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NEW for 3/22: Fighting for principles; USA’s colleges
Click here to read the latest edition of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: We must fight for our principles every single day
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Most of USA’s colleges started by our churches
SPOTLIGHT: Peach State Federal Credit Union
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
UPCOMING: Aurora Theatre offers five productions in 29th season
NOTABLE: JEMC Foundation makes grants of $69,575 to Gwinnett
RECOMMENDED: One Life by Ellen Holly
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia’s 1877 Constitution in force until 1945
CALENDAR: Sugar Hill’s 85th birthday celebration is March 24
BRACK: Most of USA’s colleges started by our churches
By Elliott Brack | Watching the basketball conference playoffs last weekend, you saw a lot of big-time state universities doing well, but also saw some well-known powerhouse teams from smaller colleges. We recognized something: how most of our nation’s colleges and universities were founded not by government, but by our churches.
NEWS BRIEFS: Aurora Theatre offers 5 productions in 29th season
Prepare to indulge, as Aurora Theatre announces their 29th season, to be a Feast for the Soul lineup. Four musicals and one comedy will be presented at Lawrenceville Arts Center. The five-course menu of anticipated titles includes The Color Purple, Christmas Canteen 2024, King of Pangaea, Ken Ludwig’s The Gods of Comedy and Waitress. Season 29 is poised to captivate and inspire audiences from near and far. […]
NEW for 3/19: Honoring veterans; Congressional candidates
Click here to read the latest edition of GwinnettForum. Inside this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Arkansan had idea to honor Georgia military veterans
EEB PERSPECTIVE: View corrected list of local Congressional candidates
SPOTLIGHT: NDIMaxim Real Estate LLC
FEEDBACK: Liked story of David Simmons’ Uncle Herb
UPCOMING: German electronics firm moves USA office to Duluth
NOTABLE: Eight honored by Chamber with annual VALOR awards
RECOMMENDED: Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge
OBITUARY: Edna Gannell Cofer
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Gulfstream contributes to several colleges in Georgia
MYSTERY PHOTO: See if you can identify this non-Georgia scene
CALENDAR: Economic Outlook Forecast is March 21 at Maxwell Center
Gwinnett Forum | July 19, 2024
“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.”
–British Philosopher Bertrand Russell (1872 – 1970).
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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