GwinnettForum | Number 22.81 | Nov. 10, 2023
THIS WEEK MARKS the biggest exhibit of the year at the Norcross Gallery and Studios. Aptly titled “Norcross Squares”, it is a month-long silent auction of original artworks, all in a square format. This exhibit continues through December 9. Paintings and pottery are many and diverse in size, media and subject matter. People may bid on items all month. Final bids are due on Saturday, December 9 from 2 to 4 p.m. One of the “squares” in the show is Sandbar by Anne LaBaire. The Gallery will also host a raffle of a colorful abstract painting, A Dreamy Reverie, by internationally known artist Chitra Ramanathan. Tickets for a chance to own this original work of art are $10 each or 3 for $25. The winner does not need to be present to win.
TODAY’S FOCUS: Possibilities: will they be positive or negative?
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Our nation is at peril from this surprising development
SPOTLIGHT: Howard Brothers Outdoor Power Equipment and Hardware
ANOTHER VIEW: Coworking space opens at new library in Snellville
FEEDBACK: Appreciates story about inductees into Veterans HOF
UPCOMING: Duluth plans array of frost fun activities
NOTABLE: Lilburn Woman’s Club continues its avenues of service
RECOMMENDED: Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Historic Taliaferro County one of smallest in Georgia
MYSTERY PHOTO: Five-four-and-a door for you to locate
CALENDAR: Gwinnett Symphony Orchestra plans classical concert Sunday night
Possibilities: will they be positive or negative?
By Ashley Herndon
OCEANSIDE, Calif. | Things, ideas, governments, and people die, some naturally and some violently. Are we as a nation facing the untimely death of our democracy? Could be.
Herndon
Nations die. Imperial Persia died, Rome died, Democracy in Greece died, various Indian empires died, Ottoman empire died, Imperial Spain died, Imperial England died, Napoleon’s Empire died, Austro-Hungarian empire died, Aztec empire died, Incan empire died, Siamese empire died, Fascist Germany/Italy/ Japan died, Holy Roman Empire died, Russian Empire died, Soviet Empire died, many Chinese empires-as well as Maoism died.
Could it be? It could be that the Republican-Democratic form of government we in America created and fought so hard for is next?
If so, kiss Western culture goodbye worldwide if the USA’s Neo-Fascist-Maga-GOP (GoneOldParty) is in power. The seeds have been planted for over 40 years, the aforementioned parade of non-democratic forms of governing people is long and the list is only a few. Note of course: Putin, Kim Jong Un, and their Acolyte Donald J. Trump would love to resurrect their own “one man rule” now as we live and breathe!
I recently heard the phrase, “death stops the record.” Death is inescapable, we can only hope it comes in its prescribed time and not by force or violence. Psychologist Dr. John G. Geier wrote and taught, “When you touch someone you motivate them.” He left the degree of motivation to the quality and message of the touch, leaving the level of willingness to act up to the touch. Some people are, as my Grandaddy used to say, “Touched.” The definition of touched is open for discussion.
We are faced with a coming “Rupture not a Rapture.”
Face it, facts are facts. Some folks are waiting for the “Beam Me Up Jesus” alert. I must say, that is up to Captain Kirk, not Maga Mike nor Jim Jordan nor the hero they worship. In their scenario of governance, every day is doomsday. Problem is that the citizenry will be left to follow orders.
For those who have read about Paul of Tarsus’ travels in the olden days of the Bible, he was giving it his all to prepare people for a way to handle hardships. I was taught that this meant to lead a positive life, not a violent and disrespectful one. Turn Dark into Light. I vote for that.
Whether we choose to be a subject of the parade, or a part of it, either way we are a participant. Do we want to be “Raptured or Ruptured” out as a nation?
Regard the question of the glass half full. The answer is a choice of positive or negative. I like another idiom. The glass is full of possibility. Just reach in and take one.
Every sunset is the end of the world. That’s a good thing, because every sunrise is an opening to the future. We do not have to wait for a holiday to celebrate. Kiss today goodnight like a spouse, and welcome the morrow like a favorite relative.
Makes you want to sing along with MLK: ”We shall overcome……” adding “Today!”
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Our nation is at peril from this surprising development
By Elliott Brack
Editor and Publisher, GwinnettForum
NOV. 10, 2023 | Some of your friends may be intent on telling you that our United States government is in danger of failing. They list being too liberal, or being too conservative, and other far-out theories. Take your pick.
But there is a dangerous development in our country that could imperil our nation as never before. If this happens, our country’s downfall will be a failure of the business and professional community, not the voters, nor the politicians.
All around the country, too many communities do not have an essential element of our democracy that we have known before: independent newspapers and other media reporting on, watching and keeping tabs on local public officials. That’s because more of the press operations are going out of business, or have shrunk so much in scope that they can no longer afford to cover their community as they have in the past.
Some 200 of the nation’s 3,143 counties do not have a newspaper. An additional 1,449 counties, ranging in size from several hundred residents to more than a million, have only one newspaper, often a weekly. The University of North Carolina School of Journalism says that “Seventy percent – 1,300 – of the newspapers that closed or merged were in metro areas. Their demise leaves a news vacuum for many of America’s suburbs and urban neighborhoods, where residents have historically relied on community weeklies to keep them informed about the most pressing hyperlocal issues.” In Georgia, 12 counties have no newspaper.
We see a diminished press here in Gwinnett. Where our county once had a robust seven-day-a-week newspaper, the thin-but-still going Gwinnett Daily Post is down to two days a week. And the Atlanta newspaper is a ghost of its former self, seldom having detailed governmental local coverage of Gwinnett’s million people.
How about the 16 cities of Gwinnett? We suspect that in the last year, only one or two cities have seen a reporter at their regular meetings. The newspapers are simply ignoring the 16 cities.
What happens in such circumstances? It’s not so much that shenanigans are taking place. But for sure, the doors are wide open for such!
Now for the latest. The AJC will no longer have a reporter at Gwinnett County Commission meetings. As they have sometimes in the past, the newspaper apparently will follow at the streaming meeting or later check the recording of that session.
We understand that the Gwinnett Daily Post has also not always covered commission meetings in person.
As one guy put it: “That means a reporter will not be present to ask a commissioner to clarify a statement, or what he meant by his comment. It amounts to an incomplete reporting.” Another editor tells us that a value of attending meetings in person is generating other story ideas.
Reporters’ coverage of such meetings brings tremendous impact, since the reporter has the background to understand complicated topics, and interpret the developments for the readers. Try to get that from streaming, or online! It’s not the same. You need the back-and-forth between the elected official and the press.
But having no reporter in the room? Poor Ben Franklin, Horace Greely, Ralph McGill, Gene Patterson and Bill Shipp must be looking down and shaking their heads in disappointment and consternation.
Even since our country began, the press has sought transparency in government, calling for open meetings.
And now the press is failing to live up to its obligation.
So it’s not an insurrection, nor a government eating its own kind that is happening. It’s a struggling press which has lost revenue to the Internet. God help us out of this abyss.
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Howard Brothers
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Coworking space opens at new library in Snellville
THRIVE has its own private entrance | Photos provided.
By Jan Jahosky
SNELLVILLE, Ga. | THRIVE Coworking is a flexible workspace solution with a commitment to philanthropy and community involvement. It invites the community to the grand opening of its new Snellville location. The event is Tuesday, November 14, starting at 4 p.m. with a program of tours, games, food, drinks, live music, and raffles. It is located above the Gwinnett County Public Library at 2245 Wisteria Drive, Snellville, Suite 200.
Jahosky
Mayor Barbara Bender and THRIVE Founder Ramon Gonzalez will kick off the festivities with the ribbon cutting and brief remarks about the vision for THRIVE at 4:30 p.m.
Mayor Bender says: “The Grove at Towne Center is envisioned to be a community where people have a place to live, meet and work. The THRIVE Coworking offers Snellville residents a way to avoid long commutes while still being able to work in a professional environment close to parks, restaurants and shopping.”
With its own entrance, THRIVE is on the second floor of the new, state-of-the-art Elizabeth H. Williams Library, which just opened in September. Offering private offices and coworking memberships, THRIVE features 26 private offices, five conference rooms, coworking space, a podcast room, and a cafe across 14,000 square feet. There is also a spacious patio that will be available as community event space. Some of the early occupants include accountants, Realtors, a nonprofit, an insurance agent, and a counseling service.
The Grove at Towne Center is an 18-acre project that creates a walkable downtown for Snellville, with nearby resources for families that include parks, plazas, main streets, theaters, markets and medical facilities. In addition the new building has an ice cream shop, a cookie business, a restaurant, and a nail salon and spa are also open.
The café and lounge areas
Gonzalez adds: “THRIVE believes in a community-focused philosophy and puts its coworking locations in accessible downtowns with community activity spaces and a business-friendly perspective. Snellville is designed for that new way to work — to be connected, in a professional, inspiring, collaborative and stylish atmosphere.”
As more professionals’ demand to work close to home, coworking spaces are filling this need to create a healthy work/life balance while providing the physical workspace necessary for team building and mentorship.
THRIVE offers a variety of membership levels designed to meet the needs of both large and small businesses and the modern, independent workforce. There are several monthly membership levels, from a basic Mailbox where a business mailing address is needed, to shared or dedicated space, to private offices. There are also coffee, tea and snacks, as well as monthly catered breakfasts, and lunches for members.
The company provides freelancers, entrepreneurs and enterprises a remote workspace for the contemporary, hybrid workforce. The curated culture features scheduled events and outings, 24/7/365 access, and monthly catered meals and happy hours in vibrant, walkable neighborhoods.
There are over 500 THRIVE locations throughout the United States and Canada, enabling THRIVE to now serve enterprises struggling with their hybrid model and to acquire coworking operators who wish to exit or scale with THRIVE.
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Appreciates story about inductees into Veterans HOF
Editor, the Forum:
Thank you for your article about the induction of Army Staff Sergeant Carvis Pitman Williams and Air Force Lt. Col. James Wesley Williams into the Georgia Military Veterans Hall of Fame. We constantly need to remind our citizens of our veteran’s sacrifices to preserve our freedoms that we so enjoy.
In addition, I am applauding the leadership of the City of Suwanee for dedicating the Veteran’s Park so we all can enjoy and reflect upon. We love and appreciate our servicemen and veterans and we pray that their services and sacrifices shall forever be remembered.
– Tim Le, Peachtree Corners
Few new single family homes in Peachtree Corners
Editor, the Forum:
It is hard to imagine that it’s been 12 years since the referendum was approved to create the City of Peachtree Corners. I remember one central issue for the supporters of city hood was the curtailment of apartment building. The desire was for more single family homes to be built.
However, most everything I have observed built since incorporation is row homes connected together. I assume they are strictly for sale, but they are certainly not detached single family houses with a yard. Medlock Bridge is becoming a long line of row homes as property after property is converted.
– Byron Gilbert, Duluth
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Duluth plans array of frost fun activities
Get ready to embrace the frosty season as Downtown Duluth is set to transform into a winter wonderland with the Frosty Fun series. With an array of exciting events, activities, and live music, the whole community is invited to participate in a flurry of fun. From frosty enchantments to icy adventures, there’s something for everyone.
From November 18 until the start of the new year, there will be such activities as live ice carvings, roller skatings, mini golf, whoville pop-up; winter games, snow mazing, a toboggan tunnel, a giant snow slide, Noon Year’s Eve and Jack Frost magic.
- For more information and to explore the full Frosty Fun lineup, visit www.duluthga.net/frostyfun.
County seeks input on activity along Oakbrook Parkway
Gwinnett County is in the process of updating their future development plan (2045 Unified Plan), which guides future growth and development over 20 years.
As part of this process, local businesses, organizations, and residents are invited to participate in a short stakeholder interview focused on planning for the future of Oakbrook Parkway.
Learn more about this effort and provide input with Blue Cypress Consulting. A stakeholder interview will be on Wednesday, November 15 from 4 to 7 p.m. at Happy Valley Dim Sum Asian Cuisine at 5495 Jimmy Carter Boulevard, Norcross. Other meetings at the same location will be on Thursday, November 16 from 9 a.m. to noon, and from 5-7 p.m. to discuss the project and conceptual designs on the future of Oakbrook Parkway and the surrounding area.
- For further information and to schedule coverage or interviews please call 404-659-0919 or email amanda@newaboa.com or sarah@newaboa.com.
Gwinnett wants input into Hazard Mitigation Update
The Gwinnett County Office of Emergency Management will conduct a public meeting on November 13 at 10 a.m. for residents to learn about and share comments on the 2025 Multijurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan update. The public meeting will be held in Conference Room B of the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center, located at 75 Langley Drive in Lawrenceville.
Attendees will receive an overview of the plan update, the county’s identified hazards and current and future mitigation projects identified during the planning process to better prepare our community for hazards. The plan covers Gwinnett’s 16 cities as well as unincorporated areas of the county.
Lilburn Woman’s Club continues its avenues of service
Lilburn Woman’s club members present at the presentation of a $2,500 check to the Lilburn Co-op include, from left, Christine Peredney, Barbara Brooks, Kathy Mattox, Deborah Shields, Susan Allred, Karen Snavely, Jackie Wells Smith (Lilburn Co-op Director), Lori Harrison, Adela Salame-Alfie, Rodean Wilson. Lilburn Co-op employees Carlton Belk and Bill Blanton are in the back.
The Lilburn Woman’s Club has accomplished several great things in the Lilburn Community. Its Civic Engagement and Outreach program donated $2,500 cash and $400 worth of pantry items to the Lilburn Co-op in honor of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs’ National Day of Service. They also donated almost 2,000 copies of the U.S. constitution to all area eighth graders. It also helped stock the Lilburn Elementary School food pantry for children with $150 worth of pantry items.
Again this year, the Education and Libraries program donated 1,400 dictionaries to all area third graders in Lilburn. The Art and Culture program took the opportunity to do a few small fundraisers with a Sip N Paint and a Beautiful Baby photo contest. Proceeds from those two fundraisers allowed them to donate a $220 gift card for Hobby Lobby to the Norcross Senior Center and $200 to the Parkview High School Art department for student supplies.
The club also plays Santa at Christmas ,giving presents to thirty plus Lilburn area underprivileged elementary students in need of holiday cheer. Most of these donations are funded by our major projects like the recent Lilburn Daze and the new Taste of Lilburn we held last April. Please remember to support these projects to allow this great work in our community to continue! Visit LilburnWomansClub.org for more information.
Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard
From Susan McBrayer, Sugar Hill: It was 1881. The North and the South had been reunited only 16 years. The United States had no national anthem. The President had no bodyguards. The White House was rotting with raw sewage in the basement and rats running rampant. Joseph Lister had not yet convinced doctors of the importance of sterilization. It was into this atmosphere that James A. Garfield became our 20th president. This book tells the story of a much-loved politician, plus the insane man who shot him, plus the doctors who killed him. The author takes us through the 80 days of Garfield’s slow decline and acquaints us with the characters involved. This is a good history lesson, not just of these events, but also of the times. The full title is Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President.
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Historic Taliaferro County one of smallest in Georgia
Taliaferro County (pronounced “Tolliver”), in east central Georgia, is the state’s 69th county, created in 1825 from Greene, Hancock, Oglethorpe, Warren, and Wilkes counties. It was named for Benjamin Taliaferro, who was a colonel during the American Revolution (1775-83), as well as a Georgia legislator and a judge. It is one of the smallest counties in the state, and had a 2020 population of 1,559.
The seat of the 195-square-mile county is Crawfordville, named for William Harris Crawford, an early presidential cabinet member and candidate for U.S. president in 1824. Hermon Mercer, brother of the founder of Mercer University in Macon, produced a city plan for Crawfordville. Known thereafter as the “Crawfordville Plat,” it was later used by a number of Georgia towns. The historic commercial district features buildings dating back to the antebellum period.
Other towns in Taliaferro County are Sharon, incorporated in 1884, and the unincorporated communities of Raytown and Robinson.
Raytown, the oldest community in Taliaferro County, developed around a plantation granted in 1784 to Marmaduke Mendenhall and his sister Hannah, both Quakers. The Mendenhalls named the property Colonsay Plantation, after an island near Scotland. Colonsay Plantation was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
During the Civil War (1861-65) two regiments from Taliaferro County were sent to fight for the Confederacy.
In 1965 Taliaferro County came to national attention during the struggle to desegregate its schools. Local resistance to integration prompted Hosea Williams of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to call for a protest march from Crawfordville to Atlanta.
Notable persons from Taliaferro County include John Loyd Atkinson Sr., a Tuskegee Airman during World War II (1941-45) and the first Black superintendent in the Georgia state parks system; writer Richard Malcolm Johnston; Robert Grier, founder of Grier’s Almanac; and Georgia governor Alexander Stephens.
The Taliaferro County Historical Society maintains a museum next to its offices in the antebellum post office building in Crawfordville. Additionally, the A. H. Stephens Historic Park, founded in 1933, was constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps. It encompasses Liberty Hall and the adjoining lands, birthplace, and home of Alexander Stephens.
Once a symbol of southern hospitality, the mansion included rooms for permanent residents, well-to-do visitors, and poor transients. Stephens spent his old age there and is buried on the property. Restored with help from both public and private sources, Liberty Hall was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970 and is open for tours. Visitors to the park may also tour the park’s Confederate museum, which displays Civil War artifacts, uniforms, and documents. Recreational land within the 1,177-acre park features a camp for large overnight groups and many attractions for nature lovers.
- To view the Georgia Encyclopedia article online, go to https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org
Here’s a five-four-and-a door for you to locate
Jim Cowart in Peachtree Corners pioneered this similar concept of housing in Gwinnett County with the all-brick “five, four and a door” concept in the 1980s. Yet this frontage style of house has been around for years in other parts of the country. Figure out where this house is located, and tell of its significance. Send your thoughts to elliott@brack.net, and include your hometown.
The curiously-shaped tree that was the recent Mystery photo was first spotted by Jay Altman of Columbia, S.C. He wrote that it was the “The Octopus Tree, Cape Meares State Scenic Viewpoint, Tillamook, Oregon,” then added: “With no central trunk and several thick limbs that stick straight up into the air, the so-called ‘Octopus Tree’ at Cape Meares is a natural wonder. The old Sitka spruce is about 105 feet tall and more than 46 feet in circumference, with each limb between three and five feet thick. It’s estimated to be between 250 and 300 years old, though nobody seems to know how or why the tree grew up that way.”
The photograph came from Rick Krause of Lilburn.
Also recognizing the photo were Steve Ogilvie, Lawrenceville; George Graf, Palmyra, Va.; Lou Camerio, Lilburn; and Allan Peel of San Antonio, Tex., who added: “The Octopus Tree has been designated a state heritage tree by the Oregon Travel Experience and, according to The Oregonian (a Portland newspaper), it is one of the 12 most iconic landmarks along the Oregon coast and one of the 40 best roadside attractions in all of Oregon.”
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Gwinnett Symphony plans classical concert Sunday night
Gwinnett tribute to veterans will be Saturday, November 11 at 11 a.m. at the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center in Lawrenceville. Because of expected inclement weather, the ceremony will move indoors to the auditorium of the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center.The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners will provide remarks, and Army veteran and Superior Court Judge Angela Duncan will give a keynote address. The ceremony will stream live on Facebook @GwinnettGov and be available on demand at TVGwinnettLive.com following the event.
Classical concert by the Gwinnett Symphony Orchestra will be Sunday, November 12 at 5 p.m. at the Discovery High School Theater in Lawrenceville. Music will be from Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Gjeilo, Esendvalds and Cormier. General admission is $10. Visit www.GwinnettSymphony.org for more information.
Better Cooking for a Better Environment: Holiday Edition will be presented Tuesday, November 14 at 6 p.m. at the Suwanee Branch of Gwinnett County Public Library. Help your holiday season go smoothly. Learn how to properly dispose of fats, oils, and grease while sampling some holiday treats.
Gwinnett Soil and Water Conservation District will have its monthly meeting November 15 at the Gwinnett Senior Center, 567 Swanson Dr., Lawrenceville at 9:30 a.m.
Author Visit: Jacob L. Wright, who wrote Why the Bible Began,will speak on Wednesday, November 15, at 7 p.m. at the Lawrenceville branch of Gwinnett County Public Library. He is professor of Bible at Emory University.
Award-winning author Tananarive Due will discuss her much-anticipated novel, The Reformatory, with Nsenga Burton, founder of The Burton Wire.This event will be on November 16 at 7 p.m. at the Snellville branch of Gwinnett County Public Library. Books will be available for sale and signing.
Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant is the title of Award-winning writer and filmmaker Curtis Chin’s new memoir, He will discuss his book with Ntalie Keng, founder of Global Hearth, on November 17 at 7 p.m. at the Norcross Branch of the Gwinnett County Public Library. Books will be available for sale and signing
Ninth annual Festival of Trees will be from November 19 until January 1 at the Southeastern Railway Museum, 3595 Buford Highway in Duluth. See over 20 decorated trees sponsored by local businesses and individuals. Enjoy train rides, food and entertainment, and vote for your favorite tree. On November 18, Santa Claus will arrive by train at 1 p.m. The Festival is sponsored by the Duluth Fine Arts League.
Messiah Sing-A-Long with the Gwinnett Symphony will be Sunday, November 19, at 3 p.m. at the Lawrenceville Presbyterian Church, 800 Lawrenceville Highway. Rick Smith will conduct the Orchestra along with its Chorus in Handel’s Messiah Part 1 and the Hallelujah Chorus. Scores will be available in the lobby. Singers interested in joining the choir may attend the rehearsal held at church on Saturday, November 11, from 6-8 p.m.
Those wanting to attend Braselton’s fourth annual Cravin’ Bacon Walk should order their tickets now. The event will be December 7 from 5 to 9 a.m. in downtown Braselton. There are two levels of tickets: the $35 Squealer ticket, and the $65 VIP ticket, for those over age 21. For tickets, go here.
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