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15.01: The start of our 15th year
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Norcross High Foundation To Honor Three Individuals
EEB PERSPECTIVE: “Thank God for Indiana”
ANOTHER VIEW: Looking at Life from Perspective of Age 103
UPCOMING: Special Needs Carnival Coming Soon; Norcross Concept Plan
NOTABLE: Redner To Community Foundation; Walton EMC Gwinnett Tech Scholarships
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Walter Griffin, a Poet and Teacher, Founds Atlanta Poets Workshop
TODAY’S QUOTE: Basketball Is a Game of Two Rhythms
MYSTERY PHOTO: Time To Put On Your Lighthouse-Thinking Cap
14.102: Cheering on daughter; New Orleans trip; more
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Mother Finds New Joy in Cheering for a Traveling Program
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Only in New Orleans……from One Type of Parade to Another
FEEDBACK: Likes Idea of Less Legislation, While Another Appreciates Nu-Way
UPCOMING: Summer Program Planned on Youth Creativity; Communications Workshop
NOTABLE: Lilburn Wins; Ohio Electric Firm Chooses Duluth for SE Distribution
RECOMMENDED READ: Supreme City by Donald L. Miller
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Cartoonist Creates Character in Okefenokee Swamp
TODAY’S QUOTE: Prime Minister Views Thought on What a Conservative Government Is
MYSTERY PHOTO: Several Recognize The Mall in Central Park, New York
LAGNIAPPE: Spring Has Sprung at Kudzu Art Gallery
FOCUS: Mother finds new joy in following traveling basketball squad
By Arlene Beckles | Nestled in the partner cities of Peachtree Corners and Norcross is a family-first sporting organization called InnerMan Community Sports. This group started in 2011, with the vision to invest both in youth and the communities in which we live and play. Coach Ali Patrick of Summerour Middle School Girls Basketball team recommended that my daughter (Nyasia) try-out for the InnerMan basketball team.
14.101: Youth tour delegates; happy pigs; more
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Four from Gwinnett Win EMC 2015 Washington Youth Tour
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Happy Pigs Make For Better Tasting Pork
FEEDBACK: On Hillary Clinton and When the Legislature Meets
UPCOMING: AARP and Gwinnett Tech Team Up for Tax Preparation Services
NOTABLE: Firm Providing Gwinnett Tech Scholarships; ARC Recognizes Gwinnett Programs
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Architect Creates Long List of Impressive Atlanta Buildings
TODAY’S QUOTE: Ever Consider What In Life Is Your Best Teacher?
MYSTERY PHOTO: Just Where Was That Cowboy Located?
LAGNIAPPE: Duluth L.E.A.D. Program Has New Graduates
MYSTERY: A walk on a path
CLUE: Soon this area in this photograph will be happily transformed as these graceful trees bud. But where is this photograph from? Imagine you are walking along this path, where you could easily be thinking deeply about the issues of the world. Tell us where this is by sending an email to elliott@brack.net. Be sure to include your hometown.
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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