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NEW for 2/4: On Ukraine, new magazine, banning books
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TODAY’S FOCUS: How Russia’s invasion of Ukraine might impact the U.S.
EEB PERSPECTIVE: New literary magazine for the South has unique funding
ANOTHER VIEW: Banning only increases the public interest in that book
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett County Public Library
FEEDBACK: Ready to send you memento recognizing his notoriety
UPCOMING: Library offering competition for young filmmakers
NOTABLE: Gwinnett Tech Names Jeff White as Instructor of the Year
OBITUARIES: Joseph Lloyd Winter
RECOMMENDED: The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Tyler Perry becomes successful after moving to Atlanta
MYSTERY PHOTO: Check out and tell us about this peaceful mountain scene
LAGNIAPPE: New roundabout coming to Burns Road at Dickens Road
CALENDAR: Gwinnett GOP to mark Black history month on Saturday
FOCUS: How Russia’s invasion of Ukraine might impact the U.S.
By Dr. Dovile Budryte | One might think Ukraine is far removed from the United States. Ukraine, the second largest country in Eastern Europe, gained its independence in 1991 and is more than 5,500 miles or a nearly 12-hour flight from Atlanta. While the possibility of a Russian invasion of the country seems like it might not impact the U.S., the ramifications of such a move could very likely be felt locally.
MYSTERY PHOTO: Check out and tell us about this peaceful mountain scene
Today’s Mystery Photo seems like a pretty peaceful place. Tell us where you think this photograph was taken, and add some details about the area. Send your answers to elliott@brack.net, and include your hometown. The photo came from the county’s web site.
There were few clues in the most recent Mystery Photo, but three readers got it dead right. George Graf of Palmyra, Va. wrote: “I believe this is Miller Lake at Little Mulberry Park, near Auburn.”
NEW for 2/1: Surviving COVID; Pyle’s dispatches; Resolutions
Click here to read the latest full edition. Inside this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Lilburn Distillery survived Covid by making hand sanitizer
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Ernie Pyle’s dispatches from the war had hidden messages
ANOTHER VIEW: Did you flunk keeping resolutions? You are not alone
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Banking Company
FEEDBACK: Glad to see Senate trying to delay Democratic actions
NOTABLE: Lawrenceville takes action following police investigation
RECOMMENDED: Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes by Edith Hamilton
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Tallulah Falls once considered the “Niagara of the South”
MYSTERY PHOTO: Check out this gorgeous fall scene near lake
LAGNIAPPE: Braselton’s Mulberry Park pecan tree will have to come down
CALENDAR: Norcross Cemetery Tour set for Sunday, February 6
VIEW: Did you flunk keeping resolutions? You are not alone
By Collin Elder | Keeping up with those New Year’s resolutions? Chances are that you’re not—and you’re not alone. A 2021 survey suggests that fewer and fewer people are making the changes they set out to do at the start of the year. Only 35 percent of the participants reported completing all of their goals.
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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