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7/1: Sharing your story, peaches, Brexit, July 4, more

7/1: Sharing your story, peaches, Brexit, July 4, more

Click here to read the latest issue. Inside:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Sharing Your Story To Help You Get a Job….Professionally!
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Georgia Peaches, Brexit, Sweet Corn and the Fourth of July
ANOTHER VIEW: Why City of Norcross Observes July Fourth on the Third
SPOTLIGHT: Brand Banking Company
FEEDBACK: Concerns with Welcoming a New Restaurant on First Inspection
UPCOMING: County OKs Revised Master Plan for Infinite Energy Center Area
NOTABLE: GC&B Tells Winners of Great American Clean-Up Campaign
RECOMMENDED: LibriVox
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Battle of the Rice Boats near Savannah Early Event in Revolution
CALENDAR: Ruppert Landscape’s Reject 10K/5K Run/Walk is July 2
TODAY’S QUOTE: Something To Think About for the July Fourth Holiday
MYSTERY PHOTO: Simple Statue of Soldier Begs for Identification
LAGNIAPPE: Peach State Credit Union Hosts Visitors from Alabama and Florida

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by · July 1, 2016 · Full issues
Sha Von Johnson

FOCUS: Sharing your story to help you get a job … professionally!

By Sha Von Johnson, Duluth, Ga. | There’s a lot of chatter on the Internet and around the office that many millennials simply aren’t up to snuff. Whether or not this is true, of course, is up for debate.

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by · July 1, 2016 · Today's Focus
Sherry Johnson

JOHNSON: Why City of Norcross observes Fourth on July 3

By Sherry Johnson | You may wonder why the City of Norcross began celebrating the Fourth of July with fireworks on the third of July. It goes back to one of the older institutions in the city, that of Johnson’s Store.

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by · July 1, 2016 · Another View
MYSTERY: Simple statue of soldier begs for identification

MYSTERY: Simple statue of soldier begs for identification

It’s a simple statue, and of course, comes with a story. Try your hand at identifying this Mystery Photo. Send in your thoughts to elliott@gwinnettforum.com and be sure to include your hometown.

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by · July 1, 2016 · Mystery photos
6/28: On selling your business, Zika virus, more

6/28: On selling your business, Zika virus, more

Click here to see the latest edition. Inside:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Once Selling a Business, You Must Then Get Out of the Way!
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Pregnant Women Are the Most at Risk from Zika Virus
SPOTLIGHT: Infinite Energy Center
FEEDBACK: Watch for Independence Movements in Scotland and Northern Ireland
UPCOMING: Norcross Names Mary Beth Bender To New Executive Position
NOTABLE: Central Students Complete Three Month Health Career Academy
RECOMMENDED: Pilgrims by Garrison Keillor
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Whitewater Paddling Not Without Risk; Learn the Language
TODAY’S QUOTE: Mickey Rooney’s Reason for Wanting an Early Morning Marriage
MYSTERY PHOTO: Figure Out Where These Nine Smokestacks Are Located
LAGNIAPPE: 30,000 Daylilies in Bloom of the Gibbs

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by · June 28, 2016 · Full issues
BRACK: Pregnant women are the most at risk from Zika virus

BRACK: Pregnant women are the most at risk from Zika virus

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | While no one in Gwinnett has been found to be infected with the Zika virus, still there are 819 travel associated cases in the United States with this horrendous virus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Georgia reports 25 travel-associated cases. New York reports the most cases, 198, while Florida counts 162, as of June 22.

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by · June 28, 2016 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
Jim and Dot Nelems

FOCUS: Once selling a business, you must get out of the way!

By Jim Nelems, Bluffton, S.C. | It is no secret that most new businesses do not survive into a second generation of owners. Marketing Workshop, a national marketing research firm headquartered in Peachtree Corners, successfully made this transition three years ago when my wife and I decided to retire after more than 40 years in marketing research. Our two firms, The Marketing Workshop and Compass Research, are now operated by our daughter, Sherri Taylor, and husband, Scott.

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by · June 28, 2016 · Today's Focus
MYSTERY: Figure out where these nine smokestacks are located

MYSTERY: Figure out where these nine smokestacks are located

Do you count nine smokestacks in this Mystery Photo?  Can you figure out what this photograph represents, and where it is?  If so, send in your thoughts to elliott@gwinnettforum.com and be sure to include your hometown. That Mystery Photo of the last issue was the ceiling at the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Library, in Washington D.C.  Ginny Harrell […]

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by · June 28, 2016 · Mystery photos
6/24: Summer mentoring program; New Braselton hospital; more

6/24: Summer mentoring program; New Braselton hospital; more

Click here to read the latest issue. INSIDE:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Judges Start Summer Mentoring Program Focusing on Legal System
EEB PERSPECTIVE: New Braselton Hospital Runs Well Ahead of Projections
SPOTLIGHT: Heaven and Associates, P.C.
FEEDBACK: Appreciates Letter; Middle East To Have Many More Problems
UPCOMING: Amazon Opens New Fulfillment Center in Braselton with 500 Jobs
NOTABLE: Norcross Promotes Bill Grogan To Become Its New Police Chief
RECOMMENDED: Lions by Bonnie Nadzam
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Singer-Actress Lena Horne Carefully Picked Her Movie Roles
TODAY’S QUOTE: Check Out a Person On How He Receives Praise
MYSTERY PHOTO: Glass Ceiling, Various Flags May Give Clue To This Mystery
LAGNIAPPE: Suwanee Police win agency of the year
CALENDAR: Latest events on tap

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by · June 24, 2016 · Full issues
Students in the S.M.I.L.E. program include Marquise “Jay” Bird, Christine Kim, Conner Densmore, State Senator P.K. Martin (a speaker), Amy Podgurski, Deborah Esowhode, D’Nice Norton, Deveon Latimore, Lois Tiwaa, NeKayla Goldsby, Cassandra Onuhoa, and State Court Judge Joe Iannazzone, one of the founders.

FOCUS: Judges start summer mentoring program focusing on legal system

By Phil Boudewyns, Court Administrator, Gwinnett County | Recently, high school students from Central Gwinnett and South Gwinnett High schools met with local judges as part of a mentoring program focused on the legal system.

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by · June 24, 2016 · Today's Focus
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