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3/30: New local history book; Gwinnett’s voters; Single-payer health plan

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Local Author Compiles History of Mountain Park-Trickum Community
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Gwinnett May Total More than 500,000 Registered Voters for Primary
ANOTHER VIEW: Comprehensive Single Payer Insurance Is the Right Answer
SPOTLIGHT: Walton EMC
McLEMORE’S WORLD: Runneth Over
UPCOMING: County Seeks 45 Acres of Parkland through Eminent Domain
NOTABLE: Snellville Police, CVS Pharmacy Partner for Safer Medication Disposal
RECOMMENDED: The Star Side of Bird Hill by Naomi Jackson
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Harry Crews’ Stories Are Rooted in the Southern Gothic Tradition
MYSTERY PHOTO: A More Leisurely Photo Requires Your Identification Today
CALENDAR: Rotary Plans Career Night at Norcross High on April 12

by GwinnettForum · March 30, 2018 · Full issues

3/27: Playing an instrument; Remembering Zell Miller; More

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TODAY’S FOCUS: It’s Never Too Late To Learn To Play A Musical Instrument
EEB PERSPECTIVE: An Instinctive Thought on the Governorship; Remembering Zell Miller
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett Medical Center
FEEDBACK: Atlanta Didn’t Show Best Face for Sweet Sixteen at Philips Arena
McLEMORE’S WORLD: Brass Polish
UPCOMING: Snellville Adopts “Aggressive” Solicitation Ordinance for Parking Lots
NOTABLE: City Announces Snap Suwanee Photo Contest Winners
RECOMMENDED: The Cuban Affair by Nelson DeMille
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Prolific Author Harry Crews Often Wrote of Outlandish Characters
MYSTERY PHOTO: Today’s Mystery Photo Shows a Busy City; Now Where Is It?
LAGNIAPPE: Roving Photographer’s Scenes from the Coastal City of Charleston, S.C.

by GwinnettForum · March 27, 2018 · Elliott Brack's Perspective

3/23: Church’s anniversary: No One Eats Alone; AARP defends

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TODAY’S FOCUS: St. Edward’s Episcopal Church Will Mark 50th Anniversary This Year
EEB PERSPECTIVE: No One Eats Alone Program Makes Sense; UGA Football “G” Logo
ANOTHER VIEW: AARP Is An Organization Defending Senior’s Earned Rights
SPOTLIGHT: Gateway 85 Gwinnett
FEEDBACK: Two from Community Remember Work of Patsy Rooks
McLEMORE’S WORLD: Tofu
UPCOMING: Bicentennial Torch Now in Lilburn, Moves to Bethesda Park Next
NOTABLE: GGC Faculty Member Wins State’s Highest Faculty Award
RECOMMENDATION: The Hours (2002 film)
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Gram Parsons Comes Out of Waycross and Into Alt-Country Music
MYSTERY PHOTO: Beautifully Lighted Seaside Scene Is Today’s Mystery
LAGNIAPPE: Myrtle Beach
CALENDAR: Muddbuggs and music returned to Duluth on March 31

by GwinnettForum · March 23, 2018 · Full issues

3/20: On Georgia’s solar policies; Remembering Patsy Rooks

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Georgia’s Energy Policies Concerning Solar Power Driving Growth
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Gwinnett’s “Go-To” Person, Patsy Rooks, Served the Area Well
SPOTLIGHT: Eastside Medical Center
FEEDBACK: See If You Can Make Out All These Short-Cutted References
McLEMORE’S WORLD: Conserving Water
UPCOMING: Let Freedom Ring Festival Will Be Held on March 24
NOTABLE: Dr. Shawn Spencer Named Dean of Pharmacy at GA-PCOM
RECOMMENDED: The Double Life of Veronique
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Alfred Austell Was Key Backer of Early Atlanta Institutions
MYSTERY PHOTO: This Mystery Photo May Be Mighty Easy for Our Experts
CALENDAR: Author Plans Discussion of book about Duluth

by GwinnettForum · March 20, 2018 · Full issues

3/16: Creating art; Seeing the world; GOP patriots

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Passing on to Grandchildren Enjoyment by Creating Art Works
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Many of Us Are So Blessed at Seeing So Much of the World
ANOTHER VIEW: Where Are the GOP’s True Patriots, the Goldwaters of Today?
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce
FEEDBACK: Raises Questions If All Readers Are Socialists
McLEMORE’S WORLD: Reconciliation
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Medical Center Opens Cancer Care Center at Hamilton Mill
NOTABLE: City of Suwanee Names its 2018 Suwanee Youth Leaders Class
RECOMMENDED: Saints for All Occasions by J. Courtney
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Clement Evans Was Confederate General, and Later a Minister
MYSTERY PHOTO: There’s a Back Story Along with Today’s Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: Frank Sharp’s Photo Exhibit Now Open at George Pierce Park in Suwanee

by GwinnettForum · March 16, 2018 · Full issues

3/13: Gwinnett’s economy; Lots of candidates; Totalitarianism

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Though Gwinnett Economy Is Strong, Much Remains To Be Done
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Gwinnett Will Find 143 Candidates on Ballot Seeking 27 Contested Races
ANOTHER VIEW: World Working Toward a New Totalitarianism for the 21st Century
SPOTLIGHT: Brand Bank
FEEDBACK: Recent Comment on Billy Graham Disturbing to One Person
McLEMORE’S WORLD: Cellphones
UPCOMING: Kudzu Art Zone Spring Exhibit Opens on March 12
NOTABLE: Adair House, Female Seminary Exhibiting Artifacts of the Bicentennial
RECOMMENDED: A Column of Fire by Ken Follett
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Eye Care Becomes More Important as a Person Ages
MYSTERY PHOTO: Big Pineapple Fountain Asks for Its Location as Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: Evermore CID Seeks Input on Transportation Plan

by GwinnettForum · March 12, 2018 · Full issues

3/9: A community develops; Expanding your boundaries

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Here’s a View on How One Community in California Developed
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Find the Fun By Moving Outside Your Own Boundaries
SPOTLIGHT: Infinite Energy Center
FEEDBACK: Focus Should Be To Embrace Responsibilities as Strongly as Rights
McLEMORE’S WORLD: Lenten Discipline
UPCOMING: Deadline is March 26 for Upcoming Leadership Gwinnett Class
NOTABLE: Walton EMC To Supply Renewable Power for New Facebook Site
RECOMMENDED: The Making of FDR by Linda Lotridge Levin
GEORGIA TIDBIT: King and Prince Seafood of Brunswick Thriving Since 1924
MYSTERY PHOTO: Another Covered Bridge Asks You for Its Location
CALENDAR: Jones Bridge Park Renovation Work Now Complete

by GwinnettForum · March 9, 2018 · Full issues

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by GwinnettForum · March 8, 2018 · News

3/6: On Billy Graham; Watershed political year; Behaving

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Dr. Billy Graham: Humanitarian or Unrepentant Capitalist (or Both)?
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Looking Back to the Political Watershed Year of 1984 in Gwinnett
ANOTHER VIEW: Let’s All Behave Like Grown-ups and Teach Our Children Well
SPOTLIGHT: Heaven and Associates, P.C.
FEEDBACK: Many Gun Owners Come into Them as Inheritance from Relatives
McLEMORE’S WORLD: Illegal Immigrants
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Unveils Countywide Trails Master Plan of 320 Total Miles
NOTABLE: Eight Students Graduate from First Career Online High School
RECOMMENDED: Alexander The Great by Phillip Freeman
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Poet Natasha Trethewey of Emory University Wins Pulitzer Prize
MYSTERY PHOTO: Distinctive Building is This Edition’s Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: Norcross Bicentennial Program is March 11 at 3 p.m.

by GwinnettForum · March 6, 2018 · Full issues

3/2: Revel project; Delta flap; Arming teachers

TODAY’S FOCUS: “Revel” Project Seeks To Bolster Area around Infinite Energy Center
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Cagle-Delta Air Lines Flap Signals Beginning of 2018 Election Season
ANOTHER VIEW: Read This Possible Scenario And Question, Do We Arm Teachers?
SPOTLIGHT: Primerica Inc.
FEEDBACK: Democrats Controlled Congress During Obama’s First Two Years
McLEMORE’S WORLD: Medical Bills
UPCOMING: Lilburn To Get New Playground and More Downtown Parking Spaces
NOTABLE: Art Center and Holtkamps Continue Offering Free Admission in 2018
RECOMMENDED: The Rooster Bar by John Grisham
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Agnes Scott College Sees Significant Accomplishments by Its Alumnae
MYSTERY PHOTO: Is Today’s Mystery Photo Deemed Easy, or Is It Difficult for You?
CALENDAR: Workshop on Foster Care To Be Presented March 4

by GwinnettForum · March 2, 2018 · 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

3/30: New local history book; Gwinnett’s voters; Single-payer health plan

3/27: Playing an instrument; Remembering Zell Miller; More

3/23: Church’s anniversary: No One Eats Alone; AARP defends

3/20: On Georgia’s solar policies; Remembering Patsy Rooks

3/16: Creating art; Seeing the world; GOP patriots

3/13: Gwinnett’s economy; Lots of candidates; Totalitarianism

3/9: A community develops; Expanding your boundaries

Order 366 Facts about Gwinnett County, Ga.

3/6: On Billy Graham; Watershed political year; Behaving

3/2: Revel project; Delta flap; Arming teachers

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