GwinnettForum | Number 21.64 | Aug. 20, 2021
A FUNDRAISER to help Special Kneads and Treats, a non-profit bakery in Lawrenceville, has been kicked off by Holtkamp Heating and Air of Suwanee. Through their Holtkamp Family Foundation, Matthew and Suzanne Holtkamp are helping the bakery raise funds to pay off their building. This achievement will free up funds and allow the bakery to bring more adults with special needs as paid employees doing meaningful work. The grand prize for the fundraiser is a VIP Atlanta Gladiators Experience at Gas South Arena. More prizes will be awarded. Tickets are $10. The goal is to raise $10,000 by August 31.Those who would like to enter may visit: HoltkampHVAC.com/raffle. Matthew Holtkamp (center) is flanked by Michael and Tempa Kohler, owners of Special Kneads and Treats.
The Best Festival in the Southeast (SFEA 2016) is Duluth’s Fall Festival! It is completely volunteer- run with more than 300 arts and crafts, food and sponsor booths, two music stages, Tailgate Central, and much more, so there is something for everyone. Catch candy at the opening parade Saturday and stay for the fun. Proceeds benefit Downtown Duluth. duluthfallfestival.org.
TODAY’S FOCUS: Solicitations delivered by U.S. Mail are multiplying and obnoxious
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Hurrah! We’re leaving Afghanistan; we should have done it years ago
ANOTHER VIEW: State school superintendent should show leadership in Covid times
SPOTLIGHT: Walton Gas
FEEDBACK: Clarifies what ad hominem criticisms really mean
UPCOMING: Gwinnett retains top financial ranking from three agencies
NOTABLE: Gwinnett opens its first homeless shelter, HomeFirst Gwinnett
RECOMMENDED: The Disappearing Act by Catherine Steadman
GEORGIA TIDBIT: For last 50 years, art galleries and museums growth has been fertile
MYSTERY PHOTO: Handsomely-designed building is today’s Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Another pollinator at work in Black Mountain, N.C.
CALENDAR: Job Fair will be August 28 for hiring correctional officers
Solicitations delivered by U.S. Mail are multiplying, obnoxious
By Raleigh Perry
BUFORD, Ga. | Robocalls are bothersome. However, for some reason, they seem to have cut down quite a bit and now I am only getting two or three a day, while in the past I was getting over 15.
Perry
There is another bothersome thing that has come about in the past year or so: charitable agencies asking for donations. It is completely out of hand.
During this pandemic I made some charitable and political contributions. My wife and I really do not have a great need to go shopping for much more than groceries and our pension checks basically just go into savings. So we have had a couple of charities that we regularly contribute to. And, this last year I gave some money to a political candidate.
Now, however, we may be reaping our reward. When we go to the mailbox, we bring back little personal mail and an abundance of mail from “charities,” many of which we know little or nothing. The other day we received 12 pieces of mail: two were bills and ten were asking for contributions. It’s obvious that both the charities and political candidates have sold the names of their contributors to all other charities and political candidates in their party, making it necessary to cause us to can most of the junk mail that we get.
When donating to a charity, investigate it first. One that we used to make occasional donations to has a president of the organization making $1.6 million. He is asking me for money. On the other hand, the ASPCA (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals), which advertises continually on the television. It spends a higher percentage of their contributions on advertising and salaries than they do on the animals that they are supposedly helping.
As for the political candidates, they have sold their contributor list to others. I have gotten requests for donations from as far away as California and Montana from candidates in that party about whom I know nothing.
Insofar as I am concerned, I have cut out all charitable donations except one and will control my political donations. Also, to ensure that I get no more mail from the charitable organizations that have been pounding on me, we are taking the return envelope and sending it back for them to pay the return postage.
One thing that irks me about this political and non-profit mail is the cost of their mailings. The postage costs for nonprofits, for a standard Number 10 envelope, is ten cents. There is a similar price for the political mailings but I was unable to find out what it is. We all know how much political mail we get prior to elections. That mail seems to take priority over first class mail. In fact, the Post Office gets so much “junk mail” on a given day that the political mail fills their trucks. You will get political mail but your first class mail just has to wait.
This helps explain why the Post Office runs in the red. I presently pay 54 cents, soon to be 58, for first class, while charities and political candidates virtually nothing. Something’s not right.
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Hurrah! We’re leaving Afghanistan; we should have done it years ago
U.S. soldiers with Afghans evacuating Hamid Karzai International Airport on August 17, after the Taliban captured Kabul. U.S. Navy photo via Wikipedia.
By Elliott Brack
Editor and Publisher, GwinnettForum
AUG. 20, 2021 | It’s beyond me why some in our country are so concerned about what’s happening in Afghanistan.
Not only should our country leave Afghanistan as fast as we can, for the real problem is that we should never have sent American troops to that country halfway around the world in the first place. Fighting against the natives there is a zealous guerilla war. There was no way a visitor could “win.”
The Russians, even sharing a common border with that country, and able to supply their troops much easier than we could a half-world away, realized eventually what they were up against with the Afghani. But somehow, our country thought we could do better than the Russians? Fuzzy thinking.
Now 20 years later, and thousands of lives lost on both sides, and so many American veterans suffering from living through that war, we still never could claim victory. And there is no doubt in my mind that should the United States troops remain another 20 years in Afghanistan, we still could not be able to claim victory in any way. The outcome would be no different.
Besides the toll of casualties, think how much tax money the United States has squandered in Afghanistan. The most recent total that I have seen is that we have wasted $2 trillion (amounts to $300 million a day) to Afghanistan. We suspect the total is even higher, since other departments besides Defense have been involved. And that is not taking in consideration the non-governmental agencies that have also had to expend loads of money for their operations. The actual monetary figures are so high that it is incomprehensible. The real dollars spent in that far country run into the trillions, maybe zillions, or whatever is next.
What could our country have done if it had appropriated those same dollars and put them into a far better health care system to dramatically bring down the cost of American healthcare? Or what if we had invested those dollars into providing free technical and college education for everyone in this country? Think of the difference that would have made!
But no. The Congress fritters and stutters and debates and attacks and quarrels with each other about healthcare, and gets nothing substantially done. It’s been relatively easy for them to squander away more money on Afghanistan, and Defense in particular, than to address real solutions to healthcare.
While our Defense Department has spent no telling how much to supply the most advanced equipment for our troops and diplomatic personnel in Afghanistan, now we hear that in the frenzy to leave the country, they are ordering computers (with key data on them) to be blown up. And how about the Jeeps, the trucks, the radio transmission equipment, the helicopters, and yes, the modern guns of warfare, that we have either just discarded in Afghanistan, or have blown up so that the Taliban cannot use them. We suspect the Afghans are smart enough to take the parts from our various units of equipment and salvage enough to put together quite an assembly of working computers, vehicles, rockets and even health care equipment. We must remember how resourceful the Afghans can be.
Will the United States learn from this fiasco in Afghanistan? We know one thing: governments are slow to move. Sometimes we wonder if governments in themselves aren’t just downright ignorant. Ours doesn’t seem to learn from its mistakes.
Leave Afghanistan? Nothing could be better.
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State school superintendent should show more leadership
(Editor’s note: this contribution to GwinnettForum comes from the state representative from District 77, which includes a portion from Clayton County.)–eeb
By Rep. Rhonda Burnough
RIVERDALE, Ga. | The recent COVID-19 pandemic surge has set up a new and dangerous battleground within our education system. With a positivity rate of 16.9 percent and hospitals reaching capacity, Georgia schools must lead with sound, factual decisions over politics when it comes to public health and welfare.
Burnough
Since we first started dealing with COVID-19 nearly 1.5 years ago, we have watched our local school superintendents make difficult decisions to protect their students and staff members. The governor has asked for pay raises for those who sign teacher contracts, and he has provided some funding to help schools reopen. However, the governor and state school superintendent have not laid a science-based foundation in their plans to reopen schools, which has compromised the wellbeing of the public, including our children. State leaders have also chosen to cut education budgets and depend on federal funding to balance revenue shortages. Further, there is a political push to not require masks, outlaw vaccine mandates and limit local businesses’ rights to demand masks.
The state school superintendent’s office has not weighed in publicly or talked to parents, educators, students or other stakeholders about a plan for Georgia schools to open safely and keep students safe as they reenter the classroom. Instead, local superintendents have had to go at it alone, while making decisions with their school board members on what is best for their students, staff and school districts.
Coping with a pandemic, something that is a “once in a life-time” occurrence, is not an easy task for anyone. Our local superintendents’ jobs would have been much easier if our state school superintendent had come out publicly and supported their efforts in keeping their students and staff safe and their schools open. The state school superintendent’s office remained closed when the governor was pushing for our schools to reopen for face-to-face learning. Today, our state school superintendents’ staff continues to work remotely. It is time for the state school superintendent to get in the game and give an update about the state of Georgia schools.
As a retired educator, I believe it is time for students to return to in-person learning. However, it must be done in a safe and orderly manner. Remember, education is a field that is dominated by women who have husbands, children and/or older parents, and some are the head of their households. They need to work in a healthy environment to keep their families safe. Our school boards and superintendents need to keep following the science to ensure that the decisions they are making daily will keep our students and staff safe.
Finally, Georgia is one of the lowest vaccinated states in the country. We need for the governor, state school superintendent, labor commissioner and public health commissioner to roll out programs that help our citizens realize that vaccinations and masks will make a real difference, instead of always being the last to get things done. Georgia can lead the nation or at least be in the “top tier” of states that are keeping children, staff and families safe. State leaders keep saying that Georgia is the number one state to do business, but that is not going to continue to be possible if we do not have a qualified, healthy workforce that can go to work knowing their child’s school is safe to attend.
These are critical times for our school staff and students; therefore, leadership matters.
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Clarifies what ad hominem criticisms really mean
Editor, the Forum:
Two Gwinnett Forum readers wrote letters criticizing Jack Bernard for taking Governor Kemp to task over his handling of the Covid pandemic in Georgia. One asserted Bernard’s comment were ad hominem instead of addressing “legitimate criticism.” The other accused him of acting like he “has all the answers.” I beg to differ.
Ad hominem attacks, according to Wikipedia “…refer to a rhetorical strategy where the speaker attacks the character, motive, or some other attribute of the person making an argument rather than attacking the substance of the argument itself.” Bernard did not attack some other attribute of Governor Kemp, instead he criticized his handling of the pandemic. Additionally, high-level government officials are often challenged for appealing to some ideology of their political base rather than addressing factual matters. In other words, a governor is fair game for criticism of his motives for his positions and actions.
It seems to me that Bernard was acting like he had better answers than Governor Kemp regarding the state’s response to the pandemic. That’s a far cry from having all the answers.
— Michael Wood, Peachtree Corners
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Gwinnett retains top financial ranking from three agencies
Even in the midst of a global pandemic, Gwinnett has again been proven a top-tier county with a top grade financial rating. For more than 20 years, Gwinnett County has received a rare AAA/Aaa bond rating from all three national financial rating agencies. Gwinnett is one of only 50 counties nationwide to receive the triple AAA/Aaa grade out of 3,000 counties across the country.
The prestigious ratings determine a county’s credit worthiness, which in turn allows the county to issue or refinance bonds at favorable rates – reducing the amount of interest paid over the term of the bonds.
The review by the three credit rating agencies was part of a bond refinancing effort for $65.13 million in water and sewer bonds issued in 2011. The refinancing will save Gwinnett ratepayers an estimated $7.4 million in interest payments over the next four years.
In their analyses of Gwinnett County’s finances, the bond rating agencies – Moody’s Investors Services, S&P Global Ratings and Fitch Ratings – cited Gwinnett’s stability, strong fiscal position, strong budgetary performance and flexibility, low debt and pension burdens and strong management and financial policies as reasons for the high scores.
Analysts at S&P Global praised the county’s leadership saying, “Gwinnett County’s strong management team and conservative planning practices underpin the ‘AAA’ long-term rating.”
The Moody’s report stated, “The county’s long-term liabilities are very manageable and the net direct debt burden is very low due to the self-supporting nature of water and sewer bonds and the use of Special Purpose Local Options Sales Tax (SPLOST) revenue to fund pay-go capital projects.”
Gwinnett opens 1st homeless shelter, HomeFirst Gwinnett
The first – and currently only – homeless shelter in Gwinnett officially opened Tuesday, August 17. HomeFirst Gwinnett: The Resting Spot will cater to women, moms and their children.
Board of Commissioners Chairwoman Nicole Hendrickson says: “Homelessness is a complex and tragic problem. Gwinnett County is fortunate to have a partner like HomeFirst Gwinnett on the frontlines addressing this issue. In our county, and often out-of-sight, there are an estimated 8,000 to 10,0000 people experiencing homelessness. Using a holistic approach, the shelter will provide a stable place to stay and connect people experiencing homelessness with the resources and services they need to get back on their feet.”
In 2017, the average age of a homeless person in Gwinnett was just six years old. The pandemic compounded many issues contributing to homelessness and housing insecurity.
HomeFirst Executive Director Matt Elder says: “I grew up in Gwinnett in County, so this project took on a very personal meaning to me, very quickly. I know what the Gwinnett Standard means inherently. I know it means we must push boundaries, and it means we have to do something different and new. It’s about bringing the community together.”
At full capacity, the shelter will have a total of 20 beds. Guests will be able to stay up to 90 days and receive dedicated case management and future housing assistance. Due to COVID-19 precautions, capacity is limited to two families and four single female adults.
Flock cameras allow Gwinnett Place CID to reduce crime
The Gwinnett Place Community Improvement District’s (GPCID) board of directors recently approved the installation of additional Flock Safety cameras, bringing the total number of cameras to 63 in more than 60 locations across the district. The Automatic License Plate Reading (ALPR) cameras are installed in coordination with the Gwinnett County Police Department.
Installation of the Flock Safety cameras began in 2020 with 50 cameras in 36 locations. As a result, the cameras have been a game-changer in the Gwinnett Place CID’s ongoing efforts to keep Gwinnett’s central business district one of the safest locations in Gwinnett County. For example, in 2019 there were two arrests for stolen vehicles in the GPCID which rose to 40 arrests in 2020, because of the cameras’ ability to read license plates and alert officers in real-time.
The Gwinnett Place CID has continued to see decreases in other forms of crime as well. As of June 2021, the Gwinnett County Central Precinct has seen a 42 percent decrease in commercial burglary, an 11 percent decrease in residential burglary and a 28 percent decrease in car break-ins. Specifically, the Gwinnett Place CID cameras helped the Gwinnett County Police Department to make 94 arrests in the Central precinct in 2020. It also allows the police an opportunity to investigate cases, coordinate communication better with other police precincts and departments, and make arrests, when warranted, more quickly and efficiently.
Jackson EMC Foundation awards $110,102 to area nonprofits
The Jackson EMC Foundation board of directors awarded $110,102 in grants during its July meeting, including $50,000 to organizations serving Gwinnett County.
- $15,000 to Step by Step Recovery, Inc., a Lawrenceville community-based grassroots addiction recovery organization that provides a safe and structured environment for men and women.
- $15,000 to YMCA of Georgia’s Piedmont, Inc., in Winder, for its Pryme Tyme program providing homework help, sports, arts and crafts to children from economically disadvantaged families in Barrow, Gwinnett, Hall and Jackson counties.
- $10,000 to H.O.P.E., Inc. (Helping Other People Be Empowered) in Duluth to help low-income single parents in Gwinnett and Hall counties with childcare and housing, enabling them to attend classes and earn a college degree.
- $10,000 to PTSD Foundation of America, Georgia Chapter, for its peer mentoring program and warrior support groups for veterans in Banks, Barrow, Gwinnett, Hall, and Jackson counties.
Jackson EMC Foundation grants are made possible by the 202,286 participating cooperative members who have their monthly electric bills rounded to the next dollar amount through the Operation Round Up program.
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The Disappearing Act by Catherine Steadman
From Karen J. Harris, Stone Mountain: Mia Eliot, an actress, leaves England to pursue her dream of landing a leading role in a series or movie. Other contestants also arrive from around the world, with all landing in Hollywood, the magical city. Mia is out of her element in this fast-paced, shape-shifting environment until she meets Emily, also from out of town and seemingly a kindred spirit. When Mia does Emily a favor on an audition day, Emily disappears. She attempts to figure out Emily’s whereabouts and even contacts the police who do not believe that Emily is missing. Mia is determined to find out what happened to Emily. Catherine Steadman’s disappearing act is a page turner from page one! It builds a subtle menace, as each layer of the mysterious disappearance of her new friend unfolds. The menace slowly builds along with the unreality of Hollywood culture and what it does to those seeking fame.
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For last 50 years, Ga. art galleries and museums have grown
Since the fertile period of the 1970s and 1980s, there has been an extraordinary growth of art museums and galleries in Georgia. In Atlanta the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, with its concentration on artists from within the state, is a significant contribution to the future of the visual arts in Georgia. The initial holdings, comprising the donated corporate collection of the Georgia-based CGR Advisors, includes the work of Benny Andrews, Beverly Buchanan, Amy Landesberg, Ed Moulthrop, and many other artists of equal importance who are associated with Georgia.
When the Saints Go Marching In by Bennie Andrews, in the collection of Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia.
In 2005 Richard Meier’s High Museum in Atlanta was expanded by another modernist architect, Renzo Piano, making it the only building in Georgia to be designed by two internationally famous, award-winning architects. The Carlos Museum at Emory has twice been expanded and renovated by Michael Graves since its original construction. The galleries at the Atlanta College of Art (later Savannah College of Art and Design) and Georgia State University and the city-funded City Gallery at Chastain continue their programs of exhibitions.
The Hammond House in Atlanta exhibits work by African American artists, and the William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum in Atlanta focuses on art involving Judaic subjects. The 2000 Whitney Biennial in New York included Atlanta artists, and the National Black Arts Festival, which features art and artists of African descent and includes dance, film, music, theater, and literature, has taken place annually in Atlanta since 1988.
Alternative spaces in Atlanta have been essential since the 1960s for providing emerging artists with places to exhibit their work. Such spaces are usually orchestrated by the artists themselves and by their very nature come and go as the energy and financing of the founders waxes and wanes. At the beginning of the new century several alternative spaces, such as Eyedrum and Art Farm, opened in the city.
Since the demise of the Heath Gallery in 1998 and despite economic difficulties, commercial art galleries in Atlanta have experienced significant growth, due to the increasing presence of art collectors in Georgia. Although some galleries have closed, the Fay Gold Gallery in Atlanta has persevered, and others appeared that exhibited Georgia artists alongside artists with more international reputations. The Barbara Archer Gallery carries on the tradition of Judith Alexander by showing the work of southern folk artists, and Jackson Fine Art in Atlanta remains one of the most important galleries of photography in the country.
In Macon the Tubman African American Museum began construction in 2001 of a new building, and Brenau University in Gainesville, with its strong program of contemporary art, expanded its exhibition area in 2002. Telfair Museum of Art (later Telfair Museums) in Savannah opened the contemporary Jepson Center in 2006, adding to its existing historic Academy building and its Owens-Thomas historic house.
The Columbus Museum and the Morris Museum of Art in Augusta, the latter with its special interest in art by southerners, have organized significant exhibitions and published important findings on art in the state and region in the early twenty-first century. In Thomasville the Cultural Center became an important venue for art exhibitions in the southeastern portion of the state. Since the significant decades of the 1960s through the 1980s, interest in the visual arts within the state has surged.
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Handsomely-designed building is today’s Mystery Photo
Look at the beauty of this classically-designed building. And note the different flags flying in the foreground. Now figure out what this building represents and where it is located. Send your answers to elliott@brack.net and include your hometown.
The most recent Mystery Photo was of Watson Mill Bridge in the Watson Mill Bridge State Park near Comer, Ga. Lou Camerio of Lilburn first identified the bridge, telling us: “This is the longest covered bridge still in use in Georgia.” If you have never been to that state park, it is a delight to visit and hear the water of the Broad River rushing along. The photo came from Stewart Woodard of Lawrenceville.
Others recognizing the photograph include Andrew Phucas, Buford; George Graf, Palmyra, Va.; Robert Foreman, Grayson; Jim Savadelis, Duluth; and Allan Peel of San Antonio, Tex.
Peel added: “The bridge spans the south fork of the Broad River and was originally built in 1885 by Washington W. King, son of the freed slave and famous covered-bridge builder Horace King (1807–1885). The bridge has a three ton weight limit, and is 19 feet wide, 19 feet high (from the floor to the ridge line) with a 9 foot clearance over the water. With a span of 229-feet, it is the longest covered bridge that is still in use in Georgia. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Sept. 5, 1991. According to the description at the NRHP, the bridge was “made of rough sawn heart pine, built using the Town Lattice Truss design and rests on four piers, three of which are local stone and one of concrete. The sides are covered with pine boards and battens, and the roof is split wooden shingles.”
Woodard also adds: “Horace King was born on a South Carolina plantation around 1807 as a slave. Sold later to John Godwin, who taught King to read and write and the knowledge and skills to build at a time when it was illegal to teach slaves. A dignified and gifted man, King overcame slavery, deep racism and received his freedom. He even designed and built the Confederate CCS Muscogee IronClad now in the Confederate Naval Museum in Columbus Ga. He was a highly regarded Master Builder and after the Civil War became a Republican legislator in Alabama. He was known as Horace “The Bridge Builder” King and the “Prince of Bridge Builders.”
More pollinating: Claire Danielson of Black Mountain, N.C. sent along a photo of a worker bee at work in his job of pollinating. The work being done now by the bees will help create a storehouse of honey to take them through the cooler months. Susan McBrayer of Sugar Hill sent this photo from her friend, Claire.
Climate Change Prevention: Andreas Karelas – Renewable Energy Advocate, will be on Thursday, August 26 at 7 p.m. EST, virtually. Join Andreas Karelas to discuss his solutions to climate change and his new book, Climate Courage. Karelas is the founder and executive director of RE-volv, a Audubon TogetherGreen Conservation Leadership Fellow and an OpenIDEO Climate Innovator Fellow. Free and open to the public. Registration is required to access this program. Register online at GCPL.org.
Job Career Fair will be held on August 28 for hiring correction officer and senior officer positions by the Gwinnett Corrections unit. The fair will be at 750 Hi Hope Road in Lawrenceville from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. Those planning to attend are encouraged to apply online for the positions listed on GCCorrections.com before August 26 to fully participate. The event will be held inside the Comprehensive Correctional Complex, which is a secure facility. Personal items, including cell phones, are not allowed inside and applicants are required to wear a mask.
Mark your calendars for September 18 and 19 for the 10th Annual Peachtree Corners Festival, featuring food, fun, art, music and everything in between. Hours are 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday and 12-5 p.m. Sunday. The festival has relocated to Peachtree Corners Town Green to allow for adequate spacing and free parking.
The hit musical Nunsense will be presented by the Lionheart Theatre Company of Norcross to run Fridays through Sundays, September 10-26. This hilarious musical is about a fundraiser put on by the Little Sisters of Hoboken to raise money to bury sisters accidentally poisoned by the convent cook, Sister Julia (Child of God). Because Nunsense is a beloved musical, Lionheart strongly encourages patrons to make reservations to attend ASAP. To purchase tickets, go to https://lionhearttheatre.org/buy-tickets-2/.
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