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Willard “Bill” Goodwin 

Willard “Bill” Goodwin 

Willard “Bill” Francis Goodwin of Atlanta, died on November 5, 2023. He was born on March 20, 1942, in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Patchogue, N.Y.

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by · December 1, 2023 · Obituaries
NEW for 11/28: On celebrations and American judicial system

NEW for 11/28: On celebrations and American judicial system

Click here to read the latest edition of GwinnettForum. Inside this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Choose the values of celebrations with positive agents
EEB PERSPECTIVE: American judicial system offers plenty of “Wiggle Room”
SPOTLIGHT: Comet National Shipping
FEEDBACK: What can our nation do about harmful carcinogens?
UPCOMING: Suwanee plans veteran’s memorial in new park
NOTABLE: Part of Braselton Highway to get four lanes
OBITUARY: Mary Slade Lail 
RECOMMENDED: The Professor and the Madman, (2019 movie)
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Rosalynn Carter was major advocate for mental health
MYSTERY PHOTO: This guy seems mighty proud of what he has caught
CALENDAR: Gwinnett Rotary to present antisemitism talk on Nov. 30 

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by · November 28, 2023 · Full issues
The Byrds in 1965, via Wikipedia.

FOCUS: Choose the values of celebrations with positive agents

By Randy Brunson  |  In late 1965, The Byrds released Pete Seeger’s “Turn, Turn, Turn,” a peace anthem taken almost exclusively from the third chapter of Ecclesiastes. The overarching theme of these eight verses is seasons, with the author describing a time for every season and purpose under heaven.

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by · November 28, 2023 · Today's Focus
NEWS BRIEFS: Suwanee plans veterans memorial in new park

NEWS BRIEFS: Suwanee plans veterans memorial in new park

Set to open in the summer of 2024, Suwanee’s newest park, Town Center on Main, will be home to a veterans memorial, to be called the Greater Good.

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by · November 28, 2023 · News
MYSTERY PHOTO: Where was this proud fisherman photographed?

MYSTERY PHOTO: Where was this proud fisherman photographed?

For today’s mystery photo, this guy seems mighty proud of what he has caught.  Or else someone gave it to him and he’s claiming that he caught it. Figure out where this guy is standing,  and send your ideas along to elliott@brack.net, and be sure to list your hometown.

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by · November 28, 2023 · Mystery photos
Lail

Mary Slade Lail

Mary Slade Lail, 83, passed away on Sunday, November 26, 2023 in Sandy Springs following a stroke in late August. Mrs. Lail was born September 8, 1940 in Griffin, Ga. to the late Mary Evelyn Dunlap Slade and Ira Hunt Slade.

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by · November 28, 2023 · Obituaries
NEW for 11/21: On E.R. Snell’s longevity, celebration; Dinosaurs

NEW for 11/21: On E.R. Snell’s longevity, celebration; Dinosaurs

Click here to read the full edition of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Learn more about E.R. Snell Contractor’s 100 years in business
EEB PERSPECTIVE: E.R. Snell puts on elegant 100th anniversary celebration
SPOTLIGHT: Law Office of J. Michael Levengood, LLC
ANOTHER VIEW: Dinosaurs are not extinct; they only take new form 
FEEDBACK: Most moderate Republicans not upset with court
UPCOMING: Locations added for Comprehensive Plan hearing
NOTABLE: Florida firm makes second Technology Park purchase
RECOMMENDED: H&W Steakhouse, Peachtree Corners
CRITIC’S CORNER: The Wiz at the Fox Theatre
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Canadian firm now owns Georgia Marble Company
MYSTERY PHOTO: How about these shining lights as a Mystery Photo?
LAGNIAPPE: Peachtree Corners has new three-person marshal force
CALENDAR: Gwinnett Homebuilders plan meeting at Jackson EMC today

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by · November 21, 2023 · Full issues
BRACK: E.R. Snell puts on elegant 100th anniversary celebration

BRACK: E.R. Snell puts on elegant 100th anniversary celebration

By Elliott Brack  |  Years from now, when a second Gwinnett-based company celebrates 100 years in business in the county, if that firm wants to know how to mark the occasion, they need only look no further than what E.R. Snell was doing for its 100th anniversary. 

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by · November 21, 2023 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
Statue of Tom Snell and James Sawyer in Snellville.

FOCUS: Learn more about E.R. Snell Contractor’s 100 years in business

SNELLVILLE, Ga.  |  Here’s something different today. Gwinnett’s oldest company continually operating in the county is E.R. Snell Contractor Inc. of Snellville.  The company in 2023 is marking its 100th anniversary of its founding. It now has over 1,000 employees.

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by · November 21, 2023 · Today's Focus
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ANOTHER VIEW: Dinosaurs are not extinct; they only take new form 

By Ashley Herndon  |  Apparently to a majority of the “GoneOldParty,’” it is obviously more important that Justice Clarence Thomas and five others of the Supreme Court majority vote ideologically rather than ethically. 

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by · November 21, 2023 · Another View