Articles by: GwinnettForum
GILMORE: Fort Daniel Faire for 2016 concerns the “dynamic borders”
By Delana Gilmore | Tucked away on the highest point of Hog Mountain every fall you can feel the excitement of people rediscovering Gwinnett County’s earliest historic site, Fort Daniel, and its history. On Saturday, October 15 Fort Daniel Foundation will host the eighth annual Frontier Faire at 2505 Braselton Highway (Georgia Highway 124) with this year’s theme being, “Dynamic Borders”.
9/27: Hudgens Prize competition; Visiting Ireland; more
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Competition Opens Soon for $50,000 Hudgens Prize for 2016-17
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Enjoying the Pleasures of Living for a Week in Dublin, Ireland
SPOTLIGHT: Brand Bank
UPCOMING: Williams Family of Snellville to Be on Family Feud on Sept. 27
NOTABLE: Gwinnett Cities Helping Restock Supplies at Food Co-ops
RECOMMENDED: Double Eagle Restaurant
GEORGIA TIDBIT: William McIntosh Was Controversial Chief of Lower Creek Indians
TODAY’S QUOTE: Never Doubt The Ingenuity of the American Plumber
MYSTERY PHOTO: Stories abound About Last Edition’s Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Georgia Gwinnett Names First Building for College’s First President
CALENDAR: Candidate Forum Thursday Night in Lawrenceville
FOCUS: Competition opens soon for $50,000 Hudgens Prize for 2016-17
By David Bell, Duluth, Ga. | Since 2010, the Jacqueline Casey Hudgens Center for the Arts has bi-annually offered a $50,000 art prize to a talented Georgian. The Center is now accepting entries for the fourth cycle of our prestigious visual arts prize. With a stunning cash award of $50,000 and a solo exhibition for one talented Georgia Artist, the Hudgens Prize is one of the largest awards given to an individual artist in the entire nation. The purpose of the competition is to elevate and promote the arts and artists of Georgia, while providing a transformational opportunity for the winning artist.
9/20: PCOM fund; Communicating with a dog; Fair photos; more
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TODAY’S FOCUS: PCOM Unveils Plans for Primary Care Innovation Fund for Healthcare
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Here’s the Story of a Dog Communicating with Its Master
SPOTLIGHT: Infinite Energy Center
ANOTHER VIEW, Leaphart: Americans are tough, won’t let bombing unnerve us
UPCOMING: Aurora Theatre To Present Southeastern Premier of Women in Jeopardy
NOTABLE: Here’s List of Sites If You Want To Vote Early in General Election
RECOMMENDATION: Gwinnett County Fair
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia’s Gold Covered Capitol Dome Has Had Its Problems
TODAY’S QUOTE: When A Person Throws Stones at Birds
MYSTERY PHOTO: Here’s a Statue That Might Make Your Head Think a Bit
CALENDAR: Suwanee’s PCOM Plans Open House for Prospective Students for October 7
FOCUS: PCOM unveils plans for Primary Care Innovation Fund for healthcare
By Barbara Myers, Suwanee, Ga. | Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) has committed through its Foundation the allocation of $5 million to a new venture capital fund designed to stimulate innovation and entrepreneurship in the healthcare field, with a specific focus on primary care. Investments from across the country are being considered, with a focus on the Philadelphia and Atlanta metro areas, as PCOM’s branch campus (GA-PCOM) is located in Suwanee.
LEAPHART: Americans are tough, won’t let bombing unnerve us
By Alvin Leaphart, Jesup, Ga. | The American Indian Wars, or Indian Wars, were the multiple armed conflicts between European governments and colonists, and later American settlers or the United States government, and the native peoples of North America. These conflicts occurred across the North American continent from the time of earliest colonial settlements until 1924.
PHOTO ESSAY: Gwinnett County Fair
By Frank Sharp, Lawrenceville | The Gwinnett County Fair is one of the largest county fairs in the nation. I went twice, once at midday and then at night. Travel Tip: Go Grayson Highway to Davis Road and take that to the back gate so as to miss the gridlock on Sugarloaf Parkway. If you are on a budget and like down home cooking, the Old Time Restaurant is a good place to eat.
Gwinnett Forum | July 30, 2024
“You may not know who I am or what I mean
But I will be good faith to you nevertheless.
And filter and fiber your soul.
“Failing to fetch me at first, keep encouraged.
Missing me one place, search another.
I stop, somewhere, waiting for you.”
– Walt Whitman
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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