ADULT HOUSING COMING: Construction on the long-anticipated home development for residents 55+ on the former Fiserv property in Peachtree Corners is now a step closer. It’s been a long process, but the property, fronted by 4,000 feet of the Chattahoochee River, has been purchased by The Providence Group of Georgia who will begin building up to 916 mixed age-restricted residential units. Construction is expected to begin early in 2020. The development will include condominiums, townhomes and single-family homes. It will also include age-restricted independent, assisted living and memory care components. The Simmons Company first used the land for their world headquarters, while Stockholder Systems later moved in. The site was last used as an office area for Fiserv.
TODAY’S FOCUS: Chamber Announces Winners of Small Business Awards
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Click Below, Sit Back and Enjoy Great Music from Oscar Peterson
SPOTLIGHT: Peach State Federal Credit Union
FEEDBACK: It’s an Indictment of Government That Vaping Isn’t Better Controlled
UPCOMING: Northside Hospital Opens New Health Center in Grayson
NOTABLE: Good Samaritan Health Center Buying Another Facility for Its Services
RECOMMENDED: Revelator Coffee Shop in Peachtree Corners
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Benjamin Taliaferro Significant Player in Yazoo Land Frauds
MYSTERY PHOTO: An Old Automobile Is Today’s Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Big chair
CALENDAR: Flick or Treat is Saturday, October 26 at 4 p.m., at Coolray Field
Chamber announces winners of small business awards
The small business winners have the smiles. On the back row are Randy Sutt, Rock Paper Scissors; Mike Sammond, Business RadioX Gwinnett; Naveed Tharwani, Gwinnett Drugs; Dan Ryan, Team Ryan Automotive; and Glenn Kruse, UGA Business Development Center. On the front row are Amanda Sutt, Rock Paper Scissors; Clara Olguin, CIC Floors; Veronice Guobadia, Care4AllChildren Services; Dr. Bill Russell, Russell Landscape Group; Raymer Sale, E2E Resources; Joy Mitchell, Office Creations; and Dr. Rebecca Sarlea, Refresh Chiropractic.
By Stephanie Hannum
DULUTH, Ga. | Showcasing those that dare to start, sustain and succeed, the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce held its Small Business Awards recently. Winners were announced in 11 categories. Recipients were recognized that exhibit best business practices and embody the entrepreneurial spirit.
The category winners are as follows:
Advocate Award – University of Georgia Small Business Development Center – Gwinnett Office: the Gwinnett Office has served more than 1,000 clients in the past five years. The survey results from those same clients indicate that they would recommend their services 99 percent.
Community Contributor Award – Care4All Children Services: Dedicated to strengthening families, one home at a time, Care4All Children Services recruits, trains and recommends families to foster children in their homes.
Culture Creator Award – Rock Paper Scissors: a boutique marketing firm, it promotes lifelong learning and provides team members with the tools they need to thrive. Twice a month, they hold a Creative Generators Meeting where they hone in on the creative process. This employer is intentional about the development of its team.
Emerging Entrepreneur Award – Naveed Tharwani, Gwinnett Drugs: Tharwani’s pharmacy provides services that your typical model would not. Innovation is paramount and they exude that by providing onsite pharmacist care at a patient’s doctor’s office for example.
Launch Award – Refresh Chiropractic: Dr. Rebecca Sarlea opened her chiropractic office without support from family, without a loan from a bank. One challenge is that patients can have a lack of confidence with care. Being the eternal optimist, she takes it in stride and wins them over by being knowledgeable about their condition.
Minority-Owned Small Business Award – CIC Floors: As immigrants with eclectic backgrounds, Clara and Cesar Olguin bring an especially unique approach to their 15 year old flooring business, focusing on craftsmanship, quality and service. One was a soprano singer and music teacher, with a law degree from her native Dominican Republic. The other came to the United States to help family members already living here and decided to stay.
Small Business of the Year: 0-5 Employees – Team Ryan Automotive Service and Repair: Team Ryan Automotive Service and Repair offers a positive environment where technicians can thrive as respected contributors. Their distinctive efforts are setting a new benchmark in the industry and they have recently been featured in two trade magazines, Ratchet and Wrench and Shop Owners.
Small Business of the Year: 6-24 Employees – E2E Resources: When a person faces major life events, they need to rely on plans, programs and relationships to help them cope emotionally and manage financially. E2E Resources protects and prepares their clients during times of change. Through best business practices and word of mouth, this company has earned longstanding success.
Small Business of the Year: 25+ Employees – Office Creations: Established in 2001, Office Creations began with the vision of creating office environments with an innovative approach.. Founded in Gwinnett County, it now employs nearly 55 professionals. This is a certified woman-owned business.
Support System Award – Business RadioX – In pursuit of its mission, this organization has interviewed more than 2,500 local business leaders. It prides itself on providing a platform to the underserved markets,. The enhanced exposure creates an opportunity that gives leaders a chance in the marketplace, and allows them to tell their story.
Founder Award – Dr. Bill Russell of Russell Landscape Group. He never planned on a career in commercial landscape. After completing a PhD in Agricultural Chemistry, he spent 10 years as Regional Pesticide Research Director. During his storied 32 year business history, he has had steady growth. Success has been achieved by focusing on the three R’s: reputation, relationships and revenue.
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Sit back and enjoy great music from Oscar Peterson
By Elliott Brack
Editor and Publisher, GwinnettForum
OCT. 25, 2019 | How about a little something different today?
Let me introduce you to a 6.53 minute video with some of the most soothing music I have ever heard. The work comes from the late jazz virtuoso Oscar Peterson, and it is a composition of his own, which he entitled, “Ode To Freedom.”
The short video came from one of my daughters, who knew that Oscar Peterson was my favorite jazz pianist. We have often enjoyed CDs of his music, amazed at his tremendous speed and dexterity in playing the keyboard. Yet, at this track below shows, Peterson could also play with great emotion and depth.
What I would like for you to do is listen here right on your computer to the music. It was first recorded in Denmark in the 1960s and somehow was preserved on video. I usually merely listen to the music, not actually keeping my eyes on the screen, but sitting back, often closing my eyes, and merely listening. It seems to me to be even more soothing this way, for you don’t have to watch Mr. Peterson continue to whip his face from prodigious sweating while he works, or have to pay attention to the keyboard, or get distracted by the drums (Ed Thigpen) and bass (Ray Brown) in the background.
Now, wasn’t that enjoyable? Don’t know about you, but once I listen to it, I often listen again. It calms and energizes me. First comes that slow, simple series of notes on the piano, and a little later the bass and drums quietly join in. Mr. Peterson carries this theme through two variations, before you hear those same notes in the background which tells me he’s about to go into another variation of his music. Even when he’s playing up-and-down the keyboard, often quite fast, still those same, almost-hidden notes come through, continuing the quiet theme. To me, that’s fantastic. So simple…..so elegant…so enjoyable.
Oscar Peterson was a Canadian, born in Montreal in 1925, and died in 2007. He was a big person, always smiling personality, and played the piano with a 14-note hand span. His early training was in classical music. He had his own weekly radio show at age 14, and grew in stature and style from there. One called him the “maharaja of the keyboard,” as he made over 200 recordings, and won eight Grammys. Another source called him “Possibly the most successful artist produced by Canada.”
His Oscar Peterson Trio featured Ray Brown on bass and Herbie Ellis on guitar. Later, when Ellis left, r Ed Thigpen replaced him, this time on drums.
One source wrote that Peterson was a master of “cascades of many notes.” There is no doubt that he could really command the keyboard, sometimes pounding it with intensity, and at other times playing it like a cat purring. He continued to perform until 2006, though his public appearances were sporadic after a stroke in 1993 which affected the use of his left hand, and his ability to walk.
If you want to hear more of Oscar Peterson’s music, so much is available on the internet today. Just Google his name, and enjoy his music. How’s this for something different today!
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Indictment of government that vaping isn’t better controlled
Editor, the Forum:
I enjoy Jack Bernard’s opinions. He’s a smart guy and his points on vaping and e-cigarettes are clear and well-made.
I agree that vaping is a health hazard and young people are being seduced by e-cigerattes. However, with 33 deaths from vaping so far, it is a bit disingenuous to ignore the 480,000 deaths that will come this year from tobacco-related diseases.
It is a pathetic indictment on our governments that they have been so easily addicted to the billions in revenue tobacco brings that our elected officials have refused to address tobacco’s killings while being righteously indignant about the ill effects of e-cigarettes.
— Tim Anderson, Fitzgerald
Forum on target assessing past winners of Hudgens Prize
Editor, the Forum:
Thank you, Elliott, for your comments regarding the Hudgens Prize. It is not advancing Georgia artists, and gives the public a stereotypical perception of artists as being “fringe” and “flaky”creators, making traditional Georgia artists throw up their hands in frustration.
It does not reflect the community…we (Georgia artists) are not New York, and frankly don’t want to be. The Hudgens (and formerly the Gwinnett Council for the Arts) has a history of overlooking the many excellent artists Georgia is home to.
Somehow, Southern art, though collected and supported by the public, has been branded as not new and exciting art by the jurors in the past. Honestly, this is truly a case of the Emperor’s New Clothes (or lack thereof!). Sad, really, as the prize could make a huge difference for consistently creating artists. Your suggestions on moving forward with the Prize could help it develop into something that would truly reflect Georgia.
Keep holding up the mirror!
— Karen Burnette Garner, Robesonia, Penn. (formerly life-long Gwinnett artist)
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Northside Hospital opens new health center in Grayson
Cutting the ribbon for the new Grayson facility of Northside Hospital are, from left, Mike Boblitz, vice president of Planning and Business Development, Northside Hospital Gwinnett; Dr. Sorin Vladescu; Dr. Sangita Sharma; J. Michael Levengood, Board of directors, Northside Hospital; Jay Dennard, COO of Northside Hospital Duluth and vice president of Physician Services, Northside Hospital Gwinnett; and Sandy Richardson, membership development manager, Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce.
Northside Hospital has opened a new health center in Grayson. The facility will offer primary care, cardiology, gastroenterology and OB/GYN services, as well as 3D mammography, all in one location.
The new Northside Grayson Health Center will bring the strength of the Northside Hospital health care system to a location that’s easily accessible and close by. In addition to delivering a wide-range of services, this new center offers a relaxing and inviting setting, with helpful amenities, such as online scheduling for primary care services.
Primary care services will be led by two experienced providers, Drs. Sangita Sharma and Sorin Vladescu, both of whom have long been a part of the Grayson community.Dr. Sharma says: “I’m thrilled to be returning to this flourishing city. When I first moved to Georgia back in 2005, I became a Grayson resident; now, nearly 15 years later, I am helping to bring the unsurpassed level of care and extensive resources of Northside Hospital to this community.”
Northside Grayson Health Center is located at 1132 Athens Highway, Suite 207, in Grayson. For more information, visit northside.com/grayson.
Eight artists never seen here now on exhibit at Kudzu Art Zone
Kudzu Art Zone in Norcross is opening a new exhibit, featuring artists never shown here before. This group show is the seventh in the popular series at Kudzu’s Gallery.
There will be a reception free and open to the public on Saturday, October 26, 6 to 8 pm with refreshments and light hors d’oeuvres. Among the artists:
Sam Alexander, an outstanding watercolorist and past president of Georgia Watercolor Society shows her flair for portraiture in Jennifer. The subject’s sincere gaze is spellbinding in this painting. Alexander says, ““I am not only inspired every day by the world around me, and study of the masters, but also by the creativity of peers and teachers.”
Beth Arnold is a former art teacher in Dekalb and Gwinnett public and private schools. Her painting is a landscape titled High Winds and reflects her love of the subject matter experienced in her travels. She delights in painting her surroundings and many of her works originate on the site.
Jolyn Barrow is inspired by both Jackson Pollack and Alexander Calder, as evidenced by her bold and wild colors and patterns in her quilts. She hand dyes and paints fabrics and combines them in uniquely designed, hand and machine stitched quilts, an example is the lively Xs and Os in this exhibit.
McDaniel’s Oak is a lively oil painting by Patty Grewe-Mullins representing her love of landscape scenes where trees sway in the wind. The viewer can almost feel the action in these spirited paintings.
Anne Emerson Hall works exclusively from life in her studio and in plein air locations throughout the southeast. She is a popular teacher at the Atlanta Artists Center, leading a Dynamic Color Study group and classes in dynamic figure drawing and painting. Her portrait in this show, What Colors Beauty, is of a lovely woman, elegantly dressed, and a mannequin side by side in front of a mirror showing their reflections.
If there was one word to describe Denise Hames’ work it would be “ethereal.” Angels, faceless figures and bird silhouettes all inhabit her dreamy landscapes. Couple in the Sun is a colorful example in this exhibit.
Darrell Ortiz, a U.S. Army veteran, takes the viewer on distant travels in his bold paintings; one minute at a fishing camp in Alabama, then on another planet or watching a brilliant red sunset in the west. His painting, Fuego is a glowing example.
Kudzu Gallery is located in downtown Norcross at 116 Carlyle Street and open hours are Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Kudzu also hosts eight working artists’ studios, classes and workshops, open studio and figure drawing sessions each week. For information call 770-840-9844 or the website: www.kudzuartzone.org.
Volunteer for 20th annual Gwinnett Great Days of Service
There’s still time to sign up as a volunteer for the 20th annual Gwinnett Great Days of Service, to be on October 25 and October 26. This is one of the nation’s largest volunteer efforts, mobilizes thousands of individuals, corporations, churches, schools, civic organizations, and communities in meaningful volunteer service to address some of Gwinnett County’s most critical needs.
- Visit www.volunteergwinnett.net where you can sign up and choose from a variety of projects for individuals and groups. The event is hosted by the Gwinnett Coalition for Health and Human Services. For more information, visit www.gwinnettgreatdaysofservice.org.
Good Samaritan Health Center buying another facility
The Good Samaritan Health Center recently purchased a building for a non-profit medical and dental clinic. The building is located at 1175 Commerce, Norcross, and after renovations will open next summer says Gregory E. Lang, its executive director.
The purchase price for the new building was $1.2 million. Good Samaritan plans to spend another $2 million on renovation and re-purposing the building. When completed in June 2020, it will then operate 12 dental chairs and 18 medical exam rooms, and employ 50+ people across the four location-organization.
With a budget of $3.2 million, Good Samaritan has raised $1,970,440 and needs an additional $1,229,560 to complete this new capital project. As a reminder, we are relocating the Jimmy Carter Boulevard clinic to the building just purchased (pictured here). This will expand our dental clinic and provide adequate parking for our patients. This move will also save us $108,000 a year in rent, funds that can be redirected to patient care.
The aim is to schedule the grand opening of the new location on the of the clinic on the 15th anniversary next summer.
In another development, Good Samaritan also opened its first Quick Clinic this week, located within the North Gwinnett Cooperative Ministry in Buford. There, we are offering limited medical services on Tuesdays, from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. to address minor illnesses, aches, and pains. The charge for this service will be $30 per appointment.
The other facilities are the main office at 5949 Buford Hwy., Norcross, a secondary office is now at 4864 Jimmy Carter Boulevard in Norcross, but is moving to the new location at 1175 Commercial Court next summer. A satellite clinic is now open at the North Gwinnett Cooperative Ministry in Buford., while the fourth location, a satellite clinic, opens January in the Home First Assessment Center at 5320 Jimmy Carter Boulevard in Norcross.
Hoschton student recognized for historical scholarship
Christopher Davidson, state archivist and assistant vice chancellor and the Georgia Historical Records Advisory Council (GHRAC) presented 36 awards during the seventeenth annual GHRAC Archives Awards ceremony at the Georgia Archives on October 15. The GHRAC awards recognize outstanding efforts in archives and records work in Georgia. Among the awards was an award for excellence in student research using historical records, at the undergraduate level.
That award went to Tyler Holman of Hoschton, a history and anthropology student at the University of North Georgia, for the paper “‘Drunken, Desperate Men:’ The Klans of Gwinnett County, Georgia, 1868-1872.” It examines Reconstruction and the activities of the Ku-Klux Klan in Gwinnett County, especially the events surrounding the 1872 arson of the courthouse as well as the broader significance of those events.
Also recognized was Jamil Zainaldin, Ph.D. for significant accomplishments in developing innovative programs as President of Georgia Humanities.
- To see the full list of the award winners, click here.
Restaurant Review:
Revelator Coffee Shop in Peachtree Corners
From Karen Harris, Stone Mountain: Revelator Coffee Shop is a trendy addition to Town Center in Peachtree Corners. Appointed like a very modern-day StarBucks, it brings a bright addition to the bustling activity in Town Center. There are a variety of specialty teas and coffees with a selection of pastries and snacks. Upon entering the coffee shop there are booths, and tables and an area in the back with comfortable seating. The customer service waiters are most polite and responsive and are always smiling. It’s relatively quiet and is a great place to be “alone together” with others in the Peachtree Corners Town Center community. The shop is located at 5160 Town Center Blvd; Peachtree Corners.
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Taliaferro was significant player in Yazoo land frauds
Benjamin Taliaferro served as a Continental soldier during the American Revolution (1775-83). He moved in 1784 from Virginia to Wilkes County, Ga., where he established himself as a planter and an upcountry political leader. Taliaferro served as a trustee for the University of Georgia, a state representative, a president of the Georgia senate, a member of the anti-Yazoo faction, a superior court judge, and a member of Congress. Taliaferro County, in east central Georgia, is named in his honor.
Benjamin Taliaferro (pronounced “Tolliver”) was born in 1750 in Amherst County, Va., to Mary Boutwell and Zachariah Taliaferro, both of prominent Piedmont families. During the American Revolution Taliaferro avidly supported the American independence, or Whig, cause. He served in two local rifle companies before transferring with his unit to the Sixth Regiment of the Continental army in March 1776. Taliaferro distinguished himself at Trenton and Princeton, N.J., and as one of Colonel Daniel Morgan’s 500 crack riflemen at Saratoga, N.Y. By June 1779 Taliaferro had joined Colonel Richard Parker’s First Virginia Battalion to aid Georgia Whigs in their fight to end the British occupation of Savannah.
Parker’s regiment resided in Augusta before and after the Siege of Savannah in October 1779. Taliaferro had a chance to observe Georgia Whig politics firsthand before his regiment marched to reinforce Benjamin Lincoln’s Southern Army defending Charleston, S.C.. After American forces surrendered the city on May 12, 1780, Taliaferro returned to Amherst County, Va., as a paroled prisoner of war. There he married Martha Meriwether in 1782.
Two years later Taliaferro settled in Wilkes County, Ga. With his first wife he had a family of nine children: Benjamin, Mary Amelia (Emily), Louis Bourbon, Betsy, Martha, David, Thornton, Margaret, and Nicholas. A second marriage produced a tenth child, Zachariah.
Taliaferro worked to recreate the traditional planter-elite status maintained by his Virginia ancestors. He operated a thriving tobacco plantation along the Broad River and in the process became one of the largest slaveholders in Wilkes County. Taliaferro’s activities quickly gained him recognition as an influential member of the Goose Pond community. Taliaferro’s efforts garnered him legislative appointment as one of the first trustees of the University of Georgia and as a county magistrate. His coalition of Wilkes citizens elected him to the Georgia Assembly in 1786.
As a state legislator Taliaferro consistently supported issues favoring upcountry growth and economic developmentWhen Georgia reorganized its government in 1789, Taliaferro entered the state senate, serving as its president from 1792 to 1796.
Taliaferro’s most notable role as an upcountry leader came with his opposition to the 1789 and 1795 Yazoo land bills. Taliaferro gained appointment as superior court justice to stop Yazooists from exerting their influence in the state courts. Taliaferro resorted to at least one duel to defend his character against the abuse of his political enemies.
In 1798 Taliaferro agreed to submit his name as a congressional candidate. He won the election and worked with Georgia’s federal legislators to arrange a settlement concerning the state’s western lands. Their efforts paved the way for an 1802 land cession to Congress. Illness forced Taliaferro to retire from office in 1802. Although upcountry leaders approached Taliaferro in 1813 to serve in the U.S. Senate, he refused. Taliaferro died at his Broad River plantation in September 1821.
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An old automobile is today’s Mystery Photo
Today’s Mystery Photo is an old and somewhat famous automobile. Tell us where it is and why it’s important. Send your ideas to elliott@brack.net, and include your hometown.
The most recent Mystery Photo was of Albert Einstein’s house in Princeton, N.J., submitted by Susan McBrayer of Sugar Hill. Those recognizing the house were Lou Camiero, Lilburn and Jim Savadelis, Duluth, who said: “This is a picture of Albert Einstein’s house. He lived there from 1935 until his death in 1955. The house was built in 1876, and originally addressed at Alexander Street but was moved to 112 Mercer Street to accommodate the building of Stuart Hall of the Princeton Theological Seminary.”
George Graf of Palmyra, Va. “Albert Einstein reportedly requested that this house not be made a museum, and the family did not want it to be recognized as such. Nonetheless it was added to the National Register of Historic Places and further designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1976.
After Albert Einstein, the house was owned by his sculptor step-daughter Margot Einstein until her death in 1986.”
Alan Peel, San Antonio, Tex., added: “In April 1955, as Einstein lay in the hospital shortly before his death, he is reported to have asked his step-daughter Margot Einstein to not make his Princeton house a museum, a request that she honored. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. It was also designated as a U.S. National Historic Landmark at the same time, but in respect of Albert Einstein’s wishes, the National Park Service did not publicize this at the time.
“According to the New Jersey public tax records, the house has changed hands a few times since Margot’s death in 1986. It was last sold in June 2012 and was purchased by the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), an independent postdoctoral research center for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. Today, the home is still owned by the IAS but remains a private residence. As such, tours of the building are not afforded to the public, who must limit their view of the house from the street. That said, people interested in viewing some of Einstein’s furniture and personal belongings can do so at the Historical Society of Princeton, who received the items on display from the IAS as a gift in 2004.”
Big chair
The Titus family couldn’t help but visit that big chair on Georgia Highway 52 between Lula and Clairmont, a former Mystery Photo. Here’s a photo of Molly Titus swinging away in what has become a tourist attraction.
Re-Scheduled Light Up Norcross Lantern and Costume Parade will be Friday, October 25 at Thrasher Park. Families and people of all ages can enjoy an evening with food, lanterns, a costume parade and music. The New Orleans-style marching band SABOR will lead the parade through the streets of Downtown Norcross. For more details on purchasing lanterns and the costume contest, visit www.norcrossga.net.
Yellow River Trick or Treatment Fall Festival, October 26, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Get a science lesson and Halloween fun at the same time. The Yellow River Water Reclamation Facility is located at 858 Tom Smith Road in Lilburn. The Gwinnett County Department of Water Resources’ annual fall festival offers crafts, inflatables, games and activities, touch-a-truck and free fairground food. Costumes are encouraged.
Downtown Lilburn 5K and Fun Run will be Saturday, October 26 at Lilburn City Park. Join Main Street Lilburn and NG3 for the run starting at Lilburn City Park and running along the flat Camp Creek Greenway. This is a USATF Certified course and your time in this race can be used as a qualifier for the Peachtree Road Race. It’s flat and fast, and runners and walkers are welcomed. Kids are encouraged (but not required) to wear their Halloween costumes! Registration is at 8:30 a.m. and the 5K begins at 9:30 a.m. The Kids Tot Trot and Fun Run is at 10:30 a.m.
Fourth Annual Paint Gwinnett Pink 5K Walk/Run Is Saturday, October 26 at Coolray Field, 2500 Buford Drive, Lawrenceville. Registration is at 7 a.m. and the race starts at 9 a.m. Strollers are welcome; pets are not. To register, click here. Money raised from this event will benefit local cancer survivors and the Gwinnett Breast Center at Northside Hospital Gwinnett. This is a 2020 Peachtree Road Race qualifying event.
Flick of Treat will be held on Saturday, October 26 at 4 p.m., at Coolray Field, hosted by the Gwinnett Stripers. The family-friendly event includes community trick-or-treating on the concourse from 4-5 p.m. followed by a showing of Disney Pixar’s “Coco” on the video board at 5 p.m. Tickets may be purchased for $2 in advance at GoStripers.com or at the Coolray Field Ticket Office. Tickets will be $5 the day of the event.
Party Like a MonSTAR on October 31 from 6 to 9 p.m. Calling all ghosts, ghouls, and creatures that frighten. Let’s celebrate all things that go bump in the night. Put on your favorite costume and BOOgie down to live music. Spook-tacular sandwiches included. Parent or guardian supervision required. Cost $4 per person. This will be at OneStop Buford, 2755 Sawnee Avenue, Buford.
Juried Art Exhibit at the Tannery Row Artist Colony in Buford continues until November 1. Includes a variety of media, including painting, pastel, colored pencil, pen and ink, mixed media, printmaking, fibre arts, photography, digital art and three dimensional art, including ceramics, pottery and found object sculpture. The Colony is located at 554 West Main Street in Buford.
Tree Talk with Master Gardeners will be on November 2 at 10 a.m. at Vines Park, 3500 Oak Grove Road in Loganville. Learn fun facts and helpful hints, such as how to plant trees, ways trees communicate with each other, and more! Explore why leaves change colors with a playful scavenger hunt. For all ages. Preregister by calling 770-554-2284 for more information.
Veteran’s Day Ceremony at the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center is Monday, November 11 at 11 a.m. at the Fallen Heroes Memorial. The ceremony will be televised on TV Gwinnett, the government access channel.
Peachtree Corners Veteran’s Day Ceremony will be November 11 at 11 a.m. at the new Veterans Monument in Town Center. The 45 minute program will include music by the Norcross High School Band and A Capella chorus, plus guest speakers. For information visit www.ptcvets.net.
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