GwinnettForum | Number 22.23 | April 4, 2023
A NEW REHABILITATION CENTER is coming to the area. Here is the artist’s conception of how it will look like. It will be located in Gainesville as part of the Northeast Georgia Health System. For more details, seek Upcoming below.
TODAY’S FOCUS: Aurora Theatre announces new Signature Series presentations
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Gwinnettians key in dedication of new MLK Jr. statue
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Banking Company
ANOTHER VIEW: McCarthy’s ventures are the antithesis of good leadership
FEEDBACK: Poses questions for reader from Loganville
UPCOMING: Long-term patient rehab center coming to Gainesville
NOTABLE: GGC wins grant in support of math tutoring
RECOMMENDED: The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Mildred Seydell broke gender barrier into newspapering
MYSTERY PHOTO: Can you pinpoint this street scene in our nation?
CALENDAR: Park Springs offers a Virtual Dementia Tour on April 6
Aurora Theatre announces new Signature Series presentations
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. | Aurora Theatre has announced its Season 28 Signature Series. The Lawrenceville arts hub’s 28th year will include more of what theatergoers crave—Broadway-caliber musicals, thought-provoking plays and timeless holiday magic, with twists of unexpected brilliance and heart-warming humanity.
The season will be a first for Aurora Theatre, with every show featuring a female lead. It kicks off with the true story and unforgettable music of Carole King in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, followed by audience favorite Christmas Canteen returning in November for its 28th annual production.
Two plays, Knead by Mary Lynn Owen and Greener Pastures by Lori Fischer, are set to inspire in the new year with stories of rivalry, family and understanding. Audiences can expect the gospel musical Sister Act to close out the season.
Aurora Theatre Co-Founder and Producing Artistic Director Ann-Carol Pence says: “I’m so invigorated about Aurora’s upcoming season. Every performance will demonstrate the beautiful humanity of powerful stories.”
Aug. 17 – Sept. 10, 2023: Beautiful chronicles the true story of Carole King’s journey from teenage songwriter to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This Tony and Grammy Award-winning show is Some Kind of Wonderful and sure to make you Feel the Earth Move under your seat.
Nov. 24 – Dec. 23, 2023: Now in its 28th year, Christmas Canteen continues to infuse undeniable holiday magic into Metro Atlanta. Thousands flock to the sumptuous Lawrenceville Arts Center each season to experience the joy of this unique theatrical tradition.
Jan. 25 – Feb. 18, 2024: What can you do when life doesn’t go according to the recipe? A woman plagued by insomnia is determined that her mother’s bread recipe will finally work. The ingredients of time and memory keep interfering, and the bread-baking process – performed in real time– becomes a deeper journey.
March 21 – April 7, 2024: Forty-eight-year-old Dorothy, a two-bit actor with performance anxiety, has reached her breaking point portraying a singing sandwich on the local children’s show Lunchtime with Munchkins. When she finds a technicality in the contract, she chucks it all to live the good life at the Greener Pastures Retirement Center.
May 23 – June 16, 2024: Lounge singer Deloris Van Cartier is in fear for her life after witnessing a murder. The cops answer her prayers (sort of) by putting her in protective custody in the one place the police are sure she won’t be found – a convent!
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Gwinnettians play key roles in dedication of new MLK Jr. statue
By Elliott Brack
Editor and Publisher, GwinnettForum
APRIL 4, 2023 | Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s hometown of Atlanta found a new way to honor him last weekend, with the help of a lot of people from Gwinnett County. An eight foot bronze statue of the late Dr. King was unveiled at the Rodney Mims Cook Sr. Peace Park in the Vine City neighborhood west of downtown.
The day marked the 55th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. King in Memphis, and was also a world peace revival and celebration. As the program said, it was for “A man whose love of God changed the world.” It was commissioned by the National Monuments Foundation.
The whole idea erupted from the fertile minds of Sandra and Clyde Strickland of Lawrenceville, while the artist capturing Dr. King in flowing ecclesiastical robes was Duluth native Kathy Fincher.
The weather cooperated beautifully, as heavy rains fell on downtown Atlanta up until about 9:45 in the morning.
Clyde Strickland was ecstatic over the day’s activities. “It was raining cats and dogs in Atlanta, but a four hour window showed up and we never had another drop. It was a great day. People from all over the world were there, and we’re thinking of having a World Peace Revival twice a year at the site. And we had people listening throughout the world on the various sites.”
Artist Kathy Fincher was pleased with the day, and most pleased to be part of a piece of art that was not just talking about the past and a person in history. “But the day was mostly about the future, and where we can go by bringing back MLK’s words and the challenge of peace, unity and love. It was about challenging young people to move forward. It was unbelievable that a piece of art can be art of that revival.”
She continued: “It was about the future and opportunities, and the power of a man’s word, and because they are powerful, those words live and continue on. I was so honored to do this monument in a way it was meant to be done, to show Dr. King looking up, wearing his robes and holding the Bible with the palm reaching out and open. It was a beautiful opportunity.”
The statue was installed last Wednesday, and there was concern that it would sit there until the dedication on Saturday. But Rodney Cook Jr., who was the key person organizing the event, contacted the Vine City community leaders Bishop Dexter Johnson, Makeda Johnson and Brenda Adams. People of Vine City came together, and in shifts, stood guard during the nights until the unveiling.
Total cost of the statue placement was $800,000, provided by a host of Atlantans. The pedestal of the statue is of Stone Mountain granite.
Sponsors listed in the program included the following: 12 Stone Church, Another Chance Foundation; Carolyn Booker, Chick-fil-A; Clyde L. and Sandra J. Strickland Fund; Coca-Cola; Dame Didi Wong; Holy Cross Cathedral; Home Depot Backyard; James (Jay) Dennard; Jason and Monica Chandler; Larry Campbell; Metro Waterproofing; Minard-Wong Foundation; National Christian Foundation, Orlando; Scott Phelan Fund; Stewart and Lisa Cink; Tim Minard; and Waddy Family.
Friends of the movement included Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc.; American Made Stores; Andrew Young Foundation; Anglican Church in North America; Archbishop Foley Beach; The Art of Living; Christianity Today; Georgia Gwinnett College; Gwinnett Medical Center Foundation; Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church; The King Center; King Randall and X for Boys; Lucie Content; Magnolia Media Group; National Monuments Foundation; One Race; Russian Orthodox Church; Southern Baptist Convention; UN Women for Peace Association Inc.; Victoria’s Family Foundation; Victorious Family; and Westside Future Fund.
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McCarthy’s ventures are the antithesis of good leadership
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, left, greets President Joe Biden at the 2023 State of the Union Address. White House photo via Wikipedia.
By Jack Bernard, contributing columnist
PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. | The McCarthy controlled House GOP Steering Committee has assigned Georgia’s Marjorie Taylor Greene (MTG) to two important 118th Congress House Committees: Oversight and Accountability; and Homeland Security. What could he have been thinking?
Oh, right, he was thinking about how to overcome the opposition of the radical right-wing (misnamed) Freedom Caucus and get elected Speaker. Doing what helped Kevin McCarthy, rather than doing what is good for America, which would be bi-partisan cooperation. The same reason that he has not advocated passing a new debt ceiling (to pay off already incurred debts), even though he voted for raising it every time President Trump wanted it.
So, what will MTG do on the Oversight Committee? In her own words: investigate “the Biden Crime Family,” including “corrupt business dealing, every foreign entanglement, every abuse of power, and every check cut.”
Wonderful, we will totally waste taxpayer dollars for the next two years investigating the president’s son, solely for political purposes. And then hearing Georgia’s MTG on Fox News talking about how Hunter Biden’s laptop is a security threat to world peace, along with Jewish space lasers. But she has no evidence to prove that unfounded assertion.
And what about Homeland Security? Per MTG: “Our Border Patrol and ICE agents have their hands tied and have been turned into a welcoming committee by the Biden administration.” So, President Biden wants the political headache of mass immigration by undocumented people at our southern border? That only makes sense to brainwashed people who have lost their sense of reality.
Immigration has been a major political headache for the United States, so why would he want to make it worse?
At the same time, Speaker McCarthy has blocked respected California Democratic Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell from getting their usual Intelligence Committee assignments. Until the GOP took the House, Schiff chaired this committee adroitly.
McCarthy has done the same for Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota regarding the Foreign Affairs Committee. I have written about Rep. Omar in the past. Specifically, I believe her past statements conclusively show her to be an anti-Semite. However, she was duly elected. That means she has a right to be on appropriate committees, such as the House Foreign Affairs Committee, even if I disagree with her positions on Israel.
As for Reps. Schiff and Swalwell, they are two of the most competent legislators in the House. They are simply being pulled off their committees by McCarthy as an act of revenge. As these Representatives stated, McCarthy –“capitulated to the right wing of his caucus” in order to be elected Speaker.
The Republican Party has loudly proclaimed itself to be the party that makes government work. But, by capitulating to the farthest right-wing elements in the House, McCarthy has ensured that little will be accomplished in the House in 2023 and 2024. McCarthy has set the stage for increased conflict and even less bi-partisan cooperation, the exact opposite of what the American public desires. It is the antithesis of good governmental operations.
You must wonder will that be interpreted by the people as a reason to back the Democrats in next fall’s elections.
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Poses questions for reader from Loganville
Editor, the Forum:
This comment is directed to Ernest Wade, of Loganville.
I’m not sure how you would like the media to treat Donald Trump. Let me ask:
What is fair? Would you have them print everything Trump says as fact, or would you have them fact check him? Do you feel that stories of his family and friends breaking the law should be kept from public view?
Should the media edit his statements when he mangles the language or belittles cripples or those people who have wronged him? Do you ignore his failure to condemn the Insurrection at the Capitol?
Do you point out his many friends and cronies who have been indicted or gone to jail for crimes committed while he was the president, or ignore those criminal statistics?
Would you not want to know about the cost to the American people when he visits Mar-A-Lago or Trump Tower and charges the U.S. Government $3-7,000 for nightly room rentals for the Secret Service?
Do you refuse to print photos of him embracing and praising Putin? How about taking Top Secret documents to public places? Do you not want to have reported those stories because they are Secret?
I don´t know how the press is harming the First Amendment, but I know Trump would rather eliminate freedom of the press than fight for it. If you can point out some ways the press has treated Trump unfairly, I would welcome your response.
– Mike Eberlein, Peachtree Corners
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Long-term patient rehab center coming to Gainesville
Patients in need of long-term inpatient rehabilitation in north Georgia will soon have more access to these critical services. Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) and Lifepoint Rehabilitation, a business unit of Lifepoint Health of Brentwood, Tenn., have entered into a joint venture partnership to build and operate a new inpatient rehabilitation facility in Gainesville. The state of Georgia approved the project’s certificate of need last week.
Construction of the $62 million project is expected to begin later this year. NGHS and Lifepoint Rehabilitation anticipate opening the facility to patients in 2025.
With a total of 40 private rooms, the 61,000-square-foot facility will nearly double the patient capacity of the existing 24-bed inpatient rehabilitation unit at NGMC Gainesville. The new facility will feature a designated wing on the second floor for brain injury and stroke patients, as well as a large therapy suite including a gym, private therapy rooms, a cooking therapy room, an Activities of Daily Living therapy apartment and a variety of innovative rehabilitation equipment.
The new rehabilitation facility will provide intensive nursing, physical, occupational and speech pathology services for adults recovering from conditions such as stroke, neurological disease, brain or spinal cord injury and other debilitating illnesses or injuries. Lifepoint Rehabilitation will manage the day-to-day operations of the facility.
Upon completion, the NGHS rehabilitation facility will join Lifepoint Rehabilitation’s growing network of more than 30 inpatient rehabilitation facilities across the country.
GGC wins grant in support of math tutoring
The Georgia Foundation for Public Education (GFPE) has awarded a prestigious innovation pilot grant to the Georgia Gwinnett College Foundation in support of math tutoring for elementary school students in need of targeted support. The Innovative Education Fund Prototype Grant was awarded over one year to pilot an innovative education program that “has the potential to impact student outcomes and transform teaching and learning practices at the school or district.”
Dr. Amber Ebert, assistant professor in science education and department chair of Secondary Education for Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC), collaborated with GGC’s Advancement team to write the proposal in response to a need she saw while working with other grant-funded programs in the local community.
She says the grant proposal was singled out for the award because of the delivery of professional development onsite and the collaboration it encourages between the elementary school teachers and tutors from GGC.
“This math tutoring program is innovative because of the professional development component for the tutors, and the fact that it’s conducted onsite and directly before the tutoring happens,” she says. “There is a tremendous partnership and collaboration between our team and the school assistant principal, principal and teachers. Academic information is shared from the teachers – lessons, content, areas of need for students, curriculum being delivered in the classroom – so that tutoring isn’t stand-alone or ‘random,’ but rather exactly prescribed for the needs of the students.”
The $20,000 grant funds the program, which is being implemented at Alford Elementary School (AES) in Gwinnett County. The school was chosen based on a past collaboration with the school and principal and a data-driven need for added math support, as evidenced by test scores and past performance by students in math.
Dr. Bernadette Peiffer, a retired assistant professor in the School of Education now working as an adjunct faculty member, leads the implementation at AES. She based her curriculum development on research and constructed a professional development program about best practices in math tutoring.
She says: “It is a unique approach to serving the needs of grades 1-4 students who were identified by Alford Elementary faculty as needing some additional help in their mathematics skills and confidence. Moreover, it is serving the needs of Georgia Gwinnett students who are interested in incorporating tutoring skills into their preparation for professional careers,” says Peiffer. “This program is important because it builds on the critical elements of supporting students’ ability to see and believe in their abilities, as well as develops in the college tutors a depth of understanding of student math-thinking that will be critical to their futures as educators.”
Luckie is marketing agency for Mitsubishi TPA Tourney
Marketing agency Luckie and Co. of Duluth has been named the official marketing agency for the 2023 Mitsubishi Electric Classic. Georgia’s only PGA TOUR Champions event takes place May 1-7 at TPC Sugarloaf in Duluth. It will be the 11th annual tournament.
Luckie is serving as the official agency partner for the tournament, focused on the branding and design elements utilized on general tournament and special event collateral as well as tournament advertising which supports corporate and individual ticket sales. The agency is also participating in the Executive Women’s Day which takes place on May 1 and features keynote speaker Angela Gennari, founder of TITAN Global Enterprises.
The Mitsubishi Electric Classic debuted in 2013 and includes a 54-hole tournament featuring 78 PGA TOUR Champions professionals vying for a $2 million prize purse, as well as a full week of family-friendly activities and charitable events.
Mary Winslow, chief marketing officer for Luckie, says: “We are proud to be involved with this tournament, which not only takes place in our backyard, but also supports so many deserving non-profits. We’ve supported the Mitsubishi Electric Classic for the last several years as a community member; being affiliated in an official capacity in 2023 is a wonderful bonus.”
Luckie is a creative, data-driven agency that builds brands and brand experiences to solve real business problems and achieve results luck can’t explain. It is one of the top privately held marketing firms in the Southeast. Luckie works with companies in healthcare, travel & tourism, consumer packaged goods, and financial services including Regions Bank, Alabama Power, GlaxoSmithKline, Little Debbie, and Panama City Beach. The company has offices in Birmingham, Atlanta, Raleigh and Decentral and is celebrating its 70th anniversary in 2023.
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
By Susan McBrayer, Sugar Hill: This is my go-to Sherlock Holmes book when I’m in the mood for a creepy, atmospheric tale. The story primarily takes place in the isolated, bleak, melancholy and beautiful English countryside of Dartmoor. On the edge of the moor is the ancient, ivy-covered Baskerville Hall. The time is the late 1800’s when the elderly Lord Baskerville unexpectedly dies while strolling along the edge of the moor at midnight. Found beside his body are the footprints of what appears to be a giant hound. Could they belong to the vicious giant hound that has been rumored to curse the Baskerville family for generations? Mysterious things begin to happen when Baskerville’s heir, Henry, arrives to inherit the estate. The game is afoot and Sherlock Holmes is consulted. Creepy things are in store. (I once spent a week in Dartmoor and I can tell you, it is a perfect setting for a murder!)
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Seydell broke gender barrier into newspapering
Mildred Seydell broke the gender barrier and was one of the first women to work as a newspaper journalist in Georgia. She was a nationally syndicated columnist and book author, a strong advocate for women’s rights, and the founder of her own publishing company and quarterly journal.
Mildred Rutherford Woolley was born in Atlanta on March 21, 1889, to Bessie Rutherford and Little Berry Vasser Woolley, a lawyer and businessman. She was educated at the Lucy Cobb Institute in Athens and later at the Sorbonne in Paris, France. She married Paul Seydel, a Belgian scientist, in 1910. They had two sons, Paul and John. Her husband died in 1944, and she married his brother, Max, in 1947. They resided in Belgium for 20 years before returning to Atlanta in 1967.
Seydell, who added an extra “l” to her surname and kept it as a pen name, began writing as a community correspondent in 1921 for the Charleston Gazette in West Virginia. In 1924 she “invaded” the male-dominated world of newspapers in Georgia when she landed a job writing for the society page of the Atlanta Georgian, part of William Randolph Hearst’s vast chain of newspapers.
Confronted with barriers that discouraged prominence in the newspaper field, women journalists often orchestrated elaborate stunts to overcome these obstacles. Seydell used a palm-reading ruse to gain notice and a devoted readership, claiming to divulge local celebrities’ “characters” through an examination of their hands.
In 1925 Seydell, who had never covered a major news story, attended the Scopes trial in Dayton, Tennessee, as the Georgian’s correspondent and performed her palm-reading “stunt.” Her articles on the trial were nationally syndicated, and even though the assignment was more of a gimmick than a legitimate news story, she emerged as a prominent Georgia journalist.
Seydell made four annual trips abroad thereafter. During a trip in 1926, she interviewed Benito Mussolini, the prime minister of Italy, for Hearst’s newspapers. Her overseas reporting led to another syndicated series of articles, “Talks with Celebrities,” in which she interviewed many famous Hollywood stars of the era. Her first advice column “What Would You Do?” was published from 1926 to 1931.
During the 1930s, Seydell also began what was to be a lifelong association with the National Woman’s Party and its post-suffrage struggle for equal rights, serving as Atlanta chair in 1931, Georgia chair in 1932, and associate editor of Equal Rights magazine, a National Woman’s Party
In the 1930s Seydell published two books, Secret Fathers (1930) and Chins Up! (1939). In 1940 Seydell founded the Seydell Syndicate and The Think Tank newsletter, which featured current events, book reviews, and poetry, until 1947. The following year, after a move to Belgium with her second husband, she established the Mildred Seydell Publishing Company and the Seydell Quarterly, a journal of essays and poetry. She continued to write and publish in the journal for nearly 20 years, exploiting her position as a popular columnist to communicate what she felt were essential messages of the women’s cause.
Seydell died on February 20, 1988, in Roswell, at age 98. Her papers are housed in the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University in Atlanta.
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Can you pinpoint this street scene in our nation?
Here’s a street scene that could be anywhere in the nation. Your job is to figure out where this is. How many can name the street and city? Send your thoughts to elliottt@brack.net, and be sure to include your hometown.
Fran Worrall of Lawrenceville recognized the last Mystery Photo: “It’s the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., located on the Hudson River approximately 50 miles north of New York City. Founded in 1802, it’s the oldest of the five American service academies and educates cadets for commissioning into the United States Army. The entire central campus is a National Historic Landmark and many buildings were constructed in the Norman style of architecture from gray and black granite. Upon graduation, West Point cadets earn the distinction of becoming members of ‘The Long Gray Line’, which refers to the unique ties that bind every West Point graduate to all those who came before and to all those who will come after. Often referred to as the most highly connected alumni body in the world, West Point graduates boast a network of opportunity that is unrivaled in modern society.”
Others recognizing the photo include Lou Camerio, Lilburn; George Graf, Palmyra, Va.; Susan McBrayer, Sugar Hill; Lee Klaer, Duluth; and Allan Peel of San Antonio, Tex.
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Virtual Dementia Tour will be Thursday, April 6, at 11 a.m. It is for members of the Atlanta community who have a loved one experiencing dementia. This tour is offered through a partnership with Second Wind Dreams so that family members and caretakers can experience the physical and mental challenges their loved one with dementia faces on a daily basis in order to improve understanding, increase connection and ultimately provide better care. This is the first time the Virtual Dementia Tours are being offered publicly. To register, visit https://www.parksprings.com/hs-2023-04-06-rsvp/. The program is sponsored by the Park Springs community in Stone Mountain.
Lunch and Learn: How to Become an Entrepreneur. Learn how to start your own business and how to create a lender-ready business plan. Lunch will be provided. This will be held on Tuesday, April 11, at 11 a.m. at the Norcross Branch of the Gwinnett County Public Library.
Social Security 101 Workshop will be held Thursday, April 13, at 11 a.m. at the Five Forks Branch of the Gwinnett County Public Library. Join a Social Security Administration Specialist to learn about retirement benefits, Medicare, and services the Social Security Administration provides.
How Georgia Turned Purple is the title of a new book by Greg Bluestein of The Atlanta Journal and Constitution. He will appear at the Duluth Branch of the Gwinnett County Public Library on Thursday, April 20 at 8. p. m. to host a lively look at the players and issues reshaping Georgia and American politics. Books will be available for sale and signing.
Citizenship Clinic will be Friday, April 21 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Lawrenceville Branch of the Gwinnett County Public Library. Invest in your future by applying for United States Citizenship. Get free assistance in completing your naturalization application. Pre-registration is required.
Canning Workshop will be Saturday, April 22 at 11 a.m. at the Centerville Branch of the Gwinnett County Public Library. Learn from Gwinnett County UGA Extension agents the different types of canning processes and prepare your own apple preserves. Limited space. Registration is required.
Climate Intervention Workshop will be held on Saturday, April 22 at 11 a.m. at the Norcross Branch of the Gwinnett County Public Library. Are you concerned about climate change or just want to know what all the fuss is about? Join Climate Interactive Ambassadors to learn about MIT’s En-ROADS and explore solutions with this dynamic, interactive tool.
Family Promise Bed Race will be April 22 on the Historic Square in downtown Lawrenceville. The Parade of Beds is scheduled for 1030 a.m., with the races to begin at 11 a.m.
Join with the Gwinnett Historical Society for a new event at the Elisha Winn House on Sunday, April 23, from 2-4 p.m. It is co-hosted by the Society with Gwinnett County. Named “Way Back Winn,” it is intended to give attendees a chance to learn about times gone by with some fun thrown in, especially for kids. It showcases the most significant historic site in Gwinnett County, the place where the county took its first steps after creation by the Georgia Legislature on Dec. 15, 1818. There will be outdoor games, music, tours and refreshments.
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