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NEWS BRIEFS: Tree recycling begins soon with GC&B needing volunteers

NEWS BRIEFS: Tree recycling begins soon with GC&B needing volunteers

Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful (GC&B) invites neighbors in Gwinnett County to dream of a Green Christmas this year. Rather than placing their live Christmas tree by the curb after the holidays to decompose in a landfill, the eco-friendly organization encourages citizens to take part in one of the largest “treecycling” events in Georgia – Bring One for the Chipper 2022. In preparation for the big day when all collected trees will be chipped into mulch at Bethesda Park on January 29, GC&B has issued a call for volunteers and has released a list of collection sites where Gwinnettians can drop off their live trees between December 26, 2021 and January 24, 2022.

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by · December 21, 2021 · News
MYSTERY PHOTO: Large building, waterfront, so where was this photo taken?

MYSTERY PHOTO: Large building, waterfront, so where was this photo taken?

Where’s this water and building scene. Hint: it’s not around the corner. Try your hand at identifying this photograph. Send your ideas to elliott@brack.net and include your hometown.

Susan McBrayer of Sugar Hill sent in the photograph, which Allan Peel of San Antonio, Tex. commented on: “Today’s mystery photo is a picture taken from Mother’s Beach (also known as Kennebunk Beach), off the coast of Maine, just two-miles west of Walker’s Point Estate, the summer retreat of the Bush family, in the town of Kennebunkport, Maine.

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by · December 21, 2021 · Mystery photos
NEW for 12/17: On Rowen site, first job’s pressure, drug policy

NEW for 12/17: On Rowen site, first job’s pressure, drug policy

Click here to read the full edition. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: UGA team releases historical and cultural report on Rowen site
EEB PERSPECTIVE: My first real work under frantic and constant pressure
ANOTHER VIEW: Time for radical change in USA concerning drug policy
SPOTLIGHT: MTI Baths Inc.
FEEDBACK: Hard to justify $50 monthly bill for newspaper subscription
NOTABLE: GAC’s Rachel VanderPol among top volleyball coaches under 30 
RECOMMENDED: The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Rivers’ four years as governor gained mixed reviews
MYSTERY PHOTO: This photograph will give you chill bumps in winter
CALENDAR: Redistricting open houses to be on December 17 and 20 

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by · December 17, 2021 · Full issues
Brack

BRACK: My first real work was under frantic and constant pressure

By Elliott Brack  |  It doesn’t hurt to be under pressure to see how you fare. Now what to me seems tame these days was right up there in a pressured situation back in my early days in a newsroom. It was the first Friday night in September with me just starting to work on The Macon Telegraph, the morning newspaper. Previously I had been on the afternoon paper, and moved to the a.m. paper on Labor Day.

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by · December 17, 2021 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
Rowen site

FOCUS: UGA team releases historical, cultural report on Rowen site

By Brian Brodrick  |  A team of researchers from the University of Georgia’s College of Environment and Design spent months earlier this year combing the nearly 2,000 acres in rural Gwinnett County that is the future site of Rowen, slated to become one of the nation’s premier innovation communities over the next few decades. 

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by · December 17, 2021 · Today's Focus
Blackwood

ANOTHER VIEW: Time for radical change in USA concerning drug policy

By Michael Blackwood | Let me first add that I hate to say this, but in the interest of our citizens and as justified by the preamble of the Constitution, I believe it is time for a radical change in the United States’ drug policy. It is time to not only legalize drug use, but for the government to supply it. 

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by · December 17, 2021 · Another View
VanderPol

NEWS BRIEF: GAC’s VanderPol among top volleyball coaches under 30 

The past two years have been notable for Coach Rachel VanderPol of Greater Atlanta Christian School (GAC).  Recently she was named as one of the top 30 under 30 High School Coaches by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA).

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by · December 17, 2021 · News
MYSTERY PHOTO: This photograph will give you chill bumps in winter

MYSTERY PHOTO: This photograph will give you chill bumps in winter

Today’s Mystery Photo doesn’t look like a place to visit on a winter’s day. Yep, it’s a beach, but where?  Send your answer to elliott@brack.net, and include your hometown.

The most recent Mystery Photo was a refreshing story of ingenuity on the part of a Lions Club in McRae, Ga.  Several readers researched the photo, and came up with the right answer. The photo came from Brian Brown of Fitzgerald in his “Vanishing Georgia” series.

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by · December 17, 2021 · Mystery photos
NEW for 12/14: Dreamers in limbo; Future of newspapers

NEW for 12/14: Dreamers in limbo; Future of newspapers

Click here to read the latest edition. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: It’s un-American to hold 700,000 “Dreamers” in limbo
EEB PERSPECTIVE: The status of the newspaper industry is far from its best days
SPOTLIGHT: Comet National Shipping
FEEDBACK: Here’s one family’s ways to simplify Yule gift giving
UPCOMING: Gwinnett opens glass recycling center at Pinckneyville Park
NOTABLE: Duluth resident publishes book about the Summerour family
RECOMMENDED: The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Menaboni’s exhibitions in Georgia continue years after his death 
MYSTERY PHOTO: Tell us where you think this Statue of Liberty is located
LAGNIAPPE: Worldwide photo exhibit now underway at Duluth Public Library

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by · December 14, 2021 · Full issues
BRACK: Status of the newspaper industry is far from its best days

BRACK: Status of the newspaper industry is far from its best days

By Elliott Brack  |  People often ask me about the status of newspapers in our country. However, I am no expert, but I have spent a life in the business, and know others are seeing newspapers decline is not what they were expecting.

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by · December 14, 2021 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
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