MYSTERY: Beautiful photo of a site along a seacoast

Red roofs, the sea and a harbor, all in this Mystery Photo taken from a hill. But where is it?   Send your answers to elliott@brack.net and be sure to include the town where you live.

Another clue to last week’s Mystery Photo could have been the words “Arbeit macht frei” which can be seen over the gate at the Auschwitz, Poland Concentration Camp once operated by Nazi Germany. First in with the correct identification was Ross W. Lenhart of Pawleys Island, S.C. The photo came from Frank Sharp of Lawrenceville, who recently returned from a trip to Europe. He writes: “Before going to Auschwitz, I wondered if I would be able to make an attractive photograph is such a grim place, but I was surprised when I actually arrived.  The buildings were all well maintained and looked like a neat compound or complex.  The watchtower and the German book sign might be a hint where it was.”

Also recognizing the photo were Susan McBrayer, Sugar Hill and Ruthy Lachman Paul of Norcross who wrote: “My father survived  the Auschwitz-Birkenau, known as the German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp. The photo is of the Auschwitz Museum. My father condensed his feeling of the site as the ‘expression of human evil.’ This is a tourist site and is visited by more than a million and a half people a year, who come from over 30 countries. Only seven percent come from Israel.”

Vines Park wins international award for grounds maintenance

Gwinnett County Parks and Recreation (GCPR) received top honor for Vines Park, a 79-acre park located in Loganville. The Professional Grounds Management Society (PGMS) recognized Vines Park for exceptional grounds maintenance. Winners were honored during the Society’s 2015 Awards Dinner in Louisville, Ky. in October. Receiving the award were, at left, Rad Hamilton, and at right, Josh Harris, both Grounds Maintenance coordinators. PGMS Past President John Burns presents the award. Vines Park is a passive park that was recently renovated with the 2005 Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax Program. Vines Park is located at 3500 Oak Grove Road in Loganville. For more information about the park or hours of operation, visit www.gwinnettparks.com.