 in Duluth: Fireworks will ignite the sky once again as Duluth’s award-winning patriotic celebration, Duluth Celebrates America, soon. The event will feature food trucks, live music and entertainment from 5-10 p.m. The Backyard to Brooklyn and the A-Town-A-List bands will bring residents to their feet with an assortment of music options. For more information, visit: www.duluthga.net/events.

The Southeastern Pastel Society 2019 National Juried Exhibition will run through August 10, at the Quinlan Visual Arts Center at 514 Green Street in Gainesville. Reception and awards will be on June 13 at 5:30 p.m. The center is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, and on Saturday from 10a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is Free. This exhibit will feature 76 paintings in a variety of styles painted by artists from nine states. For more information call the  Quinlan Visual Arts Center 770-536-2575, or visit quinlanartscenter.org.

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