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MYSTERY: Only 1 recognized bridge taken from shore bollards
The United States for ages has built lighthouses to guide ships away from the shores, and into harbors. This lighthouse photo may give you a clue to where it is located. Now, it’s your turn to tell us where this lighthouse is located. Send your answers to elliott@brack.net and be sure to include the town where you live.
9/18: Mandatory uniforms, Mackinac Island, average guy
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Mandatory Uniform Policy Adopted at Summerour Middle School
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Peddling Around Mackinac Island, Michigan
ANOTHER VIEW: Steps USA Could Take To Improve Conditions for the Average Guy
UPCOMING: Aurora Theatre Offers Comedy; Elisha Winn Fair; StoryCorps Coming
NOTABLE: PCOM Gets Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity Magazine
RECOMMENDED READ: The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia State University Has Largest Labor Archive in Southeast
TODAY’S QUOTE: What We Don’t See in People Who Have Offended Us
MYSTERY PHOTO: Only One Person Recognized the Last Mystery
LAGNIAPPE: State Official on Aging Visits with Gwinnett Officials
FOCUS: Summerour Middle School adopts mandatory uniform policy
By Dorothy Jarrett | Here at Summerour Middle School (SMS), our motto is “We are committed to creating a culture of excellence by working hard and being nice!” Every student can recite this and every teacher talks about what it really means with our students. We believe that our culture of excellence will ignite our success.
WILSON: What U.S. could do to improve conditions for average guy
By George Wilson | Globalization and technological changes have worked to eliminate good paying manufacturing jobs in America. Among ordinary men and women this has had a profound change in their lives. Many have tried to adjust by taking the time to get more education and to be retrained; even going into debt with student loans. Many others have taken multiple low paying jobs. What we see is profits at record levels and the rich getting richer. American families face financial hardships at a time “when the average CEO makes about 300 times what the average worker makes.”
9/15: Ballet, 2015 politics, more
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Gwinnett Ballet Theatre To Give “Sensory Friendly” Performances
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Year Before An Election Often Far More Interesting Than Election Year
FEEDBACK: Hospital Merger, Identifying Politicians and Long Lost Contributor
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Chamber Backs E-SPLOST Election Coming This November
NOTABLE: Lawrenceville Council Meetings Now Available Online
RECOMMENDED READ: The Final Recollections of Charles Dickens by Thomas Hauser
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Early Settlers Were Relatively Young, with Children
TODAY’S QUOTE: What Can Happen When You Open the Door for People
MYSTERY PHOTO: That Windmill May Have Confused Many People
LAGNIAPPE: How Texans Add Things Up
FOCUS: Ballet Theatre announces season of “sensory friendly” performances
By Holly Calmes | Commitment to the community is a cornerstone of Gwinnett Ballet Theatre’s cultural foundation. The non-profit organization, which includes the school as well as the performing company, has produced many programs in past years, bringing live arts experiences and dance education to children and adults in Atlanta and Northeast Georgia.
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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