Articles by: GwinnettForum

MYSTERY PHOTO: Here’s the address; now tell us more about this Mystery

MYSTERY PHOTO: Here’s the address; now tell us more about this Mystery

Today’s Mystery Photo gives you one big clue concerning its whereabouts: its street.  All you have to do is figure out which town it is in, and what the building was used for.  Send your answers to elliott@brack.net, and include your hometown.

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by · August 19, 2022 · Mystery photos
NEW for 8/16: On Methodists, weather and homeless

NEW for 8/16: On Methodists, weather and homeless

Click here to read the latest edition. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Methodists struggling on whether to stay or leave denomination
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Gwinnett needs someone to step up and be the Weather Keeper
ANOTHER VIEW: Home of Hope provides safe haven for those homeless
SPOTLIGHT: Peach State Federal Credit Union
FEEDBACK: Had problems after depositing mail at local post office
UPCOMING: Artworks Gwinnett launching year-long Create Gwinnett process
NOTABLE: Discovery student wins UGA scholarship from military veterans
OBITUARIES: Guy Ben Findley
RECOMMENDED: No Exit and Three Other Plays by Jean Paul Sartre 
GEORGIA TIDBIT: An early history of the Methodist Church in Georgia
MYSTERY PHOTO: Somewhat modern building is today’s Mystery
CALENDAR: Do business with Gwinnett County event is August 18 in Lawrenceville

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by · August 16, 2022 · Full issues, Uncategorized
BRACK: Gwinnett needs someone to step up and be Weather Keeper

BRACK: Gwinnett needs someone to step up and be Weather Keeper

By Elliott Brack  |  Something is missing in Gwinnett. One person could step up to the plate and provide this service and be considerable help to all of us.  Gwinnett does not have an official station for recording the weather.

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by · August 16, 2022 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
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FOCUS: Methodists struggling on whether to stay or leave church

By Tommy Purser  |  Methodist congregations across the state and country — across the world, really — are struggling among themselves to decide whether to stay or leave. 

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by · August 16, 2022 · Today's Focus
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ANOTHER VIEW: Home of Hope provides safe haven for those homeless

By Heather Loveridge  |  It all started with a PTA meeting. In the early 1980’s three concerned PTA mothers – Barb Lewis, Joanne Culvern, and Sharry Hague – saw firsthand the homelessness crisis for children in Gwinnett. Rather than waiting for someone else to tackle this issue, these moms single handedly raised $2.5 million to support children facing homelessness in their area.

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by · August 16, 2022 · Another View
NEWS BRIEFS: Artworks Gwinnett launching Create Gwinnett process

NEWS BRIEFS: Artworks Gwinnett launching Create Gwinnett process

Artworks Gwinnett is launching a yearlong process for Create Gwinnett, its first-ever Arts and Creative Economy Master Plan, and wants to hear from residents across Gwinnett County.

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by · August 16, 2022 · News
MYSTERY PHOTO: Somewhat modern building is today’s Mystery

MYSTERY PHOTO: Somewhat modern building is today’s Mystery

For today’s Mystery Photo, check out this building. It’s somewhat old, but note that it has handicapped access, so it is in use today. Send where  you think this is located to elliott@brack.net and include the town where you live.

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by · August 16, 2022 · Mystery photos
NEW for 8/12: Festival volunteers; New scam at post offices

NEW for 8/12: Festival volunteers; New scam at post offices

Click here to read the latest edition. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Why do 400 people work so hard on Duluth’s Fall Festival?
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Acetone is element of new scam of stealing checks at post offices
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Gwinnett College 
FEEDBACK: One new idea for straws does not always work 
UPCOMING: Late Dacula mayor’s bequest to fund park improvements
NOTABLE: Tracy Rye is new assistant city manager in Norcross
RECOMMENDED: War and Peace by Leon Tolstoy
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia saltpeter was basic ingredient in Confederates gunpowder
MYSTERY PHOTO: Where do you think this bubbling fountain is located?

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by · August 12, 2022 · Full issues
BRACK: Polish remover part of new check-theft scam at post offices

BRACK: Polish remover part of new check-theft scam at post offices

By Elliott Brack |  Something’s going on at the Post Office that belies understanding.  The bad part is that postal officials haven’t responded to numerous requests for information on this. That looks bad. It’s something that is going on nationwide.  It’s a scam involving a person writing a check routinely and dropping the check into the mail to pay a bill.  Somehow, scammers find a way to intercept the check.

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by · August 12, 2022 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
Bird houses on sale at the festival. Photo provided.

FOCUS: Why do 400 people work so hard on Duluth’s Fall Festival?

By Kathryn Willis |  All of these frantic preparations; a year of meetings and planning. Why?   We’re talking about the Duluth Fall Festival. Why do we work so hard and long to put it on? None of the volunteers personally profit. We aren’t paid. Is there another reason?  

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by · August 12, 2022 · Today's Focus