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8/14: STEM award finalists; roundabouts; 911-texting

8/14: STEM award finalists; roundabouts; 911-texting

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Local Schools, Organization Among Finalists for STEM Awards
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Roundabouts Getting More Popular for Safety, Moving Traffic
ANOTHER VIEW: Regarding a 911-Texting System for Gwinnett County
UPCOMING: Suwanee Has First Gwinnett Car-Charging Service; Wi-Fi in Snellville
NOTABLE: Brenau Gallery To Hold Exhibit of Famous New York Painter
RECOMMENDED READ: The Valley Where They Danced by Emory Jones
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Author Lillian Smith Early on Denounced Racial Segregation
TODAY’S QUOTE: An Advantage That Both Adam and Eve Had
MYSTERY PHOTO: Few People Recognized What Canoes Meant in Picture
LAGNIAPPE: Little Free Library Recognized in Snellville

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by · August 14, 2015 · Full issues
FOCUS: County groups are STEM award finalists

FOCUS: County groups are STEM award finalists

By Tony Cooper, Technology Association of Georgia | The Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) and the TAG Education Collaborative (TAG-Ed) have announced the finalists for the fourth annual STEM Education awards. These awards were created to recognize and celebrate schools, extracurricular programs, public-private partnerships, science agencies and post-secondary education outreach programs for outstanding efforts and achievement in supporting and promoting science, technology, engineering, and math education in Georgia.

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by · August 14, 2015 · Today's Focus
ANOTHER VIEW: Time for 911-texting service?

ANOTHER VIEW: Time for 911-texting service?

By Debbie Houston | Recently I read of an organization called Crisis Text Line (CTL) that responds to people contemplating suicide. The person-at-risk texts the number 741741 and, within seconds, a counselor offers support and asks key questions, like: “Are you alone?” “Do you have the bottle of pills near you?”

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by · August 14, 2015 · Another View
MYSTERY: Far-out photo doesn’t even give you a clue

MYSTERY: Far-out photo doesn’t even give you a clue

Check out this far-out photo! Ever seen it, and know where it is located? If so, send in your thoughts to elliott@brack.net, and be sure to include your hometown.

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by · August 14, 2015 · Mystery photos
8/11: Ga-PCOM’s 10th; forgiveness; remembering Gene Reeves

8/11: Ga-PCOM’s 10th; forgiveness; remembering Gene Reeves

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Suwanee’s Ga-PCOM Observes 10th Anniversary in Gwinnett
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Contributed Column Highlights Book by Former Gwinnettian
ANOTHER VIEW: Remembering Lawrenceville Attorney and Judge Gene Reeves
FEEDBACK: Both Parties Fudge on Their Historical Accomplishments
UPCOMING: Lilburn Woman’s Club Planning Seminar on Suicide Prevention
NOTABLE: Ivy Prep Names Recognized Education Leader as Director
RECOMMENDED READ: Andrew’s Brain by E. L. Doctorow
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia’s Fall Line Important in Transportation Efforts
TODAY’S QUOTE: How Groucho Marx Might Have Been President
MYSTERY PHOTO: Nearby Falls Easily Recognized by Several People
LAGNIAPPE: Snellville Re-bidding Veteran’s Memorial at Towne Center

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by · August 11, 2015 · Full issues
BRACK: Forgiveness captured in book by former Gwinnettian

BRACK: Forgiveness captured in book by former Gwinnettian

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher, Charleston Currents | The whole notion of forgiveness has been in the front of many people’s minds in the weeks since the massacre at Emanuel AME Church. Just how, they wonder, could family members of the victims, one after another, forgive the accused shooter so quickly after such a reprehensible deed?

One pastor explains forgiving is the natural, almost instinctive reaction of people whose lives are based on a deep faith in God. Because of faith, they already feel forgiven for the sins they confess to their maker. When an evil was done to members of their family, forgiveness was the way for the faithful person to cope and react.

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by · August 11, 2015 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
The lobby at the Ga-PCOM campus in Suwanee.

FOCUS: Ga-PCOM observes 10th year as medical school in Gwinnett

By Barbara Myers | Ten years ago in August 2005, Georgia Campus of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (Ga-PCOM) welcomed its first class of 75 osteopathic medical students. Now the campus is celebrating this milestone by reflecting on its impact in Gwinnett County and the state of Georgia.

Founded in Suwanee, in 2005 as the only branch campus of the century-old Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in Philadelphia, Penn., Georgia Campus is home to more than 1,000 students and close to 140 faculty and staff members. The campus offers doctoral degrees in osteopathic medicine and pharmacy and the master’s degree in biomedical sciences with plans to expand its program offerings.

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by · August 11, 2015 · Today's Focus
Reeves

ANOTHER VIEW: Reeves served county as defense lawyer, judge

By Warren Davis, judge, Superior Court of Gwinnett County | A legend within the Gwinnett Bar Association recently passed away. His name, Clarence “Gene” Reeves Jr.

I worked with Judge Reeves for 17 years. Judge Reeves was renowned for giving young offenders a “second chance.” He would say, “…use it to change your life…it changed mine.”

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by · August 11, 2015 · Another View
MYSTERY: Do you find a hidden clue in this photo?

MYSTERY: Do you find a hidden clue in this photo?

There may be a hidden clue in this edition’s Mystery Photo, if you are keen-eyed. Tell us where you think this photograph was taken by sending your idea to elliott@brack.net and include where you live.

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by · August 11, 2015 · Mystery photos
8/7: Transportation conversations; Civil Rights museum

8/7: Transportation conversations; Civil Rights museum

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Local Group Seeks To Stimulate 50,000 Conversations on Transportation
EEB PERSPECTIVE: On Visiting the National Civil Rights Museum in Downtown Atlanta
FEEDBACK: On Violence, Civil Rights and When National Park System Started
UPCOMING: Scientific Study on Water Reuse in Gwinnett Gains Major Grant
NOTABLE: Lawrenceville’s Johnson Is Top Police Chief in Georgia
RECOMMENDED READ: What Pet Should I Get? By Dr. Seuss
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Bernstein Praises Wallingford Riegger for “Musical Modernism”
TODAY’S QUOTE: What One Guy Observes Is on the Other End of the Fishing Pole
MYSTERY PHOTO: Beautiful Waterfalls in Idaho Stumped Our Mystery Experts
LAGNIAPPE: Gwinnettians Enjoy Nights Out with Good Music, and Food

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by · August 7, 2015 · Full issues
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