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MYSTERY PHOTO: Plenty of clues await you in today’s mystery
The water, the town along a beach, the mountains…all ought to be clues to today’s Mystery Photo. Figure out where this photograph was taken, and send your ideas to elliott@brack.net, to include your hometown.
Only our two super sleuths, George Graf of Palmyra, Va., and Allan Peel of San Antonio, Tex. gave solutions to the last Mystery Photo. The photograph came via Susan McBrayer of Sugar Hill.
Graf writes “This is a sculpture of an ancient Greek mermaid, located on a sea jetty in the city of Gythio, Greece.
NEW for 5/10: On Russia’s capabilities, Rodriguez’s move, justice’s enemy
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TODAY’S FOCUS: U.S. government vastly overestimated Russia’s capabilities
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Aurora Theatre’s Anthony Rodriguez moving to new position
ANOTHER VIEW: The question becomes: are we today the enemies of justice?
SPOTLIGHT: The 1818 Club
FEEDBACK: Upset over legislative drawing of political district maps
NOTABLE: Soon-to-be GGC graduate finds calling to work with children
OBITUARIES: Tax Commissioner funeral will be held Thursday
RECOMMENDED: Art Exhibit: Out of Many, at the Atlanta History Center
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Woman has vivid recollection of life during Revolution
MYSTERY PHOTO: Test your chances on this unusual photograph
LAGNIAPPE: Local C.A.R. chapter wins recognition in Washington
CALENDAR: New photo exhibit by Frank Sharp on display at George Pierce Park
FOCUS: U.S. government vastly overestimated Russia’s capabilities
By Hoyt Tuggle | Jim Cofer’s recent article in GwinnettForum (April 29) on the Russian national mentality was “right on.” In 1995, Marie and I visited St. Petersburg. This was four years after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the purchase of government assets by friends of Boris Yeltsin, and others, for pennies on the dollar (rubles) and financed by the government in any case.
ANOTHER VIEW: The question becomes: Are we today the enemies of justice?
By Ashley Herndon | Some of us may have heard the rumor that our state, country and many parts of the world are getting more unjust, not less. Ouch. At the same time, some claim we are the most civilized humans in history. Tell that to the Ukrainians and others under fire in Africa, the Middle East and some places close to home.
MYSTERY PHOTO: Test your chances on this unusual photograph
Here’s an unusual photo. See if you can figure out what this is, and where it’s located. Send your thoughts to elliott@brack.net and include your hometown.
The last Mystery Photo identification came from George Graf of Palmyra, Va., who recognized the statue of the Marquis de Lafayette on the campus of Lafayette College in Easton, Penn.
NEW for 5/6: On war, solicitor’s criminal contempt, Orrin Hatch
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TODAY’S FOCUS: As long as man has personal challenges, there will be war
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Why Gwinnett State Court held solicitor in criminal contempt
ANOTHER VIEW: Remembering a fellow school grad, Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah
SPOTLIGHT: The Gwinnett Stripers
FEEDBACK: Why burden women? Why not male birth control?
UPCOMING: Hudgens names four finalists for 2023 Georgia Art Prize
NOTABLE: Gwinnett Tech and Ford Motor announce educational partnership
OBITUARIES: Tiffany Porter of Duluth
RECOMMENDED: Sparrow Sisters by Ellen Herrick
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Early years of state known as Trustee Georgia
MYSTERY PHOTO: Don’t search in metro areas for this photograph
LAGNIAPPE: Doctor of Physical Therapy Students Provide ‘Trail Magic’
CALENDAR: Mountain Park Business Connect to form May 10
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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