Articles by: GwinnettForum
NEW for 8/23: On Kilimanjaro trip, Luckie agency, FBI and GOP
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Wesleyan teacher among group climbing Mount Kilimanjaro
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Biggest marketing agency in Gwinnett calls Duluth home
ANOTHER VIEW: “Defund the FBI” statements are hurting the GOP
SPOTLIGHT: The Piedmont Bank
FEEDBACK: Church leadership should be held to high standard
UPCOMING: Preservation Board seeks nominations for 2022 awards
NOTABLE: Gwinnett jury awards plaintiffs $1.7 billion, largest ever in Georgia
RECOMMENDED: Waiting for Godot, by Samuel Beckett
GEORGIA TIDBIT: The Andersonville Trial was both a play and television production
MYSTERY PHOTO: Is a bunker the key to today’s Mystery Photo?
LAGNIAPPE: Ooops. That Historic Courthouse scaffolding isn’t that ancient
CALENDAR: Learn more about foster parenting on August 30 in Grayson
FOCUS: Wesleyan teacher in group climbing Mount Kilimanjaro
By Laura Jensen | This June I climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania with Beyond Adventures, bringing to fruition a 20-year dream! Our group of eight climbers required four guides and 20 porters. Our lead guides have been climbing Kibo, the highest of Kili’s three peaks, for over 20 years with 250+ trips to the summit. Their knowledge and experience put us at ease. Our porters faithfully cooked, set up tents, pumped water and carried equipment on their backs, shoulders, and heads.
ANOTHER VIEW: “Defund the FBI” statements are hurting the GOP
By Jack Bernard, contributing columnist | I’m an anomaly. I’m a social progressive who comes from a law enforcement family. My favorite uncle was a Lieutenant with the New York Police Department who ran a precinct in Brooklyn. My closest cousin is a retired prison guard. Another close first cousin retired from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. And I believe that the law enforcement occupation deserves our respect.
NEWS BRIEFS: Preservation Board seeks nominations for 2022 awards
The Gwinnett Historical Restoration and Preservation Board is seeking nominees for its second Preservation Awards. The Board seeks to recognize a person or organization that has contributed greatly to the historic restoration and preservation of Gwinnett County sites, artifacts, oral history, written historic documentation or care of such items. Nominations are due by September 19, 2022.
MYSTERY PHOTO: Is a bunker the key to this mysery?
What looks like a bunker along the seashore is today’s Mystery Photo. But there’s another clue for you to spot. Figure out where this photograph is taken and send your idea to elliott@brack.net, including your hometown.
Susan McBrayer, Sugar Hill, quickly recognized the last Mystery Photo: “This is the Water Shops Armory in Springfield, Mass.,
NEW for 8/19: On exercising and the governor’s race
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Three reasons why it’s important to exercise regularly
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Governor’s race may go down to the wire…until December 6
SPOTLIGHT: The 1818 Club
FEEDBACK: Two surprises when checks mailed at the Post Office were stolen
UPCOMING: Garbage fees going up for unincorporated Gwinnett residents
NOTABLE: Hudgens plans juried art show for its members
RECOMMENDED: The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare
GEORGIA TIDBIT: During Revolutionary War, Savannah and Augusta rotated as capital
MYSTERY PHOTO: Here’s the address; now tell us more about this Mystery
LAGNIAPPE: A view from Gwinnett’s past Courthouse restoration
CALENDAR: Women’s wellness program at Five Forks Library August 23
BRACK: Governor’s race may go down to the wire…until Dec. 6
By Elliott Brack | Cogitating today on the race for governor in less than three months: it appears that the race will be close. When Brian Kemp first went into office four years ago, some thought that he would serve for only one term, since his Democratic challenger, Stacey Abrams, had run a close race, would probably be more powerful in 2022, and clip his wings. Meanwhile,
FOCUS: 3 reasons why it’s important to exercise regularly
By Collin Elder | Back to school, lack of time and record heat might cause most people to put exercise “on the shelf.” Carl Woods, director of Wellness and Recreation at Georgia Gwinnett College, said it’s crucial to keep exercising. Woods cites three reasons why working out keeps your body working.
Gwinnett Forum | July 26, 2024
“I do not have a psychiatrist and I do not want one, for the simple reason that if he listened to me long enough, he might become disturbed.”
— American Humorist James Thurber (1894 – 1961)
Continuing objectives
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests that Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His list:
- Move statewide non-partisan judge and school board elections to the General Election.
- Adoption of the 2023 Transit Plan for Gwinnett.
- More creative efforts to support the arts in Gwinnett.
- Advancement and expansion of city historical societies.
- Require establishments that serve alcoholic beverages to halt sales of such products at 1 a.m., and close by 2 a.m.
- Require the Georgia Legislature to meet only once every two years.
- 21st century salary for the Gwinnett County Commission members.
- Remove chewing gum on sidewalks at entrances of post offices and other governmental buildings.
- Eliminate single-use plastic packaging and straws in Gwinnett and require instead the use of paper products.
- Condos instead of apartments for Gwinnett.
Interested in Gwinnett history?
Now re-printed in its third edition, Gwinnett: A Little Above Atlanta, the award-winning history of Gwinnett County, is once again available for purchase. It sold out of its first two printings. The book won the 2010 Award of Excellence in Documenting Georgia History from the Georgia Historical Records Advisory Board. The book is available at Old Town Antiques at 93 Main Street in Lilburn.
- The history of Gwinnett is also available as an e-book from Amazon or Barnes and Noble for $9.95.
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