GwinnettForum | Number 21.31 | April 26, 2022
PARTNERSHIP GWINNETT hosted the 11th annual Movers and Makers: Manufacturing and Supply Chain Awards at the Crowne Plaza in Norcross on April 21.Winners are shown with Partnership officials. They include, from left, Deven Cason, Partnership Gwinnett; Sara Irvani, CEO of Okabashi Brands Inc.; Louis Pine, director of Sales and Marketing at Renova Technology, Inc.; Maurice Contreras, founder of Volcanica Coffee; Lindley Hewatt, director of People Operations, Culture and Human Resources at TOMCO2 Systems; Orlando Martinez, managing director at Scanfil Inc.; Jeannette Blake, vice president of Sales and Operations at Integrity Staffing Solutions; Mike Elliot, sales manager at Cardinal Glass Industries; and Andrew Carnes, Partnership Gwinnett. The event featured Target Operations Director Kevin Anderson as the speaker, who shared Target’s supply chain and fulfillment strategy and community investment. Partnership Gwinnett and the Georgia Department of Economic Development helped Target expand with their first 367,060-square-foot last-mile sortation center in Lawrenceville last year.
TODAY’S FOCUS: Rep. Dewey McClain to become ECU alumni award winner
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Forum provides readers scorecards for upcoming primary
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Gwinnett College
FEEDBACK: Three more reports on taped-over post office boxes
UPCOMING: Senior Leadership Gwinnett plans rejuvenated program year
NOTABLE: Peach State FECU announced new scholarship winners
RECOMMENDED: Brother to a Dragonfly by Will Campbell
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Greenblatt makes significant advances in endocrinology
MYSTERY PHOTO: Here’s another beautiful seacoast sunrise; where is it?
LAGNIAPPE: Lawrenceville Kiwanis Club now in its 99th year of service
CALENDAR: Gwinnett Police sponsor drug return program Saturday
McClain to become ECU alumni award winner
By Betsy Theroux
LILBURN, Ga. | State Rep. Dewey McClain (D-Lilburn) recently received the 2022 East Central (Okla.) University (ECU) Distinguished Alumni Award. McClain will be formally recognized at ECU’s “Evening of Honors and Recognition” event on May 6 in Ada, Okla.
McClain
Of the award, McClain says: “I am honored and proud to be recognized by my alma mater, and I look forward to returning to Oklahoma to accept this award. When I first graduated from ECU, I had no idea what all life had in store for me. However, the education and opportunities I received from ECU laid the foundation for me to succeed and accomplish my goals. I want to thank ECU for the incredible support they have provided to me and continue to provide to today’s students.”
ECU Interim President Jeffrey Gibson says: “ECU is honored to present this award to Mr. McClain. The lasting legacy he carries with him and his life’s work represents our university well.”
One of 11 children in his home in Okmulgee, Okla., McClain played football at and graduated from ECU with a Bachelor of Arts in History in 1976. He was named an “All-American” football player while playing for the ECU Tigers.
After graduating from ECU, he played football in the National Football League with the Atlanta Falcons for five years and then with the U.S. Football League with the Oakland Invaders and Oklahoma Outlaws. He is a founding member and former president of the NFL Players Association Metro Atlanta Chapter. He was inducted into the Freedom Bowl Hall of Fame, Atlanta Tribune Magazine Hall of Fame and East Central University Hall of Fame (1983).
He also serves on the board of the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) Gene Upshaw Players Assistance Trust Fund. In addition to his hall of fame accolades, McClain has received the NFLPA Chapter of the Year Award three times and is a past recipient of the Jesse Jackson Sportsman of the Year Award. He is the immediate past chairman of the NFLPA Former Players, an executive committee member on the current player’s board and is a past member of the Chick Fil-A Peach Bowl Committee.
In Georgia, McClain currently serves as the House whip for the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus. He was president of the Atlanta North Georgia Labor Council AFL-CIO from 2013 to 2019. He also serves on the Georgia Council on Child Abuse, the Atlanta United Way, the Special Olympics, Salvation Army of Metro Atlanta, Life Link Foundation, the Scott Hudgens Family Foundation, and many other organizations.
McClain met his wife, Linda Evans, in high school. They currently reside in the Lilburn area. The couple have two daughters and four grandsons.
He was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2013 and currently serves on the Industry and Labor, Interstate Cooperation, Motor Vehicles and State Planning and Community Affairs committees. He has no one in 2022 opposing his re-election.
East Central University is located in Ada, Oklahoma. Among its graduates are four Oklahoma governors, including Robert S. Kerr, noted for his long tenure in the U.S. Senate. ESU was a pioneer in efforts among Oklahoma universities to promote access to students with disabilities and the development of corresponding undergraduate and graduate degree programs for rehabilitation services, services to the deaf, and similar areas. Today the campus consists of 40 buildings on 142.3 acres; the university typically enrolls more than 3,500 students per semester.
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Forum provides readers scorecards for upcoming primary
By Elliott Brack
Editor and Publisher, GwinnettForum
April 26, 2022 | “Scorecard! Scorecard! Come get your scorecard to enjoy the game,” the hawkers once told us.
You may need a scorecard of sorts for the Georgia primary election, which will be held in four weeks from today, on May 24. After all, there are many, many candidates on tap to face the voters, especially in statewide and congressional elections.
For the last several weeks, GwinnettForum has been meeting with primary candidates to get to know them and to figure out which of them it thinks will be best to represent the people in that particular office. Once meeting with us, GwinnettForum offers six questions for the candidates to answer in no more than 100 words, which we will post on our website beginning May 3 for our readers to use as their “score cards” to determine the best candidate. So far, we have met with 72 candidates, asking for 30 minutes of their time. By meeting with us, each candidate can post their answers on our website (at no cost to them) as our public service.
We’ll keep the candidate answers and our endorsements up on the website through the three weeks of the primary, for it’s a lot to digest. You may want to read the candidate answers in more than one sitting. As Gwinnett has a larger legislative delegation because of our population increase, voters will have to digest the view of only one each state senator or state house representative.]
However, there are a lot of candidates for the state races running for major offices. The list is enormous. Take a look at state races:
- For U.S. Senator: two Democrats and six Republicans.
- For Governor: one Democrat and five Republicans.
- For Lieutenant Governor: nine Democrats and four Republicans.
- For Secretary of State: five Democrats and four Republicans.
- For Attorney General: two Democrats and two Republicans.
- For Agricultural Commissioner: three Democrats and one Republican.
- For Insurance Commissioner: three Democrats and three Republicans.
- For State School Superintendent: four Democrats and two Republicans.
- For Labor Commissioner: five Democrats and three Republicans.
- For Public Service Commission, District 2: two Democrats and one Republican.
- For Public Service Commission, District 3: three Democrats and one Republican.
- For Congress, 6th District: two Democrats and nine Republicans.
- For Congress, 7th District: three Democrats and five Republicans.
- For Congress, 9th District: one Democrat and five Republicans.
Whew! That’s 96 people seeking 14 slots. Say this about a primary: it at least sorts out people, and makes the General Election easier to handle with fewer candidates!
Name missing: Gwinnettians living here for at least the last 20 years will find one regular candidate’s name not on the Gwinnett ballot this year. Since the Fourth Congressional District no longer has any portion of Gwinnett, long-time U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson’s name is not on the 2022 ballot for Gwinnett.
Here’s about the best map we have seen of Gwinnett’s new Congressional District lines, now consisting of three districts. The shaded areas in the map indicate boundaries of the cities of the county.
More sway: Gwinnett now has a little more power in the Legislature. The total Gwinnett legislative delegation now represents nine Senate and 21 House districts, up from 25 districts before. For the average voter, that means little, since only one senator or House member represents them. But it shows the growing input our legislators have on matters of state.
So enjoy your scorecard here!
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Three more reports on taped-over post office boxes
Editor, the Forum:
Suwanee Post Office is also taped over. Interestingly, the main post office on Boggs Road has several collection boxes, none taped to my surprise. Their pickup/box emptying is no more than other boxes in the area, once a day, even though it’s the main post boxes that are taped! What they do have is the oversized, double wide collection box.
I recall before Christmas last year, I attempted to mail a few holiday cards from the parking lot drive through boxes at Suwanee and found people had jammed their envelopes in the mail shoot, to the point that they were hanging out of the slot! I thought … “how easy it would be to just grab handfuls and drive away”! I walked inside, through the unlocked doors of the lock box area of the Post Office where we can safely slide it into the wall slot where mail drops into their secure, interior, weather free collection containers.
Solving this problem might be as simple as the double wide collection boxes replacing the current smaller versions. Robbers might think twice about picking up and carrying off the double wide versions if cameras were installed on Post Office property.
– Dee Weber, Duluth
Editor, the Forum:
The Lawrenceville location on Buford Drive has been taped over for almost two years. They blamed it on COVID or cost savings from the postmaster general, depending on who you talk to. Seems more like laziness to me. Do you really think anyone can get their arm down there to steal mail? Come on!
– Dan Mackaben, Lawrenceville
Editor, the Forum:
We had a similar challenge with mail theft about three years ago in Suwanee. The Post Office did the same thing until the boxes could be removed and replaced with boxes that prevent thieves from extracting the mail. It does take several months to resolve. Citizens are better off with this temporary inconvenience until better security driven boxes are available and installed.
– Sid Camp, Dawsonville
Dear Post Office box spotters: It was frustrating just getting slightly into this story. For some reason, the post offices all have telephones listed on the Internet. We spent about an hour and called about 10-12 of these offices on Thursday last trying to dig out information. Then we found another problem: not one of the offices answered their telephone. And we saw on their web site that the Post Office needs employees, starting at $21 an hour, with the average salary of their employees at $73,320. –eeb)
Feels marginalized in several ways, politically
Editor, the Forum:
How Gov. Brian Kemp and the legislature feel that “constitutional carry” will not increase gun violence in Georgia is simply, quite frankly delusional. It stands to reason that you increase the number of guns, you will increase the gun violence. It is not difficult to get a permit. This appears to me to be bowing to the NRA and far right for their votes, nothing more, nothing less than donations from NRA and their supporters.
Half of my house is in Walton County, the other half in Gwinnett, but not in the city. Just discovered that my state senator lives in McDonough. Thanks, redistricting. I get literature daily from Bordeaux and McBath even though Hice is my Congressman and I still vote in the 10th District. I feel completely marginalized at this point as I am probably the last house in state Senate 17, and on the line of Congressional 10th.
– Dan Bollinger, Sr., Loganville
Remember the talk not long ago about coming Ice Age?
Editor, the Forum:
It’s easy to find articles about global warming and its negative impact on our planet. Given I’m not a weatherman or scientist, I have no opinion as to whether we are experiencing global warming.
What I find intriguing is that as I was wrapping up high school and moving into college, in the early to mid 70s, most of the articles concerning the state of our atmosphere discussed the coming ice age.
So, all this makes me chuckle. And ignore all the fear-mongering. Believe it was the writer of Ecclesiastes who said there is nothing new under the sun.
– Randy Brunson, Duluth
Library offers passport applications seven days a week
Editor, the Forum:
Your latest GwinnettForum mentioned the County Clerk’s new passport operations. The library also offers passport services at four of our locations, Buford, Collins Hill, Grayson and Mountain Park.
Two things that make our services different are that we do not require appointments (we’re first come, first served) and we’re open seven days a week. Saturdays and Sundays are our busiest days because none of the other local passport centers have weekend hours.
– Michael Casey, director of Customer Experience, Gwinnett County Public Library
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Senior Leadership Gwinnett plans rejuvenated year
A Gwinnett program waylaid by the Covid pandemic is getting new life.
Gwinnett Senior Leadership is returning after an absence of two years. The program offers people aged 50 and older an opportunity to interact with other leaders across the county, to understand what is happening in Gwinnett County, and to apply what they learn in finding ways to make the county a better place to live. Classes are limited to 30 members each year.
Heading the rejuvenated program are Cindy Murphy of Stone Mountain and Marvin Wyatt, Braselton, co-chairs of the Steering Committee. Program day chairs are Ray Dohn of Jefferson, and Audrey Boyce of Peachtree Corners. Chairman of the trustees is Bill Atkinson of Lawrenceville.
The goal of Gwinnett Senior Leadership is to make seniors aware of what is going on around them so that they can help contribute to the county’s success with their unique backgrounds and experiences. Participants may be working or retired. Applicants may nominate themselves for the program or be nominated by another person.
The program meets for a day-long session once a month from September through May. Topics present an overall view of key elements of the community. The program is accepting nominations for the 2022-23 class by June 1. For more information on the program, contact Cindy Murphy at 678-410-9859 or at gwsrleadership@gmail.com. Cost to attend is $500.
To date, over 400 people are graduates of its program. The program first began in 1998. Gwinnett County is the only county in Georgia with a Senior Leadership program.
Lawrenceville Legacy Leaders applications being accepted
The City of Lawrenceville and Impact 46 announce the creation of Lawrenceville Legacy Leaders, a new leadership development program to include students from the following high schools: Central Gwinnett, Discovery, Maxwell, Phoenix, and Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and Technology. Online applications will be accepted April 22 – June 3, 2022 at www.lville.city/legacy-leaders.
The vision behind Lawrenceville Legacy Leaders is to develop and promote student success by cultivating a legacy of leaders in Lawrenceville and a mission to invest and empower youth by building a sense of place through community engagement and civic awareness.
Mayor David Still says: “Lawrenceville Legacy Leaders will engage our future leaders within the six sectors of Lawrenceville, which include government, non-profits, local churches and businesses, the school system, and our neighborhoods. This distinctive youth leadership program will provide a pathway to increased community pride, civic awareness, and an understanding and promotion of diversity and inclusion.”
Lawrenceville Legacy Leaders is the next step in a path of youth development the City of Lawrenceville and Impact 46 began five years ago with the founding of the Summer of Impact youth internship program.
Rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors from the included high schools are eligible to apply for the program and will be required to take an online resiliency screening at the time of application. The inaugural class of Lawrenceville Legacy Leaders will be announced over the summer and selected students will spend the next school year representing their individual schools as they build leadership skills, complete community service projects, and expand their civic awareness.
Rogers Bridge art project to feature 27-foot tall structure
The City of Duluth has awarded Nucleus Studio of Atlanta the contract for a public art piece that will be constructed using 110+ year old steel from the historic Rogers Bridge. In partnership with the City of Johns Creek, Fulton County, Gwinnett County, Georgia Department of Transportation, and the Federal Highway Administration, the historic bridge will be dismantled and replaced with a bicycle and pedestrian facility for the region. Nucleus Sculpture Studio’s Phil Proctor is a professional sculptor practicing in Atlanta since 2003. Rogers Bridge Park is a 24-acre property along the Chattahoochee River which includes dog parks, playgrounds, passive green space, a walking trail, a canoe launch and pavilions. The projected timeline for installation is November or December of 2022 with an unveiling ceremony in January of 2023. The to-be-named structure will feature two massive concrete columns, inspired by many stone and concrete bridge columns along the Chattahoochee River and will stand 27 foot tall.
Peach State FCU announces new scholarship winners
The Peach State FCU C.A.R.E.S. Foundation has announced the recipients of their 2022 scholarship program. The Foundation has awarded almost $200,000 in scholarships and educational grants this year to students and members throughout Peach State Federal Credit Union’s service area.
Peach State’s President/CEO, Marshall Boutwell says: “Our scholarship program is one of our most meaningful traditions and we are grateful to continue this honor on behalf of our founders.”
Legacy Student Scholarships were awarded to two Gwinnett high school seniors who will be attending college to pursue a degree in any field. These scholarships were established in honor of past and present board members and employees who have served Peach State for 20 years or more. They include:
- Joseph Fernandez of Mountain View High;
- Said Gomez of Archer High.
School system and community honoree scholarships were awarded as tributes to the following school systems and leaders:
- Dr. Frances Davis Student Scholarship – Tatum Landers of Brookwood High; and
- Rick Cost Student Scholarship – Aminah Muhammad of Peachtree Ridge High.
Peach State’s scholarship program has awarded over $1.9 million to area students and members pursuing post-secondary education since 2001.In addition, Peach State is honored to support the following organizations this year with scholarships and educational grants:
- Barrow County Schools REACH Scholarships;
- Burke County Middle School REACH Scholarships;
- Franklin County REACH Georgia Scholarships;
- Georgia Gwinnett College Foundation;
- Gwinnett County Public Schools Foundation;
- Gwinnett Technical College Foundation;
- Habersham County Schools REACH Georgia Scholarships;
- North Georgia Technical College Foundation;
- Oconee County REACH;
- Toccoa Falls College;
- Trion City Schools REACH Georgia Scholarships; and
- Walker County LAUNCH.
GACS grad at UGA wins Goldwater Scholarship
Karinshak
Greater Atlanta Christian School (GAC) alumna and Gwinnett native Elise Karinshak, has been named a 2022 Goldwater Scholar. Karinshak is currently a third-year Faculty Fellow at the University of Georgia studying Computer and Information Science and Engineering. She is the daughter of Bruce and Zahra Karinshak of Lawrenceville.
Following graduation from UGA as a dual data science and marketing major and studio art minor, she plans to pursue a Ph.D. in data science. The Goldwater was established by Congress in 1986 to serve as a living memorial to honor the lifetime work of Senator Barry Goldwater. Karinshak She was among only 417 undergraduates selected from 5,000 applicants across the nation.
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Brother to a Dragonfly by Will Campbell
From Tim Anderson, Fitzgerald: We can often bear witness to the actual journey that we make to moral high ground. This ground-breaking autobiography won the 1978 National Book Award and takes us on the internal journey of a southern Mississippi, depression-era white man from a place of traditional prejudice to iconic leadership in the 1960s Civil Rights movement. A Baptist preacher, Campbell left the traditional church to fight for racial equity in the South at great personal peril for himself and his family. But he said he would be the pastor to the Black man and the Klansman.. It’s hard to imagine that a life as rich as Campbell’s could be told in only one book. Campbell joined thousands of southern white men who refused to stand on the sidelines as the might of the right fought for racial equity. Glimpsing into Campbell’s spiritual and philosophical mind is a special treat—a warm, thoughtful book.
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Greenblatt makes significant advances in endocrinology
Robert B. Greenblatt was an eminent physician, medical researcher, and scholar at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta. At MCG Greenblatt pioneered endocrinology as an independent discipline and from 1946 to 1972 served as professor and chair of the school’s department of endocrinology, the first such academic department in the United States.
Born on October 12, 1906, in Montreal, Canada, Robert Benjamin Greenblatt attended McGill University in Montreal, where he received his B.A. degree in 1928 and his M.D. and C.M. degrees in 1932. In 1935, after completing his internship, he joined MCG as a research fellow in pathology and resident in obstetrics and gynecology. In 1937 he was appointed assistant professor of pathology and gynecology, and two years later he was named professor of experimental medicine. He and his wife, Gwendolyn, had three children.
In his early years at MCG Greenblatt worked with Edgar Pund to describe the pathonomic cell in granuloma inguinale, a widely endemic venereal disease. His finding that mycins (a type of antibiotic) could cure this disease was a major contribution to public health and was responsible for the eradication of this disease in the South.
Soon after the United States entered World War II (1941-45), Greenblatt joined the navy. As a naval officer, he helped eradicate granuloma inguinale among sailors’ families in Savannah and was one of the first U.S. scientists to investigate the effects of the atomic bomb dropped at Nagasaki, Japan. In 1946 he returned to MCG to serve as professor and chairman of the Department of Endocrinology, the first in the country.
Greenblatt started his clinical work in reproductive endocrinology, the branch of medicine concerned with infertility in women, when the field was in its infancy. His many major advances in the field include showing in 1950 the effectiveness of estrogens in managing menopause symptoms and developing in 1966 a monthly oral contraceptive pill, for which MCG received national attention.
Greenblatt also made significant contributions to the diagnosis and management of hirsute women with polycystic ovaries and failure of menses. His group’s discovery in 1961 that clomiphene citrate could induce ovulation was a breakthrough in reproductive biology, and clomiphene citrate is today the first choice in treating ovulatory disorders. He also showed that the drug Danazol was useful in the management of endometriosis and fibrocystic breast disease.
Greenblatt’s advances and contributions in the management and treatment of endocrine disorders are described in hundreds of full-length scientific articles and book chapters and in more than twenty authored or edited books. He also wrote for a lay audience, updating “Advances in Endocrinology” in the Encyclopedia Britannica Yearbook for eighteen years. His book Search the Scriptures: Modern Medicine and Biblical Personages (1968) went through twenty-six printings.
The recipient of a teaching excellence award from MCG students as well as numerous awards and honorary degrees from organizations in the United States and abroad, Greenblatt attracted both postdoctoral fellows for training and patients from around the world. He died on September 27, 1987. MCG’s library was renamed in his honor in 1988.
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Here’s another beautiful seacoast sunrise; Where is it?
Besides lighthouses, the seacoast provides beautiful sunrises and sunsets. Here’s one, we won’t say which. But figure it out and you’ve solved this Mystery Photo. Send your answers to elliott@brack.net and provide your hometown.
There were few clues to the last Mystery Photo, as Allan Peel of San Antonio, Tex. wrote: “The presence of the yellow tulips in the flower pot was a great clue! It immediately brought to mind that no single place in the USA has more tulips than Gibbs Gardens in Ball Ground, Georgia. My wife and I had always enjoyed visiting these gardens year-round when we lived in Peachtree Corners…and nothing came close to the beauty that spilled out in the spring when the tulips came into blossom. A little bit of more research confirmed that today’s mystery photo was in fact taken from the pool area near the Manor House at Gibbs Gardens.”
Jim Gibbs and his wife Sally still live at the Manor House and they spent over 30-years cultivating the gardens around their Manor House in Ball Ground, ultimately converting 336-acres of land into one of the largest residential estate gardens in the country today. The gardens are composed of 16 gardens including three feature gardens – Manor House Gardens, Japanese and Waterlily Gardens.” The photo came from Pam Brooks of Norcross.
First in with the correct answer was Kay Montgomery, Duluth, followed by Bo O’Kelley, Peachtree Corners; George Graf, Palmyra, Va.; Robert Foreman, Grayson; Hoyt Tuggle, Buford; Jean Harrivel, Duluth; Stewart Woodard, Lawrenceville; Susan McBrayer, Sugar Hill; and Barbara Myers, Big Canoe.
Lawrenceville Kiwanis Club now in its 99th year of service
On May 23 the Lawrenceville Kiwanis Club will celebrate 99 years of service. It is one of the oldest clubs in the State of Georgia. The club has sponsored many activities, such as road paving, watershed conservation, farming improvements and proper cars of forests. In recent years, it has had Bicycle Rodeos for bike safety. Here’s a scene from the 2021 Christmas party, where the dancing Elf is Angela Hammet, who is the current president. The club meets the first and third Thursdays of the month at Sweet Baby Jane’s on Pike Street at noon.
Gwinnett Police sponsor drug return program Saturday
Floral Fantasia reception will be Friday, April 29, from 4-7 p.m. at the Norcross Gallery and Studios, 116 Carlyle Street. Free and open to visitors. See original works of floral art to enhance your home.
Drug Return: Gwinnett Police Department is partnering with the Drug Enforcement Administration for the National Take Back Initiative on Saturday, April 30 to provide a safe and convenient way to drop off unused and expired medications. Tablets, capsules, patches, and other forms of prescription drugs can be dropped off at Police Headquarters and six precincts from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for proper disposal. Liquids, syringes, sharps, and other drugs will not be accepted. Find a collection site near you.
Poll workers needed: Want to be actively involved in the electoral process and give back to your community? Apply to be a poll official in the May general primaries and future elections. The Voter Registrations and Elections Office is looking for citizens of all backgrounds, especially bilingual Spanish speakers. It’s a great opportunity to see how elections work, gain valuable work experience, and earn up to $390 per day. Interested citizens are encouraged to apply at GwinnettCountyJobs.com.
Art on the Chattahoochee River will be Saturday, April 30 from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. at Jones Bridge Park in Peachtree Corners. More than 40 artists will be on hand with a Kids’ Zone, and dinosaur lovers can participate in a Dino-Art contest open to all ages.
Snellville Commerce Club will have its next meeting on May 3 at noon at Snellville City Hall. On tap will be the announcement of the two 2022 scholarship award winners. Reservations are required, and may be made via this link.
Author Visit: Join Gwinnett County Public Library as it presents author Mark Warren in conversation with Gwinnett SToPP program (featured in the book), Georgia State University Professor Joyce King, and Michael Tafeski of the Southern Poverty Law Center as they discuss the book, Willful Defiance. The meeting will be at the Norcross Branch Library, 5735 Buford Highway, on May 5 at 6:30 p.m. Complimentary refreshments and a silent auction will be sponsored by the Friends of the Library.
Chocolate Summer Camp: At Peterbrooke Chocolate at the Forum in Peachtree Corners summer day camp, your child will be a chocolatier for the day! The campers will spend the day dipping their favorite treats in chocolate. The campers will learn all about the history of chocolate from how to hand dip chocolate creations from our chocolatiers! The campers will dip caramel apples, pretzels, Oreo’s, potato chips, and graham crackers into chocolate! Every Camper will also package their very own chocolate creations to take home. At the end of the day, campers will play chocolate trivia to win some sweet prizes! The daily session costs $50 per child. The price includes a Jason’s Deli Lunch and gelato for dessert, and of course Peterbrooke Chocolate! The camp is every Tuesday and Thursday beginning May 27 thru August 9. Call for more details at 770-817-8118.
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