To open this fall, the 400,000 square foot Buford High School is in the final stage of its construction. The $80 million facility is located on Buford Highway just north of the Buford City Hall. Read about Elliott Brack’s hour-long guided visit inside the school in Perspective below.
TODAY’S FOCUS: Ready To Help Change the World with Your Idea? May Not Happen!
EEB PERSPECTIVE: County Getting Another World Class Site with New Buford High School
ANOTHER VIEW: Should We Bow To Those Who Know What’s Best for Us?
SPOTLIGHT: PCOM Georgia
FEEDBACK: Continuation of Discussion About What Social Security Really Is
UPCOMING: Annual Girl Scout Event Set at Tribble Mill Park on April 28
NOTABLE: Duluth PCOM Georgia Student Competes in Ninja Warrior Wars
RECOMMENDED: The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Branch of U.S. Mint Operates in Dahlonega for 23 Years
MYSTERY PHOTO: Identify the Bust of a Famous Person as the Mystery Photo Today
LAGNIAPPE: Blossoming Dogwood Trees Decorating Female Seminary These Days
CALENDAR: Lilburn Offering Community Garden Plots for Rent
Ready to help change the world with your idea? May not happen!
By Howard Hoffman
PEACHTREE CORNERS, Ga. | He wore the unmistakable red ambassador’s blazer of the local airline. On the right side was his badge (“Cliff”), as he waited to be my next best friend. I was comforted. I could almost hear the sound of the cavalry coming to the rescue. My flight plans had “flown away” and I now needed Plan B or maybe even Plan C.
Hoffman
A practiced smile lit up his face as I approached. He nodded and said, “How may I help you?” As I began to explain my dilemma and launched into a possible resolution, the smile evaporated, his body sagged a bit and his head had a subtle, yet noticeable negative shake.
“Excuse me Cliff,” I said. “Before I completed my thought, your body language seemed very negative. “
Ambassador, Customer Service, Solutions…nope…I was grounded.
And this was at a time when I needed creative thinking, a different approach from the company handbook……a solution….that never took flight.
While we may all like to think that we’re progressive, (and in a small way maybe about to change the world), are we really all that?
In a new job many years ago, the company policy promised that they valued my experience and track record in that in-bred, family-owned operation. After I made a gentle suggestion on Day One, I heard: “We’ve never done it like that. You’ll see how we do things.” That same theme was repeated to me over and over as I died a little with each repetition.
Volunteering for a local charity and after my first day, I asked a long-term employee why they filed containers that way? He looked at me, the containers, and then back at me before saying, “I agree with you, but that’s a Brenda thing and I promise when you talk to her, it won’t go well.”
Remember when you were a kid and your mom suggested that you try the spinach or the broccoli? Your body tightened and you yelled, “I don’t like it!” She then reminded you that you had never tried it, so how did you come to that conclusion?
I bet many of you share many of these same experiences when you find that a quiet, maybe even a casual suggestion usually involves a small shift on the receiving end, the arms crossed, and the feet firmly dug in. Ain’t gonna happen!
So, in conclusion to help modify what could happen to you in certain situations, here’s a brief primer on ways you might ease your pain. Or, at least, prepare yourself for the lack of progress.
- Unless you’re Steve Jobs, Arthur Blank or Orville Wright, it’s best to keep your ideas to yourself. You will eventually find, “Why bother?”
- Never ask anyone to “try” the Indian food, anchovies on their pizza or Pilates.
- Do not begin any sentence with, “I have a good idea!” It’s up to your audience to decide if that’s true.
- Now, getting more personal, never, and I mean never, suggest you like or make a comment about your significant other’s hair after they return from the salon. It will never end well. Their response will consume much of the day and be repeated when it is convenient to remind you they are fine with the status quo.
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County getting another world-class site with new Buford High School
Location on Buford Highway
By Elliott Brack
Editor and Publisher, GwinnettForum
APRIL 12, 2019 | “World class” means a lot in Gwinnett. People are coming here to view our world-class water filtration plant, plus the world-class water reclamation plant. They come here to understand more about our high quality school system, and they come here to view Gwinnett’s top tourist attraction, the BAPS mandir in Lilburn.
Pretty soon they’ll be coming to view another world class facility, the new $80 million Buford High School, to open this August. We got a walk-through of this new school Monday, and came away fascinated by the concept and facilities there.
My guide was Dennis Epps of Charles Black Construction Company, the firm which has built many Buford facilities. The new school, designed by the architectural firm of Breaux and Associates of Alpharetta, is beautiful in design. The school is divided into three distinct buildings, for Fine Arts, for Academics and for Athletics. Altogether, the school measures out at just about 400,000 square feet on Buford Highway near Robert Bell Parkway.
We started out in the Fine Arts building, where Jimmie McKeral of Blairsville is the building superintendent. Besides classrooms, there will be 22 foot high ceiling practice rooms for chorus, band, etc., each measuring more than 30×40 feet. The theatre has a 55 foot high stage, with comfortable individual seats for 800 in the audience.
Fine Arts Theatre
Dr. Chris Fowler, the Buford school’s Fine Arts Coordinator, was in the building when we were there. He is pleased at what he is seeing: “It’s an exciting time for our entire community. This facility will serve our students and families for many decades, and the forward-thinking of our leaders is to be highly commended. This sort of facility gives us new possibilities for young people and encourages the excellence that Buford is so well known for.”
The middle building is for Academics. Parents dropping off students will use the Buford Highway entrance while buses will unload students at the center-back of the three-story building.
Brandon Hunt of Cleveland is the construction superintendent for this part of the school. Workers were beginning to unpack tables and chairs for the now-empty rooms. Equipment is state-of-the-art, from the massive cafeteria, media center and classrooms. Brandon told us: “The media center will even have a coffee house, and an area for Slurpees.” There’s even a second-floor 30×60 foot Special Event room overlooking the entrance, anticipating a place for announcements or sports commitments, or recognizing students with scholarships.
One of two same-size gyms
There’s LED lighting throughout the buildings. Lights go off automatically as the last person leaves a room. Work at the school has been ongoing now for nearly two years, with more than 1,000 different workmen on the project. At present, about 100 are in the final stages of finishing the building.
Once you go to the Athletic Building, which Robby Robinson of Helen is the superintendent, you find not one, but two full-size gymnasiums, all ready for play. Robinson explains: “They can be having basketball in one gym, and maybe volleyball in another.” Each gym seats 1,200, plus a walking track around the top of both gyms, with five laps around the track counting a mile.
Soon we saw the Weight Room (10,000 square feet), the football locker room (stalls for 120), athletic offices, and training room, awaiting whirlpools, and much more.
We’ll admit that by now we were somewhat exhausted, having pounded the terrazzo, luxury vinyl (looks like wood) and carpet (mostly in Fine Arts) floors for more than an hour going from room-to-room. The new Buford High School will amaze you and may already be booking people from distance areas to see what a modern high school concept looks like…..world class!
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Should we bow to those who know what’s best for us?
By Debra Houston
LILBURN, Ga. | A tug-of-war happened between Gwinnett County citizens on March 19. Voters were asked to think hard and take the initiative to vote. Nearly 92,000 patriots showed up. Yes, patriots. Those who didn’t were probably undecided; so let the heated debate continue to simmer.
Of course I’m referring to the MARTA vote. Regardless on which side we landed, we were passionate in our convictions. I enjoyed every minute of it. The churning of ideas makes our nation stronger even if we get a bit rowdy at times.
Dictators thrive where no freedom exists. I think of Guatemala. I teach English as a Second Language at church. Once I had a student from that country who said if you worked hard in Guatemala and did well, gang members would show up at your house and demand your money. If you didn’t go along, they’d kill your family and get away with it. You dared not speak out against a government that allowed such lawlessness.
In America, speaking up, writing opinion pieces, and voting our convictions demonstrate the highest ideals of a democratic republic. Oh, we get carried away. I wrote it would be arrogant for the MARTA referendum to go on next year’s general election ballot. I haven’t changed my mind, but my rhetoric was tame compared to what some on the losing side said. We who voted against the referendum were called tyrants and racists.
Are we tyrants because we refuse to accommodate the other side’s position? Perhaps we should bow to those who always know what’s best for the rest of us. We now have a panel of county commissioners comprised of Republicans and Democrats. That sounds pretty good to me. I don’t find a single tyrant among them.
The most hurtful charge was that of racism. Open your eyes, detractors. We have nations of people in Gwinnett with complexions from lightest light to darkest dark, and we get along swimmingly. Whites are in the minority and we who remain didn’t take the white flight path of the 60s and 70s. I guess we take the commandment to love our neighbors seriously.
Every ethnic group had the opportunity to vote in March and will have every chance to do so in the future. Instead of calling each other names, let’s remember that what we experienced was an adrenaline-charged election that our Founding Fathers would have loved.
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Continuation of discussion about what Social Security really is
Editor, the Forum:
While I appreciate Bobbie Cromlish’s umbrage at Social Security being called a “benefit,” calling it our money doesn’t change what Social Security is.
Social Security changed as it was marketed, and evolved over time. What didn’t evolve was the mechanics of the financial process. True, it was our and our employer’s money that went into the system. Social Security is “Social Insurance.” Its origins go back to the social welfare experiments of 19th century Europe, the same century that gave us socialism.
Social Security also expanded over time. Initially it was a program to keep the elderly out of abject poverty. It was later expanded to provide benefits to children of deceased parents. Still later SSI (Supplemental Security Income) was added to provide income for the disabled. And over time there were fewer and fewer workers to pay into the system. So, yeah, it’s near a Ponzi scheme, but one run by an entity that can print money, so it’s much safer than Bernie Madoff’s idea.
The social security increases of 1983 were imposed ostensibly to increase the money in the Social Security Trust Fund to ensure its future. But the money was spent by the General Fund. They didn’t forget; they simply took the money. They issued IOU’s (aka Special Issue Bonds) that were placed into the Trust Fund to be redeemed when needed to pay benefits.
And they pay interest. The interest rate paid on Special Issue (non-marketable) bonds in April of 2019 is 2.5 percent. So yes, the government is paying interest to itself, some of which comes from borrowed money, which means the government is paying interest on the interest it’s paying itself.
I think I can guess the writer’s politics. If correct, I’m gratified to see a conservative defending a socialist redistribution program. The political divide is not as wide as we think.
— Theirn Scott, Lawrenceville
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Annual Girl Scout event set at Tribble Mill Park on April 28
More than 600 Girl Scouts from all over Georgia will invade Camp Gwinnett at Tribble Mill Park on April 28. The event will be from noon until 4 p.m. and features many outdoor activities.
Camp Gwinnett is held annually to give Girl Scouts a variety of outdoor skills. For the afternoon, Girl Scout troops are exposed to a variety of activities, like how to set up tents, roll sleeping bags, light a campfire, cook meals over a fire, identify plants, wilderness first aid, archery, caving and animal tracking. One of the main goals of this event is to get girls and their parents to feel more confident about camping and experiencing life in the outdoors.
- To register, go to https://campgwinnett.weebly.com/.
Unregistered girls (K-12) can attend but will need to pay $25 to cover the registration and event. Boys (K-12) and girls (4 and 5-year-olds) are $10. On the day of the event, the cost will be $15/Girl Scout/attendee (non-scout $25).
Jackson EMC Foundation makes awards to groups serving Gwinnett
The Jackson EMC Foundation board of directors awarded a total $90,530 in grants during its March meeting, including $39,230 to organizations serving Gwinnett County. They include:
$15,000 to Ser Familia, a comprehensive social services program for Latino families in Buford, to provide culturally and linguistically appropriate mental health counseling services, including domestic violence, sexual abuse and suicide counseling.
$14,230 to New Directions Georgia, in Suwanee, a day program serving adults with autism in a home-like setting, to purchase an HVAC system to turn unused space within the existing building into a life skills transition apartment.
$10,000 to YMCA of Georgia’s Piedmont, in Winder, for its Summer Day Camp to help children from economically disadvantaged families in Barrow, Gwinnett, Hall and Jackson counties attend a nine-week day camp offering sports, reading, games, arts and crafts to build a healthy spirit, body and mind.
Jackson EMC Foundation grants are made possible by the 190,961 participating cooperative members who have their monthly electric bills rounded to the next dollar amount through the Operation Round Up program. Their “spare change” has funded 1,386 grants to organizations and 378 grants to individuals, putting more than $14 million back into local communities since the program began in 2005.
Duluth PCOM Georgia student competes in Ninja Warrior Wars
First-year Doctor of Physical Therapy student Alyssa Varsalona of Duluth, a student at PCOM -Georgia “had an amazing time” as she recently competed for an ultimate $1 million prize in the “American Ninja Warrior” competition held March 24-25.
Varalona
To be considered for the show, Varsalona was one of about 70,000 applicants who submitted a three minute video audition along with an essay. In the March competition, this former gymnast competed against about 100 other athletes in the Southeast region. Unfortunately, she is bound by a contract to keep the results a secret until the June 5 episode airs, but she is all smiles!
Varsalona calls herself the “Never Quit Ninja” as she has had five knee surgeries in the past seven years. She decided to apply for the competition while recovering from her fifth knee surgery. “I saw the show on TV and thought it looked awesome and I just had to try it. In fact, my aspiration to compete in the competition served as my motivation to work as hard as I could to regain my strength, balance and agility.”
These same knee surgeries provided the impetus for her to pursue a degree in physical therapy at PCOM Georgia in Suwanee. “My first physical therapist was so instrumental to my recovery and I want to be that person who is able to help athletes overcome their injuries and achieve their dreams,” she said.
“As an American Ninja Warrior, I hope to be an inspiration to athletes or anyone who is struggling with an injury, showing them that if I can get past all of my injuries, then they can too. I also want to serve as a role model for young athletes and demonstrate that women can be strong too.”
Prior to the competition, Varsalona participated in competitive gymnastics for ten years. She competed at level nine for two years, and began to train at level ten before being stymied by her knee injuries. After retiring from gymnastics, she participated in competitive cheerleading and ran track where she sprinted and pole vaulted.
“In my future as a physical therapist, I can use my experiences and my platform on American Ninja Warrior to develop injury prevention protocols and advocate for the importance of rehabilitation,” Varsalona explained.
“This was hands down the greatest experience I have ever had,” she said. “I’m still on cloud nine and I can’t even believe that it really happened – it all feels like a dream.”
She explained that the show films throughout the night and “the lights are so bright, the crowd is so loud, and there are cameras everywhere. I was so nervous to be competing with some of the greatest ninja veterans as a rookie, but as soon as I stepped onto the course and heard the crowd going crazy, my nerves disappeared,” she said.
The top 30 overall plus the top five female athletes advance to the city finals. At city finals, the top 12 overall plus the top two women advance to the national finals which are held in Las Vegas, Nevada, where competitors tackle a four-stage course modeled after the Mt. Midoriyama course in Japan. The winner takes home a grand prize of $1 million.
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
From Susan McBrayer, Sugar Hill: We think we know this book. Woman commits adultery. Woman has a baby. Woman is publicly shamed by having to wear a large scarlet “A” on her chest. It’s one of America’s first important novels. It’s about the Puritans who founded this country. But it is also about much more. I just finished a month-long course on this American classic and I can’t sum up all I learned here. Let’s just say this book is enjoyable as a simple story but, when examined more closely, it reveals layer upon layer of meaning. I realize this isn’t a particularly revealing recommendation, but I wanted to make the point that sometimes good books are wasted on us in high school and are more appreciated when we mature. So, if you have not read a true classic lately, you may be missing a treat. The books have not changed. But maybe YOU have.
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Branch of U.S. Mint operates in Dahlonega for 23 years
A branch of the United States Mint was established in Dahlonega in 1835, a decade after the nation’s first gold rush brought thousands of miners into north Georgia, and its first coins were issued in 1838. During the next 23 years, the Dahlonega Mint coined more than $6 million in gold but did little to alleviate the nation’s chronic money shortage. The coins were too valuable to circulate locally, and most found their way into overseas trade.
The Branch Mint at Dahlonega was one of three mints chartered by the U.S. Congress in 1835. The others were in Charlotte, N.C., and New Orleans, La. The opening of the Dahlonega Mint coincided with the removal from Georgia of the last Cherokee Indians, whose word for either yellow or golden, talonega, gave the town its name. Ironically, by the time the first half eagles—$5 gold pieces—were minted on April 17, 1838, the region’s gold mines were nearly exhausted.
Several problems plagued both the builders and the operators of the mint. It took many weeks to get materials and machinery into the frontier town, and skilled labor was hard to find there. Local citizens, qualified or not, wanted jobs, and there was never a shortage of applicants. The director of the United States Mint in Philadelphia, Penn., complained that the institution in Dahlonega was a “neighborhood mint.” Certainly, it was in the thick of politics. The mint superintendent was always a partisan of whatever party was in office, and the jobs of assayer and coiner, requiring skills largely absent on the frontier, eventually became political plums as well.
Despite difficulties, coins minted in Dahlonega were of high quality and are still prized by coin collectors. Mint officers preferred making the larger and easier-to-coin half eagles, but they also produced quarter eagles, gold dollars, and for one year, three-dollar gold pieces. Business at the mint, often slow, increased markedly in the early 1840s when there was a major gold strike at a local mine, but it boomed after the California gold rush as Georgia miners brought ore home with them to be coined at the local mint.
When Georgia seceded from the Union in January 1861, the state of Georgia took over the Branch Mint’s building and machinery. The Confederate States of America could not supply dies for coining, however, so the half eagles minted from the bullion on hand still bore the imprint of the United States of America. Unionists in north Georgia talked of seizing the mint and holding it for the Union.
The Confederate Congress closed the Branch Mint in June 1861, and for the rest of the Civil War (1861-65) a private assayer lived there and acted as caretaker.
During the Reconstruction era the Mint was occupied by federal troops. Failing to sell the building, the U.S. government gave it to the trustees of North Georgia Agricultural College (today the North Georgia College and State University) in 1871. In 1873 the college’s students requested that military training be made a part of the school’s curriculum, initiating the start of the Corps of Cadets. In 1878 the old mint building burned, and a new college building, which still stands, was erected on the site. It is topped by a steeple leafed with Georgia gold.
- To view the Georgia Encyclopedia online, go to http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org
Identify the bust of a famous person as the Mystery Photo today
Here’s a bust of an individual which we feature as the Mystery Photo today. Figure out who this person is and send your answer to elliott@brack.net, including your hometown.
The recent Mystery Photo came from Molly Titus of Peachtree Corners. Allan Peel, San Antonio, Tex.: identified the recent mystery: “Today’s mystery photo is of the statue of ‘Sappho’, located in the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Ark. World-class art museums are generally situated within urban centers of the globe. So why is one of the nation’s premiere places to view American art in the relatively small town of Bentonville, Ark. with a population of less than 49,298? The answer … because it was here that Alice Walton, the daughter of the retail giant founder of Walmart, Sam Walton, wanted to situate her world-class museum showcasing American art. So Alice Walton commissioned the architect Moshe Safdie to design the Crystal Bridges Museum. It opened on Nov. 11, 2011.
“The central focus of today’s mystery photo is the marble statue of ‘Sappho,’ which was modeled in 1862 and carved in 1867 by William Wetmore Story (1819 – 1895). The oil painting that is directly behind the ‘Sappho’ is ‘Winter Scene in Brooklyn,’ painted by Francis Guy in 1820. The painting presents a view of daily life in Brooklyn, N.Y. at the intersection of Front, James, and Fulton Streets from the window of Francis Guy’s second-floor studio.”
The only other person identifying the recent mystery was George Graf, Palmyra Va. He commends Allan Peel: “He’s been making me look like a wannabe amateur lately. I should have gotten the Greenville, S.C. answer, but didn’t. My best shot at that Barcelona statue was a bust, so to speak. Allan was brilliant in getting that one. His photo of the Texas landscape was hard since I couldn’t get a clear focus of the background and nothing jogged my memory of a place to look except West of course.”
Dandy dogwood
Beautifying Lawrenceville is this dogwood tree in full bloom at the city’s Female Seminary. Roving Photographer Frank Sharp captured this gorgeous scene. While the white blossoms provide the color these days, this same tree will see its leaves turn red for even more color this fall.
Peachtree Corners is having its spring clean-up on Saturday, April 13. Events include shredding recycling and more. For more information, click here.
Bird Walk of the Southern Wings Bird Club on Saturday, April 13, meeting at 8:45 a.m. at McDaniel Farm Park in Duluth. Led by Master Birder Chris O’Neal, who enjoys wildlife photography and exploring new parks and rails to watch birds. Bring your binoculars, camera, water, snacks and sunscreen. More details: 770 845 3631 or 678 334 1173.
Annual Plant Sale: the Norcross Garden Club and Community Market are teaming up to share space during the garden club’s annual plant sale on Friday and Saturday, April 12-13 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 33 College Street. For over 20 years, the Norcross Garden Club has offered fabulous plants for sale each year in April. Members and their friends continue to provide great pass-along plants that are native to the Atlanta area. In addition, the club procures an assortment of annual and perennial flowering plants from a local nursery and receives donations of garden-related items. Also, a variety of vendors for the market will offer local food choices, herbs, and fresh from the garden greens.
Easter Egg Hunt at Lilburn City Park will be Saturday, April 13, starting at 10 a.m. Children, up to age 12, will be divided into age groups to take turns collecting eggs in the park. The event includes a petting zoo, inflatable and an Easter Bunny photo opportunity.
Earth Day: Volunteer at Gwinnett County’s annual Earth Day event on Saturday, April 13 at the Gwinnett County Fairgrounds, located at 2405 Sugarloaf Parkway in Lawrenceville from 9 a.m. until noon. Residents are invited to recycle paper, paint, electronics and tires. Volunteers ages 14 and up are needed to unload vehicles, direct traffic, break down boxes, distribute recycling information and support other Earth Day activities. The event is rain or shine. Interested volunteers should register at www.VolunteerGwinnett.net. For more information, contact Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful at 770-822-5187 or email gwinnettcb@gwinnettcb.org.
Snellville Historical Society will meet Sunday, April 14 at 2:30 p.m. in the Community Room of the City Hall. Speakers will be Ron Davis and Jimmy Clower, descendants of the James Sawyer family, one of the founders of Snellville.
Photo Exhibit of Australia and New Zealand by Roving Photographer Frank Sharp is now on display through April 30 at the Tucker Library, 5234 LaVista Road. Hours of operation are 10 a.m. until 8 p.m.. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday. This library is closed on Sunday.
Community Garden beds for rent in Lilburn. Now accepting applications for a year’s rental, until next March 31. Rates are $40 for a 4×8 foot bed, or $60 for a 4×12 foot bed. An Easy Access bed is $20. For more information, go to http://www.lilburncommunitygarden.org/garden-bed-rentals-and-sponsorships.html.
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