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7/26: On best health plan; Political betting; Questions for GOP

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Single Payer Health Care Plan Is Best for Our Country
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Bet on a Political Race? Would Have Better Chance on a Horse Race
ANOTHER VIEW: Questions Abound for Republicans Before the Next National Election
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Gwinnett College
FEEDBACK: Chilling Response Concerning Where Our Lives Are Going
UPCOMING: Register Online for 200 Tickets To Session on 287 (g) Program July 31
NOTABLE: Medical Center Wins Heart Association Awards for World Class Care
RECOMMENDED: Front Page News in Dayton, Tenn.
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Callaway Family Has Changed the Face of Georgia in Many Ways
MYSTERY PHOTO: Colorful Mural May Be Telegraphing a False Clue
CALENDAR: U.S. Attorney for North District of Georgia To Speak Here

by GwinnettForum · July 25, 2019 · Full issues

7/23: Helping Young Eagles; Freedom from fear; Stalking law

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Veteran Pilots Give Flight Time to Young Eagles
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Freedom from Fear Is One of Our Basic Rights in the USA
ANOTHER VIEW: Recent Parking Lot Encounter Covered by Georgia’s Stalking Law
SPOTLIGHT: Peach State Federal Credit Union
FEEDBACK: Applying 19th Century Imponderables to Today’s Production World
UPCOMING: Sugarloaf Rotary Plans Fifth Annual Gwinnett Duck Derby August 3
NOTABLE: Sugarloaf CID Installs License Plate Readers To Improve Safety
RECOMMENDED: The Blue Diary by Alice Hoffman
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Great Depression Was Hard on the Music Industry in Georgia
MYSTERY PHOTO: What Is In This Vast Array In Mainly Red and Yellow?
LAGNIAPPE: Using a Local Asset: Having Fun on the Chattahoochee River
CALENDAR: Some coming events

by GwinnettForum · July 22, 2019 · Full issues

7/19: New crosswalk; Beaver Ruin history; Socialism

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TODAY’S FOCUS: New Audible Crosswalk Helps Blind Student Cross Beaver Ruin Road
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Small Bit of History Made on Beaver Ruin Road Tuesday Afternoon
ANOTHER VIEW: Move Toward Socialism by Democrats Signals Another Trump Victory
SPOTLIGHT: United Community Bank
FEEDBACK: Trump’s Recent Tweets Are Good Examples of Xenophobic Behavior
UPCOMING: Snellville Post Office Anticipated To Move Location to Wisteria Drive
NOTABLE: Peach State Employees Donate Items To Gwinnett’s Salvation Army
RECOMMENDED: Decluttering at the Speed of Life by Dana K. White
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia Yellow Hammers were Early Singing and Recording Group
MYSTERY PHOTO: Look Up In Thinking of Today’s Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: State of Peachtree Corners Address Coming on July 22

by GwinnettForum · July 19, 2019 · Full issues

7/16: Authoritarianism; Good year for Stripers; Trump

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Authoritarianism Could Come to America via Trump Presidency
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Gwinnett Stripers Having a Good Year, In Second Place in IL
ANOTHER VIEW: Yearns for Another Trump Victory To Push USA Even More to the Right
SPOTLIGHT: Lail Family Dentistry
FEEDBACK: United Kingdom Wrestles with Itself…..Jeepers! Near a Cliff!
UPCOMING: Governor Kemp To Speak at PCOM’s Moultrie Campus Opening
NOTABLE: Dispose of Hazardous Waste on July 20 at Gwinnett County Fairgrounds
RECOMMENDED: Surviving Progress by Matthew Roy and Harold Crooks
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Earl Patriot John Wereat Served State in Various Capacities
MYSTERY PHOTO: Tell Us Where You Think This Beautiful Artwork Is Located
CALENDAR: Writer’s Workshop Coming to Suwanee Library on July 27

by GwinnettForum · July 16, 2019 · Full issues

7/12: About the big bike ride, flying money and the national deficit

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Here’s How the Bike Ride Across Georgia Came Into Being
EEB PERSPECTIVE: What Would You Have Done About All That Flying Money on I-285?
ANOTHER VIEW: Presidential Administrations Who Have Added Most to the Deficit
SPOTLIGHT: Precision Planning, Inc.,
FEEDBACK: USA IS Using Calculated Cruelty to Manufacture a Crisis
UPCOMING: Grayson Is Site of Gwinnett Medical Center’s Urgent Care Facility
NOTABLE: Georgia DOT Seeks Input for Widening Scenic Highway Project
RECOMMENDED: The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Little Cumberland Lighthouse Owned and Preserved by a Foundation
MYSTERY PHOTO: Plenty of Clues Included in This Edition’s Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Nature Produces a Beautiful Red Daylily
CALENDAR: Making Rain Barrels Workshop Is July 13

by GwinnettForum · July 12, 2019 · Full issues

7/9: On a new high school, dogs and political tactics

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TODAY’S FOCUS: McClure Health Science High School Aims for Specialized Student Learning
EEB PERSPECTIVE: We’ve Always Been a Dog Family; One Looked Like Walter Cronkite
ANOTHER VIEW: Both Political Parties Are Using Tactics To Add to the National Debt
SPOTLIGHT: The 1818 Club
FEEDBACK: Winning Elections via the Electoral College Is Governmentally Sound
UPCOMING: Biking Group Seeks Volunteers To Help Disabled Learn To Ride
NOTABLE: Baptist Foundation Awards $60,000 to Truth Community Clinic
RECOMMENDED: The Shadow War by CNN reporter Jim Scuitto
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Cockspur Lighthouse Marked Entrance to Channel of Savannah River
MYSTERY PHOTO: Long, Two-Laned and Covered, So Where Is It?
LAGNIAPPE: Throngs Crowd Lawrenceville Lawn on the Fourth
CALENDAR: Peter Yarrow to be live in concert at Temple Beth David in Snellville on July 13

by GwinnettForum · July 9, 2019 · Full issues

7/2: Living up to expectations; A good life; New amendments

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TODAY’S FOCUS: We Should Not Live Beyond Our Expectations, But Live Up to Them
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Classmate Led Admirable Life, Associated with Girl Scout Camp
ANOTHER VIEW: USA Needs Major Changes, Including Four New Amendment
SPOTLIGHT: J. Michael Levengood, LLC
FEEDBACK: Jostling with Letter Writer About Services Not Wanting To Pay For
UPCOMING: County Plans Three Hearings on Adjusted Proposed Millage Rates
NOTABLE: Leithead Is New Executive Director of Lilburn Community District
RECOMMENDED: No Ordinary Time by Doris Kearns Goodwin
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Earliest Lighthouse on Georgia Coast Was Constructed in 1736
MYSTERY PHOTO: Tombstone for a Patriot Is This Edition’s Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Gwinnett’s historic courthouse
CALENDAR: What’s going on in Gwinnett

by GwinnettForum · July 2, 2019 · Full issues

6/28: On road innovations; World Cup soccer; Iran and war

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Two High Tech Firms Join To Further Transportation Innovations Here
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Surprised To Find Myself Enjoying Women’s World Cup Soccer
ANOTHER VIEW: President Trump Should Not Get Us Into Any War with Iran
SPOTLIGHT: Aurora Theatre
FEEDBACK: Protect Your Pets By Bringing Them Inside during the Fireworks
UPCOMING: Medical Center Marking Five Years of Medical Education Program
NOTABLE: Jackson EMC Foundation Grants Go to Four Local Agencies
RECOMMENDED: Deep State Target: by George Papadopoulos
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Primitive Baptists in Georgia Stem from Anti-Mission Interpretation
MYSTERY PHOTO: Several Clues Await Your Eyes in This Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: One City in Gwinnett is the Wisteria City. Learn Which One.
CALENDAR: Several Cities Plan Patriotic Activities near Fourth of July

by GwinnettForum · June 28, 2019 · Full issues

6/25: On scams, Senate “grandees” and women’s health care

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TODAY’S FOCUS: The Elderly Are More Likely To Be Scammed, So Watch Out!
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Remembering Who Runs the U.S. Senate: The “Grandees”
ANOTHER VIEW: Keep Women’s Health Care Out of Politics, or Suffer Consequences
SPOTLIGHT: MTI Baths Inc.
FEEDBACK: When Needs To Re-read a Paragraph, Blames Really Poor Editing
UPCOMING: Activities Begin at 5 p.m. on July 3 for Norcross Red White and Boom!
NOTABLE: Peachtree Corners Dedicates Veterans’ Monument at Town Center
RECOMMENDED: Dis Member and Other Stories of Mystery and Suspense By Joyce Carol Oates
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Brumby’s Neighbor Newspaper Group Once Had 500,000 Circulation
MYSTERY PHOTO: Stately Columned Southern House Is This Edition’s Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Lawrenceville Campground Meeting Now in its 187th Year of Services
CALENDAR: Discovery Gardens Neighbors’ Night Out is Thursday, June 27 from 6 to 8 p.m.

by GwinnettForum · June 25, 2019 · Full issues

6/21: Walton EMC prepares; On Steve Rausch; On racial slurs

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Walton EMC Annual Meeting Hears of Preparations for the Future
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Remembering The Many Good Discussions with Steve Rausch
ANOTHER VIEW: Remembering Racial Slurs When Growing up in Bygone Georgia
SPOTLIGHT: The Gwinnett Stripers
FEEDBACK: Wants More Media Exposure to Other Beliefs and Religions
UPCOMING: Three Entities Partner To Expand Arts Education at Central Gwinnett
NOTABLE: Rotary Club of Gwinnett Makes $40,000 Gifts to Charities
RECOMMENDED: The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto by Mitch Albom
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Brumbys in Cobb County Take Control of Marietta Daily Journal
MYSTERY PHOTO: Classic Photograph Might Give a Clue to this Mystery.
CALENDAR: City of Duluth Plans Celebrate July Fourth holiday with activities July 3

by GwinnettForum · June 21, 2019 · Full issues

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.

Articles by: GwinnettForum

7/26: On best health plan; Political betting; Questions for GOP

7/23: Helping Young Eagles; Freedom from fear; Stalking law

7/19: New crosswalk; Beaver Ruin history; Socialism

7/16: Authoritarianism; Good year for Stripers; Trump

7/12: About the big bike ride, flying money and the national deficit

7/9: On a new high school, dogs and political tactics

7/2: Living up to expectations; A good life; New amendments

6/28: On road innovations; World Cup soccer; Iran and war

6/25: On scams, Senate “grandees” and women’s health care

6/21: Walton EMC prepares; On Steve Rausch; On racial slurs

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