GwinnettForum | Number 21.09 | Feb. 2, 2021
Here’s another prize-winning photo from the Gwinnett chapter of the Georgia Nature Photographic Association. This is the 2019 top winner, from Diane Brooks, shows Monument Valley, the location for so many famed Western movies. The upcoming prize-winning entries of the Association will be on display at the Hudgens Center for Art and Learning from February 20 until April 17, 2021.
TODAY’S FOCUS: Georgia and USA would be better off without Greene in Congress
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Faction on School Board could affect district’s accreditation
ANOTHER VIEW: Boyhood hero Hank Aaron continues to inspire
SPOTLIGHT: Lail Family Dentistry
FEEDBACK: O’Lenick no longer effective on Elections Board; should resign
UPCOMING: Button statue at Peachtree Corners to connect with trail
NOTABLE: Senator Rahman is new chair of Gwinnett Senate Delegation
RECOMMENDED: Movie: Uncorked
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Journal of literature and art comes out of Georgia State University
MYSTERY PHOTO: Mystery Photo asks what these numbers are doing on mountain
Georgia and USA would be better off without Greene in Congress
By Jack Bernard, contributing columnist
PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. | Wouldn’t Georgia and the nation be a better place without Marjorie Taylor Greene in Congress?
I never understood why and how Marjorie Taylor Greene won the 14th Congressional District Republican primary over her well qualified, respected, traditional conservative opponent, Dr. John Cowan.
The FBI has designated QAnon as an extremist group. Greene supports the QAnon conspiracy theory that former President Trump is leading in a holy war against Satan worshippers and pedophiles who they say have taken over the media, business interests and government.
Further, she agreed with a post saying that 9/11 was staged. She also has said that she felt that also staged was the shootings at the Parkland and Sandy Hook schools. She also was seen on videos with her bigotry on full display, slamming Jews, Muslims and African Americans.
Greene has doubled down since her election, lying with impunity every chance she gets. For example, she denies that white power elements were involved in the Capitol insurrection, even in the face that the entire nation saw them. And, continuing to say that, first, President Joe Biden’s electoral votes were “fraudulent” even after Republican judges verified that the election was fair and honest secondly, that the Georgia November 3 election was “stolen”; and also, that the Senatorial run-off was also stolen because “Georgia state leaders refused to listen to Georgia taxpayers.” What does that mean? There’s absolutely no proof of substantial irregularities during these elections.
Moreover, Greene is not willing to settle down now that she has entered the halls of Congress. In her infinite wisdom, rookie Rep. Greene decided to pull another stunt on President Biden’s first day in office. Greene has filed impeachment charges against Biden, of all things, because of her inane charge that Biden is a “threat to national security.” (As an aside, how can you be impeached without first serving in office?)
As the basis for her impeachment filing, she cites President Biden’s work as vice president to remove a crooked Ukrainian official. The debunked theory she espouses is that Biden did it to help his son. However, the facts are that he was simply carrying out U.S. policy that had nothing at all to do with his son. Per Al.com, the largest news media outlet in Alabama, she made these accusations “without providing evidence.” USA Today fact checked her allegations and found them to be false.
Incredibly, her office issued a statement saying she filed because, “We have to make sure that our leaders are held accountable. We cannot have a president of the United States that is willing to abuse their power.” These are the same allegations made against her mentor, President Trump. However, there is substantial evidence to back up Trump’s charges, as evidenced in votes by the full House in his two impeachments.
In another of her Twitter posts, Greene stated: “…we will see how this goes.” However, any thinking, rational person already knows exactly what will happen. Her charges are laughable and will be ignored by the House. But Greene is meanwhile keeping up these charges to help her busy fund-raising from the lunatic fringe throughout the nation, and she is having some success raising money from fellow-thinkers.
Meanwhile, Georgia has become an international laughingstock, from stories in overseas media about Marjorie Taylor Greene’s inane stunts.
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Fraction on school board could affect district’s accreditation
Lanier High School, near Buford, Ga.
By Elliott Brack
Editor and Publisher, GwinnettForum
FEB. 2, 2021 | The current unrest caused by two new members of the Gwinnett School Board threatens the school board’s accreditation. The problem centers on governance.
Gwinnett schools are accredited by Cognia, the umbrella non-profit company under which three accrediting agencies operate, including the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Some older Gwinnett schools have been accredited since the early/mid 60’s, a relationship spanning 53 years. In recent years, the accrediting agency no longer accredits the 134 individual schools within the Gwinnett district, but now accredits the district as a whole. School districts are evaluated every five years.
Cognia’s continuing mission is to maximize opportunities in education — through advocacy, initiatives in school improvement and recognition, meaningful assessment, and respected guidance.
Accreditation is not about earning a label for a one-time evaluation. Gwinnett County Public Schools have sustained an exemplary commitment to continuous improvement in education for its students, as exemplified in student outcomes.
What has been so praiseworthy at Gwinnett schools is that they often enroll first time students speaking no English, and move them through the system so that they have outstanding records when they graduate. What is particularly remarkable about this is that so many diverse students are among its students.
A key factor in accreditation is the relationship between the school board and the superintendent and staff. There is a code of ethics and functions spelled out which defines the roles and responsibilities of the board and school staff.
Once elected, the duties of board members are to:
- Set overall policy of the school board;
- Adopt the annual budget; and
- Hire the superintendent.
The accrediting agency looks to make sure that the board members are not involved in day-to-day operations of the schools, or seeking to direct the board staff, but are engaged only in the above duties.
What is often seen in poorly-run school systems are board members demanding that an individual be hired as a principal or teacher; or championing ideas brought by citizens which are outside the purview of the school members; or trying to exert influence in discipline tribunals; or even demanding that this employee or that one, sometimes a football coach, be fired. Such operational items are not matters to be solved by board members, but by the superintendent and school administrators.
In past years, Alvin Wilbanks and the duly-elected school board have worked beautifully together, keeping within the parameters set by the accrediting agency. The board and its superintendent should work as a team, each understanding their role, crystallize policy to insure high performance standards and seek to have the best possible outcomes for students.
Gwinnett must continue to have excellent public schools, which promotes a good Gwinnett business climate. Keeping board members out of operational procedures is one way that will continue.
Working within Gwinnett County public schools is a highly sought position for educators who seek leadership roles. We’ve come across this following list of people who became principals and staff members in Gwinnett County, and did such a good job that they have won superintendent positions in other systems.
As an example, just last week, Associate Superintendent Steve Flynt was announced as the new superintendent in the Columbia County system, to begin this fall. Here is that list.
Former Gwinnett County public school employees who became school superintendents
- Beauty Baldwin, Buford, Ga. City system, (1984 to 1994);
- Dr. Charles Mason, Mountain Brook, Alabama, (1993 to 2009);
- Dr. David Stiles, Saraland City School District, Alabama;
- Dr. Cindy Loe, former Fulton County, Ga.;
- Dr. Angela Pringle Hairston, former in Richmond County, Ga., Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools (N.C.) and current superintendent in Danville, Va. Public Schools;
- Dr. John Green, Jackson County, Ga.;
- Dr. Jonathan Patterson, currently in Fayette County, Ga.;
- Dr. Calvin Watts, currently for the Kent, Wash. School District;
- Dr. Paul Brooksher, currently in Bryan County, Ga.;
- Dr. Mary Elizabeth Davis, currently in Henry County, Ga.;
- Dr. Terry Oatts, currently in Rockdale County, Ga.;
- Dr. Mark Albertus, currently in Carrollton, Ga. City Schools;
- Tom Wilson, formerly in Carrollton, Ga. City Schools, Buford, Ga. City Schools, now serving in Anderson, S.C. School District Five;
- Dr. Steve Flynt, recently named in Columbia County, Ga.
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Boyhood hero Hank Aaron continues to inspire
Aaron swats another hit.
By Andy Brack
Publisher, Charleston (S.C.) City Paper
CHARLESTON, S.C.—In the sweltering south Georgia heat and humidity of July 1971, there was one thing I absolutely knew: Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves was going to be at my 10th birthday party.
My hero Hank, my friends and I would play catch and swing on a backyard jungle gym. We’d gorge ourselves on hamburgers, cake and ice cream. We’d laugh and horse around. It was going to be great.
Never mind that the 37-year-old home run king was 2,500 miles away in California between games with Los Angeles (Braves beat the Dodgers 3-1) and San Francisco (Braves beat the Giants 4-1). There was a one-day layover in between. I convinced myself he would make it. He didn’t, of course, but his star never tarnished as we both grew older.
And now, the slugger with the smooth, powerful swing has passed away. So too has part of my childhood and that of former kids all over America.
Aaron mesmerized young fans. He was the full package — he could do everything on the field, playing with a consistent and calm grace that masked the real struggles of race he dealt with daily. Back in 1971 as our country schools integrated, most kids didn’t seem to have Aaron as a hero. But in tributes online and in newspapers, that clearly wasn’t the case.
“He was hero to every boy born before 1965,” said Russell Guerard of Charleston.
There was just something about him, former GOP state Rep. Hunter Limbaugh of Columbia wrote.
“It’s not that those players [Mays, Clemente, Frank Robinson] lacked ‘something,’ but more that Aaron’s dignity was his essence. I’d like to think that even as a youngster, that’s what drew me to him.”
Aaron in 1974.
Robert Kittle, a former Columbia television newsman who now is communications director for the S.C. Attorney General’s office, remembers flocking to Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium to watch Aaron.
“I remember how exciting it was when he was chasing Babe Ruth’s record, that my hometown hero was about to make history,” Kittle recalled this week. “It wasn’t until years later that I learned about the harassment he had to deal with, including death threats, and that made his accomplishment even more amazing and made me respect him even more than I already did.”
Hampton native Marilyn Jones Armstrong, who now lives in North Carolina, explained Aaron was why she loves baseball to this day.
“Daddy and I would watch the Braves (in pre-TBS days) when he made me memorize batting averages and always cheer for Hammerin’ Hank. I remember the 715th [home run that broke Babe Ruth’s record]. I remember ‘watching’ the Atlanta Braves on the radio with my grandmother at the river because we couldn’t get the game on TV.”
My father and I made an annual pilgrimage from south Georgia to Atlanta to watch Aaron and the Braves. A couple of times, we flew in a small plane — quite a thrill for a kid. One time, we climbed aboard the Nancy Hanks train in Macon and got to sit with the engineer.
A few years later when we lived in Atlanta, I remember stumbling and almost dropping my cornet when marching off of my high school football field. Why? Because there — clear as day leaning on the wire fence near the bench — was Henry Louis Aaron. He stood by himself, a dad waiting to see his sons play in the second half of the game.
My jaw still drops. Aaron had that effect.
“Sometimes we learn that our heroes really aren’t very heroic after all because they do something bad or we learn that they’re not very nice,” Kittle observed. “Hank was the opposite. As time went on, the more I learned about him, the more heroic he became, and his stature in the community grew because of his philanthropic work and mentoring.”
So now my boyhood hero is gone and so is a lingering part of my youth. I feel fortunate to have had him in my life, albeit at a distance.
He didn’t make the birthday party, but Lord have mercy, he made things better for so many others in so many ways.
Henry Louis Aaron, 1934-2021. Rest in peace.
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O’Lenick no longer effective on Elections Board; should resign
Editor, the Forum:
Should we have secure elections? Absolutely. Should we secure election outcomes through manipulation of the process to achieve partisan results? No…we should not and Georgia voters deserve ethical representation at every level. But Gwinnett’s Board of Elections Chair Alice O’Lenick has advocated for manipulation to “…stand a chance of winning” over putting forth the best candidate and letting a free and fair election process take its course.
After multiple hand counts and a voter signature audit that confirmed the 2020 results, it appears that the State of Georgia doesn’t have a voter security problem. It has a voter security perception problem. And actual security issues and perception issues require really different solutions.
For instance, a perception problem implies the need for more transparency into the process, perhaps more standardization across counties, a voter education campaign, and accurate messaging. I’ve not heard any of that being proposed.
What’s been proposed instead is increased scrutiny of “excuses” for mail-in voting along with double copies of identification. There’s also proposed the elimination of drop boxes, mobile voting buses, and outside organizations mailing ballot request forms.
Where do we go from here? Georgia either wants free and fair elections and a robust democracy or it wants the facade of one. History and Alice O’Lenick’s comments suggest the latter. She has overreached credibility, and should resign from the Gwinnett Elections Board.
— Kim Belloni, Duluth
Pleased at getting Covid shot at well-run Health Department
Editor, the Forum:
Yesterday, I received my first Covid vaccination from the Gwinnett, Newton, and Rockdale County Health Department at their Lawrenceville campus.
What an amazing and pleasant experience! From the time I walked up to the curb, to be greeted by staff, to walking back to my car after the vaccination took 27 minutes. Having said that, imagine my shock & horror to see a story on the evening national news regarding seniors (most over 75) having to stand in line “Outside in freezing temperatures and snow for hours” waiting on a vaccination. Totally unacceptable.
I registered via the internet. We heard GNR updated their registration every Wednesday at 11 a.m., so at noon last Wednesday I signed up in five minutes.
Once again, Georgia leads the way in showing how to successfully deal with an emergency. I congratulate the GNR and their caring, friendly, and professional staff for excellent work ! Thank You, GNR.
— Tom Merkel, Berkeley Lake
Pandemic and working from home could cause tax problems
Editor, the Forum:
Millions of Americans working from home during this pandemic could see their 2020 tax bill impacted. This could be a challenge for families on items such as childcare, house work, making meals and working from home.
It would be a more complicated tax season with possible double taxes, since you might be hit with taxes from two states, if the company you work for is in another state. The good news and best way: don’t try to do your taxes on your own. You should seek a tax practitioner because each state has different rules and regulations.
— Dwala Tay, Norcross
Remembering Cindie Lou Roger, a caring Oncology Certified Nurse
Editor, the Forum:
Let me remember and honor someone who passed away December 21, 2020 from cancer. Her name was Cindie Lou Roger. She worked in the Oncology Department at Gwinnett Medical Center and was an adviser for pain management.
Roger
I first met Cindie in 1987 when I started my RN career in nursing at GMC, working on the Medical-Surgical floor. Cindie earlier worked at Joan Glancy. Her role was working with new nurses and mentoring us about Oncology. We weren’t the best of chums. She was more focused about the care her Oncology patients received by the newly minted RNs. But over time we became good friends.
She kept up to date on new medicines and technologies. She wrote numerous papers that were published in prestigious journals. Because of her hard work, our hospital won many awards through the groundwork she laid out for outstanding patient care.
She was a graduate of Dekalb Community College with an Associate Degree in Nursing, where I later went. She had a BS in nursing, her Master’s, and became one of the first Nurse Practitioners in the state. She also held the title of Oncology Certified Nurse, and after trying several times I eventually became one, too.
She always tried to go that extra mile for her patients. You could see their faces light up when Cindie entered the room. One of the doctors at GMC would always call out to Cindie when he saw her in the hall, “Cindie Looou Whooo, how are yooou.” That would always make her smile.
She donated her body to PCOM. Once again, she is helping others by allowing future doctors to understand this insidious disease, cancer. With love, rest in peace, lovely lady.
— Sara Rawlins, Lawrenceville
Thoughts on making a state out of the District of Columbia
Editor, the Forum:
A bill to make the District of Columbia a state is underway, with one suggestion for the new state to be called ‘Washington, Douglass Commonwealth.’
Our first president, George Washington, was chancellor of the College of William and Mary from 1788 until1799. There was no chancellor until 1859, when former President John Tyler held that post. (Today’s chancellor is Robert M. Gates.)
I have heard one name they were considering for the D.C. state in the past was “Columbia.” They should take in most of northern Virginia and the arc in Maryland, I’d say a 75 mile radius. That would still be a Democratic state, and would give it some critical mass and a tax base.(So many buildings in D.C. are governmental buildings, and not taxed.)
“Douglas Commonwealth” is a purgatory name, caught in between. There needs to be a better name suggested. What’s wrong with “Columbia?”
— Byron Gilbert, Duluth
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Button statue at Peachtree Corners to connect with trail
Peachtree Corners has unveiled the city’s third Button Gwinnett sculpture. Mayor Mike Mason is shown with this new button-shaped piece, located adjacent to the pedestrian bridge over Peachtree Parkway. The sculpture is at the entrance to the newest section of the city’s Corners Connector, a 11.5-mile multi-use trail.
The art selected for this sculpture depicts a variety of species of butterflies into the scene to express the beauty of diversity, color, unity, and harmony. The design, created by local artist Lance Campbell, was selected by the city’s Arts Council which thought this particular design, titled “Wings in the Willow,” was well suited for this location.
Mayor Mason says: “People will be able to use this trail to access the bridge, take nature walks and view wildlife. I anticipate this section of the city’s Corners Connector trail will be very popular.”
Construction on the new Town Center section of the trail is expected to begin in late spring. The new half mile section will start at the foot of the pedestrian bridge on the Town Center side and wind along a wooded stream and eventually connect with Peachtree Corners Circle.
This latest button-shaped sculpture is part of a county-wide effort to install over 200 button-shaped pieces throughout Gwinnett. The idea began with the effort of a nonprofit, Button Art, Inc, which was founded to further the love of art in Gwinnett County. The project was inspired by Button Gwinnett, the county’s namesake. Button Gwinnett was a British-born founding father, a delegate from Georgia to the Continental Congress, and one of the three Georgia signatories on the Declaration of Independence.
The city of Peachtree Corners agreed to install a total of six sculptures each depicting a theme based on the area of town in which it is located. Two others have already been installed, one on Technology Parkway and another on Engineering Drive.
Rahman is new chair of Gwinnett Senate delegation
Rahman
Sen. Sheikh Rahman (D – Lawrenceville) has been elected to serve as the new chair of the Gwinnett Senate Delegation, on which he will serve a two-year term.
Sen. Rahman says: “Since being elected into office, I have always strived to make sure the residents of District 5 have a voice here at the Capitol and I promise to continue doing so in this new capacity. I look forward to working with my other colleagues, in the Senate and beyond, to help promote legislation that will best serve our vibrant community.”
The fellow senators elected alongside Sen. Rahman were: Sen. Nikki Merritt (D – Grayson), who will serve as vice-chair; and Sen. Clint Dixon (R – Gwinnett), who will serve as secretary.
Tech firm makes financial gift to help Gwinnett Cares
Duluth’s Broadcom Inc. office has taken note of the impactful collaborative work of Gwinnett Cares, powered by the Gwinnett Coalition for Health and Human Services. The firm has made a monetary gift to support the mission to care for the community during the Covid pandemic. Broadcom Inc. is a global infrastructure technology leader, based in San Jose, Calif. with offices in Duluth.
Gwinnett Cares now engages hundreds of community stakeholders and works to synchronize support services and streamline communications to Gwinnett’s highly-diverse population of nearly a million people.
Gwinnett Cares focuses on connecting citizens to get the help they need, recruit volunteers to fill gaps on the front lines, and rally resources to address the real-time needs of local non-profits. Gwinnett Care has six active response teams focused on: Food Insecurity, Homelessness and Housing, Healthcare Access, Educational Support, Multicultural Needs, and Workforce Development.
Movie: Uncorked
From George Wilson, Stone Mountain: Like many hunkered down during the pandemic, I’ve been watching movies on streaming services. Uncorked is a story about a young man who upsets his father when he pursues his dream of becoming a master sommelier instead of joining the family barbecue business. This is a moving, subtle, well-made film about families, the natural process of growing up and moving away from your parents, and then coming back for all the right reasons. Unlike many film portrayals, there were almost no negative images of black men. Moreover, this refreshing story is about fatherhood, relationships, coming of age, the balance between family expectations and blazing your own trail. A loving parental unit has worked to make this a positive film. Finally, after watching this movie, I’m convinced that too many films and television programs that cast black characters as criminal, servile or immoral, contribute to racist attitudes. This film doesn’t.
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Journal of literature, art comes out of Georgia State
Founded in 1996, Five Points: A Journal of Literature and Art, has achieved an international following and attracted some of today’s most distinguished poets and fiction writers. Published three times a year by the Department of English at Georgia State University , the magazine has established a reputation for the diversity and quality of the writers, artists, essayists, and interviewers it publishes.
Founded by poet and novelist David Bottoms and fiction writer Pam Durban, Five Points offers artists and writers a forum, its editors say, for “the convergence of ideas and genres, photograph and text, north and south, east and west, young and old.”
According to co-editor Megan Sexton, such a convergence creates a sense of each genre’s potential, often by juxtaposition as much as by variety. “One of the major impacts a literary magazine can have,” she says, “is the way in which it illuminates genre. When a story runs next to a poem and an essay runs next to a story,… questions of form are raised—how one form may offer different challenges for the language and various experiences for the reader.”
The journal’s philosophy of convergence is reflected in its name, which is taken from an area of downtown Atlanta that marks the traditional center of the city.
At its start, Five Points was available only in print editions. However, since 1998, an online edition has made available selections from the print edition and provides information about the magazine. The online presence also underscores the journal’s commitment to being more than a regional publication, an aspiration reflected in the diversity of writers it publishes.
In 1998 Five Points received a Best New Journal Award from the Council of Literary Magazines. The journal celebrated its 10 th anniversary in 2006 with the publication of High 5ive (2007), an anthology featuring 19 of the best short stories published in the magazine since its inception.
In 2010 the journal published its first international issue, Belfast Imagined, and in 2016 Five Points marked its 20th anniversary with a special issue of flash fiction.
Works first published in Five Points have reappeared in Best American Short Stories, Best American Poetry, Harper’s magazine, The O’Henry Prize Stories, Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses, and Utne Reader, and on the website Poetry Daily. Prominent contributors include Richard Bausch, Ann Beattie, Barbara Hamby, Edward Hirsch, Ha Jin, Philip Levine, W. S. Merwin, Naomi Shihab Nye, Joyce Carol Oates, Christine Stewart, Ellen Bryant Voigt, Martin Walls, and Charles Wright.
Each year the journal awards the James Dickey Prize for Poetry, named in honor of Georgia poet James Dickey.
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Mystery Photo asks what numbers are doing on mountain
Check out a bunch of numbers on a mountain. That’s today’s Mystery. Can you explain it? If so, send your answer to elliott@brack.net, and include your hometown.
Apparently many GwinnettForum readers are not travelers to Maine. Only two people spotted by photo of Camden, Maine, harbor, sent in by Susan McBrayer of Sugar Hill.
Allen Peel of San Antonio, Tex. had a story about that town: “Camden is the self-described ‘Jewel of the Maine Coast’ and is a favorite haven for ocean lovers, fishermen, shoppers and outdoor adventurers. With a winter population of less than 5,000 residents, the population more than triples due to visitors and seasonal residents during the summer months, many of whom reside in gorgeous ocean view estates around the Harbor. Together with its neighbor town, Rockport, Camden is a great home-base if you want to visit lighthouses along the coast of Maine, as there are 18 lighthouses within a 40-mile radius of Camden.
“My wife and I visited Camden in July 2014 and stopped at a food truck to pick up a lobster roll that we planned to eat at Harbor Park (the spot where the mystery photo was taken). At $21 each, these babies were expensive … but soooo good. Just ask the seagull that swooped down and grabbed the bag that carried my lobster roll right out of my hand. The gull seemed to enjoy the feast. Not so much my wife … as she had to (reluctantly) share her roll with me!”
The reliable eagle eye, George Graf of Palmyra, Va. also identified the photograph.
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