GwinnettForum | Number 23.14 | Feb. 16, 2024
AREN’T THE COLORS GORGEOUS in this photograph by Bill Durrence of Savannah? It’s a concession stand during December at Tybee Beach pier. Bill writes: “I can taste the salt in the air; feel the gritty friction of sand, sweat and lotion on tender skin. Somewhere behind me there’s a murmuring of overlapping voices, like the adult conversations in a “Peanuts” movie, randomly interrupted by squawking gulls. Temperatures in the 70’s here in February, a tease of spring just around the corner, and this photograph, trigger memories that are real, but from infrequent experience. I always preferred the beach in winter.” For more of Bill’s photographs, go to https://www.billdurrence.com/index.
TODAY’S FOCUS: Plantation capitalism being pushed on us again
EEB PERSPECTIVE: House special elections should cheer Democrats
SPOTLIGHT: Walton Gas
FEEDBACK: Memory lapse is really normal at every stage of life
UPCOMING: NCM plans “generosity luncheon” on Feb. 29
NOTABLE: PCOM co-ed from Lawrenceville to conduct research
RECOMMENDED: Movie: Origin, produced by Ava DuVernay
OBITUARY: Daniel (Gil) Holmes
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Canals were thought to be a good idea for Georgia
MYSTERY PHOTO: Where of 133 stadiums was this photo taken?
LAGNIAPPE: Lawrenceville commissions a “welcoming” mural
CALENDAR: Norcross to plant Shumard Oak on Arbor Day
Plantation capitalism being pushed on us again
A monument to Alexander Stephens fronts his home in Crawfordville, Ga. Via Wikipedia.
By Ashley Herndon
OCEANSIDE, Calif. | If our citizenry does not think “Plantation Capitalism” is being pushed upon us again, we need to review U.S. History, not the conflated opinions of Tea Partiers, Neo-Cons, Qanons, Proud Boys, Trumpsters/Neo-Fascists, et al.
Herndon
We can begin with an easily available reference. Look at pre-Civil War history, then tie-in similar organizations growing in our country. There were downright stupid ideas flourishing which led up to our Civil War. Not only our country, but many others were experiencing violence and hate.
In pre-Civil War days. Georgia’s Alexander Stephens, soon to became vice president of the Confederacy, delivered on March 21, 1861, the infamous Cornerstone Speech. Growing up in Georgia schools, both public and private, my classmates and I were not exposed to that diatribe. However, we were taught to sing full throatedly ‘Dixie,’ paying homage to the losers.
You don’t have to read between the lines. Stephens’ speech in Savannah was filled with sickness. That “Sickness,’ though proven wrong, still exists, permeating what was a Grand Old Party (GOP), splintering it into several “Us vs. Them” pretenders, preaching “My way or the highway?”
Stephens introduced the word “cornerstone,” his “great truth” of “White Supremacy and Black Subordination” upon which secession and the Confederacy were based. States Rights was the bluff to elicit evil. Jim Crow went live after Reconstruction. Like it or not, some of our States are passing similar legislation as we breathe.
Propaganda by politicos, talking heads, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Rifle Association, and purveyors of the so-called Biblical theology, are trying to take over secular institutions.
Do you ever wonder why there was a religious Reformation? It was to discontinue a theological dictatorship. Authoritarians beware! As we go about our daily tasks, more and more people are tired of abusive laws and verbiage.
Stephens preached on the foundation of “Supremacy,” based squarely on the evil myth that “the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery—(subordination to the superior race)—is his natural condition.”)
Geeeeez. He lost, but never recognized nor acknowledged the evil myth he was preaching. .
Today’s remnants of the once-reputable GOP may not realize that they want a government based on Confederate doctrines. They are trying their hardest to reestablish oligarchy. Texas, Mississippi, Florida, Arkansas, South Dakota, and others have already passed laws telling women which parts of their bodies belong to the state and which are theirs to control. Wow! “Hell, hath no fury like…”
All this was an attempt to persuade listeners that divine laws consigned African Americans to chattel slavery. (Today that would include all people of color, Asians, and non-elite whites, to financial slavery.)
Supposedly we are ‘Free and Independent People’ making our own decisions. But Neo-Fascist-Authoritarian legislation throws that out. The terms “Laws of nature” and “All men are created equal” will be placed in the ‘”Burn Bags” at the Supreme Court of our nation.
Freedom (of thought and education) is being put on hold. Plantation capitalism is being pushed on us again.
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Recent House special elections should cheer Democrats
By Elliott Brack
Editor and Publisher, GwinnettForum
FEB. 16, 2024 | In reality, we need to remember, “Trust the people.”
So far little has been made about the swing that has been made in the 118th Congress. The results should warm the hearts of Democrats.
For in four elections to fill vacancies in the current House of Representative, Democrats have won three of four seats, making it even tougher for the Republican-controlled House to win routine votes.
Former Congressman Tom Suozzi won Tuesday’s election to replace George Santos for a Long Island seat in the House. And he won by a significant amount, 54 to 46 percent.
While a single election doesn’t mean that much, only in thickly-Republican Utah have the Republicans won a special seat since the 118th Congress began. Democrats have also taken special elections to fill vacancies in Rhode Island and Virginia.
The win reduces House Speaker Mike Johnson’s majority to 219-213, making his job of managing an unruly caucus a bit more difficult. His challenges were on full display last week, when the chamber failed to pass a measure to impeach President Joe Biden’s top border official, Alejandro Mayorkas, in an embarrassing setback. [Via Ballotpedia.org]
There will be two other special elections for Congress this year, one in California and the other in Ohio. Republicans held both seats previously. There are nine candidates seeking former Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s seat in California:four Republicans, two Democrats and three with no party affiliation. This election will be in March, with the winner needing 50.1 percent to take office. Anticipation is that there will be a runoff.
In the Ohio race, the filing date for candidates for a seat in Congress will be in March, and the election in June. A Republican held the office before.
Now turn to thinking nationally about politics in general. With this apparent Democrat trend in the Congressional elections, coupled with victories for Democrats on abortion issues in several states, this is something Democrats can be pleased about.
Granted, much of the national political talk these days centers on the border; the fact that MAGA Republicans are not thinking of the nation’s defense and are playing uppity and causing big problems in the House. Add to this Republicans trying to shift the focus to President’s Biden’s age, when their own Donald Trump is only three years younger, who has lately started to show his mind is not as agile as it once was. Add to that the problem the Republicans have with Trump spouting off about not wanting our country to back NATO, and it just makes you realize that Trump has thoughts counter to what many Americans believe about our country and our defense pact with other nations. Do we really want to gut NATO?
If there is a basic political element that the most essential of Republicans, Abraham Lincoln, taught us, it is that we must “Trust the people. Always trust the people.”
So review how the people have voted recently: the Santos outcome, the results from two other Democratic Congress members winning special elections for the current Congress, and the results from the various abortion issues showing the strength of female voting.
All of this says to this corner that indeed, our country will be safe for democracy when we trust the people.
Mulberry Vote: Gov. Brian Kemp, we have learned, has signed the bill allowing for a vote on whether the citizens of the northeastern part of Gwinnett should become the City of Mulberry. The referendum on this question will be put to the voters on the date of the General Primary, which is May 21, 2024.
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Memory lapse is really normal at every stage of life
Editor, the Forum:
On February 10, 2024, four staff writers for the Washington Post, based on interviews with memory experts, published an article on memory and how it works. It does not support the simplistic claims of politicians on this issue. Those experts agree that memory lapses are surprisingly normal, and, for most people, are not a signal of mental decline. Earl K. Miller, vice president of Neuroscience at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, states, “Memory lapse is really normal at every stage of life.”
The brain can process and hold vast amounts of information, but it does have its limits. As new memories are created, the brain must prioritize important memories making it more difficult to recall less important details or events. What we remember tends to be distinctive, emotionally loaded and deemed worthy of reflection after the event. Our memories are centered on our life stories and what has affected us the most.
Bradford Dickerson, professor of neurology at Harvard, notes that “decline
in the ability to think and remember among the elderly are broad and almost universal.” He adds “And that’s not just cognition. Everything gets slower. Movement slows. Sensory processing slows.” Those effects can be seen most clearly during speech. Word retrieval becomes more difficult with age, so most people stumble while talking.
Other researchers point out that older brains can often compensate for their growing weakness pointing out that there is “evidence that older adults can strategically focus memory on the most important information.” Older brains often become more adept than younger brains at filtering irrelevant information or at making connections between experiences, the researchers agreed, because they’ve had more of them. “An older brain is a wiser brain. It has more experience to draw on”, Miller said.
One last note: The experts agreed that both dates and names are both easily forgotten.
– John Titus, Peachtree Corners
Quilting frame was basis of dining room table
Editor, the Forum:
Loved this sweet nod to sleeping under a quilt your mom made. I have a few quilts made by my grandmother and many made by my mom.
Mom enjoyed piecing quilts for more than 40 years. She was delighted to find a cottage industry of women who owned quilting machines with hundreds of computer-generated quilting patterns, allowing my mom to do what she loved best selecting fabric and piecing the tops.
And on a funny note, many years ago my then-husband Fraser and I added a glass top to an antique quilting frame for our dining room table. It seated eight easily.
Thanks for jogging my memory.
– Julie Duke, Norcross
Lack of insulation meant more quilts
Editor, the Forum:
I enjoyed your quilting article. My own grandmother used to put so many quilts on her children in their rural Hall County home that my Dad said, “We couldn’t even turn over.” The reason was that most houses out in the country had no insulation. The outside wood wall was also the interior wall.
Nowadays, many parents seek out a quilter to make a memory quilt with sports jerseys, college t-shirts, and even baby clothes. It’s a valuable skill.
– Melissa Hardegree, Jefferson
Thanks, Melissa, for noting why we needed so many quilts. We remember wooden houses where they glued old newspapers to the inside boards so that the wind didn’t come through the cracks. Quilts are wonderful for warmth, but modern insulation makes quilts far less important than in the “old days.” –eeb
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NCM plans “generosity luncheon” on Feb. 29
The Neighborhood Cooperative Ministries (NCM) will host a Love Your Neighbor Corporate Generosity Luncheon, taking place on Thursday, February 29, at 11:30 a.m. at the NCM office located at 500 Pinnacle Court in Norcross.
Jennings
At the heart of this luncheon is a commitment to the spirit of generosity, not just in our personal lives, but also in the workplace. With the aim of encouraging local businesses to make a meaningful impact within their communities, NCM has asked Keith Jennings, vice president of Community Impact of Jackson Healthcare of Alpharetta, to be the speaker.
Before joining Jackson Healthcare, Jennings served for nine years as head of planning and marketing for a two-hospital health system. Keith is a graduate of Florida State University.
Ryan Jones, executive director at NCM, says: “Our mission at NCM is to cultivate a culture of compassion and generosity within our community. We believe that by bringing together leaders like Keith Jennings and companies invested in making a difference, we can catalyze a ripple effect of positive change that extends far beyond the confines of our luncheon.” By harnessing the collective power of these forward-thinking companies, NCM aims to create a stronger, more resilient community where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.
Seating for this exclusive event is limited, and RSVPs are required. To secure a spot, visit this link.
PCOM co-ed from Lawrenceville to conduct research
One PCOM South Georgia first-year medical student from Lawrenceville will spend the next few months conducting research as part of the Medical Student Scholars for Health Equity in Myeloma program.
Araya
Saron Araya was recently selected from the competition to be one of the program’s scholars. The program is a partnership between the International Myeloma Foundation (IMF) and the W. Montague Cobb/NMA Health Institute’s Cobb Scholars Program. This program pairs minority medical students with myeloma experts for six months to conduct research on health disparities. Scholars and mentors then present their work at the 2024 National Medical Association Annual Conference in New York City in early August.
For Araya, this opportunity combines her passion for working with minority groups and her interest in blood disorders. She says: “I really hope to gain more knowledge about multiple myeloma. This program focuses on not only raising awareness for multiple myeloma, but also targeting health equity because there’s a higher prevalence of multiple myeloma for people of color. Being a woman of color, I’m interested in researching that aspect.”
As a first-generation American, Araya understands the challenges facing marginalized communities.
Araya’s parents, Hintsa and Freweini Araya of Lawrenceville, left their home in the East African nation of Eritrea. They settled in the Atlanta area, where their five children were born and raised.
“My parents immigrated here to provide me with the education opportunities they did not have,” Araya said. “That’s part of the reason why I want to go into medicine as well because they uprooted their lives, so that being underserved was not my reality. Because of that, I want to serve these populations. With this research, I hope to also learn about different ways I can cater to these types of communities.”
After graduating from Berkmar High School in Lilburn in 2017, Araya went on to graduate from Oglethorpe University in 2021 with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology and a minor in public health. Then she worked for two years, first in a pathology lab as a histotechnologist and then as a bone marrow technologist for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.
Araya will be a member of the second cohort of the Medical Student Scholars for Health Equity in Myeloma program. Last year, PCOM student Irene Ammie Cooper, also of Lawrenceville, was selected to participate in the inaugural cohort of the program.
Another raccoon tests positive for rabies in Gwinnett
Another raccoon in Gwinnett County has tested positive for the rabies virus. County Animal Welfare and Enforcement and the Gwinnett County Health Department advise residents to use caution and avoid animals behaving in unusual ways.
On February 8, a rabid raccoon bit a dog near the 1900 block of Stone Forest Drive in Lawrenceville. The raccoon later tested positive for rabies. Diseases like rabies can be transmitted to humans and pets through bites or scratches from wild animals such as foxes and raccoons.
Pet owners should ensure that their pets are current on their rabies vaccination. Unvaccinated dogs and cats exposed to a rabid animal must be strictly quarantined for four months and vaccinated one month prior to being released.
If you or your child have been bitten or scratched by any stray animals or suspected rabid animal, immediate preventive treatment is necessary. Seek medical care immediately and inform the healthcare provider of the exposure. Then, contact the Gwinnett County Health Department at 770-339-4260 and ask for the on-call epidemiologist.
Daniel (Gil) Holmes
Daniel Gilbert Holmes, 48, departed peacefully of natural causes on January 28, 2024. He was preceded in death by his father, Offie, and survived by his mother, Martha, and his brother, Travis Reynolds Holmes. He also leaves behind several cousins and other family members who share in the grief of his unexpected departure.
Holmes
He was born on February 15, 1975 in Atlanta to Martha Gilbert Holmes and Offie Holmes. A graduate of Brookwood High School. Gil pursued his passion for culinary arts at Johnson and Wales Culinary School in Charleston S.C. He dedicated his early professional life to the restaurant industry, leaving a flavorful legacy in his wake. Gil’s culinary experience took him to Asheville, N. C., where he resided for several years, immersing himself in the vibrant food culture of the region.
Gil returned to Norcross to be near his parents, Martha and Offie, as they faced health challenges. His selflessness and commitment to his parents reflected the deep bonds that defined his character.
Over his last several years spent in Norcross, he could be found passionately hosting trivia, or prior to his dad’s departure, building furniture at G + O Woodworking. Gil’s infectious laugh and big smile were constants in his life, bringing joy to those around him and leaving an indelible mark on all who had the pleasure of his company.
A celebration of his life will be held on Sunday, February 25, in downtown Norcross at 2 p.m. at B and W Burgers, 13 S Peachtree Street.
May his spirit live on in the shared stories and cherished memories that remain in our hearts. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the Gwinnett Humane Society. Bill Head Funeral Home and Crematory was in charge of arrangements.
Movie: Origin, produced by Ava DuVernay
From Susan J. Harris, Stone Mountain: Origin can be experienced as a movie or as a companion piece to Isabel Wilkerson’s book, Caste, published in February 2023. In addition to material from the book, the movie depicts Isabel Wilkerson’s life and the losses she experienced as she researched this book. She travels to India to get a first-hand look at the caste system that is still in place today. Her research also included former systems in Germany that resulted in the rise of the Nazi Party. The beauty and relevance of this movie is that it is a visual of lives impacted by the caste system and the unseemly growth of hatred that impacts real people. Audiences are being moved to loudly applaud at the end of the movie. It is well worth a viewer’s time.”
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Canals were thought to be a good idea for Georgia
The completion of the Erie Canal in New York in 1825 marked the beginning of the American canal era, as the residents of virtually every state in the Union scrambled to begin canal projects.
During this time a general plan emerged that consisted of constructing a main canal from the Tennessee River in Tennessee to the central part of the state. This main or “trunk line” canal would then connect with feeder or branch canals linking it to the Chattahoochee, Flint, Ocmulgee, Oconee, and Savannah rivers. Boosters hoped that these canals would connect the existing system of waterways and provide the state with a superior transportation system.
In 1824, even before the opening of the Erie Canal, Savannah began developing a project to connect the Savannah, Ogeechee, and Altamaha rivers with a canal. This project would link Savannah’s port with farmers in the developing interior regions drained by these respective rivers.
As the momentum behind canal construction slowly grew, Savannah citizens requested that the state legislature hire an engineer to survey a canal route from the Savannah River west to the Ogeechee River and to report on the feasibility of canal construction across the route. When the legislature failed to act on the request, a private entrepreneur named Ebenezer Jencks undertook the project with the endorsement of city leaders. By December 1824 Jencks had acquired a charter from the legislature that authorized not only the construction of a canal to the Ogeechee River but also an extension to the Altamaha River. Jencks then began corresponding with the father of the Erie Canal, Governor De Witt Clinton of New York. Encouraged by Clinton’s enthusiasm, he hired the governor’s son, De Witt Clinton Jr., to survey the proposed route.
Prompted by the activities of canal boosters in Savannah, the citizens of Brunswick began planning for a canal of their own. Since 1791 the residents of Glynn County had periodically requested that the state construct a canal from the Turtle River to the Altamaha River. This canal would give river traffic on the Altamaha access to Brunswick’s port. In 1824, as canal mania swept across the state, prominent Glynn County planter Thomas Butler King assumed the leadership of the canal movement in Brunswick.
As a result of strong popular support, in 1825 the Georgia legislature appropriated money and hired Hamilton Fulton as state engineer. It also created a Board of Public Works and selected E. H. Burritt, James Hamilton Couper, Joel Crawford, John Elliot, Wilson Lumpkin, Daniel Pitman, and John Schley to serve with Governor George M. Troup. The board was directed to examine potential canal routes across the state. The legislature also granted William C. Daniel a charter for the Mexico Atlantic Company, with the authority to construct a canal or railroad from the Atlantic Coast to the Gulf Coast, and authorized a $50,000 loan at 5 percent interest to Ebenezer Jencks for the Savannah project. As 1825 came to a close, it finally appeared that the state was going to take action and begin canal construction.
(To be continued)
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Where of 133 stadiums was this photo taken?
Since we’ve had some tough Mystery Photos lately, here is what some may think is a cream puff. Obviously, it’s halftime at a football game. But there are 133 NCAA Division One schools playing football. Take a shot at 133-1 odds and pinpoint this location. Send your guess to elliott@brack.net, and tell us the city where you live.
Allan Peel of San Antonio, Tex. gave us this detail of the last puzzle: “Today’s mystery photo is of the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in Toronto, Ontario, the largest and most-visited museum of art, world culture and natural history in all of Canada. First opened in 1914, the ROM is associated with … WAIT, WHAT?? There is no way that the building in the mystery photo was built over 110 years ago!
“Well, that’s because the mystery building was built between 2002 and 2007 as a physical extension to the original ROM building that was completed in 1914. This was the third expansion project to the ROM, called the ‘Renaissance ROM Project,’ the centerpiece of which is the subject of today’s mystery photo … a crystalline-form structure called the Michael Lee-Chin Crystal, more simply known as the Crystal.”
Also coming up with the right answers were Stew Ogilvie, Lawrenceville; Jay Altman, Columbia, S.C.; George Graf, Palmyra, Va.: “It is one the largest museums in Canada. It attracts more than one million visitors every year, making it the most-visited museum in Canada.” Also Susan McBrayer, Sugar Hill; Lou Camerio, Lilburn; “Admission is $19.” The photo came from Cheryl Ritzel of the Dacula/Hoschton area.
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Lawrenceville commissions a “welcoming” mural
The Lawrenceville Arts Commission has hired artist Leah Abucayan to create a “Welcome/Entrance Mural” along Crogan Street, on the wall of McCray’s Tavern on the Square. The mural, spanning 800 square feet, should be complete by the end of March.
It will cost $25,000 which includes maintenance for the next five years.
Leah Abucayan is a Filipino-American artist who lives in Atlanta and holds a graphic design degree. Currently a designer at the CNN Digital Art Department, her creative journey started at age 11 with a duct tape business. Her diverse portfolio spans murals, chalk art, digital design, product design, and book illustrations.
Norcross to plant Shumard Oak on Arbor Day
Arbor Day in Norcross will be observed with the planting of a Shumard Oak by the Norcross Tree Board. Come to Pinnacle Park on Friday, February 16, at 10 a.m. and join Mayor Craig Newton, the Georgia Forestry Commission and Arborist Ric Barnes for this program. For more information, visit aplacetoimagine.com.
Immigration Legal Screening Clinic will be held on February 16 at the Lilburn Branch of the Gwinnett County Public Library from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Atlanta is hosting a free Immigration Legal Screening Clinic. Participants will have the opportunity to consult with a lawyer to see if they are eligible for any immigration relief.
Gwinnett Symphony presents a concert of “Postcard from Europe,” on Sunday, February 18 at 7 p.m. at Discovery High School Theatre in Lawrenceville. This program will feature Dvorak’s Slavic Dances, Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 and Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6. For tickets, go to http://www.gwinnettsymphony.org/concerts/next_concert/?trumbaEmbed=eventid%3D167535811%26seotitle%3DPostcards-from-Eastern-Europe%26view%3Devent%26-childview%3D.
Hear two prominent authors as speakers at the Hooper-Renwick speaker series on Thursday, February 22 at 7 p.m. The speakers are Victoria Christopher Murrary and her fellow author and friend, ReShonda Tate, among the top African American authors. A reception will begin at 6 p.m. The event will be at the Lawrenceville Arts Center, 125 North Clayton Street. Two graduates from the former Hooper-Renwick School, Dr. John Maxey and Joyce Moore, will talk about the history and significance of the school.
Meet Author Dianne M. Sewart on February 22 at 7 p.m. at the Snellville Branch of Gwinnett County Public Library. Her Obeah, Orisa, and Religious Identity in Trinidad is an expansive two-volume examination of social imaginaries concerning Obeah and Yoruba-Orisa from colonialism to the present. Books will be available for sale and signing.
A program on at-risk communities will be Friday, February 23 at 8:30 a.m. at Corners Outreach Auditorium, 1854 Shackleford Court, Norcross. Come to learn about the groundbreaking findings of the Child Well-being Index 2023, and the state of the children in Gwinnett. It is sponsored by United Way of Greater Atlanta.
EXIT, Pursued by a Bear will be presented February 23-25 at the Lawrenceville Arts Center’s Peach State FCU Studio Stage. It is based on Shakespeare’s most famous stage direction, from A Winter’s Tale. Friday and Saturday shows are at 8 p.m. Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door. Run time is just under 90 minutes with no intermission. Seating is limited; advance purchase is highly encouraged.
Meet Author Wanda M. Morris in conversation with Author Tayari Jones on February 24 at 7 p.m. at the Duluth Branch of Gwinnett County Public Library. They will talk of Morris’ book, Anywhere You Run, about two sisters on the run – one from the law, the other from social shame. Books will be available for sale and signing.
Love Your Neighbor Corporate Generosity Luncheon for the Neighborhood Cooperative Ministries will be held on Thursday, February 29, at 11:30 a.m. at the NCM office, 500 Pinnacle Court in Norcross. Speaker will be Keith Jennings of Jackson Healthcare. Seating is limited. RSVP Required.
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