GwinnettForum | Number 21.67 | Sept. 13, 2022
WHILE AZALEAS BLOOM usually in the spring, modern varieties can bloom at other times of the year. Here are blooms in one local yard lately. Notice the colorful strawberry pink and white against the green of the leaves of the plant. It’s good to see such color, no doubt heightened by the continual summer rains.
TODAY’S FOCUS: Predicts that Vladimir Putin has not long left for this world
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Public health clinicians and police have successful intervention program
ANOTHER VIEW: Recognizing they were only six states from goal
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UPCOMING: Gwinnett Chamber backs one cent extension of sales tax
NOTABLE: Three counties join in effort to strengthen bonds in public health
OBITUARIES: G. G. Getz
RECOMMENDED: The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
GEORGIA TIDBIT: College president, U.S. representative and senator, Baldwin died at 53
MYSTERY PHOTO: Here’s a river scene for your discernment
CALENDAR: 68th annual Gwinnett County Fair will run from Sept. 15-25
Predicts that Vladimir Putin has not long left for this world
By George Wilson
STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. | Let me predict that Vladimir Putin has not long left for this world. The ruble is being pumped up high by Russian reserves, but when the Western sanctions bite hard the Russian economy will tank and then the Russian people will revolt again. Or one of his generals will reach for his revolver.
This will most dramatically take place in December when the G7 imposes a price limit on the amount the Russians can charge internationally for oil. The G7 will be cleverly using the tool of insurance on shipping to make the prices stick. If Russia ships sail without insurance, they would be responsible for oil spills, accidents and any other incidents. The shipping companies will not like this.
Right now Russia is giving a 30 percent discount on oil to India and China to maintain a market. Russia accounts for about 10 percent of the world’s supply of oil. Although the United States buys no oil from Russia, prices are determined internationally, hence with the price limitations on Russian oil imposed by the G7 and the resulting downward price pressure on oil. So, we could be seeing a further price reduction in gas prices at the pump.
Russia has little choice; the nature of the oil business is to maintain a level of production that will keep its facilities working properly. Moreover, Russia gets 60 percent of its revenue from petroleum to run its government, therefore it must keep pumping.
Finally, many authors, such as John Sweeney’s Killers in the Kremlin, have provided convincing and compelling evidence of Putin’s guilt and responsibility in a never-ending saga of murder, extortion, oppression, and grand-scale plutocracy. Throughout its history Russia has been plagued by misrule by the unabashed scums of the earth, whether tsarist, communist, or klepto-psychopaths.
It is to be regretted that in the West we have been ruled by a succession of leaders, who have been always eager to believe the best of their Russian contemporaries. These Western leaders for too long failed to acknowledge the face of evil that is Putin. As an example, remember Trump’s sycophantic performance to Putin in front of the world.
With the demise of Putin, there is only one course of action for the Russian generals and or the oligarchs to take. Keep in mind that 100 oligarchs own about 40 percent of all the wealth in Russia, so they have enormous power. They can blame the war and its failure on Putin and point out to the Russian people his lies and deceit, and maybe even put him on trial. This could also cause huge unrest among the populace, given the unending propaganda the Russians have been receiving from the state. In our own country we have seen how effective this is with Fox and other right-wing media continuing to promote Trump’s false claims that he won the election.
In addition, those in future power in Russia should move immediately to release all political prisoners and restore the independent media. These courses of action would be extremely difficult if not impossible. But even more difficult would be giving up Crimea in negotiations with the Ukrainians. That would be something the average Russian citizen would strongly object to.
So, the outcome is extremely murky and dangerous, not only for Russia, but for the world. Yet Russia needs to move to remove Putin so Russia can move ahead internally and return to be the world power it wants.
Clinicians, police have successful intervention program
By Elliott Brack
Editor and Publisher, GwinnettForum
SEPT. 13, 2022 | A public health program with a 98 percent success rate that began in Conyers has been expanded to Gwinnett County and beyond.
The counties forming Gwinnett Newton Rockdale Public Health Department, working with View Point Health of Lawrenceville, originally started the program with the Conyers Police Department. It pairs a public health clinician with a policeman to form a Behavior Health unit, which responds to civil incidents needing police to deescalate mental health emergencies, and connect individuals with mental illness to appropriate care.
The units have a 98 percent diversion rate, meaning that only two percent of the people involved in such incidents are taken to jail. After the initial success in Conyers, and in talking with Gwinnett officials, View Point Health realized that this was a means to do something different to provide resources for police encountering incidents when people needed access to mental health aid, instead of sending them to jail in such encounters.
Now Gwinnett County has six full time clinicians on the job, while the cities of Lawrenceville, Norcross and Suwanee each have teams. The Gwinnett County teams work 12 hours shifts so that this service is always available. Three other cities, Decatur, Dunwoody and Chamblee, have relied on View Point Health to give them assistance in forming teams.
Initial funding for the Gwinnett teams has come out of the American Rescue Act, which stipulates their use, and how co-responder programs might be funded in the future. In Gwinnett County, there are about 300 calls a month for Behavioral Health teams.
The first such program in the nation similar to this began in San Antonio, Tex. in 2008 which had experienced incidents along its Riverwalk. The growth of public intoxication and rowdiness was making this a nuisance area. Tourism was significantly disrupted, and city officials recognized the problem. So the city instituted a Behavior Health unit, composed of a public health clinician to accompany a policeman. Today San Antonio tourism in the city is back to normal because of the pairing of clinicians with a policeman. In San Antonio, their intervention team is called a Crisis Intervention Team.
View Point Health officials say there is a shortage of people trained and available for this kind of work. Requirements include a master’s degree in counseling or social work, and a license from the State of Georgia. Those hired are employees of View Point Health, which contracts with the county for this work. Benefits are high: View Point Health contributes 7.5 percent of all salaries toward a 401-K retirement plan.
Gwinnett officials say that of the 98 percent who are not arrested in such disturbances, 19 percent go voluntarily to the hospital, while eight percent are hospitalized involuntarily. Most are released without going to the hospital or jail. In about one-third of the cases, there is no follow-up necessary of such incidences.
The most dramatic incident where the Behavior Health team responded to a recent incident in Gwinnett was when an armed man tried to take over a Greyhound bus, which shut down Interstate 85 for three hours near the Indian Trail Road in March of 2022. The SWAT team also responded, but it was the Behavior Health team that resolved that issue by taking the person into custody without anyone getting hurt.
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Recognizing they were only 6 states from goal
John and Molly Titus
By Molly Titus
PEACHTREE CORNERS, Ga. | The recent GwinnettForum article by Taylor Walker (August 26) about seeing a game in every major league baseball ballpark recalled John and my goal of visiting every state.
Growing up in suburban Philadelphia, we had traveled in the mid-Atlantic states. Family visits to Maine gave us the opportunity to visit states in New England. During my marriage, we have lived in Virginia, South Carolina and Georgia, which made it convenient to visit other states in the South.
We had covered the two most distant states, Alaska and Hawaii, on previous vacations, and, as in Mr. Walker’s case, we often expanded our travel plans because we had other reasons to visit a certain location. Bus trips had taken us to several more states, e.g., North and South Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Wyoming and California.
At some point we realized our goal of seeking all the states was within reach. The final big push was to visit the last six states: Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, and Arkansas. We decided to set off this year after a college reunion in New Jersey. This final trip involved driving through 11 other states to visit those last six!
When we began to take long road trips on our own, often lasting 2-3 weeks, we would talk about what we might like to see. I would do extensive research about other places of interest. From my research, we would plan our itineraries which might include historical sites, Presidential libraries, museums, gardens or beautiful natural settings.
Some of our favorite places have included Crater Lake, Ore.; Dinosaur National Monument, Colo.; the Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.; Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park, Wash.; the Grand Canyon; Oak Creek Canyon near Sedona, Ariz.; Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Ark.; Yellowstone National Park, Wy.; Mackinac Island, Mich.; Yosemite National Park, Calif.; Williamsburg, Va.; Bellingrath Gardens, Ala.; Islamorada, Fla.; Gibbs Gardens, Ball Ground, Ga.; and two unique cities, New Orleans, La. and Charleston, S.C. (where we lived for six years).
One might ask about least favorite and most favorite states. Our least favorite was North Dakota. We were on a bus trip, and it seemed like all we saw were miles and miles of canola fields. Our favorite was Utah with its five spectacular national parks – Arches, Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef, and Zion. Each was quite different.
Among our travels were many memorable moments, large and small, but one stands out as particularly serendipitous. We were heading home after the trip to finish the last six states and were spending the night in Memphis. Our hotel was near Beale Street. As we strolled down that famous street, we came upon B. B. King’s Blues Club and decided to go in for dinner. We were in the middle of our meal when the music began and there about 10 yards away was B. B. King performing. What an unexpected treat!
We have been very fortunate to travel throughout our beloved country. It is, indeed, America the beautiful.
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Just wanted to say hello and again share how much I continue to enjoy your GwinnettForum articles. I look forward to them every week. I don’t know who George Graf is from Virginia, but evidently he is very well traveled, since he guesses right on almost every mystery photo.
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Feels others than conservatives also stir up trouble
Editor, the Forum:
In regard to George Wilson’s recent article, the point that Wilson was making was that it would be conservatives who are stirring up trouble. When in reality, most of the civil unrest/riots over 50 years have been done by liberal groups like Black Lives Matter and their buddies, antifa, which have a fair amount of people of color rioting with them causing a lot of destruction.
And the people who are bailing them out, like Vice President Kamala Harris, who leave them to create more destruction. President Joe Biden is calling half of the country hateful and racist, too. So, which is the more dangerous group?
– Bobbi Cromlish, Stone Mountain
Dear Bobbi: Can we put it another way: both sides show boorish tendencies all too often. However, we feel the absolute worst was the January 6 insurrection in Washington that substantially threatened our nation. Can anyone condone that one?–eeb
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Gwinnett Chamber backs 1 cent extension of sales tax
The Gwinnett Chamber has adopted a resolution to support the renewal of the county’s Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST). The 2023 SPLOST Referendum Resolution, presented by the organization’s Public Policy Committee, was unanimously adopted by the Board during its meeting this afternoon. The question will be voted on in the November election.
Jill Edwards, 2022 chair of the Gwinnett Chamber Board of Directors, says: “SPLOST dollars have historically funded our nationally recognized parks system, award-winning public safety facilities, state-of-the-art libraries, and ongoing maintenance of our roads, bridges, and sidewalks throughout the community. The business community fully supports the six-year extension of SPLOST this November and recognizes its role in cultivating a vibrantly connected future for Gwinnett.”
The Gwinnett Chamber Public Policy Committee, vice-chaired by Trey Ragsdale of Kaiser Permanente, delivered the resolution for consideration. Ragsdale noted that SPLOST had already generated over $4 billion to support community growth and its renewal would provide nearly one-and-a-half billion more for Gwinnett’s future. “Gwinnett already maintains the lowest sales tax rate in the state of Georgia making it an attractive location for business and talent,” shared Ragsdale. “Voting to continue this funding requires no tax increase, supports Gwinnett’s continued growth, and directly aligns with the Chamber’s public policy agenda to ensure Georgia’s best-in-class business climate.”
The SPLOST referendum to extend the one-cent sales tax on retail sales in Gwinnett through March 2029 will be on the ballot for consideration this November. For more information on the Gwinnett Chamber’s public policy efforts, visit www.gwinnettchamber.org/publicpolicy.
68th annual Gwinnett County Fair opens Thursday
Learn about life on the farm inside the Big Red Barn at the annual 4-H Farm Friends exhibit at the 68th annual Gwinnett County Fair. The 10-day event will run Sept. 15-25 in Lawrenceville.
Gwinnett County Fairgrounds is located at 2405 Sugarloaf Parkway.
Farm Friends features tons of hands-on fun, from petting rabbits, goats and sheep to “milking” Daisy, the wooden sawhorse cow. Visitors can play barnyard trivia, celebrate the birthday of Ellie May the donkey and see ducklings and fluffy baby chicks. This year, the exhibit is celebrating its 32nd year of promoting agriculture to children and parents through the Gwinnett County 4-H Club.
In conjunction with the exhibit, 30-minute group tours are available from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on weekdays. To schedule a tour, please email Barbara.Larson@GwinnettCounty.com. Discovery Day for toddlers, homeschool families and groups is from 11 a.m. to noon on Sept. 23. This reserved time slot allows young visitors to enjoy the Farm Friends experience without larger school crowds present. The cost for each is $2 per child.
Libertarians seek relief about party discrimination
The Libertarian Party of Georgia on September 9 joined Libertarian lieutenant governor candidate, Ryan Graham, in a lawsuit against Attorney General Christopher Carr and the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission. The suit challenges the formation of “leadership committees” that allow candidates to accept contributions in excess of the $7,600 limit imposed on statewide candidates, violating the constitutional rights of third-party candidates.
As the Democratic and Republican parties are the only organizations officially designated as “political parties” in Georgia, only those running for office under those parties are eligible for this type of fundraising. This lawsuit seeks to level the playing field for Libertarian and other third party and independent candidates.
- The case can be viewed here.
3 counties join to strengthen bonds in public health
Three county commission chairpersons recently got together with one goal – to sustain and strengthen bonds in public health, mental health and communications.
Gwinnett County Chairwoman Nicole Hendrickson planted the seeds for the idea of what’s now named the Tri-County Collaboration Meeting. The inaugural event, hosted by Rockdale County Chairman Oz Nesbitt, also included Newton County Chairman Marcello Banes, Gwinnett-Newton-Rockdale Public Health Director Audrey Arona, and View Point Health Director Jennifer Hibbard.
Hendrickson says: “This collaborative – which unites us through a shared public health and mental health district – allows us to talk about strategies, successes, and common barriers, so we can forge solutions together. I am committed to strengthening this partnership with my neighboring counties because it will ultimately enhance the services for residents in this district.”
View Point Health led with its co-responder model in both Gwinnett and Newton Counties. When a call comes in about a person experiencing a mental health crisis, a mental licensed clinician and police officer will both respond to the scene. This model has been adopted by several cities within the county. As a result, 98 percent of patients have been diverted from jail to get the care they need.
Buford broker is “Realtor of year” for state Realtors assn.
Brooks
Nakia Brooks has been named “Realtor of the year” by the Georgia Association of Realtors at its conference in Nashville, Tenn. recently He is the president-Elect for Northeast Association of Metro Atlanta Realtors and the broker at Brokerage Atlanta of Buford. He has previously worked in law enforcement and as an educator, and was an instructor and taught peace officers both in-service, first responder, and several other courses. He came into real estate, chose to concentrate on listings, and became known for short sales, closing over 700 short sales.
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G.G. Getz
G.G. (Glennys) Getz, proud mom, dedicated sister, beloved friend, and cherished Grandy/Grandma, departed her very colorful, love-and-laughter-filled life on Sept. 6, 2022. Among her many roles in life: art collector, non-profit leader, tireless volunteer, party planner, grade-school teacher, real estate powerhouse, friend of many, life of the party. She died peacefully in the home of her sister, Linda Williams, in Duluth.
She was born September 29, 1946 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa to Jack and Leota Getz, and was followed by her sister, Linda Getz (Willams), in 1947. She attended Lasalle Catholic School in Cedar Rapids and went to Iowa State in Ames, Iowa. After a brief career as an elementary school teacher, in 1979 she moved to Seattle, Wash. with her then-husband, Theodore Reimer, and two children: Devonee Reimer (Trivett) and Courtney Reimer (Basner). In Seattle, she managed an art gallery, worked for her local March of Dimes chapter, and was later executive director of the Make-A-Wish Foundation office there.
She found great joy on her artfully decorated rooftop deck and excelled in her most beloved chapter of her career as a successful real estate agent over her nearly four decades in Kirkland, Wash. She was an active member of the Kirkland Rotary club, several charities, city committees, and arts commissions in Kirkland, where she lived until she moved to Duluth, in 2011 to be with her sister, Linda. She continued her real estate career in Georgia, was a member of the Chattahoochee North Keller Williams office and the Gwinnett County Rotary Club.
Over the past 10 years in Duluth, she gave her time to the Duluth Fine Arts League. Arts were a huge part of her life, and most recently she was so proud to work with the City of Duluth team as they placed an artistically painted piano in town. She also loved attending theater with her sister at the Aurora Theatre in Lawrenceville.
G.G. is survived by her two children, sister, and five grandchildren: Quinn Trivett (who lives in Olympia, Wash.), Riley Trivett (of Newport, Ore.), Giulian Gutierrez (who lives with his mom, Devonee, in Newport, Ore.); as well as Beatrix Basner and Wynne Basner (who live with their parents, Dave and Courtney Basner, in South Orange, N. J.).
Her family is planning a celebration of life to take place in her spiritual home of Kirkland, Wash. Donations can be made in her memory to the Duluth Fine Arts League.
Arrangements were entrusted to Crowell Brothers Funeral Homes and Crematory, Peachtree Corners, Ga.
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen by Rudolph Erich Raspe
From Raleigh Perry, Buford: The review is for a book that can be enjoyed by adults and just about anyone over 10 years old. Of several collections, I recommend the one by Rudolph Erich Raspe. Baron Munchhausen existed, though I am not sure if he was a raconteur. Raspe, and others, present a series of the most absolutely ridiculous and unbelievable stories that you will ever read. If you are a serious reader, you can be through the book in an hour or so. I have read them over and over for the past 60+ years. Most of you have heard of the Munchausen Syndrome. People with this syndrome assume the “sick role” so that people care for them and be the center of attention. These stories are just tall tales. Most European children are raised on the stories of the Baron. The movie, however, is not as good as the book.
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College president, congressman, senator, Baldwin died at 53
(From previous edition)
At the Confederation convention of 1785, Abraham Baldwin served on the Committee of Postponed Matters, later called the “Grand Committee,” which was tasked with determining how to apportion state representation in the national legislature. On the committee, Baldwin changed his vote on small-state representation to the national Senate, possibly because he feared the alienation of small states after befriending the Connecticut delegation. In so doing, he was instrumental in bringing about the “Great Compromise” that established representation in each house of Congress—equal representation in the Senate and apportionment based on population in the House of Representatives. Baldwin himself considered his role in the Great Compromise to be his greatest public service.
Beginning in 1789, Baldwin served five consecutive terms in the U.S. House of Representatives (1789-99) and two consecutive terms in the U.S. Senate (1799-1807), one of these as president pro tem. As a member of Congress, Baldwin was an avid supporter of limited nationalist policies and was widely perceived as the leader of the moderate wing of the Democratic-Republican Party. Throughout his political career, Baldwin was a consistent ally of both James Madison and Thomas Jefferson and a staunch opponent of Alexander Hamilton’s policies.
Baldwin is remembered today in Georgia primarily for his statewide educational program that created a state university and provided state funds for that institution. Highlighting his own education principles, Baldwin once stated that Georgia must “place the youth under the forming hand of Society, that by instruction they may be moulded to the love of Virtue and good Order.” He believed that no republic was secure without a well-informed constituency. Baldwin never married. In a curious parallel to a later renowned Georgian, Alexander Stephens, Baldwin assumed custody of six of his younger half-siblings upon his father’s death and reared, housed, and educated them all at his own expense.
On March 4, 1807, at age 53, Baldwin died while serving as a U.S. senator from Georgia. Later that month the Savannah Republican and Savannah Evening Ledger reprinted a eulogy of the great statesman, which had first appeared in a Washington, D.C., newspaper: “He originated the plan of the University of Georgia, drew up the charter, and with infinite labor and patience, in vanquishing all sorts of prejudices and removing every obstruction, he persuaded the assembly to adopt it.” Baldwin is buried in Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, D.C. Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton and Baldwin County in middle Georgia are named in his honor.
A statue of Baldwin was dedicated on the University of Georgia campus in 2011.
- To view the Georgia Encyclopedia article online, go to https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org
Here’s a river scene for your discernment
Today we turn to a river scene as the Mystery Photo. Try to identify where this photograph was made, and send your ideas to elliott@brack.net, including your hometown.
Throw in a local mystery, and it’s as if our readers are expecting photos from other places, not Gwinnett. The last Mystery Photo was recognized by only two people, one local, Jim Savedelis of Duluth, and the reliable George Graf of Palmyra, Va. The recent photo came from Susan McBrayer of Sugar Hill. With the picture not published on the Internet before, it made the identification more difficult.
Here’s what Graf wrote of this mystery: “This photo was taken at the Suwanee Town Center, 330 Town Center Avenue, in Suwanee The artwork is ‘Who Let the Dogs Out?’ by Jim Collins. The ‘dogs’ in this case are Dalmatians. Almost inevitably, given their great capacity and almost insatiable desire for exercise, they were long ago turned out with fire engines and raced the horses through the streets, thus acquiring the nickname “The Fire House Dogs.”
“The dogs are constructed of powder-coated stainless steel and are the approximate size of real Dalmatians. The larger dogs weigh 35 pounds while the smaller ones weigh 15 pounds.Jim Collins is primarily a public art sculptor. His sculpture style has been characterized by the use of silhouettes of people and animals fabricated of stainless steel, aluminum, and other metals. Collins was a professor of art at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga from 1966-83, when he resigned to devote himself full-time to his career as a professional artist. He received degrees from Marshall University in West Virginia, the University of Michigan, and a master of fine arts degree in sculpture from Ohio University. Collins currently resides in Signal Mountain, Tenn.”
Attend the 68th annual Gwinnett County Fair, which begins on Sept. 15 and concludes on Sept. 25 at the Gwinnett Fairgrounds, 2405 Sugarloaf Parkway in Lawrenceville.
The State of Gwinnett Schools will be the subject of a presentation by Gwinnett Supt. Dr. Calvin J. Watts on Sept. 21 at 11:30 a.m. at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Norcross, at the intersection of Peachtree Industrial Boulevard and Holcomb Bridge Road. It will be presented by the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce. To register, visit GwinnettChamber.org/events.
Join professional healthcare providers to assess your fall risk factors and learn ways to improve your strength and balance. This will be Thursday, Sept. 22 from 1:30 until 3 p.m. at the Collins Hill Library. Celebrate the first day of fall and learn how to protect yourself from falls. Falls are the leading cause of fatal and non-fatal injuries in older Americans. However, falls are not an inevitable part of aging. In partnership with Northside Hospital, professional healthcare providers will offer a one-on-one evaluation of your fall risk. This is free and open to the public.
Authors and Dessert in Duluth on Sept. 22 at 7 p.m. at the Duluth Public Library. Join in conversation with Authors Michael Gagnon and Matt Hild of the book: Gwinnett County, Georgia, and the Transformation of the American South, 1818-2018. Books will be available for sale and signing.
Put on your calendar: The 43rd Annual Elisha Winn Fair will be Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 1-2, 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.
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