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2/19: On Lawrenceville Co-op; What our parents told us; more
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Marking 20 Years Service, Lawrenceville Co-op Serves Area
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Parent to Child: “Did You Wash Behind Your Ears Today?”
SPOTLIGHT: Howard Brothers
UPCOMING: Suwanee Farmers Market Asks Vendors to Come to March 21 Meeting
NOTABLE: Three Gwinnett Seniors Win DAR Good Citizen Awards for 2016
RECOMMENDED: The Sisters are Alright by Tamara Winfrey Harris
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Shoulderbone Creek in Hancock County Hosted First Camp Meeting
TODAY’S QUOTE: One Way To Tell If You Are a Leader
MYSTERY PHOTO: Does This Look Like a Southern Scene?
LAGNIAPPE: Another Photo from Booth Western Museum Ongoing Exhibit
2/16: BOOST in Grayson; coining a new term; more
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Main Street Grayson Launches BOOST for Local Businesses
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Those New “Drones” Help Friend Coin a New Term
SPOTLIGHT: Aurora Theatre
FEEDBACK: Letters on Wounded Warrior Project; Suggests Tunnel for Peachtree Corners
UPCOMING: County and Gwinnett Place To Study Mobility and Connectivity
NOTABLE: PCOM Students Prepare For Residency Program Match Day
RECOMMENDED: Ansel Adams Photography Exhibit at Booth Western Museum
GEORGIA TIDBIT: George Whitefield Part of Great Awakening in Georgia in 1700s
TODAY’S QUOTE: Why Companies Need To Improve Their Products
MYSTERY PHOTO: Two Dogs Who Look Similar
LAGNIAPPE: One Place Where Andrew Jackson Is Commemorated
FOCUS: Main Street Grayson launches BOOST for local businesses
By Gail Lane | We know that what most business owners need more than anything is a little bit of support. It might be people eating in our restaurants, shopping in our stores, or just passing along a positive post on social media. Main Street Grayson wants to do more. We want to give our small business owners a little bump … a positive nudge … a BOOST that will help them rise to the next level of success and distinguish themselves from their competition.
2/12: On black holes, Wounded Warrior Project, teaching English
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TODAY’S FOCUS: GGC Professor Contributes to Study on “Black Holes”
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Wounded Warrior Project Under Fire for High Overhead
ANOTHER VIEW: There’s Satisfaction in Teaching ‘English as Second Language’ Classes
SPOTLIGHT: Hayes Family Auto Dealerships
FEEDBACK: Two Views on Police Chases
UPCOMING: Coalition Plans Veterans Head Count; Needs Items for “Blessing Bags”
NOTABLE: GGC Names Lori Buckheister Vice President for Advancement
GEORGIA TIDBIT: de Soto Was First European To Visit Georgia’s Blue Ridge Mountains
TODAY’S QUOTE: Here’s Another Way To Look at February 14
MYSTERY PHOTO: Can You Tell Us Something about This Dog(/font>
FOCUS: GGC professor among those contributing to “Black Holes”
By Sally Ramey | Black holes are the subject of much fascination, not just in science but also in popular media. For example, the 2014 movie Interstellar portrays a fast-rotating, supermassive black hole, into which the protagonist falls in order to probe its center.
Such a scenario may be more than the stuff of Hollywood magic, according to a research team led by Dr. Lior Burko, associate professor of physics at Georgia Gwinnett College, and including Gaurav Khanna, associate professor of physics at UMass Dartmouth, and Anil Zenginoǧlu, science coordinator at the Center for Scientific Computation and Mathematical Modeling at the University of Maryland.
HOUSTON: There’s satisfaction from teaching in English as second language
By Debra Houston | Political operatives often give the word “immigrant” a negative connotation. Happily, churches are more magnanimous. In fact, as you roam about Gwinnett, you may notice church signs announcing “ESL Classes.” If so, that church offers English as a Second Language to foreign-born adults. Except for buying a workbook at a nominal fee, the classes are free. Childcare is also commonly available without charge.
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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