GwinnettForum | Number 21.35 | May 10, 2022
ANOTHER TAPED-OVER BOX: Here’s another post office with taped-over slots. This location is at the Britt Road Post Office, just off Jimmy Carter Boulevard. Postal authorities are taping over slots after vandals have been getting into the boxes and stealing the contents. The sealed-over boxes are at post offices all around Gwinnett.
TODAY’S FOCUS: U.S. government vastly overestimated Russia’s capabilities
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Aurora Theatre’s Anthony Rodriguez moving to new position
ANOTHER VIEW: The question becomes: are we today the enemies of justice?
SPOTLIGHT: The 1818 Club
FEEDBACK: Upset over legislative drawing of political district maps
NOTABLE: Soon-to-be GGC graduate finds calling to work with children
OBITUARIES: Tax Commissioner funeral will be held Thursday
RECOMMENDED: Art Exhibit: Out of Many, at the Atlanta History Center
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Woman has vivid recollection of life during Revolution
MYSTERY PHOTO: Test your chances on this unusual photograph
LAGNIAPPE: Local C.A.R. chapter wins recognition in Washington
CALENDAR: New photo exhibit by Frank Sharp on display at George Pierce Park
U.S. government vastly overestimated Russia’s capabilities
By Hoyt Tuggle
BUFORD, Ga. | Jim Cofer’s recent article in GwinnettForum (April 29) on the Russian national mentality was “right on.”
Tuggle
In 1995, Marie and I visited St. Petersburg. This was four years after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the purchase of government assets by friends of Boris Yeltsin, and others, for pennies on the dollar (rubles) and financed by the government in any case.
This “purchase” of government assets included government owned housing, usually in the form of apartment buildings. Most were similar: one square block in size and usually seven stories tall. No elevators. No A/C.
The new owners of these apartments raised the rents to market prices. With high double-digit inflation, what had been a ratio of one ruble to one dollar became 5000 rubles to one dollar. The pensions of the old did not increase. So the monthly pension that previously would cover one month’s rent, groceries, clothing needs, and a small amount left over for discretionary spending would only cover 3-5 days of rent.
Pensioners were forced to move in with their children, move to rural areas to live with relatives, or go homeless. The pensioners I talked with were happier under communism and, understandably, wished for its return. Many of those apartment buildings were boarded up, in some cases with pensioners illegally living in them without utilities.
Russia was certainly a third world country with nuclear weapons. Grocery stores had mostly empty shelves, old women were sweeping streets, everything was deteriorating, and all the cash money was going to Moscow. The trains and buses were World War II vintage, like I had ridden on going to school in the late 1940s.
As Mr. Cofer stated, their missile systems and nuclear weapons were first rate, but they had consumed far too much of their resources. Resources were far less that they began to acquire later, when they had gas and oil deals with western Europe, particularly Germany.
My overall impression was that, aside from their missile and nuclear capacity, the United States government had vastly overrated everything else about Russia’s capabilities. I wondered if this had been intentional to get our acquiescence to our own ever increasing military expenditures.
Military expenditures eventually bankrupted the Soviet Union. They never had the conventional war capability that we thought they had. Afghanistan, and now Ukraine, have certainly shown that to be true.
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Aurora Theatre’s Rodriguez moving to new position
By Elliott Brack
Editor and Publisher, GwinnettForum
MAY 10, 2022 | There’s an interesting development announced last week for one Gwinnettian.
Anthony Rodriguez of Duluth is moving into a new position. The president and CEO of the Aurora Theatre in Lawrenceville has been named the first executive director of “HUB404,” a nine acre urban park conception that would be built over Georgia Highway 400 in Buckhead. Meanwhile, the Aurora will continue to be led by Rodriguez’s life partner, Ann-Carol Pence, as the producing artistic director, while Katie Pekley will continue as managing director. Rodriguez will also remain a board member of Aurora.
Rodriguez will start work on June 1 in a transitional phase while still working at Aurora, then will go full-time with the Conservancy on August 1.
The initial task for Rodriguez will be to find funding for the anticipated $270 million project, which has been in the conceptual phase for years. The park would extend for a half mile over Georgia Highway 400 between Peachtree and Lenox roads, with a direct connection to the MARTA Buckhead station. Amenities include green spaces, plazas and an amphitheater in the increasingly residential area.
Rodriguez grew up in the Hampton Hall section of Brookhaven, and went to Marist for high school prior to graduating from the University of Georgia. He is a former chairman of the Gwinnett County Chamber of Commerce.
THE WAY GEORGIANS VOTE gives each citizen great latitude.
In Georgia, there is no political party registration. The state registers you, and then you may vote for any party primary you choose. Come the next election, you don’t have to vote for the party you voted in the previous primary. You have free range to vote in any party’s primary. Then in the General Election, you can vote for any candidate of any party in all races.
However, there is one limitation: if there is a runoff, you must vote in the same party primary as you did in the initial voting..
In some states, you must register by party, and can only vote for that party in a primary.
We like the Georgia approach. It allows the individual voter to determine which of the party’s primaries is most enticing for the voter.
Take this year: we have heard from several individuals that though they identify with Party A, that they will be voting for Party B this primary season. Why? We’ve heard two answers:
“I’ve been loyal to my party for years, but I think one particular candidate in the other party deserves my vote. So I’m switching in the primary for that candidate, but will mostly vote for my old party candidates in the General Election.”
We’ve also heard: “I’m not generally in that party, but there’s one candidate in that party I want to vote against.”
Those people are lucky to live in Georgia. They couldn’t have such voter freedom in many states.
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The question becomes: Are we today the enemies of justice?
By Ashley Herndon
OCEANSIDE, Calif. | Some of us may have heard the rumor that our state, country and many parts of the world are getting more unjust, not less. Ouch. At the same time, some claim we are the most civilized humans in history. Tell that to the Ukrainians and others under fire in Africa, the Middle East and some places close to home.
Herndon
I was taught, first in the family, the neighborhood, the church and throughout school including college, that the major struggle of humanity was the struggle for humanity and justice. This is a universal struggle for equitable treatment of the entirety of the human race, not just those seeking power, wealth, and control of the others.
In order to set the stage properly, my grandmother (1882-1968) taught her five children, me, my siblings and all of my cousins that “the human race did NOT create Itself.” We make our lives through choices not inheritance, racial group or as a byproduct of others.
Some folks say choice is useless since all of existence is predestined. (I am still struggling with that philosophy). Whatever! There is a greater power…creation. There are and or have been 50 billion living creations on this planet, with eight billion currently shaped into some form of humanity. That is a bunch of folks.
We were taught the most effective way to deal with others is to accept their humanity, and as my 6-year-old granddaughter said recently: “Treat all people like you want to be treated.” Sounds easy. So what is the problem with being “just?” The longstanding evils of lust, gluttony, avarice, sloth, anger, envy and pride, (and you can add untruth) say it all.
Then certain philosophies add another list. Grandmother advised three will do:
- Never tell an untruth.
- Always use good manners.
- Give respect to all people. Why? Violence begets violence.
My grandmother also would remind me as a youngster, “Remember Ashley, a gentleman can go anywhere and do anything when following those simple rules whereas a jerk is never welcome anywhere.” She was dead on the money.
Jesus, Gandhi and MLK Jr., all taught and practiced nonviolence. In the 20th Century it has become a science, one recognized as being practiced successfully for ages. It teaches “how to deal with evil without being evil.” It has proven to be as effective as electricity, another, successful scientific experiment. Both these sciences get things done. Some say the energy of non violence is “Soul Force.” If you have not yet done so, a suggested read is, A Force More Powerful by Peter Ackerman and Jack Duvall.
One review of this book says: “This nationally-acclaimed book shows how popular movements used nonviolent action to overthrow dictators, obstruct military invaders and secure human rights in country after country, over the past century. Peter Ackerman and Jack DuVall depict how nonviolent sanctions–such as protests, strikes and boycotts–separate brutal regimes from their means of control. They tell inside stories–how Danes outmaneuvered the Nazis, Solidarity defeated Polish communism, and mass action removed a Chilean dictator–and also how nonviolent power is changing the world today, from Burma to Serbia.”
This book beats the QAnon and other violent diatribes bouncing around today. This book will be here after the current violent fakers are long gone.
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Upset over legislative drawing of political district maps
Editor, the Forum:
Are the Republicans that scared of the Democrats that their attempt to change the districting maps are going to stop us Democrats from coming out to vote?
My new Gwinnett Voter Registration and Elections notification shows that I am no longer in Congressional District 7 but District 9, a really big district that covers a lot of northeast Gwinnett.
I’m hoping Carolyn Bourdeaux will remain as district 7’s representative. It’s unfair the idiots under the Golden Dome pitted Carolyn against Lucy McBath, but whichever woman wins, the district wins. As for Mike Ford, in the 9th district, he has my vote. He is an Army veteran from the Vietnam era unlike a certain past president who was deferred because of “bone spurs.”
I’m also in the State House 101 when I use to be in 102, but I know Gregg Kennard will get my vote, as will Matielyn Jones who is running for State Senator in the 45th district.
Am I mad? Maybe. But I don’t get mad, I get even. If a Republican wins in any of my new districts, I’ll make it my life’s mission to make a nuisance of myself by constantly complaining about whatever legislation they try to pass. I love to write letters.
– Sara Rawlins, Lawrenceville
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Soon-to-be GGC graduate wants to work with children
Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC) student Autumn Musgrave Burgess, 24, of Canton, says she could easily have wandered down a bad path. She grew up in Forsyth County, the child of separated parents and a survivor of an “adverse childhood,” a term referring to various types of abuse and neglect.
Burgess
Burgess will join more than 500 students who will graduate at GGC’s commencement at 10 a.m., Wednesday, May 11 at Gas South Arena in Duluth.
Burgess was left to raise herself amid chaos, a fate any young adult would find daunting. To her, it was terrifying. She felt like she was living through an endless storm, with clouds so dark and thick that she couldn’t see a way out. Right when she needed it most, a light broke through.
Her adoptive grandmother saw what Burgess was going through and stepped in to pull her out of the storm. Burgess said when she came into her life, it was like a rainbow appeared. The older woman took Burgess under her wing and guided her toward a better path. Burgess calls her “Lollie.”
“If not for Lollie, I would not be standing here today,” says Burgess. “If I could be a ‘Lollie’ to just one kid and show them that their current circumstances do not define their future, then it would make everything I went through worthwhile.”
Burgess enrolled at Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC) after she graduated from North Forsyth High School in 2016. She knew she wanted to dedicate her life to helping troubled children, so at first, she sought a teaching degree.
“I realized that I wanted to use my childhood experiences for good and allow my growth through my past horrors to help children deal with theirs. It took me a while to discover that teaching was not how I was meant to do that.”
Once again, it was Lollie who showed her the way. Lollie had worked as a nurse in pediatric psychology at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. One day it clicked: If Burgess wanted to make the kind of impact on others that Lollie had on her, nursing was the key. Burgess was accepted into GGC’s nursing program on April 2, 2020.
Burgess says of the GGC faculty: “These professors are amazing people inside and out. In my six years here at GGC, I have yet to have a single professor who does not care just as much as I do about my future than I do. They are the bread and butter of this place, and they have changed my life forever.”
After graduation, Burgess will move to California where her husband, a U.S. Marine, is stationed at Camp Pendleton, and will seek a job working with children.
Foundation grants $112,500 to Gwinnett nonprofit agencies
The Jackson EMC Foundation board of directors awarded $166,317 in grants during its April meeting, including $112,500 to agencies serving Gwinnett County. They include:
$20,000 to Extra Special People, in Watkinsville, to provide an opportunity for special needs or seriously ill children from low income or financially distressed families in local counties to attend an eight-week camp experience.- $20,000 to L.A.M.P. Ministries, Inc., in Gainesville, for its Community Youth and Children’s program, which combines group and individual counseling, community activities and mentoring to provide high risk youth in Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson and Lumpkin counties.
- $15,000 to Camp Twin Lakes, a not-for-profit organization that offers year-round recreational, therapeutic and educational programming for children facing serious illness and other challenges, to help children in Jackson EMC’s 10-county service area attend its state-of-the-art, fully-accessible camp.
- $15,000 to Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM– GA), in Suwanee, to provide anatomy equipment and supplies for its science and math summer academy for rising 10th and 11th grade students in Gwinnett County Public Schools.
- $15,000 to University of North Georgia Foundation, Inc., for its Steps to College Program, which provides summer high school courses for English learners throughout Jackson EMC’s service area to earn credit toward graduation.
- $10,000 to MUST Ministries, Inc., for its summer lunch program, which provides breakfast and lunch to needy children in Gwinnett County.
- $7,500 to Tiny Stitches, Inc., in Suwanee, to provide materials and supplies for their network of volunteers to handcraft a 28- to 32-piece layette of clothing and blankets to keep an infant warm and dry for the first three months of lifes.
- $5,000 to Bridge the Gap Ministries, Inc., for its rental assistance program serving low-income and homeless families in Gwinnett County.
- $5,000 to Foster Siblings Reunited (Camp to Belong), to enable children in the 10 counties Jackson EMC serves to attend summer camp and Virtual Sibling Connection events.
Duluth takes home 7 awards from Southeastern festival
The Southeastern Festivals and Events Association (SFEA) recognized the City of Duluth as one of the best in the region for its events and creative efforts over the last year.On April 26, at the virtual SFEA Kaleidoscope Award show, the City of Duluth was awarded prizes in the following areas:
Diversity, Equality and Inclusion Initiative Award: Pride Pop-Up;
- Best Promotional Poster: Duluth Farmers Market;
- Best Festival or Event Video: GA Followers Fridays-n-Duluth Collab:
- Best Event Within an Event: Fridays-N-Duluth Presents Dog Days of Summer;
- Best Photo-Op: Fall Pop-Up at the Duluth Farmers Market;
- Best Social Media; and
- Best Children’s Programing: Back-to-School Bubblepalooza.
The awards were accepted by Events Coordinator Jessica Gross and Senior Marketing Coordinator Talore Ruedt.
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Tax commissioner’s funeral will be held Thursday
Funeral services for Tiffany P. Porter, tax commissioner of Gwinnett County, will be Thursday, May 12, at Saint Philip AME Church, 240 Candler Road, Atlanta, Ga.
Porter
Ms. Porter died May 5 from cancer. Ms. Porter, of Lilburn, 43, was mother of four children, Tori, 15, Zoe, 17, Nia, 20, and Brandon, 23.
She had been tax commissioner for 16 months. She was the first African American tax commissioner in Gwinnett County. She was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and raised in New Jersey. She was a graduate of Hampton University in music; had a law degree from Emory, and an MBA from Georgia State University.
For more than 20 years, Ms. Porter resided in Gwinnett County, attended Life Church International in Duluth and was a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.
As the law dictates, Chief Deputy Denise Mitchell will execute the duties of the office until being sworn in to complete the remainder of Ms. Porter’s term through Dec. 31, 2024.
Art Exhibit: Out of Many, at the Atlanta History Center
From John Titus, Peachtree Corners: This is an exhibit of 43 portraits of immigrants painted by former President George W. Bush. It is intended to remind us of the ways in which America has been strengthened by those who left their home countries to live in the United States. Some are well known, e.g., Henry Kissinger and Madeleine Albright, while most others much less so. Beyond the portraits the exhibit is most informative, outlining the major immigration legislation through the years, the various ways one can qualify for American citizenship, and various inventions or contributions made by immigrants. Inspiring quotes by some of those portrayed are displayed which reveal the depth of their appreciation for becoming Americans. Admission also allows one to enjoy the many other exhibits and features of the Atlanta History Center,130 West Paces Ferry Road, Atlanta 30305. The exhibit will remain up through July 4, 2022.
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Woman has vivid recollection of life during Revolution
Elizabeth Lichtenstein (or Lightenstone) Johnston was a fervent Loyalist who lived through the upheaval of the American Revolution(1775-83) in Georgia. At the age of 72, she wrote graphic recollections of her experiences, providing the most detailed firsthand account of the ways in which the Revolution affected women in colonial Georgia.
Johnston, an only child, was born on a small farm beside the Little Ogeechee River on May 28, 1764, to parents who reflected the diverse roots of Georgia’s earliest immigrants. Her father, Johann Lichtenstein, had emigrated from St. Petersburg, Russia, and was employed as a scout-boat pilot by the royal government. Her mother, Catherine Delegal, whose father, Philip Delegal, had commanded a company under James Oglethorpe, was of French Huguenot stock.
Johnston remembered her childhood days fondly, especially those after her father had purchased a plantation on Skidaway Island, where she enjoyed figs, peaches, pomegranates, and plums, as well as fine fish, oysters, crabs, and shrimp. Her tranquil country life was brought to an abrupt halt by the death of her mother in 1774, and she was sent, reluctantly, to be schooled in embroidery by an elderly aunt in Savannah.
Johnston held bitter memories of the oncoming Revolution, describing how the rebels (including some of her teachers) were a “ragged corps” and how “everywhere the scum rose to the top.” At the age of 12 she was violently separated from her father, who, with the assistance of his enslaved workers, fled to the safety of a British warship, the HMS Scarborough.
Johnston was indignant at the treatment of Loyalist women and children, some of whose lands were confiscated, and she was terrified during the Siege of Savannah in October 1779, when Continental Army forces under General Lachlan McIntosh and their French allies shelled the town for several days.
With the exception of this failed allied counterassault, British occupation of the Lowcountry between December 1778 and July 1782 brought some limited respite for Johnston and her fellow Loyalists, while Patriots, in turn, suffered confiscations and depredations. At the tender age of 15, she was courted by officers in the Tory militia and married 25-year-old William Martin Johnston (a captain in the New York Volunteers) on November 21, 1779.
The Johnstons, like thousands of other Georgia Loyalists, were forced to evacuate Savannah and begin the search for a new home upon Britain’s defeat. Elizabeth would bear ten children, seven of whom survived beyond infancy, and their places of birth pay testament to her repeated upheavals: Savannah; Charleston, S.C.; St. Augustine, Fla., Edinburgh, Scotland; Jamaica; and finally Nova Scotia. Little wonder that she signed her letters to her husband as “your once truly happy, tho’ now afflicted wife.”
While her Recollections are unique in the historical record, there were many women of strong character, clear intellect, and deep religious and political convictions on both sides of the conflict. They profoundly influenced the course of the Revolution in Georgia and how that war would be remembered by subsequent generations.
- To view the Georgia Encyclopedia article online, go to https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org
Test your chances on this unusual photograph
Here’s an unusual photo. See if you can figure out what this is, and where it’s located. Send your thoughts to elliott@brack.net and include your hometown.
The last Mystery Photo identification came from George Graf of Palmyra, Va., who recognized the statue of the Marquis de Lafayette on the campus of Lafayette College in Easton, Penn.
He wrote: “This one was tougher than it originally looked. The statue, designed by Daniel Chester French and standing on a pedestal designed by Henry Bacon, was dedicated in 1921 in honor of the college’s namesake, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette. The statue is located at the south entrance of Colton Chapel. It is one of a number of sculptures made by French for universities.” The photo came from Lee Klaer of Duluth.
Always reliable Allan Peel of San Antonio, Tex. added: “LaFayette’s birth name was extremely long: He was born Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette in an expansive chateau in Chavaniac, France, on September 6, 1757. ‘It’s not my fault,’ he joked in his autobiography. ‘I was baptized like a Spaniard, with the name of every conceivable saint who might offer me more protection in battle.’”
The mystery was also solved by Susan McBrayer of Sugar Hill .
Local C.A.R. chapter wins recognition in Washington
Elisha Winn Society, Children of the American Revolution of Gwinnett received the second place award for the Outstanding Society during the C.A.R. National Convention in Washington D. C. recently. The chapter is the top society in Georgia. From left are members Collyns P. and Raleigh P. from Lawrenceville and Noah T. from Hoschton. On the back row are Hunter N. and Taylor N. from Newnan and Senior President Randy Tindall from Hoschton. It is the centennial Year of the Georgia State Society, C.A.R. The mission of all levels of the C.A.R. is to train good citizens, develop leaders, and promote a love of the United States of America and its heritage among young people.
Photographs exhibited by Frank Sharp can be seen at George Pierce Park Community Center in Suwanee through October 15. The exhibit, entitled “The World in One Lifetime,” is a retrospective review of six continents and 34 countries where Sharp has visited. Hours are Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. until 8 p.m.; Friday from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m
New Mountain Park group: May 10 will be an exciting evening for the Mountain Park Community Association as they will be launching their newest event, the Mountain Park Business Connect. It is targeted for small and large businesses in the Mountain Park area to build business relationships, encourage best practices and grow together for the betterment of Mountain Park. Join the event from 7 to 9 p.m. at Three Blind Mice. 1066 Killian Hill Road. Kim Oberheu and Crissy Davis will be leading the event. The group plans to meet every month at various locations in the Mountain Park area.
Managing Stress for the Caregiver will take place Tuesday, May 10 at 6:30 p.m. at the Duluth Public Library, 3180 Main Street, Duluth. Learn to manage the daily stresses and challenges faced by caring for a family member or friend.
Eighth Annual “Doing the Most Good Luncheon” of the Gwinnett Salvation Army will be on Thursday, May 12 at 11:30 a.m. at The 1818 Club, located at 6500 Sugarloaf Parkway in Duluth. The guest speaker for the event is Jeff Henderson, named by Forbes Magazine as one of the 20 speakers you should not miss. Mr. Henderson has led three of North Point Ministries churches. Mr. Henderson’s best-selling book, Know What You’re For, launched a movement in non-profits around the world and has become a focal point for many businesses. The event emcee is Scott Slade of WSB Radio.
Former United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young will be the first speaker in a series sponsored by Gas South District. He will speak May 12 at 11:30 a.m. Individual tickets and table purchases are available starting at www.GasSouthDistrict.com/speaker-series-1.
The Gwinnett Multicultural Festival will be Saturday, May 14 at Gwinnett Place Mall in Duluth from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Watch cultural performances from around the globe, meet first responders, and enjoy kids’ activities like games and bounce houses. The festival is free to everyone!
Gwinnett Historical Society will hear from former Gwinnett Commission Chair Charlotte Nash as its speaker at the May 16 meeting at the Gwinnett Historic Courthouse at 185 Crogan Street in Lawrenceville. Her topic will be the “Top 10 Gwinnett Milestones for the Last 40 Years.” Visitors are welcomed.
Fall Prevention Workshop will be Wednesday, May 18 at 1 p.m. at the Five Forks Branch Library, 2780 Five Forks Trickum Road, Lawrenceville. Professional health providers will examine your fall potential by simple testing and provide an evaluation and recommendations for strength and balance improvement.
Registering your child for school in Gwinnett County is an easy, two-step process. Register online on Gwinnett County Public Schools’ website. Before May 20, schedule an appointment at your child’s school to verify information, complete a readiness profile, pick up materials, and learn about exciting summer learning activities for your child. To learn more, visit the kindergarten registration webpage.
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