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15.11: Crash avoidance; traffic relief; New York City
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Crash Avoidance Technology Should Be Required for Big Rigs
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Time To Move On Gwinnett Traffic Relief Is Right Now!
ANOTHER VIEW: What Living in New York City Is Like
FEEDBACK: More On Nursing Students and Clinical Rotations
UPCOMING: Nash Sworn in as Head of the Association County Commission of Georgia
NOTABLE: Lilburn Farmers Market Gets Grant from Community Foundation
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Vidalia Onion Among Major Georgia Agricultural Success Stories
TODAY’S QUOTE: Another Reason Why the Weather Is So Important
MYSTERY PHOTO: Only Two Recognized a Famous Home in Portugal
LAGNIAPPE: Enjoying the Pinewood Derby of Scouting
FOCUS: Truckers should have “crash avoidance” technology on big rigs
By John Suthers | The tragic deaths of five young women on Interstate 16 recently is a stark reminder of the dangers that tractor-trailers pose to all drivers on Georgia highways.
Five Georgia Southern University nursing students, riding in two cars, died when a tractor-trailer failed to stop for traffic slowed by a prior accident on I-16 in Bryan County during the early morning hours of April 22. Two other students were injured.
15.10: On Eagle Ranch, homeowner’s insurance, Deal’s rights
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Making Life Better for Children Is Goal of Eagle Ranch
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Homeowner Contents Insurance Premiums Are Too High
ANOTHER VIEW: Gov. Nathan Deal Entitled To His First Amendment Rights, Too
FEEDBACK: Remembers Her Days of Driving To Nursing Clinicals
UPCOMING: Liberian Ambassador To Give Commencement Address at GGC
NOTABLE: Jennifer Stephens New ACE Fellow; Structures Win Preservation Awards
RECOMMENDED READ: The Last Days of Dogtown: A Novel by Anita Diamant
GEORGIA TIDBIT: There’s Learning from Georgia Past Through Archaeology
TODAY’S QUOTE: You’ve Got It Made If You Live Past 100 Years
MYSTERY PHOTO: Several Recognized “Jardin du Luxembourg” in Paris
ISSUE 15.09: Hopewell honors pastor; Tragic accident; more
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Hopewell Baptist To Honor Veteran Pastor on May 15
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Accident Claiming Nursing Students Brings Questions to the Fore
FEEDBACK: Readers Get To View Four Different Thoughts
UPCOMING: Aurora Plans Four Summer Playhouses for Kids; Fourth Suwanee SculpTour
NOTABLE: Marriott Hotel Coming to Gwinnett Center; PCOM Professor Re-Elected
RECOMMENDED MOVIE: Spencer’s Mountain
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Best Work of Erskine Caldwell May Be in Non-Fiction Writings
TODAY’S QUOTE: Thoughts on Things That Cannot Possibly Go Wrong
MYSTERY PHOTO: Not a Single Reader Recognized Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Another Entry in Suwanee SculpTour
FOCUS: Hopewell Baptists to honor Sheals in is 35th year as pastor
By Izetta Sims | Marking his 35th anniversary as pastor, Hopewell Baptist Church of Norcross will honor Bishop Williams Sheals at a “black and gold” black-tie banquet on May 15 at the Gwinnett Arena Grand Ballroom. More than 400 people are expected for the fete. Tickets are $100.
It was a partly cloudy and cool Easter Sunday morning on April 6, 1980, when Hopewell Missionary Baptist welcomed Bill Sheals as its new pastor. The church, which dates back to 1865, at that time had about 200 members. After the morning service, as the children presented speeches, the sound system malfunctioned. Pastor Sheals, then working with an Atlanta housing agency, brought from his car a personal sound system, so that the parents could hear the children. From that moment on, he had the title “Papa Sheals,” by which many church members still address him.
Gwinnett Forum | Dec. 20, 2024
“….if you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness.”
— Canadian Author Robertson Davies (1913-1995).
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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