Articles by: GwinnettForum
1/29: New GGC director; On Bloomberg and the primary
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TODAY’S FOCUS: GGC Names New Director of Sports Information
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Possible Entry of Bloomberg for President and South’s March 1 Primary
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett Village Community Improvement District
FEEDBACK: Another Letter on Medical Marijuana; Questions Why Not Combine States
UPCOMING: Peachtree Corners Jumps Squarely Into Gwinnett Bridge War
NOTABLE: Toastmasters at PCOM Trains Future Doctors in Speaking Skills
RECOMMENDED BOOK: Sarum: The Novel of England by Edward Rutherfurd
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia Boundary once Extended to the Mississippi River
TODAY’S QUOTE: Andy Warhol Reflection on Dying
MYSTERY PHOTO: Must Be Cold in This Place Where Photo Taken
LAGNIAPPE: Duluth Honors Six Citizens with Spirit of Good Living Awards
1/26: Georgia premiere; Government mergers; S.C.’s governor
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Aurora Theatre Presents Georgia Premiere of Teen Interaction Drama
EEB PERSPECTIVE: New Wrinkle: Some Smaller City and County Governments Merge
ANOTHER VIEW: SC Gov. Haley at First Sounded Good, But Then a Turnaround
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett Medical Center
FEEDBACK: Two Readers Respond to Column by Wilson
UPCOMING: Notre Dame Academy To Open George Student Center on January 29
NOTABLE: Kaiser Permanente Opens Member Services Facility in Gwinnett
RECOMMENDED READ: In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia First in Nation To Use Same Voting Machines in Each County
TODAY’S QUOTE: Why It Doesn’t Matter What A Room Temperature Is
MYSTERY PHOTO: Ever Hear of a Place Where People Say “Meet me at the Red Robin?”
LAGNIAPPE: Duluth Rexall Drugs Featured in Magazine about Drug Store Lunch Counters
FOCUS: Aurora Theatre presents Georgia premiere of teen interaction drama
By Chelsea Bohannon | A quintessential tale of two worlds colliding, audiences are invited to experience the power of diversity and the beauty of acceptance in the award-winning I and You at Aurora Theatre, January 29 until February 21. As part of the 2015-16 Georgia Gwinnett College Harvel Lab Series, this moving story of two teenagers and the bond they create through examination of poetry offers an ode to youth, life, love and the strange splendor of human connectedness!
HOUSTON: Haley at first sounded good, but then a turnaround
By Deborah Houston | The president gave his final State of the Union address. I’d no intention of watching. Presidents always say how they did a bang-up job the previous year and the State of our Union remains strong. Ditto Obama. I almost clicked over to an old 60s sitcom, but Speaker of the House Paul Ryan caught my eye. Shifting in his seat behind Obama, Ryan’s adroit facial expressions entertained me. Raised eyebrows and a slight smirk demonstrated he wasn’t grooving to the president’s words.
1/22: Duluth football history; hospital merger; 60,000 jobs
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Local Author Is Writing History of Start of Duluth Football
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Gwinnett Hospital Merger with Northside Moving Well
ANOTHER VIEW: Here’s How Governor Deal Could Create 60,000 New Jobs
FEEDBACK: Longtime Forum Reader Presents Another View on Marijuana
UPCOMING: County Plans Road Projects, Seeks Grant, and Expands Fort Daniel Site
NOTABLE: David Raderstorf Captures Kudzu Art Zone Exhibition Prize
RECOMMENDED: Guardians of Prosperity by Richard X. Bove
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Looking Back at Election Officials in Georgia
TODAY’S QUOTE: Napoleon Explains Why We Need Religion
MYSTERY PHOTO: Several Spot Mystery, Plus an Explanation of a Previous Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Jasper Johns Exhibit Now Open at Brenau University
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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