LUNCH TIME: For a hungry grizzly bear, there’s nothing better for a meal than to snack on a buffalo carcass, even though it’s in the middle of a river in Yellowstone National Park. Susan Shenefield of Lilburn sent in this photo from Yellowstone as she and husband, Jordan, enjoyed working for six months at the park. For more details of their activities, see Today’s Focus.
IN THIS EDITION
TODAY’S FOCUS: Reliving the Past and Enjoying the Beauty of Yellowstone Park
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Remembering Miss Lillian Webb
ANOTHER VIEW: Continues Conservation Concerning Whether Mrs. Clinton Is Progressive
ANOTHER VIEW: Fort Daniel Faire for 2016 Concerns the “Dynamic Borders”
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce
UPCOMING: Suwanee Gets Another Park, with 25 Acres Near Center of City
NOTABLE: Central Gwinnett Students Excited about Health Career Academy
RECOMMENDED: Miracle on the Hudson, by William Prochnau and Laura Parker
GEORGIA TIDBIT: McIntosh’s Support for Land Treaty Cost Him His Life
TODAY’S QUOTE: Reflections About Exercising at the Gym
MYSTERY PHOTO: Clues Abound for Your Taking in This Week’s Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Here’s a View of the Central Activities of the Gwinnett County Fair
CALENDAR: Fort Daniel Frontier Faire Set This Weekend at Hog Mountain
TODAY’S FOCUS
Reliving the past and enjoying the beauty of Yellowstone park
(Editor’s note: Lilburn residents Susan and Jordan Shenefield, now in retirement, are having wonderful times this summer working at Yellowstone National Park, where they met years ago. Here’s a report on their summer experience. –eeb)
By Susan Shenefield, Yellowstone National Park | How does one spend six months living in a caldera, a large volcanic crater of the mouth of the volcano? We’ve been working and relaxing in Yellowstone National Park for a season!
The back story is I met my husband, Jordan, 45 years ago working summer jobs in Yellowstone as college kids. We’ve been married 43 years and our goal has been retiring and returning to give back to this Park we love so much.
So year 2016 the stars aligned for us to do that…and more, since this is also the Centennial Celebration of the National Park Service. We are ambassadors for Yellowstone.
The Shenefields stand near a historic Yellow Bus Touring car, built by White motor Company of Cleveland, Ohio, and first introduced in 1937. Once sold off by the park system, the touring car returned to operation at Yellowstone in 2007 and have been a photo magnet ever since.
I have been a retail associate in the Old Faithful Inn Gift Shop and Jordan is a bus driver/tour guide. Working is the means to an end – we get Yellowstone as our front and back yard while being immersed in the rhythm of the Park. The Park Service expects over four million visitors this year, most of those came during June, July, and early August.
Native American wisdom held that we belong to the land; the land doesn’t belong to us. The foresight to preserve this wilderness, which became the world’s first national park in 1872, is a gift to each of us. It comes with challenges. There are too many visitors with too little respect for the fragile environment. But we also see the joy of families coming to the Park to make life-long memories.
Humor goes a long way on days when tour buses never cease dropping off visitors, all sometimes unaware. I’ve been asked:
- “What do they do with the geysers at night?” (Nothing);
- “Did they stage a bison carcass in the middle of the river so visitors can watch a grizzly devour it?” (No).
And a true story: not understanding that this is truly a hands-off environment where the animals are owners and we are the guests, led a misguided Canadian to put a baby bison in his car; he thought it was cold.
We’ve seen how the Park has changed (fires of 1988, roads re-routes and improvements) and how the Park has stayed the same (Old Faithful, Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone). Since this is the world’s first national park, Yellowstone has always been on the cutting edge…trying to figure out what visitors want while maintaining the unique, natural experience.
The richness of stories we have heard here will stay with us forever…a retired 9/11 firefighter seeking peace in America’s Parks from scars in his life; a mom scattering ashes of her son from a drug addiction death; parents bringing their children to Yellowstone as their parents had done years earlier; and of course the couples who, like us, met here and return to where it all began.
Our goal was to “open” (on April 19) and “close” the Park (on October 7). We are happy we did, but likely will do three month contracts in the future. Grand Canyon and Denali are on our immediate radar. There’s much to explore in our park system.
This time for us personally has been one of awe and wonder. The colors, the beauty, and visual snapshots are with us forever. The wall between “want” and “need” becomes sharper, clearer.
John Muir said: “In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks.” Stay curious and find your Park.
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Lillian Webb was major force in Georgia as elected official
By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Lillian Webb was a major force for good in Gwinnett as an elected official. She was a Norcross councilperson (four years, 1971-74) to 11 terms as mayor (1975-84 and 1996-2007) and chairman of the Gwinnett County Commission for eight years (1985-1992).
“Miss Lillian” Webb, 87, died last week. She was a pioneering office-holder, leading the way for women in state Republican political activities, and in city and county government in Gwinnett. She was the first female mayor of Norcross, and first female county commission chair. And she did all this with such a happy, welcoming demeanor that charmed everyone she met.
Yet when she first observed the working of the county commission meetings before she took office, she was appalled. Meetings were combative, visitors (with work before the commission) were kept waiting for hours, and she was “wondering what I had gotten myself in.”
But once in office as chairman, she brought efficiency to the county a “consent agenda.” She told me: “You talked about items in your work session, and if there was agreement on housekeeping matters, you put them on the consent agenda. This way you could dispose of many of the items on the table with one motion,” and the meeting would not be stalemated with trivial matters. Consent agendas are standard in most local cities now.
Miss Lillian saw the big picture. She also recognized the importance of infrastructure, pushing for improved water, sewer, roads and buildings. She led the way in the county approving the first SPLOST in the state of Georgia. This added penny per sale paid for the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center with $65 million from the 1986 SPLOST program. That may be her key legacy, a modern courthouse that relieved the county from having to rent facilities for county operations.
Perhaps one of Miss Lillian’s most memorable events came in 1992, when President George H.W. Bush was running for re-election. No doubt at Miss Lillian’s bidding, his campaign train stopped in Norcross, and as mayor, Lillian went aboard his coach and greeted him before presenting him to the throng crowded around Jones Street at the rail crossing.
Miss Lillian had a great talent for conversing with people of any age. The Rev. Brenda Westmoreland remembers visiting with her recently in the hospital, when accompanied by her nine year old grandson. Lillian and her grandson were soon talking baseball, and they got along well.” Brenda adds when visiting with her: “Lillian never asked for prayers for herself, but always was asking me to pray for others out there in need.”
Mike Berg served with her on the county commission. “She was a consensus builder. She came in to office when the county became Republican dominated, yet worked with the old-line Democrats well. I admired her, and we talked often on the phone after I left office.” Berg is now the chairman of the Dawson County Commission.
Also on the Commission with her was Don Loggins, now living in Monroe. “She knew everyone, and kept the interest of people at heart. One of her favorite items was the restoration of the old Courthouse, which she saw to in the first SPLOST.”
Johnny Lawler worked with her for years in Norcross, saying how positive she was. “She had a great outlook on life. She was special.” He also remembers her saying: “Some of my best times were when playing Santa Claus.” She would put on a suit and fake beard, and have “the best time ever.”
Lillian Webb: 1928-2016: May you rest in peace.
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Continues conversation concerning whether Mrs. Clinton is progressive
By Debra Houston, contributing columnist | I’d like to respond to the thoughtful column written by Hoyt Tuggle on September 16. He disagreed with my article of September 9 concerning progressivism, especially my point that Hillary Clinton is a progressive.
I know Progressivism has deep roots in the Democratic Party, and that it’s not a new phenomenon. And I agree it grew under President Jimmy Carter. I thought of Carter when I wrote my article, but left him out because in 1980 Ronald Reagan won in a landslide and trounced progressive ideas.
Perhaps Mr. Tuggle was right in saying President Bill Clinton was not a Progressive. I think Clinton was at heart, but hid in the Progressive closet. He saw how popular conservatism was during the Reagan years, so he chose restraint in order to win a second term.
His first lady had no such qualms. Mrs. Clinton worked on a universal health care plan, a progressive objective. Without the authority to enforce it, she wasted countless taxpayer dollars. To say her activity was unpopular at the time is an understatement.
Radical feminism is another progressive benchmark. Feminist to the core, Mrs. Clinton promotes abortion on demand funded by taxpayers, regardless of their religious beliefs.
Furthermore, I tend to believe Mrs. Clinton when she calls herself a progressive. If she weren’t, why would President Obama endorse her and campaign for her?
Both Mrs. Clinton and President Obama revere Saul Alinksy, a 60s community organizer who wrote the book, “Rules for Radicals.” If you haven’t read his twelve rules, you should. They describe progressive tactics. Consider its Rule 5: “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.” This one goes hand-in-hand with Rule 12: “Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.”
Mrs. Clinton employed rules 5 and 12 when she targeted “half” of Trump supporters in a “grossly generalist” manner. She said they belong in a basket of “deplorables.” She ridiculed them as “racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islam-phobic” and called them “irredeemable.”
Severely criticized for her remarks, she paid a price in negative media coverage. But she confirmed the point of my article, that progressive elitists disdain blue-collar workers, the “uneducated” (non-colleged), and conservative white males. In other words, whoever stands in their path.
Mrs. Clinton not a progressive? I beg to differ.
ANOTHER VIEWFort Daniel Faire for 2016 concerns the “dynamic borders”
By Delana Gilmore | Tucked away on the highest point of Hog Mountain every fall you can feel the excitement of people rediscovering Gwinnett County’s earliest historic site, Fort Daniel, and its history. On Saturday, October 15 Fort Daniel Foundation will host the eighth annual Frontier Faire at 2505 Braselton Highway (Georgia Highway 124) with this year’s theme being, “Dynamic Borders”.
People of all ages can participate in supervised archaeological excavations. Past excavations on the site have uncovered musket balls, Native American pottery, buttons, nails, and much more. Visitors will be able to visit the Fort Daniel Museum and tour the Fort Daniel Archaeology Lab along with the popular ArchaeoBus, Georgia’s mobile archaeology classroom. Additionally, visitors can interact with re-enactors, watch frontier life demonstrations, and shop at the Hog Mountain Trading Post.
Storyteller Barry Stewart Mann will perform a new dialogue—especially created for Fort Daniel—at 10:30 a.m. and a special dedication of the new Major Tandy Key Blacksmith Shop will be held at 1:30 p.m. with the descendants of Major Key as special guests.
First built sometime in the early 1800s, “the fort at Hog Mountain” was originally a frontier fort located near the juncture of two treaty lines that separated the early settlers from the Cherokee to the east and north and the Creeks to the west and south. In October 1813 Major General Allen Daniel, commander of the Fourth Division of the Georgia Militia, ordered Brigadier General Frederick Beall, commander of the Second Brigade of the Georgia Militia, to supervise the construction of “a new fort at or near the place whereon the present fort stands which shall be sufficient for the reception of 200 men.” Beginning in January 1814, the newly reconstructed “Fort Daniel,” under the command of Major Tandy Key, was the staging ground for construction of a road through Creek territory to Standing Peachtree where another fort would be constructed, Fort Peachtree. This road became the original Peachtree Road.
Admission to the Frontier Faire is $2 per person or $5 per family. If you join the Fort Daniel Foundation at the Frontier Faire this year, you will get $5 off the annual membership fee. The Frontier Faire is cosponsored by the Fort Daniel Foundation and Gwinnett Archaeological Research Society. Fort Daniel Archaeological Site is owned by Gwinnett County and is managed by the Fort Daniel Foundation.
- For more information about Fort Daniel or archaeology in Gwinnett County contact Delana Gilmore at gwinnettarchaeology@gmail.com, or visit thefortdanielfoundation.org or thegars.org.
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UPCOMINGSuwanee gets another park, with 25 acres near center of city
Suwanee is getting another 25 acres of parkland, near the center of town. Its City Council approved the master plan for the city’s newest park, Town Center West, at their September 27 meeting.
Located on the approximately 25-acre site known as the DeLay Property, Town Center West will be situated behind the Suwanee library and PlayTown Suwanee on Suwanee Dam Road. The property was purchased in 2002 as an early acquisition of their community-driven comprehensive park and open space initiative.
Suwanee Mayor Jimmy Burnette says: “The success of Town Center Park has exceeded all expectations. The park draws over 200,000 visitors annually to events, as well as regularly serving our 18,000 citizens. The new Town Center Park West will help ease the demand on the existing park and surrounding community.”
The park will feature a mixture of urban and rural environments, including:
- A roughly 900-foot, elevated signature bridge for pedestrian and bicycle use, spanning the entire park and crossing an approximately one-acre water feature;
- An open terrace plaza and lawn area at the peak of the park’s elevation that will include several small-scale micro-business sites serving park patrons;
- An extension of the existing Playtown Suwanee geared toward older children;
- Sandpit volleyball courts; and
- An iconic public art piece.
The wooded area along the existing Brushy Creek Greenway (roughly 15 acres) will remain undisturbed.
The new park design is influenced by the style and quality of Town Center Park, but will have its own unique character, personality, and purpose. Plans call for an accentuated pedestrian connection by reworking City Hall Park into a visible, logical linkage of the two sites. The topography of Town Center Park West will allow it to overlook Town Center, further enhancing the relationship of the two parks.
Parks-Library partnership to offer children’s storytime
Gwinnett County Parks and Recreation in partnership with Gwinnett County Public Library will be hosting a series of literary events at Bethesda Park Aquatic Center during the next six months. Families and children of all ages are welcome as they showcase a popular children’s book each month. The program will begin with a special Storytime followed with swimming and activities based on the book’s themes. The Storytime will be on Fridays from 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. and will feature the books below:
- October 7: I’m the Biggest Fish in the Ocean by Kevin Sherry;
- November 18: Get out of my Bath by Britta Teckentrupp;
- December 2: Pete the Cat: Pete at the Beach by James Den;
- January 6: How I became A Pirate by Melinda Long;
- February 3: Swimming by Leo Lionni; and
- March 3: The Pout Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen.
The events are $6 per person for each day or $31 for all six dates. Children under the age of three are free. Pre-registration is required, and all pool rules apply. Bethesda Park Aquatic Center is located at 225 Bethesda Church Road in Lawrenceville.
- For more information call Bethesda Park Aquatic Center at 678-277-0880 or visit www.gwinnettparks.com.
Get insights into entertainment industry at Gwinnett Tech on Oct. 10
Blizzard Entertainment, a developer and publisher of entertainment software, will be on the Gwinnett Tech campus on October 10, from 10-11:30 a.m. to present a program offering insights into the future of the gaming industry. Guest speakers Morgan Day (Blizzard Quality Assurance) and Rachel Day (Blizzard Technical and FX Artist) will share what a day in the life of Blizzard is like and how aspiring game developers can break into the gaming industry.
The event will be hosted live on the Lawrenceville campus at 5150 Sugarloaf Parkway, and presented via live webcast on the Alpharetta-North Fulton campus. This is a great way to an inside glimpse into this booming industry.
- Reserve your spot today at http://bit.ly/2cfC9t1.
Farrah Rink, a second year doctor of osteopathic medicine student, talks with Central Gwinnett High students.
Central Gwinnett students excited about Health Career Academy
On a recent Friday afternoon, 25 osteopathic medicine and biomedical sciences students shared lunch at round tables with about two dozen of Central Gwinnett High’s 11th graders. The room buzzed with discussion about SAT scores, college admissions requirements and even the prom. The setting was the third floor of Central Gwinnett’s “castle” and the healthcare students were from Georgia Campus – Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (GA-PCOM) in Suwanee. They had gathered to kick off the second semester of a Health Career Academy program offered to interested students and those who had participated in the program last spring as sophomores.
Dr. Jade Gillispie, assistant principal of the high school’s Medical and Healthcare Sciences Academy, who oversees the program, says: “Our students have been enriched in ways I probably will never know. The minute you mention GA-PCOM, they get so excited. They’ve been exposed to many different aspects of health care. What’s most important is not only have they received for themselves, but they take back what they have learned and share with other students as well.”
Led by second-year osteopathic medical students Hannah Shin and Yasmeen Shariff, the Health Career Academy aims to provide mentorship, engaging health curriculum, along with exposure to health careers. Shin says: “We are trying to encourage them to graduate from high school and take an interest in health-related pathways.” Adds Shariff: “We try to guide the students and encourage them to pursue higher education and think about what they want to do in the future, with us as their support system.”
The 11th grade curriculum will focus on major public health issues. Through active learning, the program will integrate basic scientific principles with relevant social issues that the students may face such as brain health, including the effects of sleep deprivation; sexual health, including consent and information on the Zika virus; and healthy living, including nutrition and plaque build-up. GA-PCOM Director of Student Affairs Patience Mason says: “We’re excited at the potential of what we have here. We believe this is making a difference.”
The GA-PCOM students will additionally mentor a new group of sophomores, beginning with a kickoff event for the tenth graders in January.
Designed by Main Line Health, a network of hospitals and clinics in Philadelphia, Penn., and supported by Aetna, the Health Career Academy brings medical school students into the classroom to provide mentorship and exposure to health careers through an engaging health curriculum.
RECOMMENDEDMiracle on the Hudson
Nonfiction by William Prochnau and Laura Parker
Reviewed by Cindy Evans, Duluth | This book tells the survivors’ stories of Flight 1549, now on the big screen in the movie, Sully. This is a fascinating account put together after countless interviews with the passengers from that fateful flight in January, 2009. The authors gathered vast amounts of information from the people involved and wove together a heartfelt recounting of the incredible journey and rescue. In great detail, you learn about the experiences of those on board and how it has impacted them still today. There is certainly a range of emotions from fear, to faith, to selflessness and other emotions you would expect. Definitely enjoyed this chronicle of that event which fortunately had a happy ending!
An invitation: what books, restaurants, movies or web sites have you enjoyed recently? Send us your recent selection, along with a short paragraph (100 words) as to why you liked this, plus what you plan to visit or read next. –eeb
GEORGIA ENCYCLOPEDIA TIDBITMcIntosh’s support for land treaty cost him his life
(Continued from previous edition)
William McIntosh‘s support of the United States in the Creek War of 1813-14 earned him the contempt of many Creeks. As a result of the U.S. victory at Horseshoe Bend, both Upper and Lower Creeks were forced to sign the Treaty of Fort Jackson, in which the Creeks ceded 22 million acres of land in Alabama and south Georgia to the United States. In the wake of that war, the Creeks suffered famine and deprivation for several years. During that time McIntosh allied himself with Indian agent David B. Mitchell, Hawkins’s successor, to coordinate the distribution of food and supplies from the U.S. government to the Creeks. This alliance assured McIntosh’s control over resources and his continued influence among the Creeks.
McIntosh
In 1821 John Crowell replaced Mitchell as Indian agent. Crowell severed McIntosh’s access to resources, weakening McIntosh’s influence among the Creeks, who were compelled to sell some of their land to pay debts and to acquire food and supplies. However, for his role in the first Treaty of Indian Springs, in 1821, McIntosh received 1,000 acres of land at Indian Springs and another 640 acres on the Ocmulgee River.
After that treaty, Governor George Troup was determined to enforce the Compact of 1802 that called for the extinguishment of all Indian titles to land in Georgia. Despite the fervent opposition of many Upper Creeks, and with Troup’s assurances of protection, Chief McIntosh, together with a small contingent of mostly Lower Creek chiefs, negotiated the second Treaty of Indian Springs, in 1825. This treaty provided for the cession of virtually all Creek land remaining in the state of Georgia in exchange for a payment of $200,000.
McIntosh’s participation in the 1825 Treaty of Indian Springs cost him his life. According to a Creek law that McIntosh himself had supported, a sentence of execution awaited any Creek leader who ceded land to the United States without the full assent of the entire Creek Nation. Just before dawn on April 30, 1825, Upper Creek chief Menawa, accompanied by 200 Creek warriors, attacked McIntosh at Lockchau Talofau to carry out the sentence. They set fire to his home, and shot and stabbed to death McIntosh and the elderly Coweta chief Etomme Tustunnuggee.
- To view the Georgia Encyclopedia online, go to http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org
Clues abound for your taking in this week’s Mystery Photo
Check out the clues in this Mystery photo. Look carefully and you may be pointed in the direction to solve this week’s mystery. Then send in your thoughts to elliott@brack.net and be sure to include your hometown.
The last mystery proved to be difficult for all but George Graf of Palmyra, Va. He recognized The Woodstock Inn and Resort in Woodstock, Vermont. The mystery was sent in by Billy Chism of Toccoa. Graf writes: “Set against the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Park, Woodstock Inn is a year-round destination wrapped in luxury and history. Woodstock was named ‘The Prettiest Small Town in America’ by the Ladies Home Journal magazine and in 2011, North and South Park Street and one block of Elm Street won an award for great streetscape by the American Planning Association’s ‘Great Places in America’ program.”
Here’s a view of the central activity of the Gwinnett County Fair
Here’s a view of the central activities of a county fair, as shown in this photograph by Roving Photographer Frank Sharpe. Competition in livestock shows have always been a key feature of fairs. Note the depth of activity by these youth showing their cattle, grooming their entries, and making sure the animals are alert and calm. The Gwinnett County Fair ending last week, saw nearly 280,000 visitors, Fair Director Dale Thurman says.
CALENDARInaugural 5K Paint Georgia Pink Walk will be Saturday, October 1 at 8 a.m. at the Gwinnett Braves Coolray Field. Sponsored by Gwinnett Medical Center, the walk will benefit the Gwinnett Medical Center Foundation. Funds from this event will be specifically designated for use by GMC’s breast cancer patients.
38th Annual Elisha Winn Fair will be from October 1-2 from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. at the Elisha Winn House at 908 Dacula Road. Sponsored by the Gwinnett Historical Society, the event has exhibits, tours of the House and the 1820 log jail, Music, quilt show, raffle and more. Visit an 1885 one-room school, see re-enactors and crafters. Admission is $3 for adults, with children admitted at no cost.
(NEW) Ribbon Cutting for the Expansion of the Gwinnett Fire Training Academy on October 4 at 3:45 p.m., at 3608 Braselton Highway. The expansion will allow for fire trucks and medical units to be housed in the new facility.
Author Karin Slaughter will be at the Norcross Cultural Center for a program and book signing on Tuesday, October 4, at 7 p.m., hosted by the Gwinnett County Public Library. This program is free, and books will be available for purchase and signing courtesy of Barnes & Noble. Guests who purchase books at the event will get signing line preferential treatment. Her latest Will Trent novel is The Kept Woman. For more information, visit www.gwinnettpl.org or call 770-978-5154.
(NEW) Flowering Bulb Growing Workshop presented by the Gwinnett County Public Library on Thursday, October 6 at 6:30 p.m. at the Collins Hill Branch Library, 455 Camp Perrin Road in Lawrenceville. Taught by Timothy Daly of the Georgia Extension Service. To attend, RSVP at events@gwinnettpl.org.
Open House at the Georgia Campus – Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine will be Friday, October 7 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Faculty members and students will be on hand to discuss the programs offered at the Suwanee campus including Osteopathic Medicine (DO), Pharmacy (PharmD), Biomedical Sciences (MS), and Physician Assistant Studies (MS). The Open House will include a tour of the campus. In addition, information about the curriculum, the application procedure and the financial aid process will be available. Those interested in attending the open house are encouraged to register here or call the Admissions Department at 678-225-7500.
(NEW) 40th annual Lilburn Daze Arts and Crafts Festival will be October 8 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Lilburn City Park. It features more than 150 arts and crafts vendors, a variety of food vendors and a kid zone featuring free art activities, a train ride, pony rides and lots of other fun for the children. Lilburn Daze is hosted by the Lilburn Woman’s Club and co-sponsored by the City of Lilburn. Visit www.lilburndaze.org for more information.
(NEW) Panel Discussion at a meeting of the Snellville Historical Society, October 9 at 2 p.m. at the Snellville City Hall. The program will be a panel discussion by several members of South Gwinnett High School’s First (1958) Graduating Class,” led by Clark Britt. For more information, call 770 633 1737.
Fall Challenge at the Tannery Row Artist Colony in Buford is continuing through October 10. This art exhibit is at the historic Tannery building at 554 Main Street in Buford, the home of 16 artist studios. Donna Biggee of Snellville has created a 30×30 inch painting, as a feature of the exhibition. The art center is open Tuesday through Saturday from noon to 5 p.m.
Auction at Southern Wings Bird Club meeting, October 10 at 7 p.m. at the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center in Lawrenceville. Bring new gently used items for the auction, with proceeds benefitting the club. More info: southernwingsbc@yahoo.com.
Annual Car Show at St. Matthew’s Episcopal on October 15, 2016, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m., rain or shine. This is a judged show for cars, trucks and motorcycles. Besides vehicles, there is fun, food and prizes for the whole family. Location: 1620 Oak Road, Snellville.
8th Annual Frontier Faire at Fort Daniel in Hog Mountain, Saturday, October 15 from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Admission is $2 a person or $5 a family. Co-sponsored by the Fort Daniel Foundation and the Gwinnett Archaeological Research Society, the faire is located on the site of a frontier fort dating back to early 1800s. For more information, visitthefortdanielfoundation.org.
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