GwinnettForum | Number 21.59 | Aug. 16, 2022
PRESERVED: Norcross is the only Gwinnett city to have a historic preservation district. The city also has a local historic district of 59 commercial properties within the national district boundaries. Commercial activities are bounded by the city’s Historic Preservation Commission. Facades on these buildings are under the review authority of the Commission. The city was first listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 21, 1980. In particular, if you are interested in turn-of-the-century housing, drive down North Peachtree Street, then cross the railroad and travel down South Peachtree Street and you’ll see some of the preserved old homes in the district. Mechanicville School in Peachtree Corners is also on the National Register of Historic Places.
TODAY’S FOCUS: Methodists struggling on whether to stay or leave denomination
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Gwinnett needs someone to step up and be the Weather Keeper
ANOTHER VIEW: Home of Hope provides safe haven for those homeless
SPOTLIGHT: Peach State Federal Credit Union
FEEDBACK: Had problems after depositing mail at local post office
UPCOMING: Artworks Gwinnett launching year-long Create Gwinnett process
NOTABLE: Discovery student wins UGA scholarship from military veterans
OBITUARIES: Guy Ben Findley
RECOMMENDED: No Exit and Three Other Plays by Jean Paul Sartre
GEORGIA TIDBIT: An early history of the Methodist Church in Georgia
MYSTERY PHOTO: Somewhat modern building is today’s Mystery
CALENDAR: Do business with Gwinnett County event is August 18 in Lawrenceville
Methodists struggling on whether to stay or leave church
(Editor’s note: Many church denominations, actually all over the world, today have problems within their church family. Every now and then, issues boil up which can cause disruption among various churches. At present, the United Methodist Church in Georgia has such a problem. Here’s one view from a longtime and loyal Methodist. –eeb).
By Tommy Purser
Editor and Publisher, Jeff Davis Ledger
HAZLEHURST, Ga. | Methodist congregations across the state and country — across the world, really — are struggling among themselves to decide whether to stay or leave.
Purser
Whether to stay within the United Methodist Church or leave to form another union of churches that adheres to principles they believe have been violated by modern day Methodist doctrine.
I’ve been a Methodist all my life. I embrace the church and John Wesley’s methodical organizational methodology, which, I realize sounds redundant.
The church has moved in a direction that concerns a lot of people and I understand and respect their concerns.
A longtime friend of mine sent me a message recently. He and I and his brother and my sister grew up deeply involved in Waynesboro Methodist Church youth activities.
As an adult, I have continued that involvement with Hazlehurst First United Methodist Church. My longtime friend, now retired after a career of teaching in Telfair County, has continued his involvement in McRae United Methodist Church.
In his message to me, he wanted to know how Hazlehurst Methodists felt about disaffiliation. I didn’t give him much of an answer because, quite frankly, I haven’t spent much time talking to other members to get a good understanding of the preferences of my fellow church members.
My friend said his fellow Methodists in McRae are split about 50-50.
The rift, in a nutshell, centers around Christian sexuality and what the Bible teaches us about that, as compared to what worldwide church leaders have determined is the proper path to follow.
I don’t know enough about the sexuality issue to make an informed decision. But I know this: I have a number of friends whose sexuality choices do not align with mine. And I also have a lot of friends whose conduct in other areas don’t align with mine.
But I believe all those friends whose ideas and sexuality choices are in conflict with mine are souls of great worth in God’s mind. And I think they are people of great value. People I like – love – despite what I consider are their flaws.
“Hate the sin but love the sinner” is a simplistic, yet demonstrative old saying.
I have people in my life who love me despite my sometimes sinful ways. In a way, that humbles me into believing that I, too, should love others despite what I consider their sinful ways. In my opinion, forgiveness is a God-given Christian value.
Gwinnett needs someone to step up and be Weather Keeper
By Elliott Brack
Editor and Publisher, GwinnettForum
AUG. 16, 2022 | Something is missing in Gwinnett. One person could step up to the plate and provide this service and be considerable help to all of us.
Gwinnett does not have an official station for recording the weather. There is not even an official weather station at the Gwinnett County airport. Nor does it have an “official volunteer” to keep records of how much rain falls here, or the not-so-often snowfall.
The nearest official weather station is in Doraville, while another is at Peachtree DeKalb Airport.
Doraville records an average of 54.45 inches of rain; Peachtree DeKalb reports 51.43, while at Hartsfield-Jackson, the rainfall totals 50.43 inches annually. It would be helpful for Gwinnett to have someone keeping those records.
In effect, the Weather Bureau needs someone to volunteer to keep that information.
And yes, there is no pay for the job. But if you are interested, the National Weather Bureau is the place to contact. If you will volunteer, they will supply you with equipment to take the measurements to report, through their Co-op program. If interested send an email to Patricia Atwell at patricia.atwell@noah.gov.
Visitor’s Eyes: July 29, 1805, was the date writer Alexis de Tocqueville, born in Paris. He was 25 years old when the French government sent him to America to study the prison system. He spent nine months touring towns and cities and taking notes. A few years later, he published his famous book, Democracy in America(1835).
During his tour, the aristocratic Tocqueville was impressed by the fact that American Democracy actually worked. He wrote: “There is one thing which America demonstrates invincibly, and of which I had been in doubt up till now: it is that the middle classes can govern a state. I do not know if they would come out with credit from thoroughly difficult political situations. But they are adequate for the ordinary run of society. In spite of their petty passions, their incomplete education and their vulgar manners, they clearly can provide practical intelligence, and that is found to be enough.”
You ever wonder why some trees are easy to carve your initials on and they stay visible for years? Meanwhile, on other trees, soon the bark covers the initials? Former County Agent Bill Baugham of Snellville explains: “The bark on Beech trees stays smooth and doesn’t grow rough. So early carvings are always able to be read. And in winter, when you look into the woods, their brown leaves on young trees are still attached.” Beech trees along the Chattahoochee River in Duluth (off Georgia Highway 120) show evidence to the carvings left by the Indians when they were escorted away from Georgia during the “Trail of Tears” from 1831-1850.
On the Courts: We enjoyed this bit of history from a political commentator out of Maine, Heather Cox Richardson, on July 1, 2022: “In the past, the Supreme Court has operated on the basis of stare decisis, which literally means ‘to stand by things decided.’ The purpose of that principle is to make changes incrementally so the law stays consistent and evenly applied, which promotes social stability.”
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Home of Hope provides safe haven for those homeless
By Heather Loveridge
BUFORD, Ga. | It all started with a PTA meeting. In the early 1980’s three concerned PTA mothers – Barb Lewis, Joanne Culvern, and Sharry Hague – saw firsthand the homelessness crisis for children in Gwinnett. Rather than waiting for someone else to tackle this issue, these moms single handedly raised $2.5 million to support children facing homelessness in their area. With these donations and the county’s approval, they opened Gwinnett Children’s Shelter in 1987, the first of its kind in the community.
“There are never too many people to love a child. That’s what spurred on this children’s shelter from the very beginning. It’s such a rewarding thought to know that you can have a tiny piece in changing someone’s life,” said Leana Roach, one of the PTA moms who pitched in during the shelter’s beginning and a current board member of Home of Hope.
Initially, the shelter had room to house 12 children, but the need in Gwinnett quickly outgrew the shelter’s capacity. By the year 2000, the organization had doubled in size and moved to a new facility in Buford, where it is currently located.
From its start to the early 2010’s, the Gwinnett Children’s Shelter provided a safe haven for youth who were transitioning to foster care. The focus shifted in 2014 when the shelter transitioned from a state-funded organization to a privately-funded home for young mothers and their children experiencing homelessness.
Kornowa
Maureen Kornowa, Home of Hope’s executive director, says: “We started looking for a new name or word to describe what we were now doing. Hope was one of those words. It just rang true for us and for me because that’s what we were doing here. We were instilling hope where people felt hopeless. We wanted this to be home. A place of refuge. So, ‘Home of Hope’ was a natural progression.”
As Home of Hope, the staff and volunteers have transformed a temporary shelter into a deeply rooted community. Their efforts and heart for their participants have a lasting impact.
Former Home of Hope mom Kanesha Jackson says: “Home of Hope is not as much an organization as they are a family. I know I can still call and they’ll still welcome me with open arms. They’re considered family. Even though it’s been years since I’ve seen them, I can still call.”
Home of Hope supports young mothers and their children through its three to twelve month transitional living program. While participating in this program, families receive room and board and customized life skills training to prepare them for independence and success. Designed to offer moms and children the life skills they need to thrive outside of Home of Hope, the program focuses on education, career development, parenting and financial planning.
Home of Hope board member Andrew Hedrich feels: “The difference they are making is a holistic approach to family betterment and independence. This outreach is not a band-aid to temporarily solve a problem, but one that aims to deliver tools and opportunities to those in need.”
Through each change over the years, the heart and vision of Home of Hope has remained, to bring peace, success and sustainability to the families they serve for the rest of their lives.
Kornowa concludes: “We are unique in that we have the opportunity to step into the lives of each guest while they are with us. We give customized support, a listening ear and a loving environment. We like to say we take our guests from homeless to hopeful and into a home of their own.”
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Had problems after depositing mail at local post office
Editor, the Forum:
With interest, I read your recent story about the postal scam. This also happened to us some years ago, and it took over a year to fully resolve it. And, as your article notes, our identity-fraud nightmare began with three checks hand-delivered by us inside the Post Office.
When at our local Publix, I wrote a check to pay for groceries. It was refused. Later a call to Publix hinted that I might want to check with my bank regarding my checking account. Her words were, “Do you or your husband very often shop at major department stores?” (We don’t). And: “Do you regularly make large-dollar purchases, like over $500?” (Again, never). At that point I knew we were in real trouble.
Of course I immediately called our bank. Not one of the three original checks (two to utilities and one to a doctor) had been cashed or received by the intended payee. However, already checks had been written, in the $400-$650 range, at Wal-Mart, Belk’s and Macy’s. Because of our early reporting, the bank was able to refund all these checks.
When we filed the police report, a Gwinnett County officer who investigates these types of fraud, told me several things:
- These scams are big business, involving very sophisticated groups who have a number of “go-fers” who actually go out to do the shopping and pass the bogus checks.
- The “go-fers” are careful not to shop at stores where there are security cameras.
- They are careful never to write a check for over $700, as that would make the passing of such a check a felony. Anything less is only a misdemeanor.
- They pay people to provide them stolen checks, from which they get their information.
When I heard that, I realized the only possible way that this criminal group could have gotten our checking account numbers, was through U.S. Postal Service employees, since the checks had been delivered into the hands of postal employees at the Norcross main post office.
Then I spoke with the then-Postmaster in charge. I told him what the Gwinnett police officer had said, and instead of denying it he openly admitted, “Oh yeah, yeah, I’m sure we do have some cheating going on, but there’s no way we can stop or regulate that.”
I was surprised, and asked him, “Doesn’t the Post Office have any security cameras in the Norcross office where the postal employees are sorting mail, to detect anything going on. His answer was there was not—no video surveillance at all of the area where mail is being hand-sorted by postal employees.
I continued to talk to higher postal officials, and never was satisfied with their answers.
To jump to the ending—the officials I contacted never (of course) told me what was done about this. But I noticed several things: that particular postmaster and a number of other employees of that office were suddenly no longer there, but “re-located” rather than firing.
However, I have still greatly curtailed my use of written checks since then, and now pay everything I can either online or with a credit card.
It is sad that moral values such as “Thou shalt not steal” are no longer held in reverence in our society.
– Nancy Jones, Norcross
Stabbing of Salman Rushdie is quite a scary situation
Editor, the Forum:
I’m not a huge fan of Salman Rushdie’s writing because I don’t care for magical realism fiction (although I did like his nonfiction book, Joseph Anton).
However, I am a fan of Rushdie’s right to be a fiction writer without being attacked, and Friday’s attack on him has upset me more than I would have believed. Maybe it’s because I have had death threats myself.
I know writers and thinkers have been targets for violence since the beginning of time. I mean, Socrates got the death penalty for asking his students to question and to think! And it wasn’t like Rushdie didn’t have that death-sentence fatwa still hanging over him. Still, it’s so scary.
– Name Withheld in Gwinnett
Bank service can prevent scamming of legitimate checks
Editor, the Forum:
The story about the check scam involving thieves accessing legitimate checks, changing the name on the check and then cashing these checks was interesting.
Your readers that operate businesses or use commercial banking accounts might want to employ a bank service called “positive pay” or their bank equivalent. This is a way to pre-register a check with the bank, with the correct payee name, check amount and check number.
Anyone attempting to change any of the pre-registered information on the check will have the check rejected. We upload a positive pay file each day before we mail payment checks, refund checks to customers or any other outgoing check instrument. Years ago, we had incidents where vendors and customers had refund checks stolen from their mailbox and attempted to cash the check after changing name (and sometimes amounts) of the check. Does not happen since we now employ this measure.
– Vince Raia, president, EMC Security, Suwanee
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Artworks Gwinnett launching Create Gwinnett process
Artworks Gwinnett is launching a yearlong process for Create Gwinnett, its first-ever Arts and Creative Economy Master Plan, and wants to hear from residents across Gwinnett County. Create Gwinnett focuses on how arts and culture help foster economic prosperity in the county. It’s the result of a goal identified in Gwinnett County’s 2040 Unified Plan: to enhance Gwinnett’s profile as a cultural destination where the arts educate, elevate and inspire.
Let your voice be heard. Imagination is key. Three ways to participate include taking a survey, joining an in-person event or planning a do-it-yourself (DIY) community conversation:
Take the survey: The survey is available in English, Spanish and Korean at https://www.artworksgwinnett.org/create-gwinnett/.
Attend an upcoming event: Create Gwinnett’s upcoming countywide meetings:
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- Monday, August 22 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Dacula Park Activity Building, 2735 Auburn Avenue. Register for Dacula here.
- + Tuesday, August 23 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Centerville Senior Center, 3025 Bethany Church Road. Register for Snellville here.
- + Wednesday, Aug. 24 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Bogan Park, 2723 North Bogan Road.Register for Buford here.
Volunteer: Residents can volunteer to make sure their community’s voice is heard by downloading a Create Gwinnett DIY community conversation toolkit. Whether it’s with a circle of friends (neighborhood, book club, PTA meeting or a planned Zoom call with your favorite group), Gwinnett residents can take the initiative to host a conversation and upload the responses they hear from the group to https://www.artworksgwinnett.org/create-gwinnett/.
Discovery student wins UGA military scholarship from vets
Shown with the scholarship winner are, from left, Lt. Col. Robert Rooker, Army instructor at Discovery High; Col. Rick White of Johns Creek; Amundson; Dr. Delicia Fellers, senior counselor at Discovery’ and Dr. Debra White, assistant principal at Discovery.
A 2022 ROTC cadet and graduate of Discovery High School, Darhan Amundson, has been awarded a $4,000 Georgia Military Veterans Hall of Fame (GMVHOF) military scholarship to attend the University of Georgia, and be in the ROTC program.
The ROTC scholarship creator, GMVHOF Founder Col. Paul Longgrear (USA-Ret) of Pine Mountain has designated retired school superintendent Dr. Craig G. Dowling also of Pine Mountain as coordinator for the program. Of the eligible applicants submitted each year, 15 are selected. He adds: “Our purpose is to influence the patriotic attitudes for local and national leaders by rewarding students who choose to participate in JROTC and ROTC, thereby inspiring citizens to be more Constitutionally oriented.”,
According to Colonel White, in order to qualify for the scholarship, Georgia high school seniors must possess competitive GPA and SAT scores, have been enrolled in JROTC, be accepted into the ROTC program of an accredited four-year college or university, and express the intent to serve in the U.S. Military upon graduation.
In a related program, the GMVHOF Selfless Service Medal is awarded annually to one JROTC cadet per high school based on the recommendation of the JROTC instructor.
EMC Foundation makes $84,000 grants to serve residents
The Jackson EMC Foundation board of directors awarded a total of $124,000 in grants for organizations during its July meeting, including$84,000 to organizations serving Gwinnett County.
$20,000 to Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta—Gwinnett, divided between the Norcross and Lawrenceville clubs’ Power Hour programs, part of its overall Academic Success program that provides club members with daily support, resources and guidance needed to complete school assignments.- $19,500 to The Next Stop Foundation, Inc., to serve 20 Gwinnett County residents for 25 weeks with programming for adults with special needs, intellectual disabilities, autism or brain injuries.
- $15,000 to Corners Outreach, Inc., in Peachtree Corners, to help purchase a van to transport students in Title 1 schools to its Corners Academy.
- $14,500 to Sugar Hill United Methodist Church, for its Free Food and Hygiene Pantry, which provides fresh food, pantry goods and hygiene products for the homeless.
- $5,000 to Bigger Vision of Athens, Inc., for its Emergency Shelter Program that provides shelter, food, showers, laundry and other basic necessities for the homeless in Barrow, Clarke, Franklin, Gwinnett, Madison and Oglethorpe counties
- $5,000 to Canopy Studio, Inc., in Athens, for its aerial arts program that serves students with autism, developmental disabilities, behavioral and emotional disorders in Barrow, Clarke, Gwinnett, Jackson, Madison and Oglethorpe counties.
- $5,000 to Childkind, Inc., serving all Jackson EMC communities, for its foster family recruitment program for children with mental health challenges.
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Guy Ben Findley
Guy Ben Findley, 89, of Duluth, passed away on Sunday, August 7, 2022. Guy was born July 3, 1933 to the late Guy W. Findley and Clare Strickland Findley of Duluth. He was preceded in death by his wife of 57 years, Murlene Turner Findley.
Findley
Guy graduated from Milton High School and attended the University of Georgia. He was drafted into the U.S. Army and after returning from France, he began his career in the early 1960s with Findley Insurance Agency and later Century 21-Findley Real Estate; which he, along with his wife, successfully operated until their retirement.
In his spare time he enjoyed hunting, fishing, playing golf, snow skiing and riding his Tennessee Walking Horse. He had many interests and hobbies that he ambitiously pursued.
He enjoyed young people and contributed many hours to coaching Little League baseball and football.
Guy is survived by his children, daughters, Frankie Findley, Vicki Findley Frost (Ronnie) of Duluth; sons, Ben Findley and Henry Findley of Suwanee; two grandsons, Robert Findley, Atlanta, and Benjamin Findley, Braselton; several nieces; nephews; cousins; and special friend, Ms. Margie Holbrook, Athens.
A memorial service will be held 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, August 17 at Crowell Brothers Funeral Homes and Crematory Peachtree Corners Chapel. The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. at the funeral home prior to the service.
In lieu of flowers, send a memorial donation to Duluth First United Methodist Church, 3208 Highway 120, Duluth, Ga. 30096. Online condolences may be expressed at www.crowellbrothers.com.
- Handling funeral arrangements was Crowell Brothers Funeral Homes and Crematory, Peachtree Corners.
No Exit and Three Other Plays by Jean Paul Sartre
From Raleigh Perry, Buford: Sartre served in the French Underground in World War II, but still wrote a lot. He is best known for his existentialist writings though he wrote tomes on that, large tomes. He wrote many ponderous philosophy books. Being and Nothingness is probably over 850 pages. I bought this book because I had read it many years ago, probably in the early 1970s. In the first play, No Exit, my favorite line in literature appears. There are four plays in the book and I read them long ago also. Although Sartre’s plays are easy enough to read, his heavy philosophy material is somewhat difficult. You can find this title, or just No Exit, on the internet or you can easily find both new and used copies. Good libraries will probably have a copy. Gwinnett County Library does not but they will probably Inter Library Loan it for you.
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An early history of the Methodist Church in Georgia
Georgia’s deep roots in Methodism reach back to the founders of the Methodist movement. Methodism is a major Protestant community in the state, and it includes four historically related denominations (listed in order of size): the United Methodist Church, the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME Church), the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (CME Church), and the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Zion (AME Zion). These four denominations form the Pan-Methodist Commission on Union, created in 1996, and all share the theological beliefs and organizational structure common to Methodists worldwide.
Methodists are connectional, meaning that individual Methodist churches maintain ties with one another through annual conferences, which are organized by geographic proximity. The conferences also assign ministers to individual churches. Evangelism, or the act of sharing beliefs with those outside the church, is another important tenet of Methodism and began with John Wesley in 1739, when he embarked on a career as a traveling minister in England.
Methodist ministers in America also traveled throughout the colonies to spread the denomination during the 18th century. This practice continued in Georgia well into the 19th century, particularly in rural, remote locations. Because ministers often reached these areas on horseback, they came to be known as “circuit riders.”
In 1729, at Oxford University in England, brothers John and Charles Wesley and their associates, including George Whitefield, organized a group to practice a system of faith and discipline within the Anglican Church, which was the official church of England. Because of the methodical way in which this new group approached their spiritual exercises and charitable works, they were labeled Methodists. John Wesley’s emphasis on evangelical preaching created a rift between the Methodists and the Anglican Church, although Wesley did not envision Methodism as a separate church until late in his life.
In 1735 the Wesley brothers and Whitefield sailed to the colony of Georgia, where they served in various capacities. Charles Wesley served as secretary to James Edward Oglethorpe and as chaplain at Fort Frederica on St. Simons Island, while John Wesley served as Anglican rector to the colony. Whitefield was an itinerant evangelist.
During their time in Georgia, the three men encountered the Moravians, evangelical Protestants who had also arrived in the colony in 1735. In 1737 the Wesley brothers left Georgia under difficult circumstances and returned to England.
As Wesley began to foster the growth of Methodism in England, the Methodist movement in America also grew over the next several decades, partly through the persistent evangelical efforts of Whitefield. The Methodist Episcopal Church, the supreme legislative body of the Methodist denomination in America, was formally organized at a meeting known as the “Christmas Conference,” which was held from December 24, 1784, through January 2, 1785, in Baltimore, Maryland. Thomas Coke and Francis Asbury were ordained as bishops during the conference to organize the work of the Methodist Church in the United States.
The formal introduction of Methodism into Georgia occurred when Coke and Asbury assigned Beverly Allen to Georgia in 1785.
Bishop Asbury held the denomination’s first annual conference in Georgia on April 9, 1788, at the fork of the Broad River, about 21 miles southeast of Elberton. Ten people were present, including Hope Hull, who was later recognized as the father of Georgia Methodism. In 1790 John Andrew of St. John Parish (later Liberty County), the father of Methodist bishop James Osgood Andrew, became the first native-born Georgian ordained as a Methodist preacher. The Georgia Conference reported 2,294 members in 1790.
The advance of Methodism in Georgia was aided by the interdenominational Second Great Awakening (circa 1790-1830), during which many Georgians converted to evangelical Christianity at outdoor revival services called camp meetings. By 1814 Methodist membership exceeded 10,000, a figure that almost doubled during the next fifteen years. Recurrent awakenings in 1835 and 1858 stimulated further growth, so that 97,000 Methodists lived in Georgia by 1861.
- To view the Georgia Encyclopedia article online, go to https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org
Somewhat modern building is today’s Mystery
For today’s Mystery Photo, check out this building. It’s somewhat old, but note that it has handicapped access, so it is in use today. Send where you think this is located to elliott@brack.net and include the town where you live.
Photo by Catherine Brack
Our eagle-eyed spotters found not one, but two, fountains from the last Mystery Photo. George Graf of Palmyra, Va. recognized the “Garth Fountain at the Washington National Cathedral, Washington D.C.,” which was the mystery sent in by Catherine Brack of Charleston, S.C.
Allan Peel of San Antonio, Tex. also recognized it, saying: “Today’s mystery photo is of fountain nestled in the middle of Cathedral Cloister Courtyard, otherwise known as ‘The Garth’, which is situated in the northeast corner of the grounds of the Washington National Cathedral in Washington D.C. Artist George Tsutkawa (1910-1997), an American painter and sculptor who was best known for his avant-garde bronze fountain designs, created the fountain from sheets of silicone bronze.
Nashville version.
“The fountain has a dark antique finish in contrast with the surrounding, buff-colored limestone, while its abstract form of curved planes is intended to complement the buttresses of the cathedral’s transept towering high above the fountain. The Garth and its fountain were dedicated on April 30, 1969.”
Then Lou Camerio of Lilburn recognized the fountain….but at the Vanderbilt University Divinity Library in Nashville, Tenn.
Good eyes, all three!
Do business with the county: Supplier networking event for companies which want to do business with Gwinnett County government. This will be Thursday, August 18, from 8:30 until 11 a.m. at the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center. For more information, visit GwinnettCounty.com or contact Gwinnett Purchasing at 770-822-8720.
Author talk: meet Authors Wandy and James Taylor at the Suwanee Branch Library on Thursday, August 18 at 7 p.m. Their subject will be: The Imperfect Storm: Racism & a Pandemic Collide in America – How It Impacted Public Education and How to Fix It. The library is located at 361 Main St, Suwanee.
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