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8/27: Helping Sapelo Islanders; Loganville’s mayor; More

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Helping Coastal Island by Providing Solar Power for Its Library
EEB PERSPECTIVE: You Get Good Vibrations When Talking to Loganville Mayor
SPOTLIGHT: Gateway85 Gwinnett
FEEDBACK: Considering a Different Climate Change and How It Affected History
UPCOMING: County Tells Names of Four Citizen Members of Budget Review Team
NOTABLE: GGC Provides Part-Time Job Fair To Engage Its Students
RECOMMENDED: The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell with Bill Moyers
GEORGIA TIDBIT: North Georgia Sketches Provided Turning Point for Will Harben in 1900
MYSTERY PHOTO: An Idyllic Setting of a Spire Is Today’s Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: Info on Foster Parenting set for Thursday at Norcross Library

by GwinnettForum · August 27, 2019 · Full issues

8/23: Combined hospital operations; Georgia’s back roads; Brexit update

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Northside, Gwinnett Hospitals Combine Operations Starting August 28
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Get Out of the Fast Lane and Enjoy Georgia’s Back Roads
ANOTHER VIEW: Quiet Now, But Watch Out as Brexit May Erupt in Chaotic September
SPOTLIGHT: E.R. Snell Contractor, Inc.
FEEDBACK: “Fudge Lady” Will Return for 46th Annual Lilburn Daze Festival
UPCOMING: 33rd Annual JapanFest Weekend Is Sept. 21-22 at Infinite Energy Center
NOTABLE: Gwinnett Young Professionals Kick Off 2019-20 Leadership Class
RECOMMENDED: A Nearly Normal Family by M. T. Edvardsson
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Will Harben of Dalton was Popular Novelist in Early 20th Century
MYSTERY PHOTO: Just Which Mountain Is this Issue’s Mystery Photo?
CALENDAR: Moxie Awards on Tap for the Gwinnett Chamber Next Week

by GwinnettForum · August 23, 2019 · Full issues

8/20: On Hong Kong, Gwinnett Place, more

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TODAY’S FOCUS: People’s Republic of China doesn’t care about Hong Kong Uprising
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Words from Several, and What’s Happening at Gwinnett Place Mall
SPOTLIGHT: Renasant Bank
FEEDBACK: Remembers Old Time Leaders Working Together Toward the Goal
UPCOMING: Aurora Theatre Appoints Two Key Management Executives
NOTABLE: Rudy Bowen of Suwanee Is Vice Chairman of Transportation Board
RECOMMENDED: Osher Life Long Learning Institute at Emory University
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Salvador Dali Works Are on Exhibit at Oglethorpe University Museum
MYSTERY PHOTO: What’s With These Statues on the Top of Today’s Mystery Photo?
CALENDAR: Oldtime Radio Show To Be Presented Saturday at Norcross Church

by GwinnettForum · August 20, 2019 · Full issues

8/16: Concussion Institute; Gwinnett’s amenities; New Kudzu show

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TODAY’S FOCUS: GMC-Duluth’s Concussion Institute To Give Ware County Students Care
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Gwinnett’s Governments Provide Us with Many Wonderful Amenities
ANOTHER VIEW: New Kudzu Art Zone Show Puts Spotlight on Six Artists
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce
FEEDBACK: Remembering What Thomas Jefferson Gave This Country
UPCOMING: GMC-Duluth’s Concussion Institute To Give Ware County Students Care
NOTABLE: Glitch Causes Some Snellville Citizens To Get Corrected Tax Bill
RECOMMENDED: Silence is Not the Answer by George S. Johnson
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Famous American Artists Have Produced Works in Georgia
MYSTERY PHOTO: Your Job Is To Tell Us Where This Beautiful Old Church Is Located
CALENDAR: Join the Georgia Pollinator Force To Help Count These Creatures

by GwinnettForum · August 16, 2019 · Full issues

8/13: More phone scams; GGC’s new president; Civil War battles

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TODAY’S FOCUS: New Phone Scam about Cancer Afoot, Again Targeting the Elderly
EEB PERSPECTIVE: GGC President Focuses on Students, Seeking Campus Filled with Joy
ANOTHER VIEW: Reflecting on Civil War Battles during the Heat at Manassas
SPOTLIGHT: Infinite Energy Center
FEEDBACK: It’s Not a Gun Problem That We Have, but a Culture Problem
UPCOMING: Aquatic Centers Have Extended Hours and Are Open until Labor Day
NOTABLE: Institute of Transportation Engineers Honors Duluth Resident
RECOMMENDED: Lazy Dog Café, in Peachtree Corners
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Some Works by Early Georgia Artists Still Hang in Museums in State
MYSTERY PHOTO: Mountain Town Is Mystery Photo for This Edition
LAGNIAPPE: Stunning Butterfly Photograph
CALENDAR: Puppets Coming This Friday to Lilburn Farmers Market

by GwinnettForum · August 13, 2019 · Full issues

8/9: Solving the gun problem; New PCOM campus; More

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TODAY’S FOCUS: God Has Given Us Brains To Solve the Gun Problem in America
EEB PERSPECTIVE: City of Moultrie Dedicates New Medical Campus for South Georgia
SPOTLIGHT: Heaven and Alvarez, LLC
FEEDBACK: Legislature Needs Common-sense Bill To Reduce Prescription Drugs
UPCOMING: Suwanee Offers Ride Along with Police Program Starting in September
NOTABLE: Revelation of Hudgens $50,000 Art Prize Winner Will be on October 5
RECOMMENDED: Inheritance by Dani Shapiro
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Very Few Colonial Era Paintings of Early Georgia Now Exist
MYSTERY PHOTO: Check Out This Mystery Photo and Its Reflection
LAGNIAPPE: Construction Work Begins on New Aurora Theatre
CALENDAR: Scamper with Squirrels on August 13 at McDaniel Farm Park

by GwinnettForum · August 9, 2019 · Full issues

8/6: New Hudgens exhibition; The music you hear; Briscoe Park

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Georgia’s Hudgens Art Prize Finalist Exhibit Will Open on August 10
EEB PERSPECTIVE: We Put Another Nickel In the Ways We Now Constantly Hear Music
ANOTHER VIEW: City of Snellville Seeks Ideas on Improving T.W. Briscoe Park
SPOTLIGHT: Primerica, Inc
FEEDBACK: Objects being put in a category according to definitions online
NOTABLE: Snellville Readying To Spend $762,000 in New Year on Public Works
RECOMMENDED: American Lion by Jon Meacham
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Clayton McMichen Was Respected Early Fiddle Performer
MYSTERY PHOTO: Classical Structure Welcomes Your Ideas as to Its Whereabouts
LAGNIAPPE: Monument to Heavyweight Champion on Historic Courthouse Lawn
CALENDAR: August 9 Marks Dog Days of Summer at Lilburn Farmers Market

by GwinnettForum · August 6, 2019 · Full issues

8/2: On capitalism, Sugarloaf extension and the higher road

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Industrial Revolution from War Capitalism and Plantation Capitalism
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Route of Phase 3 of Sugarloaf Parkway Extension May Surprise Some
ANOTHER VIEW: Reject hate and fury by taking high road to future
SPOTLIGHT: Mingledorff’s
FEEDBACK: Suggests Another Slogan for the USA: “Let America Bake Again”
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Medical Center in Peachtree Corners To Open August 5
NOTABLE: Mitsubishi Golf Classic Gives More Than $300,000 in 2019 to Charities
RECOMMENDED: The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Former Blue Springs Farm Turns into Callaway Gardens
MYSTERY PHOTO: You Would Have Had To “Look Up” To Have Seen This Mystery
CALENDAR: Check out events coming soon

by GwinnettForum · August 2, 2019 · Full issues

7/30: Art for All; Baseball lore; Mueller’s testimony

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Suwanee Begins “Art for All” Fundraising To Expand Town Center Park
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Baseball Anywhere Is Always Enjoyable, Yet Its Stories Are Legendary
ANOTHER VIEW: Concerning Last Week’s Testimony before Congress by Robert Mueller
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett County Public Library
FEEDBACK: Another Issue with Five Comments from the Readers
UPCOMING: Traffic Flow Changes Wednesday at Snellville’s Main Intersection
NOTABLE: Curiosity Lab Announces Partnership with Smart City Expo Atlanta
RECOMMENDED CD: Empire of Gold; A History of the Byzantine Empire by Thomas E. Madden
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Fuller, Ida Cason Callaway Form Partnership That Changed the Area
MYSTERY PHOTO: Here’s a Building with Unusual Footings as This Edition’s Mystery
LAGNIAPPE: Highlight of New School Year in Buford is $85 Million High School
CALENDAR: Snellville Commerce Club to Meet Next Tuesday at Noon

by GwinnettForum · July 30, 2019 · Full issues

BRACK: Baseball anywhere is always enjoyable, yet its stories are legendary

By Elliott Brack | Yes, I enjoy baseball, but I may love baseball lore even more. The game itself is beautiful, the pace easy, the unexpected can explode at any time, and always there seems to be a comparison of records of baseball immortals. But the stories! They take you back to extraordinary moments.

by GwinnettForum · July 30, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective

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.

8/2: On capitalism, Sugarloaf extension and the higher road

Articles by: GwinnettForum

8/27: Helping Sapelo Islanders; Loganville’s mayor; More

8/23: Combined hospital operations; Georgia’s back roads; Brexit update

8/20: On Hong Kong, Gwinnett Place, more

8/16: Concussion Institute; Gwinnett’s amenities; New Kudzu show

8/13: More phone scams; GGC’s new president; Civil War battles

8/9: Solving the gun problem; New PCOM campus; More

8/6: New Hudgens exhibition; The music you hear; Briscoe Park

7/30: Art for All; Baseball lore; Mueller’s testimony

BRACK: Baseball anywhere is always enjoyable, yet its stories are legendary

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