GwinnettForum | Number 22.27 | April 18, 2023
GWINNETT WILL MARK EARTH DAY on April 22 from 9 a.m. until noon with a recycling event at Coolray Field, 2500 Buford Drive, near Interstate 85. It’s the perfect way to rid your household of recyclables, including latex and oil-based paints, electronics, tires, clothing, sneakers and paper for shredding, diverting tons of items from landfills. There will be volunteers at the event to assist in the unloading of items for recycling.
TODAY’S FOCUS: Pro cycling event at Peachtree Corners April 26
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Remembering “Preacher’s Room” in rural houses
SPOTLIGHT: Mingledorff’s
ANOTHER VIEW: Lilburn seeks transformation to a more vibrant area
FEEDBACK: Perry hit nail on the head about weapons
UPCOMING: Firm donating $3 million in wound care products to Ukraine
NOTABLE: Carolyn Bourdeaux joins Gwinnett 85 CID team
RECOMMENDED: Dear Store: An Affectionate Portrait of Rich’s by Celestine Sibley
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Music Star Trisha Yearwood is native of Monticello
MYSTERY PHOTO: Few clues photograph might need a simple guess
CALENDAR: How Georgia Turned Purple is topic Thursday at Duluth Library
Pro cycling event comes to Peachtree Corners on April 26
By Louis Svehla
PEACHTREE CORNERS, Ga. | This city will host the Curiosity Lab Criterium cycling event on Wednesday, April 26 as part of SpeedWeek. It is a premiere week-long event on the U.S. Pro Cycling Circuit that draws cyclists from around the world including Olympic Medalists and world and national Champions.
The racing will begin at 3:30 p.m. with races throughout the day. The final event will feature the Pro Men and will begin at 8:10 pm.
The races will be held at 310 Technology Parkway at City Hall and are sure to excite the patrons, as the track has been referred to as the hardest track on the Speedweek circuit. With hairpin turns and significant grade changes, you won’t be able to take your eyes off the competition.
In addition to professional racing, there will be races for the kids. Bring your little ones and their bikes and watch them compete to be crowned a 2023 kid’s race champion. At 5:50 p.m., just before the Men’s Category 2/3 race, there will be events for the next generation of speed demons. There will be three 3 races: 3/4-year-olds, 5/6-year-olds, and 7/8-year-olds.
Click to open larger PDF of the race course.
Experience level does not matter. The races are open to kids with experience on two wheels and those just starting out—trikes, training wheels, balance bikes, etc. Those wishing to race must arrive at the Kid’s Starting line by 5:30 p.m.
The kid race will be a straightaway sprint to the start/finish line. Tykes with trikes, training wheels, and balance bikes line up for a mad dash from one loving guardian on the starting line to the other on the finish line. (This event requires two adults per kiddo.)
At the races, there will be food offerings from Flavor on the Fork and Cali’s Smack Deelicious. For the adults, Peachtree Growlers will be onsite and will feature beers from the local brewery Anderby Brewing.
In addition to the racing, the Curiosity Lab Criterium will feature an innovative technology being deployed to improve roadway safety for vulnerable road users (VRUs).
Denver and Turin-based technology company Spoke Safety is transforming cyclist safety on roadways using Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X) technology. This technology ensures VRUs see cars and cars see VRUs before the naked eye can even detect them.
Partnered with Audi, the company will showcase its C-V2X unit built for cyclists and demonstrate how this technology works using Audi’s vehicle-based C-V2X technology. Spoke’s C-V2X unit alerts vehicles where a biker is in relation to their vehicle, what direction they are coming from, and if they are moving or stopped. Spoke units can also be placed on motorcycles and pedestrians, making this a game-changing application of C-V2X technology that will work to save lives across the country.
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Remembering the “Preacher’s Room” in rural houses
Brian Brown’s caption for this photo reads: “This hall-and-parlor cottage, complete with a preacher’s room, is a wonderful example of this historic vernacular form. While the romantic notion of a preacher’s room would suggest it hosted traveling preachers, it was more likely just an added room to accommodate a growing family. Perhaps visiting family used it, as well.” Photo provided.
By Elliott Brack
Editor and Publisher, GwinnettForum
April 18, 2023 | A photograph from the online site, Vanishing Georgia, showed a “preacher’s room” on a rural house in Wilkinson County which brought back memories of growing up in middle Georgia.
Brian Brown of Fitzgerald roams the countryside photographing old and often broken-down scenes of Georgia’s past. His Vanishing Georgia is an extensive and worthwhile effort to show how Georgians of the past lived.
My uncle and aunt were farmers, and lived in a house on a farm in Wilkinson County that had a preacher’s room. If rooms like it were not originally part of the house, later on part of the front porch was boarded up to become a room for the visitor. I’ve slept in such a room myself when visiting my uncle and aunt.
Preacher’s rooms originally were built in the days when many rural churches (of several denominations) had services only once a month. The Methodists grouped several nearby churches together in a circuit, alternating services at churches during the month. The ministers traveled that area on horse or in a buggy or wagon, and slept in preacher’s rooms in a member’s home when on that circuit visiting a particular church. Most often the minister stayed only one or two nights in such rooms, before returning to his own home.
It was a great honor for the church member to “put up” the minister, and of course, to feed him meals. The minister usually was asked to pronounce the blessing at meals. By the way, the family hosting the minister also tended to the horse or mule by putting the animal in the barn and feeding him also.
The preacher’s room was relatively small, primarily with a bed and night stand, and usually with no heat. Rural houses of that era had heat in a big living room and kitchen, but most bedrooms had no stove or chimney. To get warm, you went to the living room (which often had a bed in it for warmth for the main occupants) or better still, to the kitchen with its wood stove, where there was always heat.
Air conditioning? Forget it. This was in the day before electricity came to the rural areas I knew in Middle Georgia. And that’s one reason there was a porch to begin with: so people would not be boarded-up inside during the summer. The porch offered a bit more air stirring to combat the heat. That gave entrance to the hand-held paper fans with wooden handles. Every home had several fans, usually with the name of a funeral home printed on them, that day’s commercial advertisement vehicle.
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Lilburn seeks transformation to a more vibrant area
By Tad Leithead
Executive director, Lilburn CID
LILBURN, Ga. | The City of Lilburn officially has adopted the updated Livable Centers Initiative (LCI) Plan, which includes recommendations for area improvements to transform Lilburn into a walkable, vibrant area with increased mobility options and improved access to jobs and services. The city intends to incorporate the LCI into its 2019 Comprehensive Plan, which is currently being updated with assistance from the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) and a steering committee.
Leithead
It was exciting to see the process unfold and watch the community interact and engage with the proposed recommendations. In addition to creating retail, arts and culture hubs around the BAPS Mandir, Plaza Las Americas and Old Town Lilburn, the creation and expansion of walking trails and the addition of new greenspaces, like pocket parks, were particularly well-received.
The LCI Plan results were compiled over a nine-month process and incorporated community input, economic analysis and projected population growth analysis. The adopted study is the result of the combined efforts of the Lilburn CID, the City of Lilburn, Lilburn Downtown Development Authority, Gwinnett County, Atlanta Regional Commission, Sizemore Group, Kimley-Horn, PAG Group and Sycamore Consulting as well as public participation at multiple in-person events and an online survey that captured 1,874 interactions.
The plan outlines six key nodes within the area on which to focus development efforts. These include:
- Uptown Lilburn near U.S. Highway 29 and Indian Trail Road;
- 24-acre Midtown Shopping district with retail and housing near U.S. Highway 29 and Beaver Ruin Road;
- 12-acre Hotel district at U.S. Highway 29 near Rockbridge Road near the BAPS Mandir;
- 8-acre Technology Park with retail and housing at U.S. Highway 29 near Lester Road; and
- 114-acre Arts and Culture District with housing and breweries near Lilburn Industrial Way and Killian Hill Road.
The LCI plan includes greenspaces throughout the area with the intent that every resident in Lilburn is no more than a 10-minute walk away from trail access, a pocket park or an existing park. Other transit improvements would mitigate traffic in these areas.
The continued collaboration between the public and the LCI study team members, including the City of Lilburn and the Downtown Development Authority, is what makes a better Lilburn possible.
The first step in the LCI implementation process is the creation of the Improvements and Traffic Management Study on U.S. Highway 29 study, after which the LCI’s proposed road and transit improvements would be eligible for funding and commencement. Read the full Plan results here.
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Perry hit nail on the head about weapons
Editor, the Forum:
Raleigh Perry hit the nail on the head with his comment about weapons.
The problem is the National Rifle Association and the gun lobby, using a misguided interpretation of the Second Amendment and already having convinced a great number of vocal people of their interpretation. They are entitled to their opinion and I am entitled to mine.
Their interpretation is wrong. Raleigh Perry is correct… there is no need for AR-15’s and automatic weapons or 30 round clips.
— Dan Bollinger Sr., Loganville
Readers congratulate GwinnettForum on 23 years
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Firm donating $3 million in wound care products to Ukraine
A Georgia company is helping Ukraine US Network by donating $3 million of innovative wound care kits.
ProgenaCare of Marietta, the regenerative healthcare company, makes ProgenaMatrix. This is an all-natural, human keratin matrix wound dressing, PhaseOne Health, whose hypochlorous acid cleanser effectively manages biofilm, bacteria and fungi in skin and wounds. It also produces Datt MediProducts, which specializes in a wide variety of medical tapes, bandages, adhesives and antimicrobial wound dressings.
It has announced a collaboration with 501(c)(3) non-profits HelpingUkraine.us and Friends of Disabled Adults & Children (FODAC) that will deliver close to $3 million of novel, advanced wound care to Ukrainian medical facilities.
The partnership will make use of Ukrainian’s proficient Rotary Club infrastructure on-the-ground and FODAC’s vast expertise in shipping, freighting, and warehousing medical supplies. Co-founder of ProgenaCare, John Daniel, Kristopher Perkins, president of SASR Health – which supports PhaseOne – will personally oversee the delivery of the wound care shipment and provide in-depth training for medical staff across Ukraine.
He says: “I am enthusiastic about being a part of this larger effort to support folks fighting for their lives. The reality of war Ukrainians are facing is difficult,” says Daniel. “We are donating our products because we believe they can make a positive healing difference. Our team is traveling to Ukraine personally to ensure doctors, clinicians and other relevant health professionals are trained properly on the application and maintenance of ProgenaMatrix, PhaseOne, and Datt MediProducts so patients get optimized care in a fraught environment. Though he was unable to attend this first mission, we value our relationship with Rajan Datt – CEO of New Delhi-based Datt MediProducts.”
ProgenaMatrix is the first and only human keratin matrix commercially available and, when combined with PhaseOne, will support the body’s healing process by helping to maintain a moist environment and enabling keratosis migration, according to studies provided by the companies’ healthcare partners. PhaseOne optimizes the wound bed to receive the ProgenaMatrix dressing and is great for skin traumas, burns and lacerations. Jointly, the products produce cooperative and impressive healing results to patients. ProgenaMatrix’s perforated design makes it suitable for a range of applications, owing to the ease of cutting the dressing to size. Datt MediProducts will finalize the treatments with their state-of-the-art antimicrobial dressings, sealing in the two treatments to ensure a timely and effective healing.
Perkins stated: “SASR Health is proud to be supporting one of our flagship partners in this charitable venture. ProgenaCare’s ProgenaMatrix and PhaseOne work in tandem and are going to deliver incredible, life-changing recovery results for injured soldiers, civilian adults, and children, as well as other Ukrainians with acute and chronic wounds. Together, the hypoallergenic products are a unique breakthrough for wound care clinicians.”
Bourdeaux joins Gwinnett 85 CID team
Bourdeaux
Gateway85 Community Improvement District (GW85 CID) has added former U.S. Rep. and Dr. Carolyn Bourdeaux to its team as a consultant on special projects. In her new role, Bourdeaux will work on a range of special projects, including electric vehicle (EV) charging stations within the district and efforts to improve Jimmy Carter Boulevard, among other efforts.
Bourdeaux has built a career at the intersection of public policy, politics and governance. She served as a Democratic Member of Congress from Georgia from 2021-2022.
Emory Morsberger, executive director of theGateway85 CID, says: “Given her expertise and experience, Dr. Carolyn Bourdeaux is an incredible addition to our small but mighty team. She will concentrate on efforts that will bring immediate benefit to our members and the district as a whole.”
Prior to entering politics, Bourdeaux was a state and local public finance expert and held an appointment as an Associate Professor of Public Management and Policy at Georgia State University. Her peers elected her for membership of the National Academy for Public Administration, and she also served as Director of Georgia’s Senate Budget and Evaluation Office during the Great Recession, where she received recognition by the Senate for significant service to the State of Georgia. Bourdeaux will also continue to teach at the University of Georgia as a Senior Visiting Scholar.
Gwinnett Place CID re-elects two of its directors
Weiner
Edwards
Directors have re-elected two members of the Gwinnett Place Community Improvement District. Leo Wiener, president of Ackerman Retail, was also chosen to again serve as board chair and Jill Edwards, senior vice president, United Community Bank, was also re-elected. They will serve three-year terms and join five other board members working to enhance the prosperity of Gwinnett Place by partnering with Gwinnett County organizations and property owners to participate in future redevelopment efforts for the greater Gwinnett Place district.
Prior to joining Ackerman, Leo was a principal and partner of Glenwood Development Company, concentrating on retail development and redevelopment in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic; and managing director at an Atlanta-based boutique real estate firm.
Edwards is involved with the Gwinnett Coalition for Health and Human Services and Rainbow Village and Across the Bridge boards. She has 15 years of membership in Kiwanis and leadership on Wachovia’s United Way Employee Campaign for Metro Atlanta. She also serves on the board for the Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia.
FODAC’s Run, Walk’n Roll is May 6 at Stone Mountain Park
FODAC is inviting the community to participate in this year’s Run, Walk ‘n’ Roll event Saturday, May 6, from 9:30 a.m. until noon in person at Stone Mountain Park. This is an age and ability-inclusive event to raise funds for FODAC’s Home Medical Equipment Program.
The event will have a kid’s area with ability-inclusive games for all age groups, food available for purchase, a DJ, and musical entertainment by The Lost Boys. Supporters will also have the option to participate virtually from any location that works best for them. Those who register will have free admission to Stone Mountain Park.
To learn more about the event or to register to participate, details about the event can be found at Run, Walk ‘n’ Roll Event – May 6, 2023 – Friends of Disabled Adults and Children.
FODAC, based in Stone Mountain, helps all with disabilities. Home medical equipment (HME) like wheelchairs, power chairs, walkers, canes, in-home patient lifts, hospital beds, bath equipment, and specialized pediatric equipment is costly that some simply cannot afford. Last year it impacted 3,067 clients and provided 5,926 home medical equipment items and repairs at little or no cost to the client. The retail value of these items is $4,084,696.
Dear Store: An Affectionate Portrait of Rich’s by Celestine Sibley
From Miriam Machida, Watkinsville: Celestine wrote a loving portrait of a beloved store—Rich’s of downtown Atlanta. This history begins with the founding family and ends with the lighting of the Great Tree—the signal that Christmas had begun. The book was written in celebration of Rich’s 100th anniversary. If I need to tell you who Celestine Sibley was—the premiere lady columnist for the Atlanta Constitution from 1941 to 1999—then I need to explain that Rich’s was the department store where customers could buy anything and return it with no questions asked. The customer was always right. Tidbits about Rich’s: the bakeshop provided President Franklin Roosevelt with birthday cakes when he vacationed in Warm Springs. The display department was always coming up with something interesting. Once a replica of Michelangelo’s David was installed on the roof. Someone thought an adjustment was needed and modestly draped it with a loincloth.”
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Music star Trisha Yearwood is native of Monticello
With numerous successful albums and many major awards under her belt, Trisha Yearwood is well established as one of country music’s most popular and appealing female vocalists. Starting with her debut release in 1991, she has amassed an enormous following of listeners who are drawn to her “everywoman” songs of fortitude and vulnerability.
Patricia Lynn Yearwood was born in Monticello on September 19, 1964, to Gwen and Jack Yearwood. She grew up on a 30-acre farm, absorbed the influence of Elvis Presley and other pop stars as a child, and sought out a broad range of popular music—from the traditional country artists in her parents’ record collection to southern-based rock and roll.
After graduation from high school, where she performed in musicals and choral groups, Yearwood received a two-year business degree from Young Harris College and subsequently attended the University of Georgia in Athens for one quarter. In 1985 she transferred to Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn., and graduated in 1987 with a bachelor’s degree in music business. That same year she married her first husband, Christopher Latham; the couple divorced in 1991. Yearwood began her career as an intern and as a receptionist at MTM Records and sang demo tapes, for which she was paid $50 apiece.
Fellow country music performer Garth Brooks heard Yearwood and asked her to provide backup vocals on his 1990 release, No Fences. In 1991 she became his opening act—the same year she released her solo debut, Trisha Yearwood. Her first single, “She’s in Love with the Boy,” spent two weeks at the top of the country charts; it was the first of four hits from the album. The album sold two million copies and earned her the Academy of Country Music award for top new female vocalist.
From the beginning of her career, Yearwood combined the pop sensibility of one of her idols, Linda Ronstadt, with the more traditional sound of such country artists as Tammy Wynette. Her sensitive interpretive skills and strong, versatile voice have allowed her to blend pop, folk, and adult contemporary music and achieve tremendous crossover appeal.
In 1994 she married Robert Reynolds, a bass player for the country music group the Mavericks, in a ceremony in Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. The couple filed for divorce in 2000.
Yearwood has also enjoyed a successful acting career, with a recurring role on the TV series JAG. She has appeared in other TV shows and movies, including Ellen; The Thing Called Love; Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman; and The Naked Truth.
She was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 1999 and the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 2000. In 2005 Yearwood released the album Jasper County, named for her home county in Georgia. That same year she married her longtime collaborator Garth Brooks; the couple lives in Oklahoma.
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Few clues in photograph might need a wild guess
There are few clues in today’s Mystery Photo. So, our suggestion: just jump to a quick idea of where this might have been taken. Send your idea to elliott@brack.net, and include your hometown.
For the most recent mystery, Susan McBrayer, Sugar Hill, said: “This is the Double Arch in the Windows Section of Arches National Park near Moab, Utah. It’s about 112 feet above ground level and about 144 feet wide and is the third longest arch in the park.” She added: “Hats off to the photographer of this stunning photo because the vivid blue of the sky and the white puffy clouds are, to me, as pretty as the rock formation. I also like being able to see people at the base which gives me an idea of the scope of these giant arches.” Sending in the photo was Molly Titus of Peachtree Corners.
Lots of readers spotted the photo, including Pat Bruschini, Peachtree Corners; Tom Fort, Snellville; Jay Altman, Columbia, S.C.; Michael Rooney, Lawwrenceville; George Graf, Palmyra, Va.; Jim Cofer, Snellville; Lou Camerio, Lilburn; Gloria James, Lawrwenceville; Michael Ebner, Highland Park, Ill.; Will Nelson, Buford; and Fran Worrall, Lawrenceville. To get to this site, Allan Peel of San Antonio, Tex. wrote: “Although the Double Arch is visible from the ‘The Windows’ Parking Loop, all visitors should really try to walk to, and under, the two arches, The Double Arch Trail is an easy, gently-sloping (30-foot elevation gain) hike that is only 0.6-miles there and back from the parking loop.”
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How Georgia Turned Purple is topic Thursday at Duluth Library
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.
Demo Day at the Water Tower will be April 21, 2023. Demo Day provides the opportunity for water technology companies and manufacturers, consulting and engineering firms, and water utilities to spend the day experiencing the industry’s latest technologies in the field and in the control room while networking with public, private and nonprofit peers. This event is free for utility staff and lunch will be provided. Click to Learn more and register.
Gwinnett Ballet Theatre (GBT) will present three performances at the Sugarloaf Performing Arts Center on April 21 and 22. The April 21 performance will be at 7 p.m., and the performances on April 22 will be at 2 and 7 p.m. This performance features choreography from our resident choreographer, Jennifer Mason, and commissioned work from Cecily Davis. There will also be performances choreographed by the next generation of artists at GBT: Jane Arona, Karsyn Lesley, Tristen Prescott and Claire Wright. Space is limited to only 65 tickets for each show. The theatre is located at 1070 Northbrook Parkway in Suwanee.
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.
The Braselton Artisan Festivals are held throughout the year, with the two biggest Artisan Festivals featuring 300+ vendors in April and October. In addition to vintage treasures and handmade finds, the April 21-23 show includes plants, yard art, outdoor furniture, and everything needed to celebrate spring. The event in 2023 is the festival’s 20th year!
Drug Take Back: The Gwinnett Police Department will partner with the Drug Enforcement Administration for National Drug Take Back, an initiative that allows residents to properly dispose of unused or expired prescription medications. Residents can drop off tablets, capsules, patches, and other forms of prescription drugs at Police Headquarters and precinct locations. Precincts will be accepting prescription items on Saturday, April 22 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Liquids, syringes, and sharps will not be accepted. Residents will not be questioned about medical history or medication possession. For more information, call 678-442-6520 or email PDCommunityAffairs@GwinnettCounty.com.
Community Recycling will be Saturday, April 22, from 9 a.m. until noon at Coolray Field in Lawrenceville, sponsored by Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful, co-hosted with Gwinnett County Solid Waste. Items to be collected that day will include latex and oil-based paints, electronics, tires, clothing, sneakers, and paper for shredding. This is an Earth Day event, and will include Touch-A-Truck, refreshments, a chance for residents to meet their haulers, opportunities to learn about programs and services from various county departments, and more. It will be a “rain-or-shine” event.
Norcross Earth Day Recycling will be April 22 from 8 a.m. until noon at Norcross Public Works. Items for recycling include single-stream recyclables, glass bottles and jars, electronics, and scrap metal. Plus, this year the City is partnering with Friends of Disabled Adults and Children, also known as FODAC, to collect gently used medical equipment. For more information and a list of accepted materials, visit aplacetoimagine.com.
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.
12th annual Family Promise Bed Race will be April 22 on the Historic Square in downtown Lawrenceville. The Parade of Beds is scheduled at 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 and 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.
Fertility After 40 will be Monday, April 24 at 7 p.m. at the Norcross Branch. Join Gwinnett County Public Library to hear an enlightening talk by author and podcaster Tamika Michelle Johnson, about her new book, 40+ Fertility Tips for Women Over 40 Who Are Trying To Conceive. Books available for sale and signing.
Foster Parent Information Session will be Tuesday, April 25 at 6:30 p.m. at the Lawrenceville Branch of Gwinnett County Public Library.Join the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services to learn how to become a Foster Parent.
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