GwinnettForum | Number 22.7o | Oct. 6, 2023
TOP AWARD: Alberta Alleyne, center, has been named Adjunct Instructor of the Year by Gwinnett Technical College. She has more than 25 years of education, leadership, and in the real estate industry. Flanking her are Dean of Computer Services Garfield Anderson and vice president of academic affairs Rebecca Anderson. For more details, see Notable below.
TODAY’S FOCUS: Read the book: It Can’t Happen Here; or can it?
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Considering the office of Speaker of the U.S. House
SPOTLIGHT: Sugarloaf Community Improvement District
ANOTHER VIEW: Giving Albert’s loved ones a sense of calm
FEEDBACK: Takes umbrage in blaming Biden for the high living cost
UPCOMING: Elisha Winn Fair coming this weekend in Dacula
NOTABLE: Gwinnett County gives its employees a pay raise
OBITUARY: The Rev. Donald E. Hanberry
RECOMMENDED: The Hill, a movie
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Monticello native was Sergeant Major of the U.S. Army
MYSTERY PHOTO: Just which country and which city does this represent?
CALENDAR: Dash 4 Domestic Violence Awareness 5K on Saturday
Read the book: It Can’t Happen Here; or can it?
By Raleigh Perry
BUFORD, Ga. | It Can’t Happen Here is a book by Sinclair Lewis published in 1935. I am not going into what takes place in the book, I want you to read it and figure matters out for yourself. I am basically stating that It Can’t Happen Here just might.
Perry
There is no one in the list of candidates for the Republican presidential nomination including the individual who does not join in, that is right for this country. They argue amongst themselves but do not get into the major issue of the campaign, former president Donald Trump.
Why ex-President Trump is not showing up is up to speculation. But the statistics indicate that he will most likely be the nominee, as ridiculous as you can imagine, that jurisdictions. Him being in court will take up most of his year of campaigning and keep him busy. He has said that he will run even if he is in prison.
I do not trust polls, especially if they are taken too soon in the season and most of what you are seeing now is just that. Trump has quite a following which is, more and more, really a cult. The cult is a bit remiss in where they get their news. They get it only from Trump-biased media and they never hear the whole story, only what they want to see and hear.
Recently Trump has said that if elected he will not leave office when his term is over. If elected, he has said that he will be in control of everything. He will expunge the Congress, the FBI, the DOJ and other independent agencies and manage the whole nation by himself. In essence he will become a Fascist leader.
We are all familiar with Fascist leaders, especially those of us who were around when other Fascists were in power. We are familiar with Hitler, Mussolini, Castro, Mao, Xi, all those in the Balkans and an abundance of others. Citizens who do not like policies of dictators like these are disposed of. In other words, Trump will kill our Democratic government.
At least as important as the things that Trump has said is the upcoming plan that has been submitted in book form the They Heritage Foundation. The book Mandate for Leadership: the Conservative Promise presents project 2025. The book is ponderous. The Heritage Foundation publishes one of these types of books every election time and the one that came out before Trump’s term in office was followed, almost to a T, by none other than Trump. This one produced a plan to obliterate our Democratic system and set up a government run totally by one man. To get an idea of how this will come about, my advice is to read It Can’t Happen Here and see the parallels.
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Considering the office of Speaker of the U.S. House
Gavel of former House Speaker John Boehner, via Flickr.
By Elliott Brack
Editor and Publisher, GwinnettForum
OCT. 6, 2023 | Who is considered the worst Speaker of the House of Representatives ever? We certainly are no expert, but in the face of the ouster of Kevin McCarthy as speaker, we got to wondering about other speakers in our nation’s history.
But first, let’s look a little more at why McCarthy was canned as the 118th Speaker. Sure, it was because a Florida Congressman called the question, but remember, there were only eight Republicans who voted to deny him continuing as speaker. And 216 people voted to remove him, meaning that 208 Democrats voted to oust him from the speakership with the help of those few Republicans. That happens because every representative, both Democrat and Republican, votes on who is to be the Speaker. Usually, the party that controls the House, now the Republicans, automatically determines who is the Speaker.
So why were the Democrats so united? We suspect for one reason: it was McCarthy who allowed the impeachment against President Joe Biden to proceed, against what is seen as scant, if any, evidence. Why should the Democrats want to see McCaarthy continue to have power and be allowed to propagate such a farce? So McCarthy is gone. Now we have Republican Patrick McHenry of North Carolina as the speaker pro tem, with little power except to call for the election of a new speaker.
Republicans in the last few years have had several speakers who did not shine while in office. And over the years, so have Democrats.
Washington observers remember President Obama had to work with two of the worst speakers of the House: John Boehner of Ohio and Paul Ryan of Wisconsin. Both had anti-Democratic approaches to legislating, trying to pass legislation by appealing only to their party.
You may also remember another recent Republican speaker, Dennis Hastert of Ohio. He eventually went to prison as a serial child molester. But in his role as speaker, he allowed President George H.W. Bush to go to war and then initiate the long-term occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan without declarations. This rubber-stamped the administration’s anti-Constitutional assaults on civil liberties. One pundit thought his worst action was his failure to serve the American people who most needed a Congress to counter the malignant neglect of the Bush-Cheney administration.
Republicans will tell you that Nancy Pelosi was a terrible Speaker. Essentially, that means that she countered what the Republicans proposed with effective tactics over and over. And she kept the Democrats united against Republican measures.
Some historians will tell you that a Georgian, Howell Cobb, was a terrible speaker, using his office to promote slavery.
Another notable speaker includes another Georgian, Newt Gingrich, who was good at what he did, but is questioned on whether it was good for the USA.
The longest serving speaker: Sam Rayburn, of Texas, who was 17 years in that office. Henry Clay of Kentucky was next, with 10 years, followed by Tip O’Neill of Massachusetts with nine years. Kevin McCarthy ranks as the third shortest time as speaker, 270 days. One guy, Theodore Pomeroy of New York, was speaker only one day in 1869.
Let’s end with some thoughts from Sam Rayburn, the longest serving Speaker, who had great wisdom in his leadership.
“You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too.”
“Too many critics mistake the deliberations of the Congress for its decisions.”
“Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations.”
And one which explains a lot about how government works:
“When you get too big a majority, you’re immediately in trouble.”
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Giving Albert’s loved ones a sense of calm
By Tommy Purser
HAZLEHURST, Ga. | We said our last goodbyes to the good wife’s brother this week. It was a sad time but not an unexpected time. We knew it was coming.
Purser
Dementia …. Alzheimer’s …. whatever it was — there are few things pleasant about the condition.
But let me share a kind of silver lining in the dark clouds that surrounded Albert’s last days on earth. A positive thought amidst all the sadness, all the sense of loss that came with his passing.
As his situation got progressively worse, he forgot who his wife of 54-plus years was. He referred to her as “that woman.” In the cloud that enshrouded his mind, “that woman” was nothing more than a caregiver, a hired nurse, someone to take care of him as his health deteriorated.
He knew his three sons. He knew his granddaughters. He knew his sister, my good wife Kay.
But he didn’t know his precious wife Sally. Oftentimes during the good wife’s phone calls to her last surviving brother, she would ask him how Sally was.
“Sally?” he replied with confusion in his tone. “I don’t know her.”
But, a few short days before Albert drew his last breath, the unknown Sally — “that woman” who was taking care of him — leaned over the side of his bed and asked, “Do you know who I am?”
“Yeah,” he replied. “You’re Sally.” And he reached toward her and pulled her down close to his face to give her a kiss.
“I love you,” he told Sally a short time later.
It was kind of as if God was giving him a few brief moments of clarity after months and months of decreased mental acuity — as if God was giving Albert’s loved ones a sense of calm — a sense of closure.
God does indeed act in mysterious ways.
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Takes umbrage in blaming Biden for the high living cost
Dear Editor:
I take umbrage to the fellow from Suwanee about the high cost of living and blaming our President Biden for it. The real blame should be placed squarely on the shoulders of the American people. Unless you are elderly (those who are 65 and older, [full disclosure, I turned 70 this year]) and accept Social Security and on Medicare/Medicaid, you should be ashamed for putting all the problems of this country on one person. We should all be blamed for the high cost of goods and services because we demand it. A bigger house, a bigger car, more electronics for ourselves and better toys for our children, always trying to outdo each other with material things we can’t afford with less money in our pockets because of the greed on Wall Street, not President Biden.
I survived the greed of the 1980’s and 90’s because I had a good job as did my husband. We didn’t buy a new car every year and we have lived in the same house we bought 44 years ago. We watched the housing bubble collapse a lot of people’s dreams, but they survived. We all survived despite President Reagan’s trickle-down voodoo. And now the Republicans want to bring that back and burden the poor. There isn’t a middle class anymore, at least I don’t see one.
You want to “noodle” your points about President Biden? Unless he had a crystal ball, he didn’t know what a disaster withdrawing from Afghanistan would be since the past president mandated the date for the withdrawal. The chaos would probably have still happened no matter who was in office at the time.
As for President Biden being a doddering old man, have you listened to and watched the last guy in office recently? I just wonder if the last guy as president has Long COVID? After all he did what Reagan did for AIDS, almost nothing until it might have been too late to control the virus.
Try listening to other views on the subject of economics. It’s not rosy, but it’s not dire either. It’s called tightening your belts and living within your means.
– Sara Rawlins, Lawrenceville
We need someone to rescue this floundering ship
Editor, the Forum:
Jack Bernard´s column is right-on. The orange-haired crazy who ran this ship for a while created a huge schism in the country. There are many folks clamoring for civil war. They seem to forget we killed about 700,000 Americans in the one before.
And still the MAGA hats bow to great stupidity and discourage civility, social intercourse and naturally, are against any type of joint bipartisan Dem/Rep efforts. I am hoping that a person of great intellect, manners, wit and humor appears on the scene to rescue this floundering ship…before we truly hit the rocks and break apart.
– Mike Eberlein, Peachtree Corners
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44th Elisha Winn Fair coming this weekend in Dacula
The 44th Elisha Winn Fair will be held this coming weekend, October 7-8 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Winn house, 809 Dacula Road in Dacula. Admission is $5 and children under 12 get in free. Funds generated go toward Gwinnett Historical Society’s Winn House Restoration Account.
In addition to tours of the historic buildings, attendees will see 1812 Militia reenactors, blacksmiths at work, ladies in period attire spinning, weaving, churning butter, and more. Musicians will be performing throughout the two-day event. Craft and food vendors will be situated throughout the property. The name of the lucky quilt raffle winner will be drawn on Sunday afternoon. You do not have to be present to win!
Intelligent traffic control system coming to Gwinnett
Peachtree Corners has announced a partnership with ITC Intelligent Traffic Control Ltd (ITC), providing an agnostic software solution that can be applied to existing traffic infrastructure to measure traffic. It can also predict and mitigate congestion before it occurs for a more safe, sustainable and efficient travel experience. ITC will be partnering with Curiosity Lab to launch this solution for the first time in the United States and will be deploying the solution in select Peachtree Corners’ traffic intersections for demonstrations and testing.
ITC’s software solution connects to existing traffic cameras and uses ground-breaking computer vision analysis to accurately identify all road objects and collect data including speed, acceleration, traffic flow, distance, pedestrian activity and more, while complying with privacy regulations by hiding license plates and faces. Using proprietary machine learning models, this data is then used to create a traffic model that highlights patterns of each intersection or corridor with the ability to connect across a grid of intersections and create one holistic image. ITC is also predicting traffic patterns in real-time based on historical data, enabling cities to have proactive and adaptive control of traffic congestion.
In addition to uncovering patterns, ITC’s solution can create traffic simulations across intersections and corridors where the software is deployed. Here, traffic controllers and city managers will be able to see real-time object-driven visualization and simulation with a geographic overlay and to create countless theoretical traffic scenarios for the software to solve. Through its proprietary algorithms, ITC’s software can also manage traffic based on a city’s specific goals, whether that be to limit carbon emissions and improve sustainability or provide general traffic management, prioritize pedestrians or public transit and more.
Gwinnett County gives its employees a pay raise
The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners has approved a five percent market adjustment for eligible County employees. The move also increases by an additional per cent the salaries of first responders in Police, Fire and Emergency Services, Sheriff’s Office, District Attorney’s Office, Solicitor’s Office, Corrections and E911 members.
The decision supports the Board’s goal to recruit and retain quality employees. Recruitment remains a challenge for local governments in a highly competitive hiring environment, particularly in public safety.The Board’s focus on increased compensation also acknowledges the impact the rising cost of living has had on employees since the last market adjustment. The changes are retroactive to September 30.
Alleyne is GTC Adjunct Instructor of the Year
Alberta Alleyne has been named Adjunct Instructor of the Year by Gwinnett Technical College, with more than 25 years of education, leadership, and in real estate.
For the past 15 years, Alleyne has contributed her expertise at Gwinnett Technical College, where she excels in teaching computer concepts and is the Chair for the CIS Mentoring Program under the Computer Sciences department. Through the CIS Mentoring Program, Alberta has actively engaged students in transformative activities like organizing the CIS job fair, web design contest, and mentoring relaunch event. The event’s success exemplified the program’s commitment to fostering meaningful connections between students and the professional world.
Computer Sciences Dean Garfield Anderson nominated Alleyne for the 2023 Adjunct of the Year, stating, “Alberta’s energetic passion for promoting and being present for all Gwinnett Tech and CIS student-focused activities is unparalleled.”
Alleyne holds a bachelor’s degree in science with a major in Information Systems Management and a Master of Education specializing in Instructional Technology. She is also an alumnus of the Volunteer Involvement Program at United Way Atlanta.
JEMC Foundation donates $37,500 to local charities
The Jackson EMC Foundation board of directors awarded a total of $196,771 in grants for organizations during its recent meeting, including $37,500 to organizations serving Gwinnett County.
- $15,000 to Boy With a Ball, in Buford, to provide curriculum materials for the Velocity Cross Age Mentoring program.
- $15,000 to Barrow Ministry Village, in Winder, for its counseling program that offers affordable counseling services to needy families in all counties served by Jackson EMC.
- $7,500 to Bethel Haven, in Watkinsville, for its Mental Health Counseling Program that supports mental health services and therapeutic counseling sessions for distressed children, teens, adults and families in all counties served by Jackson EMC.
“Boowl-a-Thon” to benefit Special Kneads and Treats
The Rotary Club of North Gwinnett will host its seventh Annual “B00wl-a-Thon” fundraiser at the Sugarloaf Mill’s Dave and Buster’s on October 10, 2023 from 4 to 7 p.m. The event is one of two major fundraisers for the Rotary Club.
This year’s event will have a Halloween theme. Called “Boowl-a-Thon 2023,” bowling teams are encouraged to wear costumes as they raise funds to benefit Special Kneads and Treats, Inc. The BOOwl-a-Thon consists of employees from local companies and other Rotary Clubs along with their families and friends. Bowling teams from Annandale Village, Happy Feat and Special Kneads and Treats will also be participating.
The mission of Special Kneads and Treats, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, is to ensure that any child in our community, who has a birthday whose family cannot afford a birthday cake, receives one free.
The Rev. Donald E. Hanberry
The Reverend Donald Edwin Hanberry, 90, of Snellville, was called home to be with the Lord on Friday, September 29, 2023. Donald was born on July 28, 1933 in Clyo, Georgia to Henry Theodore and Lottie Belle Porterfield Hanberry, and educated in Clyo schools. He graduated from Reinhardt and Newberry Colleges. In 1958, he graduated from the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary and in 1972 received his Master of Sacred Theology. On June 4, 1955 Donald married the love of his life, Dorothy Janet “Jan” Arnsdorff. They were blessed with four children and married for 68 years.
Hanberry
He is survived by his loving wife, Jan; daughter, Candace Rausch (Gerald); and sons, Andrew (Sheri), Randall (Lisa), and Sandford Hanberry; grandchildren, David (Jenni), Daniel (Ashley), and Diana Rausch, Nicholas (Katelyn), Mackenzie, Madison (Sarah), Alexander, and Natalie Hanberry; great-grandchildren, Hannah, Noah, Peyton, Carter Rausch, Sutton Hanberry; sisters-in-law, Lee Ellen Hanberry, Pam McBride and Cynthia Arnsdorff; brothers-in-law, Alton Gordon (Clara Sue) and Charlie T. Arnsdorff.
Donald was an active Lutheran Minister for 53 years. During that time, he served at 15 churches in five states. He founded four mission churches including Trinity Lutheran Church in Lilburn that will celebrate 50 years in December 2023. He also served All Saints Lutheran in Lilburn.
He retired from active ministry in 2010. Donald was a President of the Georgia Salzburger Society. He served on the Board of Regents for Newberry College and was the recipient of a Sesquicentennial Medal of Honor Award in 2006 when Newberry celebrated its 150th anniversary. He worked on the major gifts campaign and was a donor for Lutheranch and the MeKanna-Sandrock Retreat Center.
A funeral service to honor the life of Rev. Hanberry will be held on Friday, October 6, 2023 at 11 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lilburn. A graveside service will be held on Saturday, October 7, 2023 at Cedar Grove Cemetery in Clyo, Georgia. The family will receive friends on Friday, October 6, 2023 from 10 to 11 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church prior to the funeral service; and on Saturday, October 7, 2023 from 10 to 11 a.m. at Wingard Memorial Lutheran Church in Clyo, Georgia prior to the graveside service.
Donald supported a Newberry College Scholarship; the family asks that you consider a donation to the Rev. Donald E. and Janet Arnsdorff Hanberry Endowed Scholarship at Newberry College at www.newberry.edu/giving/givenow or by calling 803-321-5363.
Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.wagesfuneralhome.com.
The Hill, a movie
From Cindy Evans, Duluth: The Hill was released August 2023. It is a baseball faith-based movie, from a true story, and was so good to see! It’s a tearjerker for sure! Dennis Quaid is great as the preacher-father! It was filmed in Augusta and Columbia County, Ga. It is 2 hours and 6 minutes and you’ll be sorry when it’s over. The ‘hill’ in this movie is a baseball pitcher’s mound. The story follows the journey of Rickey Hill who has to overcome major physical challenges to follow his love and dream of playing baseball. It is very inspiring and worthwhile! It’s a great sports movie, but it’s not about sports!
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Monticello native was Sergeant Major of the U.S. Army
As Sergeant Major of the U.S. Army, William A. Connelly served as the highest-ranking noncommissioned officer in the U.S. Army from 1979 to 1983—the sixth person to hold this rank and the only Georgian. In this capacity he served as “the eyes and ears” of the enlisted force, identifying areas of need across the soldiers’ spectrum, making those needs known, and representing the enlisted persons’ interests on Army-wide and nationwide levels of policymaking.
Connelly was born in Monticello, in Jasper County, on June 2, 1931. While serving in the Georgia National Guard, he received an associate degree from Georgia Southwestern College in Americus. After working in Macon, he entered the army in 1954 at the rank of sergeant first class and served in Germany. In 1961 he was assigned to a battalion instrumental in defending Allied interests during the Berlin, Germany, crisis. In 1964 he served at Fort Stewart. But with the assassination of President Rafael Trujillo in the Dominican Republic, Sergeant Connelly was deployed as part of the U.S. contingent of the Organization of American States mission to provide stability to that island nation.
Upon his return to the United States, Connelly advised the Georgia National Guard until his deployment to Vietnam in 1969. In 1970 Connelly again returned to the United States, this time as first sergeant of the Reception Company at Fort Knox in Kentucky.
With ten years of service as a first sergeant, Connelly was promoted to sergeant major and served in this capacity for both the First and Second Battalions of the First Training Brigade. In 1972 he attended the Sergeants Major Academy at Fort Bliss, Texas.
After graduation Connelly was named command sergeant major of the First Battalion, Thirty-fifth Armor, First Infantry Division in Germany. When his division commander could not meet a speaking engagement at the staff college at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in 1977, he sent Connelly in his stead. The sergeant so impressed the new FORSCOM commander that he asked Connelly to apply for the command sergeant major position. Connelly did so and was selected; he then returned to Georgia to assume his post at Fort McPherson in Atlanta.
In his new capacity Connelly traveled constantly, addressing serious problems with poor training for the National Guard as the army revamped its division structures to group two active-duty brigades with one National Guard brigade. His work again attracted attention, and in 1979 he was recommended and selected for the highly competitive position of Sergeant Major of the Army.
In 1983 Sergeant Major Connelly retired to Monticello, where he lived with his wife, Bennie. Connelly died in November 2019 at the age of 88.
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Just what country and what city does this represent?
Today’s mystery is merely a street in a town somewhere around the globe. But what country and what town. Search the Internet if it will help and come up with the name where this photograph was made. Send your answer to elliott@brack.net and include your hometown.
The most recent mystery came from Claire Danielson of Black Mountain, N.C. First in to spot it was Ruthy Lachman Paul, Norcross, who wrote: “In the old town of Chesky Krumlov, 106 miles south of Prague, is this castle in one of the most beautiful ancient cities in the Czech Republic, recognized as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. It is home to 14,000 people.
At the foot of the huge castle is a major trade route, which was established as early as the 13th century. Unlike other ancient cities I visited in the south of the Czech Republic, Chesky Krumlov is blessed with many tourists, adding life, sounds and color to its magical atmosphere. The town, which suffered neglect during the communist regime, has been restored, although you can still see unrenovated buildings that testify to its age, and to its authenticity.”
Others pinpointing this photo include Steve Ogilvie,Lawrenceville; Jay Altman, Columbia, S.C.; Allan Peel, San Antonio, Tex.; Lou Camerio, Lilburn (welcome back from the hospital); Susan McBrayer, Sugar Hill; and George Graf, Palmyra, Va.
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Dash 4 Domestic Violence Awareness 5K on Saturday
Art Splash in downtown Norcross is from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. on Saturday or from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Sunday October 7-8. Eighty artists from across the country will show off their talents with folk art, ceramics, paintings, photography, mixed media, fiber art, metalwork, and of course, jewelry…lots of sparkly bling! Bring the kids for an interactive Kidz Zone with face painting, sand art and inflatable rides. For more details, visit https://www.splashfestivals.com/events-festivals/norcross-art-splash/.
Lace up your walking shoes and join Gwinnett Solicitor General Lisamarie N. Bristol in the fight against domestic violence. The Gwinnett County Solicitor’s Office will hold its inaugural Dash 4 Domestic Violence Awareness 5K on Saturday, October 7 at 8 a.m. at Alexander Park, located at 955 Scenic Highway in Lawrenceville. Admission is $35 per participant. Groups of five or more are $30. To register, visit GwinnettCounty.com/Dash4DomesticViolence.
Reading is FUNdamental will be presented at the Norcross branch of Gwinnett County Public Library on October 7 at 11 a.m. Would you like to learn how to build your child’s speech, language, and emergent literacy skills while reading together? If so, this series is for you!
Put on your calendar: The 44th Annual Elisha Winn Fair will be Saturday and Sunday, October 7-8, at the Elisha Winn House, Gwinnett’s birthplace, at 908 Dacula Road in Dacula. Enjoy a living history exhibit, good food, craft vendors, music, blacksmithing, weaving, spinning and military enactors. The fair is sponsored by the Gwinnett Historical Society.
The Snellville Historical Society will meet on October 8 at 2 p.m. at Snellville City Hall. The speaker will be Donna Barron. Her father was one of the last sculptors on the carving on Stone Mountain.
Build a Successful Business workshop will be Saturday, October 12, at 7 p.m. at the Duluth branch of Gwinnett County Public Library. It is designed to equip aspiring entrepreneurs and business owners with the essential knowledge and tools to transform their ideas into thriving ventures.
Preview Days at Georgia Gwinnett College will be October 14 from 9 a.m to 1 p.m. Prospective students will hear from members of the Grizzly family about programs of study, admissions, financial aid, student housing and more. Participants will be able to tour GGC’s campus and talk to student ambassadors about their experiences at GGC. The event will include food, music and fun giveaways. GGC team members will host selected breakout sessions in Spanish. Register for Preview Day at www.ggc.edu/preview.
Meet award-winning author Zoe Fishman as she discusses her newest novel, The Fun Widow’s Book Tour, a funny, moving story of friendship, and resilience. This appearance will be Saturday, October 14, at the Duluth branch of Gwinnett County Public Library. Books will be available for sale and signing.
OpenHouse at Truth’s Community Clinic will be Sunday, October 15, from 1 to 3 p.m. The clinic, now in its 20th year, provides free medical and dental services to underserved residents in our area, is located at 250 Langley Drive, Suite 1316, Lawrenceville. Light snacks and refreshments will be served.
A new watercolor painting class is starting at Norcross Gallery and Studios. Four week class begins on October 16 from 10 a.m. to noon, continuing through November 6. Register at norcrossgalleryandstudios.org Instructor will be Lucy Brady, is experienced, friendly and will give personal attention. Cost is $135 members, $155 non-members.
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