Mystery photo spotters may find today’s picture a difficult one. There is little to give away its location. But isn’t it a beautiful photograph snapped by one of our readers? Try your luck in identifying this photograph, and send your answer to elliott@brack.net, including the name of the town where you live.
Click here to read the latest edition of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Technical Colleges of Georgia are a bright star of the state
EEB PERSPECTIVE: The vastness of OFS movie-making site overwhelms you
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett County Public Library
ANOTHER VIEW: In that family game of Euchre, I know what I saw
UPCOMING: October 15 is deadline for paying county property tax
NOTABLE: ESPN2 television features two Gwinnett teams on Friday
RECOMMENDED: Mother A Cradle to Hold Me by Maya Angelou
CRITIC’S CORNER: Lawrenceville, Ga., Ghost Tour
GEORGIA TIDBIT: William B. Hodgson was early diplomat and scholar of Georgia
MYSTERY PHOTO: Here’s another potential cream puff mystery
LAGNIAPPE: Duluth DAR chapter celebrates 25th anniversary
CALENDAR: On Saturday, visit Lilburn Daze at the city park from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
By David Simmons | My mom and dad ventured west from East Tennessee in the late ’50’s to Indianapolis, and were soon followed by my mother’s older brother Elmer and his family. After we moved to the suburb of Greenfield, we lived about 30 miles apart and Elmer actually bought the house that we used to rent on the southside of Indianapolis.
Click here to read the latest edition of GwinnettForum. Inside this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: See how solar energy can reduce your electric bill
EEB PERSPECTIVE: This and that in sports and the Curse of the Bambino
SPOTLIGHT: Crowne Plaza Hotel, Norcross
ANOTHER VIEW: It is going to take all of us to “get ‘er done”
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
UPCOMING: County stamps approval of long range transit plan
NOTABLE: Annandale surpasses $6 million capital campaign
RECOMMENDED: Why Don’t You Write My Eulogy Now So I Can Correct It, by Patricia Marx and Roz Chast
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Milledgeville native early fighter against yellow fever
MYSTERY PHOTO: Let’s see how many can identify this iconic photo
CALENDAR: Picnic with the Braselton police on October 12
By Elliott Brack | Trivia question today especially for Boston Red Sox fans: besides being famous for allowing a ground ball through his legs in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series against the New York Mets in Shea Stadium, what other major baseball feat is Bill Buckner associated with? A hint: it has to do with Atlanta.
“I believe that truth is the glue that holds government together , not only our government but civilization itself. That bond, though strained, is unbroken at home and abroad.”
–The 38th president of the United States, Gerald R. Ford (1913-2006).
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests that Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His list:
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