By Ed Orr | Leaving Indianapolis and heading on the new version of the National Pike (Interstate 70), we passed the fields of southern Illinois, crossing the busy Mississippi at St. Louis, past the Missouri river towns of Wellington and Napoleon, named for who you would suspect, with the unincorporated town of Waterloo between them!
Snellville’s Centennial will be celebrated through a variety of events on the weekend of August 18-19. The celebration kicks off at 4 p.m. Friday, August 18 on the Towne Green with a variety of food trucks, music, fun and games along with an antique car display on Oak Road representing cars dating back to 1923.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Enjoying making jam, the Lawrenceville Co-op benefits
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Georgia Press Association inducts EEB into Golden Club
SPOTLIGHT: Lail Family Dentistry
ANOTHER VIEW: Afghanistan was a mess for the USA from the start
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
UPCOMING: Iowa native to chair PA studies at PCOM
NOTABLE: “Pigments of Imagination” on display at Norcross Gallery
RECOMMENDED: The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Ebos Landing and the Myth of the Flying Africans
MYSTERY PHOTO: Can you remember where you have eyeballed this scene?
CALENDAR: Duluth Rotary Club Car Show will be Saturday, June 17
By J.K. Murphy | It was 1947 when a young Elliott Brack first entered the newspaper business. He was 12 years old and each afternoon, Monday through Saturday, the young entrepreneur could be seen pedaling his bike over the streets of Macon, Ga., delivering The Macon News to his customers’ doorsteps.
Here’s betting many of you may have been at this scene, but can you remember where it is? Send your thoughts to elliott@brack.net and include your hometown.
The recent beautiful Mystery Photo was identified by Allan Peel of San Antonio, Tex., who wrote: “Today’s mystery photo is of the Belvedere Gardens, located at the Pontifical Villas of Castel Gandolfo …
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Dentist volunteering where his father-in-law got help
EEB PERSPECTIVE: A troubling aspect: churches losing attendance and members
SPOTLIGHT: The Piedmont Bank
ANOTHER VIEW: County seeks input at workshops for 2045 Unified Plan
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
UPCOMING: County strengthens code for rental properties
NOTABLE: Gwinnett gets funding for three CSX railroad crossings
RECOMMENDED: Until There is Justice by Jennifer Scanlon
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Hayes is now in Georgia Music Hall of Fame
MYSTERY PHOTO: It takes lots of care to keep up this gorgeous garden
LAGNIAPPE: Five members of same family join local SAR Chapter
CALENDAR: Juneteenth celebration in Lawrenceville on Saturday
“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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